Cockroach emoji 🪳
Emoji 13.0 (2020) · U+1FAB3
What 🪳 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🪳 are animal, insect, pest, roach. They show what people use it for.
Search for animal or insect on your emoji keyboard and 🪳 is among the results.
You will find 🪳 among the bugs (17 emoji), part of animals & nature with 161 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🕷️ 🕸️ 🦂 🦟.
Will 🪳 show on my friend's phone?
Emoji 13.0 brought 🪳 in 2020. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
How to type 🪳
Search for cockroach in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🪳.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type cockroach.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type cockroach in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type cockroach.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🪳 is one code point (U+1FAB3), 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+1FAB3 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🪳 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🪳 | |
| CSS | content: "\1FAB3"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FAB3} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%AA%B3 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AA B3 |
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 cockroach emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🪳 "cockroach" and links it with animal, insect, pest, roach. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the bugs subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the cockroach emoji added?
In Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. Phones updated since about 2021 show it.
How do I type the cockroach emoji?
Search for cockroach in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🪳.