Helicopter emoji 🚁
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F681
What 🚁 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🚁 are copter, roflcopter, travel, vehicle. They show what people use it for.
Search for copter or roflcopter on your emoji keyboard and 🚁 is among the results.
You will find 🚁 among the planes and rockets (13 emoji), part of travel & places with 221 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🚟 🚠 🚡 🛰️.
Will 🚁 show on my friend's phone?
🚁 has been around since Emoji 1.0 (2015), so it is safe to send to anyone.
How to type 🚁
Search for helicopter in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🚁.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type helicopter.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type helicopter in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type helicopter.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🚁 is one code point (U+1F681), 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+1F681 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🚁 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🚁 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F681"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F681} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%9A%81 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9A 81 |
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 | helicopter |
| Português | helicóptero |
| Español | helicóptero |
| Italiano | elicottero |
| Français | hélicoptère |
| Deutsch | Hubschrauber |
| Türkçe | helikopter |
| Bahasa Indonesia | helikopter |
| Polski | helikopter |
| Русский | вертолет |
| 日本語 | ヘリコプター |
| 한국어 | 헬리콥터 |
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All travel & places emoji →Questions people ask
What does the helicopter emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🚁 "helicopter" and links it with copter, roflcopter, travel, vehicle. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the planes and rockets subgroup of travel & places.
When was the helicopter emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the helicopter emoji?
Search for helicopter in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🚁.