Crocodile emoji 🐊
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F40A
What 🐊 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Crocodile 🐊 is tagged with these keywords: animal, zoo.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or zoo in the emoji search brings up 🐊.
Crocodile 🐊 is one of 8 emoji in the reptiles 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 crocodile.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type crocodile.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type crocodile in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type crocodile.
Codes for developers
Crocodile 🐊 is a single code point, U+1F40A. 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+1F40A | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐊 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐊 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F40A"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F40A} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%8A | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 8A |
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 crocodile emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🐊 "crocodile" and links it with animal, zoo. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the reptiles subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the crocodile emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the crocodile emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🐊 when you search for crocodile.