# 🦞 Lobster emoji

🦞 Lobster is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: animal, bisque, claws and seafood.

- Emoji: 🦞
- Unicode name: lobster
- Code points: U+1F99E
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :lobster:
- Keywords: animal, bisque, claws, lobster, seafood
- Page: https://emojichart.com/lobster-emoji

## What it means

Big claws and a long, segmented tail mark this red lobster. It is a common choice for lobsters, seafood dinners, coastal dining, and as a joke for a lifelong partner, from the TV show Friends.

## How to type 🦞

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | bogavante | bogavante, langosta, marisco, pinzas |
| Français (fr) | homard | animal, bisque, fruit de mer, fruits de mer, homard, pinces |
| Deutsch (de) | Hummer | Hummer, Lobster, Meeresfrucht, Meeresfrüchte, Meerestier, Scheren, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | aragosta | animale, aragosta, aragosta rossa, astice, chele, crostacei, frutti di mare, zuppa |
| Português (pt) | lagosta | animal, bisque, caldo, fruto do mar, garras, lagosta |
| Nederlands (nl) | kreeft | bisque, dier, kreeft, scharen, zeevruchten |
| Svenska (sv) | hummer | fisksoppa, hummer, klor, skaldjur |
| Polski (pl) | homar | czerwony, homar, owoce morza, rak, szczypce, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | ıstakoz | bisque, deniz ürünü, hayvan, ıstakoz, kabuklu, kırmızı, kıskaç |
| Русский (ru) | омар | животное, клешни, лангуст, лобстер, морепродукты, омар, рак |
| Українська (uk) | омар | біск, дари моря, клешні, лобстер, морепродукти, омар, рак, раковий суп, тварина, червоний лобстер |
| Ελληνικά (el) | αστακός | αστακός, δαγκάνες, ζώο, θαλασσινά, κόκκινος αστακός, μπισκ, σούπα θαλασσινών |
| العربية (ar) | كركند | أكل, استاكوزا, استاكوزا حمرا, البحر, بيسك, جراد البحر, جمبري, حساء, حيوان, سرطان, شوربة, قرصة, كابوريا, كركند, كلابات, مأكولات بحرية, مخالب, مرق, مرقة |
| עברית (he) | לובסטר | בעל חיים, לובסטר, מאכלי ים, מרק סרטנים, סרטנים |
| فارسی (fa) | لابستر | آبزی, اقیانوس, انبرک, جاندار, جانور, چنگال, چنگک, حیوان, دریا, سوپ غلیظ, شاه میگو, غذای دریایی, لابستر, میگو |
| हिन्दी (hi) | झींगा मछली | केकडा, केकड़ा, खाना, झींगा मछली, नखून, नोचना, पंजा, शोरबा, समुद्री भोजन, सीफ़ूड |
| বাংলা (bn) | গলদা চিংড়ি | আঁচড়ান, গলদা চিংড়ি, চিংড়ি, দাড়া, প্রাণী, বিস্ক, লাল গলদা চিংড়ি, শেলফিশ স্যুপ, সামুদ্রিক খাদ্য, সীফুড |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | lobster | binatang, bisque, boga bahari, capit, hewan, lobster, seafood |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | tôm hùm | càng, động vật, hải sản, tôm hùm, xúp tôm cua |
| ไทย (th) | กุ้งมังกร | ก้าม, กุ้งมังกร, ซีฟู๊ด, ล็อปสเตอร์, สัตว์, อาหารทะเล |
| 日本語 (ja) | ザリガニ | ザリガニ, シーフード, はさみ, ビスク, レッドロブスター, ロブスター, 動物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 바닷가재 | 가재, 동물, 랍스터, 바닷가재, 비스크, 집게발, 해산물 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 龙虾 | 浓汤, 海鲜, 红龙虾, 贝类浓汤, 钳, 鳌, 龙虾 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 龍蝦 | 海鮮, 海鮮濃湯, 濃湯, 爪, 紅龍蝦, 鉗, 龍蝦 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kreef
- Akan (ak): Lɔboseta
- Albanian (sq): karavidhe
- Amharic (am): ሎብስተር
- Anii (blo): gakaŋfɔɩ gakaŋkra
- Armenian (hy): օմար
- Assamese (as): মিছামাছ
- Azerbaijani (az): lobster
- Bashkir (ba): омар
- Basque (eu): otarrain
- Belarusian (be): амар
- Bosnian (bs): jastog
- Breton (br): legestr
- Bulgarian (bg): омар
- Burmese (my): ကျောက်ပုစွန်
- Cantonese (yue): 龍蝦
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 龙虾
- Catalan (ca): llagosta
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏔᎾ ᏥᏍᏛᎾ
- Chuvash (cv): лобстер
- Croatian (hr): jastog
- Czech (cs): humr
- Danish (da): hummer
- Estonian (et): homaar
- Faroese (fo): hummari
- Filipino (fil): lobster
- Finnish (fi): hummeri
- Galician (gl): lagosta
- Georgian (ka): კიბო
- Gujarati (gu): લૉબ્સ્ટર
- Hausa (ha): ƙaguwar lobster
- Hungarian (hu): homár
- Icelandic (is): humar
- Igbo (ig): oporo
- Irish (ga): gliomach
- Javanese (jv): lopster
- Kannada (kn): ಲೋಬ್‌ಸ್ಟರ್
- Kazakh (kk): лобстер
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): لوبستەر
- Khmer (km): បង្កង
- Konkani (kok): सांगट
- Kyrgyz (ky): омар
- Lao (lo): ກຸ້ງລອບສະເຕີ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): langosta
- Latvian (lv): omārs
- Lithuanian (lt): omaras
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): humer
- Macedonian (mk): јастог
- Malay (ms): udang karang
- Malayalam (ml): കൊഞ്ച്
- Marathi (mr): लॉबस्टर
- Mongolian (mn): голын хавч
- Nepali (ne): समुद्री जीव
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Lọ́bsta
- Norwegian (no): hummer
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): hummar
- Odia (or): ବଡ଼ ଚିଙ୍ଗୁଡି ମାଛ
- Oromo (om): loobisterii
- Pashto (ps): لوبسټر
- Punjabi (pa): ਝੀਂਗਾ ਮੱਛੀ
- Quechua (qu): langosta
- Romanian (ro): homar
- Romansh (rm): giomber da mar
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): giomach
- Serbian (sr): јастог
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): jastog
- Shan (shn): ၵုင်ႈလူင်
- Sindhi (sd): لوبسٽر
- Sinhala (si): පොකිරිස්සා
- Slovak (sk): homár
- Slovenian (sl): jastog
- Somali (so): argoosto
- Swahili (sw): kambamti
- Tamil (ta): கடல் நண்டு
- Telugu (te): లాబ్‌స్టర్
- Tigrinya (ti): ሎብስተር
- Tongan (to): ʻuo
- Turkmen (tk): omar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): humer
- Urdu (ur): لوبسٹر
- Uzbek (uz): omar
- Welsh (cy): cimwch
- Yoruba (yo): akàn
- Zulu (zu): lobster

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F99E` |
| HTML | `🦞` |
| CSS | `\1F99E` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F99E}` |
| Python | `\U0001F99E` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 9E` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD9E` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%9E` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦞 lobster emoji mean?

Big claws and a long, segmented tail mark this red lobster. It is a common choice for lobsters, seafood dinners, coastal dining, and as a joke for a lifelong partner, from the TV show Friends.

### How do I type the 🦞 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦞 emoji added?

🦞 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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

U+1F99E. In HTML you can write 🦞, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F99E}.

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