Flying saucer emoji 🛸
Emoji 5.0 (2017) · U+1F6F8
What 🛸 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Flying saucer 🛸 is tagged with these keywords: aliens, extra, flying, saucer, terrestrial, UFO.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing aliens or extra in the emoji search brings up 🛸.
Flying saucer 🛸 is one of 13 emoji in the planes and rockets subgroup of travel & places (221 emoji), next to ✈️ 🛩️ 🛫 🛬.
Will 🛸 show on my friend's phone?
🛸 was added in Emoji 5.0 (2017). 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 flying saucer.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type flying saucer.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type flying saucer in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type flying saucer.
Codes for developers
Flying saucer 🛸 is a single code point, U+1F6F8. 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+1F6F8 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🛸 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🛸 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F6F8"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F6F8} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%9B%B8 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9B B8 |
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 | flying saucer |
| Português | disco voador |
| Español | platillo volante |
| Italiano | disco volante |
| Français | soucoupe volante |
| Deutsch | fliegende Untertasse |
| Türkçe | uçan daire |
| Bahasa Indonesia | piring terbang |
| Polski | latający talerz |
| Русский | летающая тарелка |
| 日本語 | 空飛ぶ円盤 |
| 한국어 | 비행접시 |
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What does the flying saucer emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🛸 "flying saucer" and links it with aliens, extra, flying, saucer. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the planes and rockets subgroup of travel & places.
When was the flying saucer emoji added?
In Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. Phones updated since about 2018 show it.
How do I type the flying saucer emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🛸 when you search for flying saucer.