# 🛟 Ring buoy emoji

🛟 Ring buoy is an emoji in the boats set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021. Related words: float, life, lifesaver, preserver, rescue and safety.

- Emoji: 🛟
- Unicode name: ring buoy
- Code points: U+1F6DF
- Category: Travel & places, Boats
- Added: Emoji 14.0 (2021)
- GitHub shortcode: :ring_buoy:
- Keywords: buoy, float, life, lifesaver, preserver, rescue, ring, safety, save, saver, swim
- Page: https://emojichart.com/ring-buoy-emoji

## What it means

Often red and white, a round, ring-shaped life preserver is thrown to someone in the water. It stands for water safety, rescue and lifesaving, and is used figuratively for throwing someone a lifeline or offering help.

## How to type 🛟

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | salvavidas | flotador, rescate, salvavidas, seguridad, socorrista |
| Français (fr) | bouée de sauvetage | bouée de sauvetage, flotter, sauver, sauveteur, secours, sécurité |
| Deutsch (de) | Rettungsring | Leben retten, Lebensretter, retten, Rettung, Rettungsring, Schwimmring, Sicherheit |
| Italiano (it) | salvagente | ciambella, galleggiante, gonfiabile, nuotare, salvagente, salvare, salvataggio, sicurezza, soccorso |
| Português (pt) | boia | boia, colete, flutuar, guarda-vidas, guardar, nadar, resgate, salva, salva-vidas, segurança, vidas |
| Nederlands (nl) | reddingsboei | boei, drijven, redden, reddingsboei, reddingsgordel, reddingsvest, veiligheid, verdrinken, zwemmen |
| Svenska (sv) | livboj | flytetyg, frälsarkrans, livboj, livräddning, räddning, säkerhet |
| Polski (pl) | koło ratunkowe | bezpieczeństwo, koło ratunkowe, pływak, pływanie, ratunek |
| Türkçe (tr) | cankurtaran simidi | can simidi, cankurtaran, cankurtaran simidi, deniz, güvenlik, havuz, hayat kurtaran, kurtarmak, önlem, simit, yüzme |
| Русский (ru) | спасательный круг | безопасность, круг, надувной, помощь, спасательный круг, спасение |
| Українська (uk) | рятівний круг | безпека, буйок, плавати, рятівне коло, рятівник, рятувальний засіб, рятувати життя, спасати, триматися на воді |
| Ελληνικά (el) | στρογγυλό σωσίβιο | ασφάλεια, διάσωση, επίπλευση, κολύμπι, ναυαγοσώστης, στρογγυλό σωσίβιο, σωσίβιο |
| العربية (ar) | عوامة | إنقاذ, السلامة, حفظ الحياة, عوامة, عوم, منقذ |
| עברית (he) | גלגל הצלה | בטיחות, גלגל, הצילו, הצלה, מצוף |
| فارسی (fa) | حلقه نجات | ایمنی, بویه, حلقه نجات, راهنمای شناور, سفر, شنا, شنا کردن, شناور, شناوه, محافظ, مکان‌ها, نجات, نجات غریق, نجات‌بخش |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पानी पर तैरने वाला टायर | जान बचाना, जान बचाने वाला टायर, जीवन रक्षक, तैरना, पानी पर तैरने वाला टायर, बचाव, बोय, सुरक्षा, सुरक्षा करने वाला टायर |
| বাংলা (bn) | রিং বয় | আত্মরক্ষক, জীবন বাঁচানো, জীবন সংরক্ষক, নিরাপত্তা, পুনরুদ্ধার করা, ভাসমান, রিং বয় |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | ban pelampung | ban pelampung, berenang, keamanan, mengapung, pelampung, penyelamat, penyelamat hidup, penyelamatan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | phao cứu sinh | an toàn, cấp cứu, cứu hộ, phao cứu sinh, phao nổi, phương tiện cứu hộ |
| ไทย (th) | ห่วงชูชีพ | กู้ภัย, ความปลอดภัย, เครื่องช่วยชีวิต, ช่วยชีวิต, ชีวิต, ชูชีพ, ลอย, ว่ายน้ำ, ห่วงยาง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 救命浮環 | ブイ, ライフセーバー, レスキュー, 安全, 救助, 救命具, 救命浮環, 浮き輪 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 구명부환 | 구명 기구, 구명 튜브, 구명부환, 구조, 구조원, 구하다, 부낭, 수영, 안전 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 救生圈 | 安全, 救援, 救生, 救生圈, 救生用具, 游泳, 漂浮 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 救生圈 | 保命工具, 安全, 救援, 救生, 救生圈, 救生用具, 浮具, 浮標, 游泳 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): boei
- Akan (ak): kawa bɔe
- Albanian (sq): bovë rrethore
- Amharic (am): አንሳፋፊ ቀለበት
