Ring buoy Emoji
Travel
A bright red and white striped circular floatation device, commonly known as a lifebuoy or life ring. The design features a distinct, high-visibility pattern intended to be easily spotted in open water.
Usage Context
Used to represent water safety, rescue operations, or the feeling of being overwhelmed and in need of help. It frequently appears in conversations about swimming, boating, or figurative scenarios where someone is 'tossing a lifeline' to a friend, similar to how one might use 🆘 to signal distress.
History
Added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 14.0, the ring buoy was introduced to address the lack of water safety icons. The design mimics the classic throwable rescue rings long used on maritime vessels to prevent drowning.
Details
Glyph
🛟
Unicode
U+1F6DF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f6df:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Travel
Subcategory transport-water
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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