# 🆎 AB button (blood type) emoji

🆎 AB button (blood type) is an emoji in the letters and numbers set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.

- Emoji: 🆎
- Unicode name: AB button (blood type)
- Code points: U+1F18E
- Category: Symbols, Letters and numbers
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :ab:
- Keywords: AB, blood, button, type
- Page: https://emojichart.com/ab-button-blood-type-emoji

## What it means

A square button with the letters AB, used for blood type AB in the ABO blood group system. It appears in messages about blood types and blood donation, and occasionally as plain letters, such as initials or a label.

## How to type 🆎

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “AB button (blood type)”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “AB button (blood type)”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “AB button (blood type)”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “AB button (blood type)”.
- GitHub: Type :ab: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | grupo sanguíneo AB | AB, grupo, sanguíneo, tipo AB |
| Français (fr) | groupe sanguin AB | AB, groupe sanguin, groupe sanguin AB |
| Deutsch (de) | Großbuchstaben AB in rotem Quadrat | ab, Blut, Blutgruppe, Großbuchstaben AB in rotem Quadrat, negativ, positiv |
| Italiano (it) | gruppo sanguigno AB | AB, gruppo AB, gruppo sanguigno AB |
| Português (pt) | botão AB (tipo sanguíneo) | AB, botão AB (tipo sanguíneo), sangue, tipo AB, tipo sanguíneo, tipo sanguíneo AB |
| Nederlands (nl) | bloedgroep AB | AB, bloed, groep, knop |
| Svenska (sv) | blodgrupp AB | blodgrupp AB, typ AB |
| Polski (pl) | grupa krwi AB | AB, grupa AB, grupa krwi AB, krew |
| Türkçe (tr) | AB düğmesi (kan grubu) | AB, AB düğmesi (kan grubu), AB grubu kan, kan, kan grubu, kan grubu AB |
| Русский (ru) | IV группа крови | 4 группа крови, IV группа крови, буквы АВ, группа крови, группа крови AB, кровь, четвертая группа крови |
| Українська (uk) | кнопка AB (IV група крові) | 3, ab, iii, група крові, група крові AB, кнопка «група крові ab», кнопка AB (IV група крові), кров, четверта група крові |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουμπί ΑΒ (ομάδα αίματος) | ab, κουμπί ΑΒ (ομάδα αίματος), ομάδα αίματος |
| العربية (ar) | زر AB (فئة الدم) | إيه بي, رمز, زر AB, زر AB (فئة الدم), فئة دم, فصيلة, فصيلة دم |
| עברית (he) | לחצן AB (סוג דם) | ab, לחצן AB (סוג דם), סוג דם |
| فارسی (fa) | دکمه آ ب (گروه خونی) | ab, آ ب, دکمه AB, دکمه آ ب (گروه خونی), گروه خونی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | AB बटन (खून का प्रकार) | AB, AB बटन (खून का प्रकार), एबी, एबी बटन, खून, प्रकार एबी, रक्त प्रकार, रक्त प्रकार एबी |
| বাংলা (bn) | এ বি বোতাম | এ বি বোতাম, এবি, রক্ত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tombol AB (golongan darah) | AB, darah, golongan, tombol |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nút AB (nhóm máu) | ab, nhóm máu, nhóm máu AB, nút AB (nhóm máu) |
| ไทย (th) | เลือดกรุ๊ปเอบี | กรุ๊ปเลือด, กรุ๊ปเลือดเอบี, กรุ๊ปเอบี, เลือดกรุ๊ปเอบี |
| 日本語 (ja) | 血液型AB型 | AB型, 血液型, 血液型AB型 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 에이비형 | AB, 버튼, 에이비형, 혈액형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | AB型血 | ab, AB型血, 字母ab, 按钮, 血型, 血液 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | AB型 | AB型, 血型 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): AB-knopie (bloedgroep)
- Akan (ak): AB bͻtom (mogya su)
- Albanian (sq): butoni «AB»
- Amharic (am): ኤቢ አዝራር
- Armenian (hy): էյ-բի կոճակ
- Assamese (as): AB বুটাম (ৰক্ত-বৰ্গ)
- Azerbaijani (az): ab düyməsi
- Bashkir (ba): AB ҡан төркөмө
- Basque (eu): ab botoia
- Belarusian (be): AB (група крыві)
- Bosnian (bs): dugme ab (krvna grupa)
- Breton (br): bouton AB (rumm-gwad)
- Bulgarian (bg): бутон с „AB“
- Burmese (my): အေဘီ သင်္ကေတ (သွေးအမျိုးအစား)
- Cantonese (yue): AB 按鈕 (血型)
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): AB 按钮 (血型)
- Catalan (ca): botó AB (grup sanguini)
- Cherokee (chr): AB ᎦᏗ (ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎩᎦ ᎣᏁᎲᎢ)
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): AB 型血
- Chuvash (cv): юн тӑваттӑмӗш ушкӑнӗ
- Croatian (hr): tipka krvne grupe AB
- Czech (cs): štítek AB (krevní skupina)
- Danish (da): blodtype AB
- Estonian (et): nupp AB (veregrupp)
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): botão AB (tipo de sangue)
