# 🦀 Crab emoji

🦀 Crab is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: Cancer and zodiac.

- Emoji: 🦀
- Unicode name: crab
- Code points: U+1F980
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :crab:
- Keywords: Cancer, crab, zodiac
- Page: https://emojichart.com/crab-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | cangrejo | animal, cáncer, cangrejo, zodiaco |
| Français (fr) | crabe | animal, astrologie, Cancer, crabe, horoscope, mer, pinces, plage, zodiaque |
| Deutsch (de) | Krebs | Krabbe, Krebs, Meer, Sternzeichen, Strand, Tierkreis |
| Italiano (it) | granchio | cancro, crostaceo, granchio, mare, oceano, segno zodiacale |
| Português (pt) | caranguejo | animal, animal marinho, Câncer, caranguejo, signo de câncer, zodíaco |
| Nederlands (nl) | krab | dierenriem, krab, kreeft |
| Svenska (sv) | krabba | krabba, kräfta, skaldjur, stjärntecken |
| Polski (pl) | krab | krab, morze, ocean, plaża, rak, zodiak, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | yengeç | burç, deniz, ıstakoz, yengeç |
| Русский (ru) | краб | знак, зодиак, клешни, краб, рак |
| Українська (uk) | краб | зодіак, краб, рак |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κάβουρας | ζώδιο, κάβουρας, Καρκίνος |
| العربية (ar) | سرطان | ٨ ارجل, أبراج, أكل بحري, بحر, برج, حيوان, سرطان, سلطعان, سلطعون, صيد, محيط |
| עברית (he) | סרטן | בעל חיים, גלגל המזלות, מזל סרטן, סרטן |
| فارسی (fa) | خرچنگ | برج فلکی, خرچنگ, زودیاک, سرطان |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कर्कट | कर्क, कर्कट, केकड़ा, राशि |
| বাংলা (bn) | কাঁকড়া | কর্কট, কাঁকড়া, পশুপাখি, রাশিচক্র |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kepiting | Cancer, kepiting, zodiak |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cua | cua, cung cự giải, cung hoàng đạo |
| ไทย (th) | ปู | กรกฎ, ปู, ราศี, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | カニ | カニ, 動物, 星座 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 꽃게 | 게, 게자리, 꽃게, 별자리, 크랩 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蟹 | 巨蟹座, 螃蟹, 蟹, 黄道十二宫 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 螃蟹 | 巨蟹座, 紅蟳, 螃蟹, 蟹 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): krap
- Akan (ak): Kɔtɔ
- Albanian (sq): gaforre
- Amharic (am): ሸርጣን
- Anii (blo): ʊkuloŋsoo
- Armenian (hy): խաչափառ
- Assamese (as): কেকোৰা
- Azerbaijani (az): qırmızı xərçəng
- Bashkir (ba): краб
- Basque (eu): karramarroa
- Belarusian (be): краб
- Bosnian (bs): rak
- Breton (br): krank
- Bulgarian (bg): рак
- Burmese (my): ကဏန်း
- Cantonese (yue): 蟹
- Catalan (ca): cranc
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏯᏍᎦᏬᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): краб
- Croatian (hr): rak
- Czech (cs): krab
- Danish (da): krabbe
- Estonian (et): krabi
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): caranguejo (animal)
- Faroese (fo): krabbi
- Filipino (fil): alimango
- Finnish (fi): rapu
- Galician (gl): caranguexo
- Georgian (ka): კიბორჩხალა
- Gujarati (gu): કરચલો
- Hausa (ha): ƙaguwa
- Hungarian (hu): rák
- Icelandic (is): krabbi
- Igbo (ig): nshịkọ
- Irish (ga): portán
- Javanese (jv): rajungan
- Kalaallisut (kl): krabbe
- Kannada (kn): ಏಡಿ
- Kazakh (kk): теңіз шаяны
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تەڭىز شايانى
- Khmer (km): ក្តាម
- Kinyarwanda (rw): karabu
- Konkani (kok): कुल्ली
- Kyrgyz (ky): бөйөн
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tap
- Lao (lo): ກະປູ
- Latvian (lv): krabis
- Lithuanian (lt): krabas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): rak
- Luxembourgish (lb): Kriibs
- Macedonian (mk): рак
- Malay (ms): ketam
- Malayalam (ml): ഞണ്ട്
- Maltese (mt): granċ
- Marathi (mr): खेकडा
- Mongolian (mn): хавч
- Māori (mi): pāpaka
- Nepali (ne): गंगटा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Krab
- Northern Sotho (nso): letlapakgerere
- Norwegian (no): krabbe
- Odia (or): କଙ୍କଡ଼ା
- Oromo (om): loccuu
- Pashto (ps): چنګاښ
- Punjabi (pa): ਕੇਕੜਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اخبوط
- Quechua (qu): cangrejo
- Romanian (ro): rac
- Romansh (rm): giomber
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): crùbag
- Serbian (sr): краба
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kraba
- Shan (shn): ပူ
- Sindhi (sd): سرطان
- Sinhala (si): කකුළුවා
- Slovak (sk): krab
- Slovenian (sl): rakovica
- Somali (so): carsaanyo
- Swahili (sw): kaa
- Tajik (tg): харчанг
- Tamil (ta): நண்டு
- Telugu (te): పీత
- Tigrinya (ti): ሻርጣን
- Tongan (to): paka
- Tswana (tn): lekakaie
- Turkmen (tk): leňňeç
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): rak
- Urdu (ur): کیکڑا
- Uyghur (ug): قىسقۇچپاقا
- Uzbek (uz): qisqichbaqa
- Welsh (cy): cranc
- Wolof (wo): junqoob
- Xhosa (xh): unonkala
- Yoruba (yo): Alákàn
- Zulu (zu): inkalankala

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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}.

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