26 sarcasm marks

Sarcasm Text Symbol

No keyboard has a sarcasm key: copy /s, the old mark ⸮, another tone tag or a face.

Sarcasm Text Symbol

/s/s for sarcasmU+002F U+0073Ready to copy

26 sarcasm marks. Tap any value to copy it.

26 sarcasm marks. A character and its name both copy the character. A code copies the code.
Character	Name	Code point	Alt code	Option keys	HTML	LaTeX
	A slash and the letter s: the tone tag that stands for sarcasm, typed at the end of the sarcastic line. Both characters are on every keyboard.
	U+2E2E. An old mark for a rhetorical question, proposed in the 1580s; it sometimes conveys irony. Unicode's other name for it: punctus percontativus. Added in Unicode 5.1 (2008). No key, Alt code or named entity.
	An exclamation mark in round brackets, three characters: subtitles sometimes use it to mark sarcasm.
	U+007E. The tilde, already on your keyboard. Some writers mark sarcasm with it, in place of the full stop or after a word.
	U+1F643. Often used to convey sarcasm, though it can show other mixed feelings. Emoji 1.0.
	U+00A1. In certain Ethiopic languages a sarcastic sentence ends with a mark that looks like this character. Its home is Spanish, where it opens an exclamation. Option+1, Alt+173 or Alt+0161.
	U+061F. A look-alike of ⸮ that is an everyday question mark: Unicode cross-refers the two. It belongs to the Arabic script.
	A slash and the letter j: the tone tag that stands for joking.
	A slash and the letters hj: the tone tag that stands for half-joking.
	A slash and the letters srs: the tone tag that stands for serious.
	A slash and the letters gen: the tone tag that stands for genuine.
	A slash and the letters lh: the tone tag that stands for lighthearted.
	A slash and the letters li: the tone tag that stands for literal.
	A slash and the letters rh: the tone tag that stands for rhetorical.
	A slash and the letter t: the tone tag that stands for teasing.
	A slash and the letters hyp: the tone tag that stands for hyperbole.
	A slash and the letter m: the tone tag that stands for metaphor.
	A full stop followed by a tilde, two characters: one proposed way to end a sarcastic sentence.
	Made of U+201C and U+201D. Quotation marks set round one word, called scare quotes, show that the writer would not use the word that way.
	Capital and small letters in turn, four letters: online, the pattern conveys a mocking or sarcastic tone.
	U+1F644. Used by some in messages to show sarcasm. Emoji 1.0.
	U+1FAE0. Emoji search words file sarcasm under this face. Emoji 14.0.
	U+1F481. Emoji search words file sarcasm under this one as well. It takes the five skin tones; this row is the yellow default. Emoji 0.6.
	U+1F90C. Its emoji search words include sarcastic. It takes the five skin tones; this row is the yellow default. Emoji 13.0.
	U+1F63C. The one emoji whose search words include ironic. Emoji 0.6.
	U+270C U+FE0F. Two raised fingers: some use a pair of them as air quotes round a word. Emoji 0.6.

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How it works

The sarcastic symbol for texting is /s, a tone tag typed at the end of the line. No Unicode character is named for sarcasm; the nearest old mark is ⸮, Reversed question mark, U+2E2E, made for rhetorical questions.

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Where /s comes from

/s is short for /sarcasm, itself a cut-down joke closing tag, </sarcasm>, set after a sarcastic passage. The same pattern gives /j for joking, /srs for serious and /gen for genuine.

Marks from print

⸮ was proposed in the 1580s to end a rhetorical question and fell out of use; because such questions are sometimes ironic, it sometimes conveys irony. In certain Ethiopic languages a sarcastic sentence ends with a mark that looks like ¡. Subtitles sometimes mark sarcasm with (!).

Some writers mark sarcasm with a tilde, in place of the full stop or straight after it.

Questions and answers

What is the symbol for sarcasm in text?

/s, typed at the end of the line. It is a tone tag: a slash and a letter or two that say how a message is meant. Nothing has to be copied, since both characters are on every keyboard.

Is there an official sarcasm mark?

Not a settled one. Marks for irony have been proposed since the 1600s and none gained popular use. Unicode 18.0, in 2026, added U+2E61, Inverted wiggly exclamation mark, with a note that it may indicate sarcasm; devices cannot draw it yet.

What does ⸮ mean?

⸮ is Reversed question mark, U+2E2E, added in Unicode 5.1 in 2008, and Unicode also calls it punctus percontativus. It was proposed in the 1580s to end a rhetorical question, which is why it is sometimes taken as an irony mark.

Which emoji shows sarcasm?

