🦀U+1F980
Crab emoji
With two raised claws, this red crab is a seaside staple. People use it for crabs, beaches, seafood, the Cancer zodiac sign, and a grumpy or crabby mood.
- Unicode name
- crab
- Category
- Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added
- Emoji 1.0 in 2015
- Code points
- U+1F980
- Shortcode
:crab:- Keywords
- Cancer, crab, zodiac
How it looks
How to type 🦀
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “crab”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “crab”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “crab”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “crab”.
- GitHub
- Type :crab: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | cangrejo | animal, cáncer, cangrejo, zodiaco |
| Français | crabe | animal, astrologie, Cancer, crabe, horoscope, mer, pinces, plage, zodiaque |
| Deutsch | Krebs | Krabbe, Krebs, Meer, Sternzeichen, Strand, Tierkreis |
| Italiano | granchio | cancro, crostaceo, granchio, mare, oceano, segno zodiacale |
| Português | caranguejo | animal, animal marinho, Câncer, caranguejo, signo de câncer, zodíaco |
| Nederlands | krab | dierenriem, krab, kreeft |
| Svenska | krabba | krabba, kräfta, skaldjur, stjärntecken |
| Polski | krab | krab, morze, ocean, plaża, rak, zodiak, zwierzę |
| Türkçe | yengeç | burç, deniz, ıstakoz, yengeç |
| Русский | краб | знак, зодиак, клешни, краб, рак |
| Українська | краб | зодіак, краб, рак |
| Ελληνικά | κάβουρας | ζώδιο, κάβουρας, Καρκίνος |
| العربية | سرطان | ٨ ارجل, أبراج, أكل بحري, بحر, برج, حيوان, سرطان, سلطعان, سلطعون, صيد, محيط |
| עברית | סרטן | בעל חיים, גלגל המזלות, מזל סרטן, סרטן |
| فارسی | خرچنگ | برج فلکی, خرچنگ, زودیاک, سرطان |
| हिन्दी | कर्कट | कर्क, कर्कट, केकड़ा, राशि |
| বাংলা | কাঁকড়া | কর্কট, কাঁকড়া, পশুপাখি, রাশিচক্র |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kepiting | Cancer, kepiting, zodiak |
| Tiếng Việt | cua | cua, cung cự giải, cung hoàng đạo |
| ไทย | ปู | กรกฎ, ปู, ราศี, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 | カニ | カニ, 動物, 星座 |
| 한국어 | 꽃게 | 게, 게자리, 꽃게, 별자리, 크랩 |
| 中文（简体） | 蟹 | 巨蟹座, 螃蟹, 蟹, 黄道十二宫 |
| 中文（繁體） | 螃蟹 | 巨蟹座, 紅蟳, 螃蟹, 蟹 |
Names in 95 more languages
| Afrikaans | krap |
|---|---|
| Akan | Kɔtɔ |
| Albanian | gaforre |
| Amharic | ሸርጣን |
| Anii | ʊkuloŋsoo |
| Armenian | խաչափառ |
| Assamese | কেকোৰা |
| Azerbaijani | qırmızı xərçəng |
| Bashkir | краб |
| Basque | karramarroa |
| Belarusian | краб |
| Bosnian | rak |
| Breton | krank |
| Bulgarian | рак |
| Burmese | ကဏန်း |
| Cantonese | 蟹 |
| Catalan | cranc |
| Cherokee | ᎤᏯᏍᎦᏬᏗ |
| Chuvash | краб |
| Croatian | rak |
| Czech | krab |
| Danish | krabbe |
| Estonian | krabi |
| European Portuguese | caranguejo (animal) |
| Faroese | krabbi |
| Filipino | alimango |
| Finnish | rapu |
| Galician | caranguexo |
| Georgian | კიბორჩხალა |
| Gujarati | કરચલો |
| Hausa | ƙaguwa |
| Hungarian | rák |
| Icelandic | krabbi |
| Igbo | nshịkọ |
| Irish | portán |
| Javanese | rajungan |
| Kalaallisut | krabbe |
| Kannada | ಏಡಿ |
| Kazakh | теңіз шаяны |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | تەڭىز شايانى |
| Khmer | ក្តាម |
| Kinyarwanda | karabu |
| Konkani | कुल्ली |
| Kyrgyz | бөйөн |
| Kʼicheʼ | Tap |
| Lao | ກະປູ |
| Latvian | krabis |
| Lithuanian | krabas |
| Lower Sorbian | rak |
| Luxembourgish | Kriibs |
| Macedonian | рак |
| Malay | ketam |
| Malayalam | ഞണ്ട് |
| Maltese | granċ |
| Marathi | खेकडा |
| Mongolian | хавч |
| Māori | pāpaka |
| Nepali | गंगटा |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Krab |
| Northern Sotho | letlapakgerere |
| Norwegian | krabbe |
| Odia | କଙ୍କଡ଼ା |
| Oromo | loccuu |
| Pashto | چنګاښ |
| Punjabi | ਕੇਕੜਾ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | اخبوط |
| Quechua | cangrejo |
| Romanian | rac |
| Romansh | giomber |
| Scottish Gaelic | crùbag |
| Serbian | краба |
| Serbian (Latin) | kraba |
| Shan | ပူ |
| Sindhi | سرطان |
| Sinhala | කකුළුවා |
| Slovak | krab |
| Slovenian | rakovica |
| Somali | carsaanyo |
| Swahili | kaa |
| Tajik | харчанг |
| Tamil | நண்டு |
| Telugu | పీత |
| Tigrinya | ሻርጣን |
| Tongan | paka |
| Tswana | lekakaie |
| Turkmen | leňňeç |
| Upper Sorbian | rak |
| Urdu | کیکڑا |
| Uyghur | قىسقۇچپاقا |
| Uzbek | qisqichbaqa |
| Welsh | cranc |
| Wolof | junqoob |
| Xhosa | unonkala |
| Yoruba | Alákàn |
| Zulu | inkalankala |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F980- HTML
🦀- CSS
\1F980- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F980}- Python
\U0001F980- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A6 80- UTF-16
D83E DD80- URL encoded
%F0%9F%A6%80
Questions
What does the 🦀 crab emoji mean?
With two raised claws, this red crab is a seaside staple. People use it for crabs, beaches, seafood, the Cancer zodiac sign, and a grumpy or crabby mood.
How do I type the 🦀 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “crab”. 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 :crab:.
When was the 🦀 emoji added?
🦀 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.
What is the Unicode code point for 🦀?
U+1F980. In HTML you can write 🦀, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F980}.