About
The SOS Button emoji (🆘) is your digital distress signal for when life gets overwhelming or you need backup ASAP. Whether you're drowning in deadlines, can't figure out what to wear, or genuinely need someone to talk you through a crisis, this little red square says "help me" with just the right amount of urgency and drama.
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When to use 🆘
- →Texting friends when you're overwhelmed and need support
- →Dramatically asking for help with homework or work projects
- →Signaling you're in over your head in a group chat
- →Requesting emergency fashion advice before a date
- →Indicating you need someone to rescue you from an awkward situation
Keywords
sosbuttonhelpsymbols
Related Concepts
emergencycrisisoverwhelmedrescuepanicurgent helpmaydaydistressdrowningbackup needed
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1F198
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 0.6
Did you know?
SOS doesn't actually stand for anything specific—it was chosen as a maritime distress signal because the three dots, three dashes, three dots pattern in Morse code is unmistakable and easy to transmit, making it the perfect universal cry for help.
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