🙃, upside-down face, is often used to convey sarcasm, though it can show other mixed feelings. Emoji search words file sarcasm under 🫠 melting face and 💁 person tipping hand, and ironic under 😼 cat with wry smile.

How do I type ⸮?

It has no Alt code, no Option key on the U.S. layout and no named HTML entity. Copy it here, or write ⸮ in a web page. A device with no font for it draws an empty box.

All 26 sarcasm marks

Start here 5

Exclamation mark in brackets An exclamation mark in round brackets, three characters: subtitles sometimes use it to mark sarcasm.
Reversed question mark U+2E2E. An old mark for a rhetorical question, proposed in the 1580s; it sometimes conveys irony. Unicode's other name for it: punctus percontativus. Added in Unicode 5.1 (2008). No key, Alt code or named entity.
/s for sarcasm A slash and the letter s: the tone tag that stands for sarcasm, typed at the end of the sarcastic line. Both characters are on every keyboard.
Tilde U+007E. The tilde, already on your keyboard. Some writers mark sarcasm with it, in place of the full stop or after a word.
Upside-down face U+1F643. Often used to convey sarcasm, though it can show other mixed feelings. Emoji 1.0.

Marks from print 2

Arabic question mark U+061F. A look-alike of ⸮ that is an everyday question mark: Unicode cross-refers the two. It belongs to the Arabic script.
Inverted exclamation mark U+00A1. In certain Ethiopic languages a sarcastic sentence ends with a mark that looks like this character. Its home is Spanish, where it opens an exclamation. Option+1, Alt+173 or Alt+0161.

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Tone tags 10

/gen for genuine A slash and the letters gen: the tone tag that stands for genuine.
/hj for half-joking A slash and the letters hj: the tone tag that stands for half-joking.
/hyp for hyperbole A slash and the letters hyp: the tone tag that stands for hyperbole.
/j for joking A slash and the letter j: the tone tag that stands for joking.
/lh for lighthearted A slash and the letters lh: the tone tag that stands for lighthearted.
/li for literal A slash and the letters li: the tone tag that stands for literal.
/m for metaphor A slash and the letter m: the tone tag that stands for metaphor.
/rh for rhetorical A slash and the letters rh: the tone tag that stands for rhetorical.
/srs for serious A slash and the letters srs: the tone tag that stands for serious.
/t for teasing A slash and the letter t: the tone tag that stands for teasing.

Typed habits 3

Alternating capitals Capital and small letters in turn, four letters: online, the pattern conveys a mocking or sarcastic tone.
Full stop and tilde A full stop followed by a tilde, two characters: one proposed way to end a sarcastic sentence.
Scare quotes Made of U+201C and U+201D. Quotation marks set round one word, called scare quotes, show that the writer would not use the word that way.

Faces people add 6

Cat with wry smile U+1F63C. The one emoji whose search words include ironic. Emoji 0.6.
Face with rolling eyes U+1F644. Used by some in messages to show sarcasm. Emoji 1.0.
Melting face U+1FAE0. Emoji search words file sarcasm under this face. Emoji 14.0.
Person tipping hand U+1F481. Emoji search words file sarcasm under this one as well. It takes the five skin tones; this row is the yellow default. Emoji 0.6.
Pinched fingers U+1F90C. Its emoji search words include sarcastic. It takes the five skin tones; this row is the yellow default. Emoji 13.0.
Victory hand U+270C U+FE0F. Two raised fingers: some use a pair of them as air quotes round a word. Emoji 0.6.

How this list was compiled: Names, and the code points they belong to, are checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), and printed in sentence case. Notes that begin Unicode's note quote NamesList.txt of the same version (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt); the version a character was added in is from DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt), block names are from Blocks.txt, and the years are from https://www.unicode.org/history/publicationdates.html. Emoji names, sequences and versions are from https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt and the emoji search words from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml). What each tone tag stands for, where /s comes from and the history of the reversed question mark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_indicator. The Ethiopic sarcasm mark, the bracketed exclamation mark of subtitles, the tilde, scare quotes, alternating capitals and the faces used for sarcasm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation. Both read as wikitext on 2026-10-01 and restated in this site's own words; each row keeps only what the article or the Unicode files support. Left out: U+2E61 Inverted wiggly exclamation mark, added in Unicode 18.0 with a note about sarcasm, which devices cannot draw yet, and the proposed irony marks that were never made characters. The Start here group, the made rows and the order are this site's own choice. Licence: own work (facts from the Unicode Character Database, Unicode License v3, and from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in this site's own words; aliases and notes marked as Unicode's are quoted from NamesList.txt, Copyright © 1991-2026 Unicode, Inc., https://www.unicode.org/license.txt)