# 🐬 Dolphin emoji

🐬 Dolphin is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal, beach, flipper and ocean.

- Emoji: 🐬
- Unicode name: dolphin
- Code points: U+1F42C
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :dolphin:, :flipper:
- Keywords: animal, beach, dolphin, flipper, ocean
- Page: https://emojichart.com/dolphin-emoji

## What it means

Smooth, gray and streamlined, this dolphin looks playful. It is used for dolphins, the ocean, beach trips, and friendly moods, since dolphins are known for being smart and sociable.

## How to type 🐬

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | delfín | cetáceo, delfín |
| Français (fr) | dauphin | animal, dauphin, Flipper, mer, océan, plage |
| Deutsch (de) | Delfin | Delfin, Meer, Ozean, Strand, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | delfino | animale, cetaceo, delfino, mare, oceano, spiaggia |
| Português (pt) | golfinho | animal, golfinho, oceano |
| Nederlands (nl) | dolfijn | dier, dolfijn, flipper, oceaan, strand |
| Svenska (sv) | delfin | delfin, djur |
| Polski (pl) | delfin | delfin, morze, ocean, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | yunus | balık, deniz, hayvan, mavi yunus, okyanus, yunus |
| Русский (ru) | дельфин | вода, дельфин, море, океан, пляж |
| Українська (uk) | дельфін | дельфін, плавець |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δελφίνι | δελφίνι, ζώο, παραλία, πτερύγιο, ωκεανός |
| العربية (ar) | دولفين | بحر, حيوان, دلفين, دولفين, زعانف, شاطىء, محيط |
| עברית (he) | דולפין | דולפין, פליפר, קופץ |
| فارسی (fa) | دلفین | دلفین |
| हिन्दी (hi) | डॉल्फ़िन | डॉल्फ़िन, पशु |
| বাংলা (bn) | ডলফিন | ডলফিন, পশুপাখি, সামুদ্রিক প্রাণীর সাঁতার |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | lumba-lumba | binatang, hewan, laut, lumba-lumba, pantai, samudra |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cá heo | bãi biển, cá heo, chân chèo, đại dương, động vật |
| ไทย (th) | ปลาโลมา | ครีบ, ปลาโลมา, มหาสมุทร, สัตว์, หาด |
| 日本語 (ja) | イルカ | イルカ, ドルフィン, 動物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 돌고래 | 돌고래, 동물, 바다, 지느러미, 해변 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 海豚 | 海豚, 鸭脚板 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 海豚 | 動物, 海豚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dolfyn
- Akan (ak): Dɔɔfin
- Albanian (sq): delfin
- Amharic (am): ዶልፊን
- Anii (blo): gafɩlɩ ɖofɛŋ
- Armenian (hy): դելֆին
- Assamese (as): ডলফিন
- Azerbaijani (az): delfin
- Bashkir (ba): дельфин
- Basque (eu): izurdea
- Belarusian (be): дэльфін
- Bosnian (bs): delfin
- Breton (br): delfin
- Bulgarian (bg): делфин
- Burmese (my): လင်းပိုင်
- Cantonese (yue): 海豚
- Catalan (ca): dofí
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎵᏆᏕᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): дельфин
- Croatian (hr): dupin
- Czech (cs): delfín
- Danish (da): delfin
- Estonian (et): delfiin
- Faroese (fo): delfin
- Filipino (fil): dolphin
- Finnish (fi): delfiini
- Galician (gl): golfiño
- Georgian (ka): დელფინი
- Gujarati (gu): ડોલ્ફિન
- Hausa (ha): kifin dolphin
- Hungarian (hu): delfin
- Icelandic (is): höfrungur
- Igbo (ig): nnukwu azụ dọlphịnụ
- Irish (ga): deilf
- Javanese (jv): lumba-lumba
- Kalaallisut (kl): delfin
- Kannada (kn): ಡಾಲ್ಫಿನ್
- Kazakh (kk): дельфин
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): دەلفين
- Khmer (km): ត្រីដូហ្វីន
- Kinyarwanda (rw): igifi kinini
- Konkani (kok): डोल्फीन
- Kyrgyz (ky): дельфин
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Aqk’ar
- Lao (lo): ປາ​ໂລ​ມາ
- Latvian (lv): delfīns
- Lithuanian (lt): delfinas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): delfin
- Luxembourgish (lb): Delfin
- Macedonian (mk): делфин
- Malay (ms): ikan lumba-lumba
- Malayalam (ml): ഡോൾഫിൻ
- Maltese (mt): denfil
- Marathi (mr): डॉल्फिन
- Mongolian (mn): далайн гахай
- Māori (mi): aihe
- Nepali (ne): डल्फिन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Dọ́lfin
- Northern Sotho (nso): tolefini
- Norwegian (no): delfin
- Odia (or): ଡଲଫିନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): doolfiinii
- Pashto (ps): دولفين
- Punjabi (pa): ਡਾਲਫਿਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ڈولفن
- Quechua (qu): delfin
- Romanian (ro): delfin
- Romansh (rm): delfin
- Sardinian (sc): delfinu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): leumadair-mara
- Serbian (sr): делфин
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): delfin
- Shan (shn): ပႃၶႃႇ
- Sindhi (sd): ڊالفن
- Sinhala (si): ඩොල්ෆින්
- Slovak (sk): delfín
- Slovenian (sl): delfin
- Somali (so): hoon-baro
- Swahili (sw): pomboo
- Tajik (tg): делфин
- Tamil (ta): டால்பின்
- Telugu (te): డాల్ఫిన్
- Tigrinya (ti): ኣቡ ሰላማ
- Tongan (to): pungopunga
- Tswana (tn): dolefini
- Turkmen (tk): delfin
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): delfin
- Urdu (ur): ڈولفن
- Uyghur (ug): دېلفىن
- Uzbek (uz): delfin
- Welsh (cy): dolffin
- Wolof (wo): dófeŋ
- Xhosa (xh): ihlengesi
- Yoruba (yo): Dọfini
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Dɔfini
- Zulu (zu): ihlengethwa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F42C` |
| HTML | `🐬` |
| CSS | `\1F42C` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F42C}` |
| Python | `\U0001F42C` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 AC` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC2C` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%AC` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐬 dolphin emoji mean?

Smooth, gray and streamlined, this dolphin looks playful. It is used for dolphins, the ocean, beach trips, and friendly moods, since dolphins are known for being smart and sociable.

### How do I type the 🐬 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “dolphin”. 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 :dolphin:.

### When was the 🐬 emoji added?

🐬 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F42C. In HTML you can write 🐬, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F42C}.

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