No Emojis

18 emojis tagged NO in the official Unicode CLDR project. Click any emoji for its meaning, copy-paste, and per-platform rendering.

The "NO" keyword groups prohibition and refusal emojis — 🙅 person gesturing NO, 🤦 person facepalming, 🔕 bell with slash, ⛔ no entry, 🚫 prohibited, 🚳 no bicycles, 🚭 no smoking, 🚯 no littering, and 🚷 no pedestrians. The slash-through-symbol pattern follows international signage conventions. Use these emojis to mark forbidden activities, set conversational boundaries, or comically signal "absolutely not" in chat. 🙅 has become a meme template for "shutting down" bad ideas with full-body refusal energy.

Frequently asked about NO emojis

What does 🙅 person gesturing NO mean?

🙅 shows a person with arms crossed into an X — the universal 'cannot' or 'forbidden' gesture, derived from Japanese 'batsu' (X-mark) body language. It's used to firmly reject ideas, plans, or behavior in chat. The gender-neutral 🙅 has 🙅‍♂️ and 🙅‍♀️ variants too.

Is 🚫 acceptable in professional chat?

Yes — 🚫 is broadly read as a clear, non-emotional 'no' or 'prohibited'. It's safe in workplace Slack to mark policies or restrictions. Avoid 🖕 or 🤬 in the same context. 🚫 is the closest thing to a corporate-safe refusal symbol.

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