Emoji Chart
🐙U+1F419

Octopus emoji

Eight curling arms trail from the round head of this octopus. People use it for octopuses, clever sea creatures, ocean life, seafood dishes, and jokes about multitasking with so many arms.

Unicode name
octopus
Category
Animals & nature, Sea life
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F419
Shortcode
:octopus:
Keywords
animal, creature, ocean, octopus

How it looks

🐙
Your device
Octopus emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Octopus emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Octopus emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🐙

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpulpocefalópodo, octópodo, pulpo
Françaispieuvreanimal, créature, mer, mollusque, océan, pieuvre, poulpe
DeutschOktopusKrake, Meer, Oktopus, Tier, Tintenfisch
Italianopolpoanimale, animali, mare, oceano, polipo, polpo
Portuguêspolvoanimal, oceano, octopus, polvo
Nederlandsoctopusdier, oceaan, octopus, wezen
Svenskabläckfiskbläckfisk, djur
Polskiośmiornicamacki, morze, ocean, osiem, ośmiornica, zwierzę
Türkçeahtapotahtapot, hayvan, okyanus
Русскийосьминогокеан, осьминог, спрут, щупальца
Українськавосьминігвосьминіг
Ελληνικάχταπόδιζώο, πλάσμα, χταπόδι, ωκεανός
العربيةأخطبوطأخطبوط, حيوان, محيط, مخلوق
עבריתתמנוןאוקטופוס, בעל חיים, תמנון
فارسیهشت‌پااختاپوس, جانور, حیوان, هشت‌پا
हिन्दीऑक्टोपसऑक्टोपस, पशु
বাংলাঅক্টোপাসঅক্টোপাস, পশুপাখি, প্রাণী, সমুদ্র
Bahasa Indonesiaguritabinatang, gurita, hewan, laut, mahluk, samudra
Tiếng Việtbạch tuộcbạch tuộc, đại dương, động vật, sinh vật
ไทยปลาหมึกยักษ์ปลาหมึก, ปลาหมึกยักษ์, สัตว์
日本語タコオクトパス, タコ, 動物, 軟体動物
한국어문어동물, 문어, 바다, 생물
中文(简体)章鱼八爪, 章鱼, 鱼
中文(繁體)章魚八爪魚, 章魚
Names in 97 more languages
Afrikaansseekat
AkanƆkotopɔso
Albanianoktapod
Amharicኦክቶፐስ
Aniigafɩlɩ ɩkei ganaanayar
Armenianութոտնուկ
Assameseঅক্টোপাছ
Azerbaijaniosminoq
Bashkirһигеҙаяҡ
Basqueolagarroa
Belarusianвасьміног
Bosnianhobotnica
Bretonmorgazh
Bulgarianоктопод
Burmeseဘဝဲ
Cantonese章魚
Cantonese (Simplified)章鱼
Catalanpop
CherokeeᎠᏓᏢᎢ
Chuvashосьминог
Croatianhobotnica
Czechchobotnice
Danishblæksprutte
Estoniankaheksajalg
Faroesehøgguslokkur við átta ørmum
Filipinopugita
Finnishmustekala
Galicianpolbo
Georgianრვაფეხა
Gujaratiઓક્ટોપસ
Hausadabbar octopus
Hungarianpolip
Icelandickolkrabbi
Igboọktopus
Irishochtapas
Javanesegurita
Kalaallisutblæksprutte
Kannadaಆಕ್ಟೋಪಸ್
Kazakhсегізаяқ
Kazakh (Arabic)سەگىزاياق
Khmerមឹក
Kinyarwandaigikoko cyo mumazi
Konkaniऑक्टोपस
Kyrgyzсегиз бут
KʼicheʼYatz chikop
Laoປາມຶກ
Latvianastoņkājis
Lithuanianaštuonkojis
Lower Sorbianoktopus
LuxembourgishTëntefësch
Macedonianоктопод
Malaysotong kurita
Malayalamനീരാളി
Malteseqarnita
Marathiऑक्टोपस
Mongolianнаймаалж
Māoriwheke
Nepaliअक्टोपस
Nigerian PidginỌ́ktọ́pọs: Dis Na Wọ́n Ánímal Wé De Lív Ínsaíd Bíg-díp-wọtá
Northern Sothookthopase
Norwegianblekksprut
Odiaଅକ୍ଟୋପସ୍‌
Oromooktoopas
Pashtoاکتوپس
Punjabiਆਕਟੋਪਸ
Punjabi (Arabic)اکٹوپس
Quechuapulpo
Romaniancaracatiță
Romanshoctopus
Sardinianpurpu
Scottish Gaelicochd-chasach
Serbianоктопод
Serbian (Latin)oktopod
Shanပႃဝိုၵ်း
Sindhiڪيڪڙو
Sinhalaබූවල්ලා
Slovakchobotnica
Slovenianhobotnica
Somalifarammugo
Swahilipweza
Tajikҳаштпо
Tamilஆக்டோபஸ்
Teluguఆక్టోపస్
Tigrinyaኦክቶፑስ
Tonganfeke
Tswanaokothopase
Turkmenosminog
Upper Sorbiankraka
Urduآکٹوپس
Uyghurسەككىز ئاياغ
Uzbeksakkizoyoq
Welshoctopws
Wolofoktopis
Xhosaingwane
YorubaẸja ẹlẹsẹ mẹjọ
Yoruba (Benin)Ɛja ɛlɛsɛ mɛjɔ
Zului-okthophasi

Codes

Code points
U+1F419
HTML
🐙
CSS
\1F419
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F419}
Python
\U0001F419
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 90 99
UTF-16
D83D DC19
URL encoded
%F0%9F%90%99

Questions

What does the 🐙 octopus emoji mean?

Eight curling arms trail from the round head of this octopus. People use it for octopuses, clever sea creatures, ocean life, seafood dishes, and jokes about multitasking with so many arms.

How do I type the 🐙 emoji?

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

When was the 🐙 emoji added?

🐙 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 🐙?

U+1F419. In HTML you can write 🐙, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F419}.

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