- Faroese (fo): AB knappur (blóðflokkur)
- Filipino (fil): button na AB
- Finnish (fi): AB-veriryhmä
- Galician (gl): grupo sanguíneo AB
- Georgian (ka): ღილაკი AB (სისხლის ტიპი)
- Gujarati (gu): લોહીનો પ્રકાર AB
- Hausa (ha): maɓallin AB (irin jini)
- Hungarian (hu): AB gomb (vércsoport)
- Icelandic (is): AB-blóðflokkur
- Igbo (ig): Ọdụmbi AB (ụdị ọbara)
- Irish (ga): fuilghrúpa AB
- Javanese (jv): tombol AB [golongane getih]
- Kalaallisut (kl): blodtype AB
- Kannada (kn): ಎಬಿ ಬಟನ್ (ರಕ್ತದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ)
- Kazakh (kk): AB түймесі (қызыл түсті)
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): اب باتىرماسى (قىزىل ءتۇستى)
- Khmer (km): ប៊ូតុងអក្សរ AB (ប្រភេទឈាម)
- Kinyarwanda (rw): buto ya AB (ubwoko bw’amaraso)
- Konkani (kok): AB बटण (रक्ताचो गट)
- Kyrgyz (ky): аб баскычы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Pitz’b’al AB (kik’ uwach)
- Lao (lo): ປຸ່ມ AB
- Latvian (lv): AB poga (asinsgrupa)
- Lithuanian (lt): mygtukas „AB“ (raudona)
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): znamuško AB (kšejna kupka)
- Luxembourgish (lb): AB-Knäppchen (Bluttgrupp)
- Macedonian (mk): копче АБ (крвна група)
- Malay (ms): butang AB (jenis darah)
- Malayalam (ml): AB രക്തഗ്രൂപ്പ് ചിഹ്നം
- Maltese (mt): buttuna AB (tip tad-demm)
- Marathi (mr): ab बटण
- Mongolian (mn): AB товчлуур (цусны бүлэг)
- Māori (mi): pātene AB (momo toto)
- Nepali (ne): एबी बटन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): AB Bọ́tin (Blọ́d Taip)
- Northern Sotho (nso): konope ya AB (mohuta wa madi)
- Norwegian (no): AB-knapp (blodtype)
- Odia (or): AB ବଟନ୍‌ (ରକ୍ତ ପ୍ରକାର)
- Oromo (om): qabduu AB (gosa dhiigaa)
- Pashto (ps): AB بټن (د وینې ډول)
- Punjabi (pa): AB ਬਟਨ (ਖੂਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਸਮ)
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): AB بٹن (خون دی قسم)
- Quechua (qu): AB ñitina (imayna yawar)
- Romanian (ro): buton AB (grupă sanguină)
- Romansh (rm): buttun AB (gruppa da sang)
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): putan AB (seòrsa fala)
- Serbian (sr): дугме са словима а и б
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dugme sa slovima a i b
- Shan (shn): ၼဵၼ်ဢေႇပီႇ (မဵဝ်းလိူတ်ႈ)
- Sindhi (sd): AB بٽڻ (رت جو قسم)
- Sinhala (si): ab බොත්තම
- Slovak (sk): štítok AB
- Slovenian (sl): gumb AB (krvna skupina)
- Somali (so): AB badhan (nooca dhiigga)
- Swahili (sw): kitufe chenye herufi AB
- Swiss High German (de-CH): Grossbuchstaben AB in rotem Quadrat
- Tajik (tg): тугмаи "АВ" (гуруҳи хун)
- Tamil (ta): இரத்த வகை AB
- Telugu (te): ఎబి బటన్ (రక్తం రకం)
- Tigrinya (ti): AB መልጎም (ዓይነት ደም)
- Tongan (to): meʻalolomi faʻahinga toto AB
- Tswana (tn): konopo ya AB (mofuta wa madi)
- Turkmen (tk): AB düwmesi (gan topary)
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): znamješko AB (krejna skupina)
- Urdu (ur): AB بٹن (خون کی قسم)
- Uyghur (ug): AB كۇنۇپكىسى (قان تىپى)
- Uzbek (uz): ab tugmasi
- Welsh (cy): botwm AB (grwp gwaed)
- Wolof (wo): bitoŋu AB (xeetu deret)
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha elithi AB (uhlobo lwegazi)
- Yoruba (yo): Bọtini AB (irufẹ ẹjẹ)
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Bɔtini AB (irufɛ ɛjɛ)
- Zulu (zu): inkinobho ka-ab

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F18E` |
| HTML | `🆎` |
| CSS | `\1F18E` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F18E}` |
| Python | `\U0001F18E` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 86 8E` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DD8E` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%86%8E` |

## Questions

### What does the 🆎 AB button (blood type) emoji mean?

A square button with the letters AB, used for blood type AB in the ABO blood group system. It appears in messages about blood types and blood donation, and occasionally as plain letters, such as initials or a label.

### How do I type the 🆎 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “AB button (blood type)”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :ab:.

### When was the 🆎 emoji added?

🆎 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🆎?

U+1F18E. In HTML you can write 🆎, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F18E}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/ab-button-blood-type-emoji