🆘 SOS Button is an emoji from the Symbols category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F198 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 🆘 SOS Button mean?
The 🆘 SOS Button emoji belongs to the alphanumeric symbols group of the Symbols category. People often use it in messages about button, help and sos. SOS Button has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :sos: to insert it.
SOS Button emoji codes
| Emoji | 🆘 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F198 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🆘 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🆘 |
| CSS | \1F198 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F198} |
| Python | \U0001F198 |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%86%98 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 86 98 |
| Shortcode | :sos: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :sos_button: |
How to type 🆘 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “SOS button”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “SOS button”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “button”.
- HTML: write
🆘in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
SOS Button keywords
- button
- help
- sos
Frequently asked questions
What does 🆘 mean?
The 🆘 SOS Button emoji belongs to the alphanumeric symbols group of the Symbols category. People often use it in messages about button, help and sos. SOS Button has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :sos: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the SOS Button emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 🆘 emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 🆘 SOS Button added to Unicode?
SOS Button was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Alphanumeric Symbols emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.