🅰️ A Button (blood Type) Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

01 — Meaning

What does the 🅰️ A Button (blood Type) emoji mean?

In plain english

Generally, 🅰️ means a person’s blood type. It's used to state their blood type, usually when discussing health or medical information. 🅰️ sits in red emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way.

Where it comes from

The 🅰️ emoji represents a blood type button. It’s often used to indicate someone’s blood type, particularly in medical contexts or conversations about health. People also use it playfully to represent a grade or ranking, like saying someone is "A" level. It can convey a sense of precision or a specific categorization. It’s a fairly niche emoji, so it’s often used ironically or to add a unique detail to a message.

Also known as

One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 3 of them.

blood emojibutton emojitype emoji

02 — Platforms

A Button (blood Type) emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the a button (blood type) as 9 vendors ship it.

AppleiPhone, iPad, macOS

GoogleAndroid, Gmail, Chrome

Twitter / XX, Discord, Twemoji apps

FacebookFacebook, Messenger

OpenMojiOpen-source, design systems

SamsungGalaxy, One UI

MicrosoftWindows, Teams, Fluent

WhatsAppWhatsApp on Android

JoyPixelsSlack, Discord themes

See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.

03 — Copy & codes

A Button (blood Type) emoji copy and paste

Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :a:.

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In your code

Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F170.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🅰️ A Button (blood Type) emoji

Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F170 when there is no key at all.

iPhone & iPad

Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “a button (blood type)”. No emoji key? Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji.

Android

On Gboard tap the smiley key, or long-press the Enter or comma key. On Samsung Keyboard the emoji button sits behind the gear icon.

Windows & Mac

Windows: press Win + . for the emoji panel. Mac: Control + Command + Space. Then type “a button (blood type)”.

Slack & Discord

Type the shortcode :a: and it converts to 🅰️ as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.

Websites & code

In HTML use 🅰️, in CSS \1F170\FE0F, in JavaScript \u{1F170}\u{FE0F}.

No picker to hand? The online emoji keyboard works in any browser, and every character on the site is listed on emoji copy and paste.

05 — Download

A Button (blood Type) emoji PNG and SVG

Grab the a button (blood type) as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.

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Apple PNG · 160px

Google PNG · 160px

Twitter / X SVG vector

Facebook PNG · 64px

OpenMoji SVG vector

Samsung PNG · 64px

Microsoft PNG · 64px

WhatsApp PNG · 64px

JoyPixels PNG · 64px

06 — Combinations

A Button (blood Type) emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around a button (blood type) for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

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Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.

07 — In conversation

What 🅰️ means from a girl or a guy

Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.

From a girl

When a girl sends you 🅰️, she's usually signaling that you're her “A” – meaning she thinks you're amazing, awesome, or the best. It's a compliment, often delivered playfully and with affection. Don't overthink it; she's just saying you’re great!

From a guy

If a guy sends you 🅰️, he might be subtly referencing his own blood type, or he could be using it as a way to say you're "A" – meaning top-tier, excellent, or the best. It’s less common than a girl using it, but it can still be a compliment.

How to reply

If someone sends you 🅰️, you could reply with: “You too 🅰️”, “Definitely 🅰️!”, “Glad I’m A+ 🅰️”, or “You’re my A 🅰️”.

Used in a sentence

08 — Apps

What 🅰️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

One code point, several readings — where the a button (blood type) lands changes how it is taken.

TikTok & Instagram

Generally, 🅰️ means a person’s blood type. It's used to state their blood type, usually when discussing health or medical information. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.

WhatsApp draws 🅰️ with Apple-style artwork on every phone, so it looks identical for both sides. A message with only 🅰️ in it is shown enlarged.

Discord & Slack

Both accept the shortcode :a:. Discord renders Twemoji, so 🅰️ looks different there than on your phone.

Outlook & email

Outlook has no emoji picker on desktop — press Win + . or Control + Command + Space inside the message body, or paste 🅰️ from the copy button above.

09 — Related

Emojis similar to the A Button (blood Type) emoji

Same family (alphanum) — often confused with a button (blood type) or used alongside it.

Symbols →

🆔Id Button 🉑Japanese “acceptable” Button 🈶Japanese “not Free of Charge” Button 🈚️Japanese “free of Charge” Button 🈸Japanese “application” Button 🈺Japanese “open for Business” Button 🈷️Japanese “monthly Amount” Button 🆚Vs Button 🉐Japanese “bargain” Button ㊙️Japanese “secret” Button ㊗️Japanese “congratulations” Button 🈴Japanese “passing Grade” Button

Collections 🅰️ belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:

red emojis

10 — Difference

🅰️ vs 😀 — what is the difference?

Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.

🅰️ A Button (blood Type)

Unicode name: A Button (blood Type)

Code: U+1F170 U+FE0F · added 2010

Shortcode: :a:

Generally, 🅰️ means a person’s blood type.

😀 Grinning Face

Unicode name: Grinning Face

Code: U+1F600 · added 2015

Shortcode: :grinning:

Generally, 😀 means you’re happy and feeling good about something.

Open 😀 Grinning Face →

11 — History

Where the 🅰️ A Button (blood Type) emoji came from

This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.

SoftBankJ-Phone, 2000s

A Button (blood Type) emoji, SoftBank, J-Phone — J-Phone

Same character every time — U+1F170 U+FE0F never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.

1997–2008

Japanese carrier phones

Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets. 🅰️ existed there as KDDI au EB26, SoftBank E532. Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.

2010

Added to the standard

A Button (blood Type) was approved as U+1F170 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.

Today

Drawn 9 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🅰️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

12 — FAQ

A Button (blood Type) emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🅰️ A Button (blood Type) emoji mean?

Generally, 🅰️ means a person’s blood type. It's used to state their blood type, usually when discussing health or medical information.

What does 🅰️ mean from a girl?

When a girl sends you 🅰️, she's usually signaling that you're her “A” – meaning she thinks you're amazing, awesome, or the best. It's a compliment, often delivered playfully and with affection. Don't overthink it; she's just saying you’re great!

What does 🅰️ mean from a guy?

If a guy sends you 🅰️, he might be subtly referencing his own blood type, or he could be using it as a way to say you're "A" – meaning top-tier, excellent, or the best. It’s less common than a girl using it, but it can still be a compliment.

How do you reply to the 🅰️ emoji?

If someone sends you 🅰️, you could reply with: “You too 🅰️”, “Definitely 🅰️!”, “Glad I’m A+ 🅰️”, or “You’re my A 🅰️”.

What else is the 🅰️ emoji called?

A Button (blood Type) is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “blood emoji”, “button emoji”, “type emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F170 U+FE0F.

What is the Unicode code for 🅰️?

The A Button (blood Type) emoji is U+1F170 U+FE0F, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). In HTML you can write it as 🅰️, and in CSS as \1F170\FE0F.

How do I copy and paste the 🅰️ emoji?

Tap the copy button at the top of this page — 🅰️ goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. You can also copy its shortcode :a: for Slack and Discord.

Does 🅰️ look the same on every phone?

No. A Button (blood Type) is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp and JoyPixels all ship their own artwork for U+1F170. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.

🅰️A Button (blood Type) Emoji

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