- Armenian (hy): փրկօղակ
- Assamese (as): ৰিং বুওয়
- Azerbaijani (az): üzük buy
- Bashkir (ba): ҡотҡарыу түңәрәге
- Basque (eu): sirena
- Belarusian (be): ратавальны круг
- Bosnian (bs): kolut za spašavanje
- Bulgarian (bg): спасителен пояс
- Burmese (my): ဗော်ယာကွင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 水泡
- Catalan (ca): salvavides
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᏌᏆᎳ ᎦᏄᎯᏒ
- Chuvash (cv): ункӑ буйӗ
- Croatian (hr): kolut za spašavanje
- Czech (cs): záchranný kruh
- Danish (da): redningskrans
- Estonian (et): päästerõngas
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): boia circular
- Faroese (fo): bjargingarringur
- Filipino (fil): salbabida
- Finnish (fi): pelastusrengas
- Galician (gl): salvavidas
- Georgian (ka): ბეჭედი ბუი
- Gujarati (gu): રિંગ બોય
- Hausa (ha): balan-balan ceto na ruwa
- Hungarian (hu): mentőöv
- Icelandic (is): björgunarhringur
- Igbo (ig): rọba ọkirikiri mmiri
- Irish (ga): baoi fáinneach
- Javanese (jv): ban pelampung
- Kannada (kn): ರಿಂಗ್ ಬೂಯ್
- Kazakh (kk): құтқару шеңбері
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قۇتقارۋ شەڭبەرى
- Khmer (km): សញ្ញារូបពោងកង់
- Konkani (kok): तरंगते चक्र
- Kyrgyz (ky): куткаруу тегереги
- Lao (lo): ຫ່ວງຊູຊີບ
- Latvian (lv): gredzenu boja
- Lithuanian (lt): gelbėjimo ratas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wumožaŕska boja
- Macedonian (mk): гума за спасување
- Malay (ms): boya
- Malayalam (ml): റിംഗ് ബോയ്
- Marathi (mr): रिंग बोय
- Mongolian (mn): цагираг хөвүүр тэмдэг
- Nepali (ne): रिङ बुइ
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ríng Buói
- Norwegian (no): livbøye
- Odia (or): ରିଙ୍ଗ୍ ବୁଏ
- Oromo (om): afuuffee geengoo bishaan irraa
- Pashto (ps): زنګ وهونکی
- Punjabi (pa): ਰਿੰਗ ਬੁਆਏ
- Quechua (qu): salvavidas anillu
- Romanian (ro): colac de salvare
- Romansh (rm): rintg da salvament
- Sardinian (sc): sarvagente
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): fleodrainn-teasairginn
- Serbian (sr): појас за спасавање
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): pojas za spasavanje
- Shan (shn): တူင်ႇၸွႆႈသၢႆၸႂ်
- Sindhi (sd): ھوا سان ڀريل سيڻاھ
- Sinhala (si): මුදු බෝයාව
- Slovak (sk): záchranné koleso
- Slovenian (sl): rešilni obroč
- Somali (so): giraan sabanaysa
- Swahili (sw): boya okozi
- Tamil (ta): வட்ட மிதவை
- Telugu (te): జీవన రక్షణ వలయం
- Tigrinya (ti): ቀለቤት ቦይ
- Tongan (to): poe
- Turkmen (tk): halas ediş tegelegi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wuchowanska boja
- Urdu (ur): تیرنے والی گول ٹیوب
- Uzbek (uz): qutqaruv chambaragi
- Welsh (cy): bwi cylch
- Yoruba (yo): ríngì
- Zulu (zu): ring buoy

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F6DF` |
| HTML | `🛟` |
| CSS | `\1F6DF` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F6DF}` |
| Python | `\U0001F6DF` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 9B 9F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DEDF` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%9B%9F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🛟 ring buoy emoji mean?

Often red and white, a round, ring-shaped life preserver is thrown to someone in the water. It stands for water safety, rescue and lifesaving, and is used figuratively for throwing someone a lifeline or offering help.

### How do I type the 🛟 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “ring buoy”. 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 :ring_buoy:.

### When was the 🛟 emoji added?

🛟 was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021.

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

U+1F6DF. In HTML you can write 🛟, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F6DF}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/ring-buoy-emoji