Sos button Emoji

Symbols

A bright red square containing the white, bold text 'SOS'. The design mimics a physical emergency alert button found on industrial machinery, security panels, or life-saving equipment.

Usage Context

Used to signal distress, a call for help, or a request for immediate assistance. People often use it in group chats when they are feeling overwhelmed by a situation or as a playful way to say they are struggling to finish a task. It is frequently seen alongside 🚨 or 🆘 to emphasize a sense of urgency.

History

Adopted into the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0, the icon was originally derived from the international Morse code distress signal. Its inclusion reflects the need for mobile users to quickly communicate danger or a cry for help within the constraints of text messaging platforms.

Details

Glyph

🆘

Unicode

U+1F198

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f198:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDD98;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory alphanum

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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