U+1F171 U+FE0F "🅱️" B Button (Blood Type) Emoji

Unicode Version 18.0

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Source: Noto Color Emoji Source: Browser Default

The "U+1F171 U+FE0F "🅱️" B Button (Blood Type)" emoji is a squared symbol showing a bold capital B, originally intended to represent blood type B in medical or donor contexts, much like the A, AB, and O button emojis. In online culture it became a widely recognized meme, often replacing the letter B in words for humorous effect or signaling irony, absurdity, or playful emphasis. Its bright red background and white letter make it visually distinct, and it is commonly used in casual chats, social media captions, and joke formats. It remains a standard Unicode emoji supported across most modern devices and platforms.

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Emoji Components

U+1F171
🅱
Negative Squared Latin Capital Letter B
U+FE0F
️
Variation Selector-16

Emoji Properties

Emoji Name
B Button (Blood Type)
Emoji Sequence Type
Basic Emoji
Emoji Version
Emoji 0.6

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
🅱️
HTML Hex Encoding
🅱️
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0x85 0xB1 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83C 0xDD71 0xFE0F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F171 0x0000FE0F
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83c\udd71\ufe0f