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

&#xD83D;&#xDEDF;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-water

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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