🛸U+1F6F8
Flying saucer emoji
Shaped like a round disc, usually with a dome on top, this spacecraft is the classic UFO. Aliens, extraterrestrials, UFO sightings and science fiction all call for it, as does anything strange or otherworldly.
- Unicode name
- flying saucer
- Category
- Travel & places, Air and space
- Added
- Emoji 5.0 in 2017
- Code points
- U+1F6F8
- Shortcode
:flying_saucer:- Keywords
- aliens, extra, flying, saucer, terrestrial, UFO
How it looks
How to type 🛸
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “flying saucer”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “flying saucer”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “flying saucer”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “flying saucer”.
- GitHub
- Type :flying_saucer: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | platillo volante | ovni, platillo volante |
| Français | soucoupe volante | alien, extraterrestre, ovni, OVNI, soucoupe volante |
| Deutsch | fliegende Untertasse | Alien, Außerirdisch, fliegende Untertasse, UFO |
| Italiano | disco volante | alieni, disco volante, extra terrestri, marziani, spazio, ufo, UFO |
| Português | disco voador | alienígena, disco, ET, extra, óvni, terrestre, voador |
| Nederlands | vliegende schotel | aliens, buitenaards, buitenaardse wezens, science fiction, ufo, UFO, vervoermiddel, vliegende schotel, voertuig |
| Svenska | flygande tefat | flygande tefat, UFO |
| Polski | latający talerz | fantastyka, kosmici, kosmita, latający, sci-fi, sf, spodek, talerz, ufo |
| Türkçe | uçan daire | uçan daire, ufo, UFO, uzaylı |
| Русский | летающая тарелка | инопланетный гость, инопланетяне, летающая тарелка, марсианин, НЛО, пришелец, пришельцы, тарелка |
| Українська | летюча тарілка | летюча тарілка, НЛО, чужі |
| Ελληνικά | ιπτάμενος δίσκος | ΑΤΙΑ, εξωγήινοι, εξωγήινος, ιπτάμενος δίσκος, ούφο |
| العربية | صحن طائر | صحن طائر, طبق طائر, غريب, فضاء, مخلوق فضائي, مركبة فضائية |
| עברית | צלחת מעופפת | חוצן, חוצנים, חייזרים, עב״מ, צלחת מעופפת |
| فارسی | بشقابپرنده | بشقاب پرنده, بشقابپرنده, شیء پرندهٔ ناشناس, فضایی, موجود فضایی, یو اف او, یوافاُ |
| हिन्दी | उड़न तश्तरी | उड़न तश्तरी, उड़ान तश्तरी, एलियंस, यूएफओ |
| বাংলা | উড়ন্ত চাকতি | ইউএফও, উড়ন্ত চাকতি, এলিয়েন, পরিবহন, ভিনগ্রহবাসী, যাতায়াত, স্পেসশিপ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | piring terbang | alien, cawan, ekstra, piring, terbang, terestrial, UFO |
| Tiếng Việt | đĩa bay | đĩa bay, người ngoài hành tinh, UFO |
| ไทย | จานบิน | จานบิน, มนุษย์ต่างดาว, ยานอวกาศ, ยูเอฟโอ, เอเลี่ยน |
| 日本語 | 空飛ぶ円盤 | UFO, 乗り物, 宇宙, 宇宙人, 未確認飛行物体, 空飛ぶ円盤 |
| 한국어 | 비행접시 | UFO, 비행접시, 외계인, 우주 생명체 |
| 中文（简体） | 飞碟 | UFO, 不明飞行物, 外星人, 外星球, 飞碟 |
| 中文（繁體） | 飛碟 | UFO, 外太空人, 外星人, 幽浮, 異形, 飛碟 |
Names in 97 more languages
| Afrikaans | vlieënde piering |
|---|---|
| Akan | sɔɔsa a ɛretu |
| Albanian | disk fluturues |
| Amharic | በራሪ ዲስክ |
| Armenian | թռչող ափսե |
| Assamese | উড়ন্ত চাকি |
| Azerbaijani | uçan boşqab |
| Bashkir | осоусы тәрилкә |
| Basque | plater hegalari |
| Belarusian | лятаючая талерка |
| Bosnian | leteći tanjir |
| Breton | pladenn-nij |
| Bulgarian | летяща чиния |
| Burmese | ပန်းကန်ပြားပျံ |
| Cantonese | 飛碟 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 飞碟 |
| Catalan | plat volador |
| Cherokee | ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ ᏖᎵᏙ |
