Snake emoji 🐍
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F40D
What 🐍 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Snake 🐍 is tagged with these keywords: animal, bearer, Ophiuchus, serpent, zodiac.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or bearer in the emoji search brings up 🐍.
Snake 🐍 is one of 8 emoji in the reptiles 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 snake.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type snake.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type snake in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type snake.
Codes for developers
Snake 🐍 is a single code point, U+1F40D. 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+1F40D | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐍 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐍 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F40D"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F40D} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%8D | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 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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All animals & nature emoji →Questions people ask
What does the snake emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🐍 "snake" and links it with animal, bearer, Ophiuchus, serpent. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the reptiles subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the snake 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 snake emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🐍 when you search for snake.