Octopus emoji 🐙
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F419
What 🐙 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Octopus 🐙 is tagged with these keywords: animal, creature, ocean.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or creature in the emoji search brings up 🐙.
Octopus 🐙 is one of 18 emoji in the sea animals subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🐚 🪸 🪼 🦀.
Will 🐙 show on my friend's phone?
🐙 is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type 🐙
Any emoji picker finds 🐙 when you search for octopus.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type octopus.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type octopus in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type octopus.
Codes for developers
Octopus 🐙 is a single code point, U+1F419. 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+1F419 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐙 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐙 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F419"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F419} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%99 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 99 |
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 octopus emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🐙 "octopus" and links it with animal, creature, ocean. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sea animals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the octopus emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the octopus emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🐙 when you search for octopus.