Bat emoji 🦇
Emoji 3.0 (2016) · U+1F987
What 🦇 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🦇 are animal, vampire. They show what people use it for.
Search for animal or vampire on your emoji keyboard and 🦇 is among the results.
You will find 🦇 among the mammals (66 emoji), part of animals & nature with 161 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🐻 🐻❄️ 🐨 🐼.
Will 🦇 show on my friend's phone?
🦇 has been around since Emoji 3.0 (2016), so it is safe to send to anyone.
How to type 🦇
Search for bat in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦇.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type bat.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type bat in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type bat.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🦇 is one code point (U+1F987), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 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+1F987 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦇 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦇 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F987"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F987} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%87 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 87 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🦇 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | bat |
| Português | morcego |
| Español | murciélago |
| Italiano | pipistrello |
| Français | chauve-souris |
| Deutsch | Fledermaus |
| Türkçe | yarasa |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kelelawar |
| Polski | nietoperz |
| Русский | летучая мышь |
| 日本語 | コウモリ |
| 한국어 | 박쥐 |
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All animals & nature emoji →Questions people ask
What does the bat emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦇 "bat" and links it with animal, vampire. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the bat emoji added?
In Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the bat emoji?
Search for bat in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦇.