Astronaut emoji ๐งโ๐
Emoji 12.1 (2019) ยท U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F680
Skin tones ยท Tap a tone to copy it.
What ๐งโ๐ means
The keywords Unicode lists for ๐งโ๐ are rocket, space. They show what people use it for.
Search for rocket or space on your emoji keyboard and ๐งโ๐ is among the results.
You will find ๐งโ๐ among the jobs and roles (82 emoji), part of people & body with 390 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ๐จโ๐ ๐ฉโ๐ ๐งโ๐ ๐จโ๐.
Besides the default yellow, ๐งโ๐ has 5 skin tones, from ๐ง๐ปโ๐ light to ๐ง๐ฟโ๐ dark. Each one is a separate emoji you can copy above.
Will ๐งโ๐ show on my friend's phone?
Emoji 12.1 brought ๐งโ๐ in 2019. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
What ๐งโ๐ is made of
Technically ๐งโ๐ is 2 emoji joined by an invisible character, the zero width joiner (U+200D): ๐ง person + ๐ rocket. Older phones show them one after the other.
How to type ๐งโ๐
Search for astronaut in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find ๐งโ๐.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type astronaut.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type astronaut in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type astronaut.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, ๐งโ๐ is 3 code points (U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F680), 11 bytes in UTF-8 and 5 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F9D1 U+200D U+1F680 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🧑‍🚀 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🧑‍🚀 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9D1 \200D \1F680"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9D1}\u200D\u{1F680} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%9A%80 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D F0 9F 9A 80 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐งโ๐ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | astronaut |
| Portuguรชs | astronauta |
| Espaรฑol | astronauta |
| Italiano | astronauta |
| Franรงais | astronaute |
| Deutsch | Astronaut(in) |
| Tรผrkรงe | astronot |
| Bahasa Indonesia | astronaut |
| Polski | astronauta |
| ะ ัััะบะธะน | ะบะพัะผะพะฝะฐะฒั |
| ๆฅๆฌ่ช | ๅฎๅฎ้ฃ่กๅฃซ |
| ํ๊ตญ์ด | ์ฐ์ฃผ๋นํ์ฌ |
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What does the astronaut emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐งโ๐ "astronaut" and links it with rocket, space. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the jobs and roles subgroup of people & body.
When was the astronaut emoji added?
In Emoji 12.1, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.
Can I change the skin tone of ๐งโ๐?
Yes. ๐งโ๐ has these skin tones: ๐ง๐ปโ๐ ๐ง๐ผโ๐ ๐ง๐ฝโ๐ ๐ง๐พโ๐ ๐ง๐ฟโ๐. Tap one on this page to copy it, or set a default skin tone on the emoji page so every emoji on this site uses it.