Orca emoji
Emoji 17.0 (2025) · U+1FACD
What means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Orca is tagged with these keywords: marine, ocean, whale.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing marine or ocean in the emoji search brings up .
Orca 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 fairly new: Emoji 17.0 (2025). Phones and computers updated since 2026 usually show it; older ones may show an empty box.
How to type
Any emoji picker finds when you search for orca.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type orca.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type orca in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type orca.
Codes for developers
Orca is a single code point, U+1FACD. 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+1FACD | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🫍 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🫍 | |
| CSS | content: "\1FACD"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FACD} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%AB%8D | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AB 8D |
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 orca emoji mean?
Unicode calls "orca" and links it with marine, ocean, whale. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sea animals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the orca emoji added?
In Emoji 17.0, released in 2025. Only phones and computers updated since 2026 show it; older ones may show a box.
How do I type the orca emoji?
Any emoji picker finds when you search for orca.