Crab emoji 🦀
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F980
What 🦀 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Crab 🦀 is tagged with these keywords: Cancer, zodiac.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing Cancer or zodiac in the emoji search brings up 🦀.
Crab 🦀 is one of 18 emoji in the sea animals subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🦞 🦐 🦑 🦪.
Will 🦀 show on my friend's phone?
🦀 arrived with Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Practically every phone and computer in use today shows it.
How to type 🦀
Any emoji picker finds 🦀 when you search for crab.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type crab.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type crab in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type crab.
Codes for developers
Crab 🦀 is a single code point, U+1F980. 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+1F980 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦀 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦀 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F980"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F980} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%80 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 80 |
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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All animals & nature emoji →Questions people ask
What does the crab emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦀 "crab" and links it with Cancer, zodiac. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sea animals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the crab emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the crab emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🦀 when you search for crab.