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AB Button (Blood Type) 🆎

Added in Emoji 0.6 · Symbols Alphanumeric Symbols

Codepoint U+1F18E
Shortcode :ab:
Version Emoji 0.6

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

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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.

Keywords

ab blood button type

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :ab:
Slack :ab:
Discord :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)