Meaning
A red square button displaying the letters SOS in white. It represents an emergency distress signal and is commonly used to convey urgent calls for help, danger, or a crisis situation. In conversation, it often signals that someone needs immediate assistance or is overwhelmed, and it can also be used humorously to exaggerate a minor problem. Because it can be read literally or playfully, the intended seriousness depends heavily on context.
SOS button — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.
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Unicode data
U+1F198SOS buttonF0 9F 86 98Shortcodes
:sos_button:HTML & CSS
🆘🆘\1F198 Languages
\u{1F198}\U0001F198\x{1F198}\u{1F198}Encodings
xn--547h%F0%9F%86%98Frequently asked
What does 🆘 SOS button mean?
A red square button displaying the letters SOS in white. It represents an emergency distress signal and is commonly used to convey urgent calls for help, danger, or a crisis situation. In conversation, it often signals that someone needs immediate assistance or is overwhelmed, and it can also be used humorously to exaggerate a minor problem. Because it can be read literally or playfully, the intended seriousness depends heavily on context.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🆘 SOS button?
U+1F198 (Unicode 6.0, 2010) · :sos_button:
Which emojis are related to 🆘 SOS button?
🔠 input latin uppercase, 🔡 input latin lowercase, 🔢 input numbers, 🔣 input symbols, 🔤 input latin letters, 🅰️ A button (blood type), 🆎 AB button (blood type), 🅱️ B button (blood type)