Scorpion emoji 🦂
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F982
What 🦂 means
Scorpion 🦂 goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: Scorpio, Scorpius, zodiac.
Those words also drive emoji search: try Scorpio or Scorpius on your phone to find 🦂.
On the emoji keyboard, 🦂 sits with the bugs (17 emoji) inside animals & nature, which has 161 emoji, for example 🦟 🪰 🪱 🦠.
Will 🦂 show on my friend's phone?
Added in Emoji 1.0 (2015), 🦂 is old enough that all current phones, computers and apps show it.
How to type 🦂
To find 🦂 quickly, type scorpion into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type scorpion.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type scorpion in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type scorpion.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees 🦂 as one code point, U+1F982: 4 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F982 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦂 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦂 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F982"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F982} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%82 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 82 |
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 scorpion emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦂 "scorpion" and links it with Scorpio, Scorpius, zodiac. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the bugs subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the scorpion emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the scorpion emoji?
To find 🦂 quickly, type scorpion into the emoji search.