SOS button emoji 🆘
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F198
What 🆘 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🆘 are button, help, SOS. They show what people use it for.
Search for button or help on your emoji keyboard and 🆘 is among the results.
You will find 🆘 among the letters and numbers (39 emoji), part of symbols with 224 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🆙 🆚 🈁 🈂️.
Will 🆘 show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: 🆘 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 🆘
Search for SOS button in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🆘.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type SOS button.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type SOS button in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type SOS button.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🆘 is one code point (U+1F198), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F198 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🆘 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🆘 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F198"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F198} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%86%98 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 86 98 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🆘 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | SOS button |
| Português | botão SOS |
| Español | símbolo de socorro |
| Italiano | pulsante SOS |
| Français | bouton SOS |
| Deutsch | SOS-Zeichen |
| Türkçe | SOS düğmesi |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tombol SOS |
| Polski | przycisk SOS |
| Русский | значок SOS |
| 日本語 | SOSマーク |
| 한국어 | 에스오에스 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the SOS button emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🆘 "SOS button" and links it with button, help, SOS. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the letters and numbers subgroup of symbols.
When was the SOS button emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the SOS button emoji?
Search for SOS button in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🆘.