# 🅱️ B button (blood type) emoji

🅱️ B 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: B button (blood type)
- Code points: U+1F171 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Letters and numbers
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :b:
- Keywords: B, blood, button, type
- Page: https://emojichart.com/b-button-blood-type-emoji

## What it means

A square button with the capital letter B, used for blood type B in the ABO blood group system. It also became a meme, where people swap it in for the letter B in a word for ironic or silly emphasis.

## How to type 🅱️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | grupo sanguíneo B | B, grupo, sanguíneo, tipo B |
| Français (fr) | groupe sanguin B | B, groupe sanguin, groupe sanguin B |
| Deutsch (de) | Großbuchstabe B in rotem Quadrat | b, Blut, Blutgruppe, Großbuchstabe, negativ, positiv |
| Italiano (it) | gruppo sanguigno B | B, gruppo B, gruppo sanguigno B |
| Português (pt) | botão B (tipo sanguíneo) | B, botão B (tipo sanguíneo), sangue, tipo B, tipo sanguíneo, tipo sanguíneo B |
| Nederlands (nl) | bloedgroep B | B, bloed, groep, knop |
| Svenska (sv) | blodgrupp B | blodgrupp B, typ B |
| Polski (pl) | grupa krwi B | B, grupa B, grupa krwi B, krew |
| Türkçe (tr) | B grubu (kan grubu) | B, B grubu (kan grubu), B grubu kan, B tuşu, kan, kan grubu, kan grubu B, kırmızı kutuda B harfi |
| Русский (ru) | III группа крови | 3 группа крови, III группа крови, буква В, группа крови, группа крови В, кровь, третья группа крови |
| Українська (uk) | кнопка B (III група крові) | 2, b, ii, група крові, кнопка «група крові b», кнопка B (III група крові), кров |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουμπί Β (ομάδα αίματος) | b, κουμπί, κουμπί Β, κουμπί Β (ομάδα αίματος), ομάδα αίματος |
| العربية (ar) | زر B | بي, دم, زر B, فصيلة |
| עברית (he) | לחצן B (סוג דם) | b, לחצן B (סוג דם), סוג דם |
| فارسی (fa) | دکمه ب (گروه خونی) | b, ب, دکمه B, دکمه ب (گروه خونی), گروه خونی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | B बटन (रक्त प्रकार) | B, B बटन (रक्त प्रकार), खून, प्रकार बी, बी, बी बटन, रक्त प्रकार, रक्त प्रकार बी |
| বাংলা (bn) | বি বোতাম | বি, বি বোতাম, রক্ত |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tombol B (golongan darah) | B, darah, golongan, tombol |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nút B (nhóm máu) | b, nhóm máu, nhóm máu B, nút B (nhóm máu) |
| ไทย (th) | เลือดกรุ๊ปบี | กรุ๊ปบี, ชนิด, ปุ่ม, เลือด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 血液型B型 | B型, 血液型, 血液型B型 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 비형 | B, B형, 버튼, 비형, 혈액형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | B型血 | b, B, B型血, 按钮, 血型, 血液 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | B型 | B型, 血型 |

More languages:

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

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F171 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🅱️` |
| CSS | `\1F171\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F171}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F171\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 85 B1 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DD71 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%85%B1%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🅱️ B button (blood type) emoji mean?

A square button with the capital letter B, used for blood type B in the ABO blood group system. It also became a meme, where people swap it in for the letter B in a word for ironic or silly emphasis.

### How do I type the 🅱️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “B 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 :b:.

### When was the 🅱️ emoji added?

🅱️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F171 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🅱️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F171}\u{FE0F}.

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