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Signaling a life-threatening emergency
I'm lost in the mountains and need rescue, sending my location 🆘
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SOS button
The 🆘 (SOS) emoji depicts the letters "SOS" in white against a red square background. It represents the international distress signal, indicating a need for urgent help or assistance. Primarily used...
Meaning & Usage
The 🆘 (SOS) emoji depicts the letters "SOS" in white against a red square background. It represents the international distress signal, indicating a need for urgent help or assistance. Primarily used to signal a life-threatening emergency, it can also be used metaphorically to express feeling overwhelmed or in desperate need of support. The SOS signal itself is a Morse code distress signal (···–––···) first adopted internationally in 1908. The emoji was introduced in Unicode version 6.0 in 2010.
Usage Contexts
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Expressing feeling overwhelmed or in dire need of help
This project is too much, I'm drowning in work 🆘
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Requesting immediate assistance with a problem
My computer crashed and I lost all my data, tech support 🆘
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Indicating a critical situation requiring urgent attention
We're running out of time and resources, we need a solution 🆘
Platform Appearances
Noto Animated
Apache 2.0
ℹ️ All images shown are from open-licensed sources (Apache 2.0, MIT, CC-BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0) and are free to use.
Ready Messages
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🇹🇷
SOS düğmesi
Türkçe
🇩🇪
SOS-Zeichen
Deutsch
🇫🇷
Bouton SOS
Français
🇮🇳
चौकोर में SOS चिह्न
हिन्दी
🇸🇦
زر "طوارئ"
العربية
🇷🇺
Значок SOS
Русский
🇵🇰
SOS بٹن
اردو
🇮🇩
Tombol SOS
Bahasa Indonesia
🇻🇳
Nút SOS
Tiếng Việt
🇹🇭
ช่วยด้วย
ไทย
🇮🇷
دکمه اس او اس
فارسی
🇳🇬
Maɓallin SOS
Hausa
🇪🇹
ኤስኦኤስ ካሬ
አማርኛ
🇹🇿
Kitufe chenye neno ‘SOS’
Kiswahili
🇧🇩
বর্গক্ষেত্রের মধ্যে এস ও এস
বাংলা
🇲🇲
အရေးပေါ် ခလုတ်
မြန်မာ
🇺🇿
Kvadrat ichidagi sos so‘zi
Oʻzbek
🇮🇳
चौरस sos
मराठी
🇮🇳
చతురస్రంలో ఎస్ఓఎస్
తెలుగు
🇮🇩
Tombol Pitulungan SOS
Jawa
🇮🇶
Bişkoka SOS
Kurdî
🇵🇭
Button ng SOS
Filipino
Usage Tips
Use Sparingly
Reserve this emoji for situations where you genuinely need urgent help to avoid desensitizing others.
Context is Key
Always provide context when using the SOS emoji to clarify the nature of the emergency or need for assistance.
Consider Alternatives
If the situation isn't a true emergency, consider using other emojis to express frustration or needing help.
Developer Codes
U+1F198
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\1F198
\u{1F198}