Vs button Emoji

Symbols

A bright orange square featuring the letters 'VS' in white, bold, sans-serif font. The design mimics the stylized logos often seen in competitive sports broadcasts and arcade gaming displays.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to choice for highlighting a rivalry, a competition, or a direct comparison between two things. It is frequently used in social media polls or debates to set up a choice between two options, similar to how one might use ⚔️ to signal a battle or a showdown.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the 'VS' button was originally included to support Japanese mobile phone interfaces, where it served as a shorthand graphic for head-to-head gaming matchups in early mobile titles and TV show listings.

Details

Glyph

🆚

Unicode

U+1F19A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f19a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDD9A;

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

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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