# 🅰️ A button (blood type) emoji

🅰️ A button (blood type) is an emoji in the letters and numbers set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.

- Emoji: 🅰️
- Unicode name: A button (blood type)
- Code points: U+1F170 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Letters and numbers
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :a:
- Keywords: blood, button, type
- Page: https://emojichart.com/a-button-blood-type-emoji

## What it means

A square button with the capital letter A, used for blood type A in the ABO blood group system. People also use it as a plain letter A, for option A in a choice or quiz, or for an A grade.

## How to type 🅰️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “A button (blood type)”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “A button (blood type)”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “A button (blood type)”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “A button (blood type)”.
- GitHub: Type :a: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | grupo sanguíneo A | A, grupo, sanguíneo, tipo A |
| Français (fr) | groupe sanguin A | A, groupe sanguin, groupe sanguin A |
| Deutsch (de) | Großbuchstabe A in rotem Quadrat | a, Blut, Blutgruppe, Großbuchstabe, negativ, positiv |
| Italiano (it) | gruppo sanguigno A | A, gruppo A, gruppo sanguigno A, lettera A, sangue |
| Português (pt) | botão A (tipo sanguíneo) | A, botão A (tipo sanguíneo), sangue, tipo A, tipo sanguíneo, tipo sanguíneo A |
| Nederlands (nl) | bloedgroep A | bloed, groep, knop |
| Svenska (sv) | blodgrupp A | blodgrupp A, typ A |
| Polski (pl) | grupa krwi A | A, grupa A, grupa krwi A, krew |
| Türkçe (tr) | A düğmesi (kan grubu) | A, A düğmesi (kan grubu), A grubu kan, kan, kan grubu, kan grubu A, kırmızı kutuda A harfi |
| Русский (ru) | II группа крови | 2 группа крови, II группа крови, буква А, вторая группа крови, группа крови, группа крови А, кровь |
| Українська (uk) | кнопка A (IІ група крові) | 1, a, i, кнопка «група крові а», кнопка A (IІ група крові), кров, літера А |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουμπί Α (ομάδα αίματος) | αίμα, κουμπί, ομάδα |
| العربية (ar) | زر A | إيه, رمز, زر A, فئة دم, فصيلة, فصيلة دم |
| עברית (he) | לחצן A (סוג דם) | a, לחצן A (סוג דם), סוג דם |
| فارسی (fa) | دکمه آ (گروه خونی) | a, آ, دکمه A, دکمه آ (گروه خونی), گروه خونی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | A बटन (खून का प्रकार) | A बटन (खून का प्रकार), ए, खून, प्रकार ए, बटन, रक्त प्रकार, रक्त प्रकार ए |
| বাংলা (bn) | এ বোতাম | এ, এ বোতাম, রক্ত, রক্তের গ্রুপ, রক্তের বিভাগ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tombol A (golongan darah) | darah, golongan, tombol |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nút A (nhóm máu) | a, nhóm máu, nhóm máu A, nút A (nhóm máu) |
| ไทย (th) | เลือดกรุ๊ปเอ | กรุ๊ปเลือด, กรุ๊ปเอ, เลือดกรุ๊ปเอ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 血液型A型 | A型, 血液型, 血液型A型 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 에이형 | A, 버튼, 에이형, 혈액형 에이형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | A型血 | a, A型血, 字母a, 按钮, 血型, 血液 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | A型 | A型, 血型 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): A-knopie (bloedgroep)
- Akan (ak): A bͻtom (mogya su)
- Albanian (sq): butoni «A»
- Amharic (am): ኤ አዝራር
- Armenian (hy): էյ կոճակ
- Assamese (as): A বুটাম (ৰক্ত-বৰ্গ)
- Azerbaijani (az): a düyməsi
- Bashkir (ba): A ҡан төркөмө
- Basque (eu): a botoia
- Belarusian (be): значок «група крыві A»
- Bosnian (bs): dugme a (krvna grupa)
- Breton (br): bouton A (rumm-gwad)
- Bulgarian (bg): бутон с „А“
- Burmese (my): အေ သင်္ကေတ (သွေးအမျိုးအစား)
- Cantonese (yue): A 按鈕 (血型)
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): A 按钮 (血型)
- Catalan (ca): botó A (grup sanguini)
- Cherokee (chr): A ᎦᏗ (ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎩᎦ ᎣᏁᎲᎢ)
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): A 型血
- Chuvash (cv): юн иккӗмӗш ушкӑнӗ
- Croatian (hr): tipka krvne grupe A
- Czech (cs): štítek A (krevní skupina)
- Danish (da): blodtype A
- Estonian (et): nupp A (veregrupp)
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): botão A (tipo de sangue)
- Faroese (fo): A knappur (blóðflokkur)
