Meaning
The AB button presents a red square with white letters "AB" displayed prominently, maintaining the same clean, badge-like aesthetic as its A and B counterparts. The dual-letter design sits centered and balanced within the colored field, making it instantly identifiable even at small sizes.
This emoji serves primarily as a medical indicator for AB blood type, the rarest blood type that can receive donations from all other types. It's used in health discussions, blood drive contexts, or when someone wants to quickly share their blood type with friends online. Like the A and B variants, it can also function as a creative label or organizational marker in creative messaging scenarios, though practical use remains relatively niche outside of medical settings.
The consistent red square design across platforms ensures clarity and recognition. Interestingly, in Japanese culture where these blood type emoji originated, AB blood type carries specific personality associations, making this symbol more culturally laden than it might initially appear to Western audiences. Understanding the cultural context helps explain why these specific emoji were among the earliest adopted.
Common Uses
- • Identifying AB blood type in medical or donor discussions
- • Sharing health information casually
- • Using as a organizational marker or label
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
AB is the rarest blood type globally, found in only about 1% of the population, which makes the AB button emoji particularly special in Japanese blood-type personality culture.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:ab: :ab: :ab: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🆎 |
| HTML (hex) | 🆎 |
| CSS | \1F18E |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDD8E |
| Python | \U0001F18E |
| Java | \uD83C\uDD8E |
| Perl | \x{1F18E} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F18E} |
| Punycode | xn--2qa6 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%86%8E |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x86 0x8E |
🆎 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | এ বি বোতাম |
| Chinese (Simplified) | AB型血 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | AB型 |
| Danish | blodtype AB |
| Dutch | bloedgroep AB |
| English | AB button (blood type) |
| English (UK) | AB button (blood type) |
| Estonian | nupp AB (veregrupp) |
| Finnish | AB-veriryhmä |
| French | groupe sanguin AB |
| German | Großbuchstaben AB in rotem Quadrat |
| Hindi | AB बटन (खून का प्रकार) |
| Hungarian | AB gomb (vércsoport) |
| Italian | gruppo sanguigno AB |
| Japanese | 血液型AB型 |
| Korean | 에이비형 |
| Lithuanian | mygtukas „AB“ (raudona) |
| Malay | butang AB (jenis darah) |
| Norwegian | AB-knapp (blodtype) |
| Polish | grupa krwi AB |
| Portuguese | botão AB (tipo sanguíneo) |
| Russian | IV группа крови |
| Spanish | grupo sanguíneo AB |
| Spanish (Mexico) | grupo sanguíneo AB |
| Swedish | blodgrupp AB |
| Thai | เลือดกรุ๊ปเอบี |
| Ukrainian | кнопка AB (IV група крові) |
| Vietnamese | nút AB (nhóm máu) |