Emoji ๐ (SQUARED SOS): meaning and Unicode code
Meaning of the emoji ๐ (SQUARED SOS), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

Information about emoji SQUARED SOS
- Unicode Name
- SQUARED SOS
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F198
- Category
- Symbols
- Subcategory
- Letters & Numbers
- Slug
- sos
Meaning and description of emoticon ๐
The ๐ emoji depicts the letters "SOS" inside a rounded square โ the international distress signal in a bright, attention-grabbing layout. Part of the Unicode standard, "Symbols" category.
๐ in chats conveys an alarm signal, urgency, and a clear call for help โ "help is needed right now" or "the situation is urgent." It's most often paired with
,
, or
, and in messages it reads as "The situation already requires quick help ๐," fitting when you need to show a critical situation without delay. The distress signal often signifies not a letter combination, but the threshold beyond which one can no longer postpone a response.
Usage Examples ๐
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :sos: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :sos: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :sos: | |
| HTML Dec | 🆘 | |
| HTML Hex | 🆘 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F198"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F198 | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83C\uDD98 | |
| Perl | \x{1F198} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F198} | |
| Punycode | xn--547h | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%86%98 | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 86 98 |
