🆘 Squared SOS
SOS is the description for the distress signal in Morse Code. This emoji means SOS or “emergency”.
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🆘 Squared SOS
Also known as: Distress Signal, Emergency, SOS
Unicode: U+1F198
Image Variants
3D
Color
Flat
High Contrast
Version Information
Emoji Version:1.0
Unicode Version:6.0
Keywords
helpsosSOS button
Shortcodes
| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Emojipedia | :sos_button: | |
| GitHub | :sos: |
Additional Information
Category:Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement -> Squared Latin letter sequences
Definition:
SOS is the description for the distress signal in Morse Code. This emoji means SOS or “emergency”. SOS Button was approved as part of Unicod http://emojipedia.org/squared-sos/
Nouns:
- An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
- The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress.
- International Morse code distress signal (· · · – – – · · ·)
- The common name of the international Morse code distress signal
- SOS is the international Morse code distress signal.
- A situation which poses an immediate threat to human life or health and requires urgent assistance.
- Rescue and transportation services provided by municipal fire brigades and other organizations with comparable mandates
- An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment.
- Situation requiring urgent assistance.
- A situation such as a natural or man-made disaster requiring urgent assistance.
- A call made to an emergency number.
- A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action