# 🪳 Cockroach emoji

🪳 Cockroach is an emoji in the bugs set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. Related words: animal, insect, pest and roach.

- Emoji: 🪳
- Unicode name: cockroach
- Code points: U+1FAB3
- Category: Animals & nature, Bugs
- Added: Emoji 13.0 (2020)
- GitHub shortcode: :cockroach:
- Keywords: animal, cockroach, insect, pest, roach
- Page: https://emojichart.com/cockroach-emoji

## What it means

Long antennae and a flat oval body mark this brown cockroach. It is used for roaches, household pests, dirty kitchens, gross-out humor, and for anything that seems nearly indestructible or impossible to get rid of.

## How to type 🪳

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “cockroach”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “cockroach”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “cockroach”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “cockroach”.
- GitHub: Type :cockroach: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cucaracha | alimaña, bicho, cucaracha, insecto, plaga |
| Français (fr) | cafard | animal, blatte, cafard, coquerelle, insecte, nuisible |
| Deutsch (de) | Kakerlake | Insekt, Käfer, Kakerlake, krabbeln, Krabbeltier, Küchenschabe, La Cucaracha, Schabe, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | scarafaggio | animale, blatta, disgustoso, infestante, insetto, scarafaggio |
| Português (pt) | barata | animal, barata, baratas, inseto, nojento, nojo, praga |
| Nederlands (nl) | kakkerlak | bakkerstor, dier, insect, kakkerlak, plaag |
| Svenska (sv) | kackerlacka | insekt, kackerlacka, skadedjur |
| Polski (pl) | karaluch | karaczan, karaluch, owad, prusak, szkodnik, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | hamam böceği | böcek, hamam böceği, haşere, hayvan, iğrenç, kabuklu, karafatma |
| Русский (ru) | таракан | вредитель, мерзкий, насекомое, прусак, таракан |
| Українська (uk) | тарган | комаха, непроханий гість, паразит, прусак, прусак рудий, тарган, тварина, шкідник |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κατσαρίδα | αηδιαστικός, έντομο, ζώο, κατσαρίδα, ύπουλος, φοβία |
| العربية (ar) | صرصور | جدجد, حشرة, حيوان, صرصور, مبيد حشري, مقرف |
| עברית (he) | תיקן | איכס, בעל חיים, ג׳וק, חרק, מקק, תיקן |
| فارسی (fa) | سوسک حمام | بی‌ریخت, جاندار, جانور, حشره, حیوان, سوسک, سوسک حمام, طبیعت |
| हिन्दी (hi) | तिलचट्टा | इंसेक्ट, कीट, कीड़ा, कॉकरोच, घिनौना, जानवर, तिलचट्टा, मकोड़ा |
| বাংলা (bn) | আরসোলা | আরশোলা, আরসোলা, কীট, কীটপতঙ্গ, কুরুচিপূর্ণ, জীব, তেলাপোকা, পোকা, পোকামাকড়, প্রাণী |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kecoak | binatang, coro, hama, hewan, kecoa, lipas, serangga, sungut |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | con gián | con gián, côn trùng, động vật |
| ไทย (th) | แมลงสาบ | กะจั๊ว, น่าขยะแขยง, น่ารังเกียจ, แมลง, แมลงสาบ, ศัตรูพืช, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ゴキブリ | ゴキブリ, 害虫, 虫 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 바퀴벌레 | 곤충, 동물, 바퀴벌레, 벌레, 징그러운, 해충 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蟑螂 | 动物, 害虫, 小强, 昆虫, 虫子, 蟑螂 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蟑螂 | 動物, 噁心, 小強, 昆蟲, 蟑螂 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kakkerlak
- Akan (ak): tɛfrɛ
- Albanian (sq): kacabu
- Amharic (am): በረሮ
- Anii (blo): acaŋgɩlɩ
- Armenian (hy): ուտիճ
- Assamese (as): পঁইতাচোৰা
- Azerbaijani (az): mətbəxqurdu
- Bashkir (ba): тараҡан
- Basque (eu): labezomorro
- Belarusian (be): таракан
- Bosnian (bs): žohar
- Breton (br): cʼhwil-du
- Bulgarian (bg): хлебарка
- Burmese (my): ပိုးဟပ်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): coquerelle
- Cantonese (yue): 曱甴
- Catalan (ca): panerola
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏂᎾᏌ
- Chuvash (cv): таракан
- Croatian (hr): žohar
- Czech (cs): šváb
- Danish (da): kakerlak
- Estonian (et): prussakas
- Faroese (fo): kakkulakkur
- Filipino (fil): ipis
- Finnish (fi): torakka
- Galician (gl): cascuda
- Georgian (ka): ტარაკანი
- Gujarati (gu): વાંદો
- Hausa (ha): kyankyaso
- Hungarian (hu): csótány
- Icelandic (is): kakkalakki
- Igbo (ig): ochicha
- Irish (ga): blatóg choiteann
- Javanese (jv): coro
- Kannada (kn): ಜಿರಳೆ
- Kazakh (kk): тарақан
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تاراقان
- Khmer (km): កន្លាត
- Konkani (kok): जल्लो
- Kyrgyz (ky): таракан
- Lao (lo): ແມງ​ສາບ
- Latvian (lv): tarakāns
- Lithuanian (lt): tarakonas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): šwoba
- Macedonian (mk): лебарка
- Malay (ms): lipas
- Malayalam (ml): പാറ്റ
- Marathi (mr): झुरळ
- Mongolian (mn): жоом
- Nepali (ne): साङ्लो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kókroch
- Norwegian (no): kakerlakk
- Odia (or): ଅସରପା
- Oromo (om): bararoo
- Pashto (ps): کاکروچ
- Punjabi (pa): ਕਾਕਰੋਚ
- Quechua (qu): cucaracha
- Romanian (ro): gândac de bucătărie
- Romansh (rm): chamulauna da cuschina
- Sardinian (sc): iscarrafone
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): càrnan-gallda
- Serbian (sr): бубашваба
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): bubašvaba
- Shan (shn): မႅင်းသၢပ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ڪاڪروچ
- Sinhala (si): කැරපොත්තා
- Slovak (sk): šváb
- Slovenian (sl): ščurek
- Somali (so): baranbaro
- Swahili (sw): kombamwiko
- Tamil (ta): கரப்பான் பூச்சி
- Telugu (te): బొద్దింక
- Tigrinya (ti): ድዱዕ
- Tongan (to): mongomonga
- Turkmen (tk): saçakçy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): škaber
- Urdu (ur): لال بیگ
- Uzbek (uz): suvarak
- Welsh (cy): chwilen ddu
- Yoruba (yo): ayán
- Zulu (zu): ikokoroshe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1FAB3` |
| HTML | `🪳` |
| CSS | `\1FAB3` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1FAB3}` |
| Python | `\U0001FAB3` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F AA B3` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DEB3` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%AA%B3` |

## Questions

### What does the 🪳 cockroach emoji mean?

Long antennae and a flat oval body mark this brown cockroach. It is used for roaches, household pests, dirty kitchens, gross-out humor, and for anything that seems nearly indestructible or impossible to get rid of.

### How do I type the 🪳 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “cockroach”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :cockroach:.

### When was the 🪳 emoji added?

🪳 was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🪳?

U+1FAB3. In HTML you can write 🪳, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1FAB3}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/cockroach-emoji