Beetle emoji 🪲
Emoji 13.0 (2020) · U+1FAB2
What 🪲 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Beetle 🪲 is tagged with these keywords: animal, bug, insect.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or bug in the emoji search brings up 🪲.
Beetle 🪲 is one of 17 emoji in the bugs subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🐞 🦗 🪳 🕷️.
Will 🪲 show on my friend's phone?
🪲 was added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
How to type 🪲
Any emoji picker finds 🪲 when you search for beetle.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type beetle.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type beetle in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type beetle.
Codes for developers
Beetle 🪲 is a single code point, U+1FAB2. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1FAB2 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🪲 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🪲 | |
| CSS | content: "\1FAB2"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FAB2} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%AA%B2 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AA B2 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🪲 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the beetle emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🪲 "beetle" and links it with animal, bug, insect. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the bugs subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the beetle emoji added?
In Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. Phones updated since about 2021 show it.
How do I type the beetle emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🪲 when you search for beetle.