# 🆘 SOS button emoji

🆘 SOS button is an emoji in the letters and numbers set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: help.

- Emoji: 🆘
- Unicode name: SOS button
- Code points: U+1F198
- Category: Symbols, Letters and numbers
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :sos:
- Keywords: button, help, SOS
- Page: https://emojichart.com/sos-button-emoji

## What it means

A square button with the letters SOS, the international distress signal. It is used for real emergencies and calls for help, and jokingly or dramatically to say help me about everyday problems.

## How to type 🆘

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | símbolo de socorro | ayuda, símbolo, símbolo de socorro, socorro, sos |
| Français (fr) | bouton SOS | à l’aide, au secours, bouton SOS, icône SOS, SOS |
| Deutsch (de) | SOS-Zeichen | Hilfe, SOS, SOS-Zeichen |
| Italiano (it) | pulsante SOS | aiuto, pulsante SOS, Segnale di SOS, simbolo di SOS, simbolo SOS, soccorsi, soccorso, SOS |
| Português (pt) | botão SOS | Ajuda, botão SOS, símbolo, símbolo “SOS”, Socorro, SOS |
| Nederlands (nl) | SOS-knop | help, knop, SOS |
| Svenska (sv) | SOS-knapp | hjälp, SOS, SOS-knapp, SOS-symbol, symbol |
| Polski (pl) | przycisk SOS | na pomoc, przycisk, ratunek, ratunku, SOS |
| Türkçe (tr) | SOS düğmesi | işaret, SOS, SOS düğmesi, SOS işareti, Yardım |
| Русский (ru) | значок SOS | sos, SOS, значок SOS, помогите, помощь, сос, спасите |
| Українська (uk) | кнопка "SOS" | sos, допомога, квадрат «sos», кнопка "SOS" |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουμπί SOS | sos, βοήθεια, κουμπί |
| العربية (ar) | زر "طوارئ" | sos, sos في مربع, أنقذوني, إسعاف, النجدة, زر "طوارئ", مساعدة, نجدة |
| עברית (he) | לחצן SOS | sos, אס או אס, הצילו, לחצן, מצוקה, עזרה |
| فارسی (fa) | دکمه اس او اس | اس او اس, درخواست کمک, دکمه SOS, دکمه اس او اس, کمک |
| हिन्दी (hi) | चौकोर में SOS चिह्न | SOS, चिह्न, चौकोर में SOS चिह्न, बचाओ, मदद, सहायता |
| বাংলা (bn) | বর্গক্ষেত্রের মধ্যে এস ও এস | এসওএস, বর্গক্ষেত্রের মধ্যে এস ও এস, সাহায্য |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tombol SOS | bantuan, pertolongan, SOS, tombol |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nút SOS | nút SOS, sos, trợ giúp |
| ไทย (th) | ช่วยด้วย | ขอความช่วยเหลือ, ช่วยด้วย, สัญลักษณ์ขอความช่วยเหลือ |
| 日本語 (ja) | SOSマーク | SOS, SOSマーク, エスオーエス, 助けて |
| 한국어 (ko) | 에스오에스 | SOS, 구조, 구조 신호, 버튼, 에스오에스, 에스오에스 신호 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | SOS按钮 | sos, SOS, SOS按钮, 按键, 救命, 求救, 求救钮 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 救命 | 救命, 求救 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): SOS-knopie
- Akan (ak): SOS bͻtom
- Albanian (sq): butoni «SOS»
- Amharic (am): ኤስኦኤስ ካሬ
- Armenian (hy): սոս
- Assamese (as): SOS বুটাম
- Azerbaijani (az): SOS düyməsi
- Bashkir (ba): SOS төймәһе
- Basque (eu): SOS botoia
- Belarusian (be): знак «SOS»
- Bosnian (bs): dugme sos
- Breton (br): bouton SOS
- Bulgarian (bg): „SOS“ в квадрат
- Burmese (my): အရေးပေါ် ခလုတ်
- Cantonese (yue): SOS 按鈕
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): SOS 按钮
- Catalan (ca): botó SOS
- Cherokee (chr): SOS ᎦᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 求救按鈕
- Chuvash (cv): SOS пулӑшма палли
- Croatian (hr): tipka SOS
- Czech (cs): štítek SOS
- Danish (da): SOS
- Estonian (et): nupp SOS
- Faroese (fo): SOS knappur
- Filipino (fil): button na SOS
- Finnish (fi): SOS
- Galician (gl): botón "socorro!" en inglés