- Filipino (fil): button na A
- Finnish (fi): A-veriryhmä
- Galician (gl): grupo sanguíneo A
- Georgian (ka): ღილაკი A (სისხლის ტიპი)
- Gujarati (gu): લોહીનો પ્રકાર A
- Hausa (ha): maɓallin A (irin jini)
- Hungarian (hu): A gomb (vércsoport)
- Icelandic (is): A-blóðflokkur
- Igbo (ig): Ọdụmbi (ụdị ọbara)
- Irish (ga): fuilghrúpa A
- Javanese (jv): tombol A [golongane getih]
- Kalaallisut (kl): blodtype A
- Kannada (kn): ಎ ಬಟನ್ (ರಕ್ತದ ವಿಧ)
- Kazakh (kk): А түймесі (қызыл түсті)
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ا باتىرماسى (قىزىل ءتۇستى)
- Khmer (km): ប៊ូតុងអក្សរ A (ប្រភេទឈាម)
- Kinyarwanda (rw): buto ya A (ubwoko bw’amaraso)
- Konkani (kok): A बटण (रक्ताचो गट)
- Kyrgyz (ky): а баскычы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): pitz’b’al A (kik’ uwach)
- Lao (lo): ປຸ່ມ A
- Latvian (lv): A poga (asinsgrupa)
- Lithuanian (lt): mygtukas „A“ (raudona)
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): znamuško A (kšejna kupka)
- Luxembourgish (lb): A-Knäppchen (Bluttgrupp)
- Macedonian (mk): копче А (крвна група)
- Malay (ms): butang A (jenis darah)
- Malayalam (ml): A രക്തഗ്രൂപ്പ് ചിഹ്നം
- Maltese (mt): buttuna A (tip tad-demm)
- Marathi (mr): a बटण
- Mongolian (mn): А товчлуур (цусны бүлэг)
- Māori (mi): pātene A (momo toto)
- Nepali (ne): ए बटन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): A Bọ́tin (Blọ́d Taip)
- Northern Sotho (nso): konope ya A (mohuta wa madi)
- Norwegian (no): A-knapp (blodtype)
- Odia (or): A ବଟନ୍‌ (ରକ୍ତ ପ୍ରକାର)
- Oromo (om): qabduu A (gosa dhiigaa)
- Pashto (ps): A بټن (د وینې ډول)
- Punjabi (pa): A ਬਟਨ (ਖੂਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਸਮ)
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): A دا بٹن (خون دی قسم)
- Quechua (qu): A ñitina (imayna yawar)
- Romanian (ro): buton A (grupă sanguină)
- Romansh (rm): buttun A (gruppa da sang)
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): putan A (seòrsa fala)
- Serbian (sr): дугме са словом а
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dugme sa slovom a
- Shan (shn): ၼဵၼ်ဢေႇ (မဵဝ်းလိူတ်ႈ)
- Sindhi (sd): A بٽڻ ( رت جو قسم)
- Sinhala (si): a බොත්තම
- Slovak (sk): štítok A
- Slovenian (sl): gumb s črko a (krvna skupina)
- Somali (so): badhan (nooca dhiigga)
- Swahili (sw): kitufe chenye herufi A
- Swiss High German (de-CH): Grossbuchstabe A in rotem Quadrat
- Tajik (tg): тугмаи "А" (гуруҳи хун)
- Tamil (ta): இரத்த வகை A
- Telugu (te): ఎ బటన్ (రక్తం రకం)
- Tigrinya (ti): A መልጎም (ዓይነት ደም)
- Tongan (to): meʻalolomi faʻahinga toto A
- Tswana (tn): konopo ya A (mofuta wa madi)
- Turkmen (tk): A düwmesi (gan topary)
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): znamješko A (krejna skupina)
- Urdu (ur): A بٹن (خون کی قسم)
- Uyghur (ug): A كۇنۇپكىسى (قان تىپى)
- Uzbek (uz): a tugmasi
- Welsh (cy): botwm A (grwp gwaed)
- Wolof (wo): bitoŋu A (xeetu deret)
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha elithi A (uhlobo lwegazi)
- Yoruba (yo): Bọ́tìnì A (irúfé̩ ẹ̀jẹ̀)
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Bɔ́tìnì A (irúfé̩ ɛ̀jɛ̀)
- Zulu (zu): inkinobho ka-a

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F170 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🅰️` |
| CSS | `\1F170\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F170}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F170\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 85 B0 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DD70 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%85%B0%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🅰️ A button (blood type) emoji mean?

A square button with the capital letter A, used for blood type A in the ABO blood group system. People also use it as a plain letter A, for option A in a choice or quiz, or for an A grade.

### How do I type the 🅰️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “A button (blood type)”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :a:.

### When was the 🅰️ emoji added?

🅰️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🅰️?

U+1F170 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🅰️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F170}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/a-button-blood-type-emoji