| Chuvash | вӗҫекен турилкке |
| Croatian | leteći tanjur |
| Czech | létající talíř |
| Danish | ufo |
| Estonian | lendav taldrik |
| Faroese | flúgvandi diskur |
| Filipino | flying saucer |
| Finnish | lentävä lautanen |
| Galician | ovni |
| Georgian | მფრინავი თეფში |
| Gujarati | ફ્લાઇંગ સૉસર |
| Hausa | faranti mai tasowa |
| Hungarian | repülő csészealj |
| Icelandic | fljúgandi diskur |
| Igbo | ihe na-efe efe |
| Irish | sásar eitilte |
| Javanese | piring mabur |
| Kannada | ಹಾರುವ ತಟ್ಟೆ |
| Kazakh | ұшатын тарелка |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | ۇشاتىن تارەلكا |
| Khmer | ថាសហោះ |
| Kinyarwanda | isahani iguruka |
| Konkani | उडण तश्करी |
| Kyrgyz | учуучу объект |
| Kʼicheʼ | chikajilset |
| Lao | ຍົນຈານບິນ |
| Latin American Spanish | platillo volador |
| Latvian | lidojošais šķīvītis |
| Lithuanian | skraidanti lėkštė |
| Lower Sorbian | lětajuca šklicka |
| Luxembourgish | UFO |
| Macedonian | летечка чинија |
| Malay | piring terbang |
| Malayalam | പറക്കുംതളിക |
| Maltese | flying saucer |
| Marathi | उडती तबकडी |
| Mongolian | нисдэг таваг |
| Māori | waka ātea nō ao kē |
| Nepali | उड्ने थाली आकारको यान |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Fláyín Sọ́sa |
| Northern Sotho | piring ya go fofa |
| Norwegian | flygende tallerken |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | flygande tallerken |
| Odia | ଫ୍ଲାଇଂ ସସର୍ |
| Oromo | saawuserii balali’u |
| Pashto | الوتونکی طشتری |
| Punjabi | ਉਡਣ ਤਸ਼ਤਰੀ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | اُڑن طشتری |
| Quechua | platillo volador |
| Romanian | farfurie zburătoare |
| Romansh | ufo |
| Sardinian | discu chi bolat |
| Scottish Gaelic | soitheach-fànais |
| Serbian | летећи тањир |
| Serbian (Latin) | leteći tanjir |
| Shan | ဢၢင်ႇမိၼ် |
| Sindhi | اڏامندڙ بس |
| Sinhala | පියාඹන පීරිසි |
| Slovak | lietajúci tanier |
| Slovenian | leteči krožnik |
| Somali | shey sidii digsi oo duulaya |
| Swahili | kisahani kinachopaa |
| Tajik | лаълии паррон |
| Tamil | பறக்கும் தட்டு |
| Telugu | ఎగిరే పళ్లెం |
| Tigrinya | ዝነፍር ሳእኒ |
| Tongan | peleti puna |
| Tswana | piring e e fofang |
| Turkmen | uçýan tabak |
| Upper Sorbian | lětacy taler |
| Urdu | اڑن تشتری |
| Uyghur | ئۇچار تەخسە |
| Uzbek | uchar likopcha |
| Welsh | soser hedegog |
| Wolof | sukup buy naaw |
| Xhosa | isosa ebhabhayo |
| Yoruba | àwọ kékeré tí ń fò |
| Yoruba (Benin) | àwɔ kékeré tí ń fò |
| Zulu | isosa endizayo |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F6F8- HTML
🛸- CSS
\1F6F8- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F6F8}- Python
\U0001F6F8- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 9B B8- UTF-16
D83D DEF8- URL encoded
%F0%9F%9B%B8
Questions
What does the 🛸 flying saucer emoji mean?
Shaped like a round disc, usually with a dome on top, this spacecraft is the classic UFO. Aliens, extraterrestrials, UFO sightings and science fiction all call for it, as does anything strange or otherworldly.
How do I type the 🛸 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “flying saucer”. 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 :flying_saucer:.
When was the 🛸 emoji added?
🛸 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.
What is the Unicode code point for 🛸?
U+1F6F8. In HTML you can write 🛸, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F6F8}.