- Georgian (ka): ღილაკი SOS
- Gujarati (gu): મદદનું ચિહ્ન
- Hausa (ha): maɓallin SOS
- Hungarian (hu): SOS gomb
- Icelandic (is): SOS
- Igbo (ig): ọdụmbị SOS
- Irish (ga): SOS
- Javanese (jv): tombol SOS
- Kalaallisut (kl): SOS
- Kannada (kn): ಎಸ್‌ಒಎಸ್ ಬಟನ್
- Kazakh (kk): SOS түймесі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كومەك باتىرماسى
- Khmer (km): ប៊ូតុងមានអក្សរ SOS ធំ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): buto ya SOS
- Konkani (kok): SOS बटण
- Kyrgyz (ky): чарчыдагы сос
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Pitz’b’al SOS
- Lao (lo): ຊ່ວຍແດ່
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): auxilio
- Latvian (lv): uzraksts SOS kvadrātveida ietvarā
- Lithuanian (lt): simbolis „SOS“
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): SOS-znamje
- Luxembourgish (lb): SOS-Knäppchen
- Macedonian (mk): копче СОС
- Malay (ms): butang SOS
- Malayalam (ml): SOS മുദ്ര
- Maltese (mt): buttuna SOS
- Marathi (mr): चौरस sos
- Mongolian (mn): SOS товчлуур
- Māori (mi): pātene SOS
- Nepali (ne): स्क्वायर्ड एसओएस
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): SOS Bọ́tin
- Northern Sotho (nso): konope ya SOS
- Norwegian (no): SOS-knapp
- Odia (or): SOS ବଟନ୍
- Oromo (om): qabduu SOS
- Pashto (ps): ايس او ايس تڼۍ
- Punjabi (pa): SOS ਬਟਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): SOS بٹن
- Quechua (qu): SOS ñitina
- Romanian (ro): buton S.O.S.
- Romansh (rm): buttun SOS
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): putan “SOS”
- Serbian (sr): С.О.С.
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): S.O.S.
- Shan (shn): ၼဵၼ်ၸွႆႈထႅမ်
- Sindhi (sd): SOS بٽڻ
- Sinhala (si): හතරැස් sos
- Slovak (sk): štítok SOS
- Slovenian (sl): gumb SOS
- Somali (so): badhanka SOS
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): botón SOS
- Swahili (sw): kitufe chenye neno ‘SOS’
- Tajik (tg): тугмаи "SOS"
- Tamil (ta): எஸ்ஓஎஸ்
- Telugu (te): చతురస్రంలో ఎస్ఓఎస్
- Tigrinya (ti): SOS መልጎም
- Tongan (to): meʻalolomi SOS
- Tswana (tn): konopo ya SOS
- Turkmen (tk): SOS düwmesi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): znamješko SOS
- Urdu (ur): SOS بٹن
- Uyghur (ug): SOS كۇنۇپكىسى
- Uzbek (uz): kvadrat ichidagi sos so‘zi
- Welsh (cy): botwm SOS
- Wolof (wo): bitoŋu WALLU
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha elithi SOS
- Yoruba (yo): Bọtini SOS
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Bɔtini SOS
- Zulu (zu): sos oyisikwele

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F198` |
| HTML | `🆘` |
| CSS | `\1F198` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F198}` |
| Python | `\U0001F198` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 86 98` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DD98` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%86%98` |

## Questions

### What does the 🆘 SOS button emoji mean?

A square button with the letters SOS, the international distress signal. It is used for real emergencies and calls for help, and jokingly or dramatically to say help me about everyday problems.

### How do I type the 🆘 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “SOS button”. 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 :sos:.

### When was the 🆘 emoji added?

🆘 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F198. In HTML you can write 🆘, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F198}.

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