# 🐙 Octopus emoji

🐙 Octopus is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal, creature and ocean.

- Emoji: 🐙
- Unicode name: octopus
- Code points: U+1F419
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :octopus:
- Keywords: animal, creature, ocean, octopus
- Page: https://emojichart.com/octopus-emoji

## What it means

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 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | pulpo | cefalópodo, octópodo, pulpo |
| Français (fr) | pieuvre | animal, créature, mer, mollusque, océan, pieuvre, poulpe |
| Deutsch (de) | Oktopus | Krake, Meer, Oktopus, Tier, Tintenfisch |
| Italiano (it) | polpo | animale, animali, mare, oceano, polipo, polpo |
| Português (pt) | polvo | animal, oceano, octopus, polvo |
| Nederlands (nl) | octopus | dier, oceaan, octopus, wezen |
| Svenska (sv) | bläckfisk | bläckfisk, djur |
| Polski (pl) | ośmiornica | macki, morze, ocean, osiem, ośmiornica, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | ahtapot | ahtapot, hayvan, okyanus |
| Русский (ru) | осьминог | океан, осьминог, спрут, щупальца |
| Українська (uk) | восьминіг | восьминіг |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χταπόδι | ζώο, πλάσμα, χταπόδι, ωκεανός |
| العربية (ar) | أخطبوط | أخطبوط, حيوان, محيط, مخلوق |
| עברית (he) | תמנון | אוקטופוס, בעל חיים, תמנון |
| فارسی (fa) | هشت‌پا | اختاپوس, جانور, حیوان, هشت‌پا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ऑक्टोपस | ऑक्टोपस, पशु |
| বাংলা (bn) | অক্টোপাস | অক্টোপাস, পশুপাখি, প্রাণী, সমুদ্র |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | gurita | binatang, gurita, hewan, laut, mahluk, samudra |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bạch tuộc | bạch tuộc, đại dương, động vật, sinh vật |
| ไทย (th) | ปลาหมึกยักษ์ | ปลาหมึก, ปลาหมึกยักษ์, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | タコ | オクトパス, タコ, 動物, 軟体動物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 문어 | 동물, 문어, 바다, 생물 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 章鱼 | 八爪, 章鱼, 鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 章魚 | 八爪魚, 章魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): seekat
- Akan (ak): Ɔkotopɔso
- Albanian (sq): oktapod
- Amharic (am): ኦክቶፐስ
- Anii (blo): gafɩlɩ ɩkei ganaanayar
- Armenian (hy): ութոտնուկ
- Assamese (as): অক্টোপাছ
- Azerbaijani (az): osminoq
- Bashkir (ba): һигеҙаяҡ
- Basque (eu): olagarroa
- Belarusian (be): васьміног
- Bosnian (bs): hobotnica
- Breton (br): morgazh
- Bulgarian (bg): октопод
- Burmese (my): ဘဝဲ
- Cantonese (yue): 章魚
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 章鱼
- Catalan (ca): pop
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᏢᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): осьминог
- Croatian (hr): hobotnica
- Czech (cs): chobotnice
- Danish (da): blæksprutte
- Estonian (et): kaheksajalg
- Faroese (fo): høgguslokkur við átta ørmum
- Filipino (fil): pugita
- Finnish (fi): mustekala
- Galician (gl): polbo
- Georgian (ka): რვაფეხა
- Gujarati (gu): ઓક્ટોપસ
- Hausa (ha): dabbar octopus
- Hungarian (hu): polip
- Icelandic (is): kolkrabbi
- Igbo (ig): ọktopus
- Irish (ga): ochtapas
- Javanese (jv): gurita
- Kalaallisut (kl): blæksprutte
- Kannada (kn): ಆಕ್ಟೋಪಸ್
- Kazakh (kk): сегізаяқ
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سەگىزاياق
- Khmer (km): មឹក
- Kinyarwanda (rw): igikoko cyo mumazi
- Konkani (kok): ऑक्टोपस
- Kyrgyz (ky): сегиз бут
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Yatz chikop
- Lao (lo): ປາມຶກ
- Latvian (lv): astoņkājis
- Lithuanian (lt): aštuonkojis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): oktopus
- Luxembourgish (lb): Tëntefësch
- Macedonian (mk): октопод
- Malay (ms): sotong kurita
- Malayalam (ml): നീരാളി
- Maltese (mt): qarnita
- Marathi (mr): ऑक्टोपस
- Mongolian (mn): наймаалж
- Māori (mi): wheke
- Nepali (ne): अक्टोपस
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ọ́ktọ́pọs: Dis Na Wọ́n Ánímal Wé De Lív Ínsaíd Bíg-díp-wọtá
- Northern Sotho (nso): okthopase
- Norwegian (no): blekksprut
- Odia (or): ଅକ୍ଟୋପସ୍‌
- Oromo (om): oktoopas
- Pashto (ps): اکتوپس
- Punjabi (pa): ਆਕਟੋਪਸ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اکٹوپس
- Quechua (qu): pulpo
- Romanian (ro): caracatiță
- Romansh (rm): octopus
- Sardinian (sc): purpu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ochd-chasach
- Serbian (sr): октопод
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): oktopod
- Shan (shn): ပႃဝိုၵ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ڪيڪڙو
- Sinhala (si): බූවල්ලා
- Slovak (sk): chobotnica
- Slovenian (sl): hobotnica
- Somali (so): farammugo
- Swahili (sw): pweza
- Tajik (tg): ҳаштпо
- Tamil (ta): ஆக்டோபஸ்
- Telugu (te): ఆక్టోపస్
- Tigrinya (ti): ኦክቶፑስ
- Tongan (to): feke
- Tswana (tn): okothopase
- Turkmen (tk): osminog
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kraka
- Urdu (ur): آکٹوپس
- Uyghur (ug): سەككىز ئاياغ
- Uzbek (uz): sakkizoyoq
- Welsh (cy): octopws
- Wolof (wo): oktopis
- Xhosa (xh): ingwane
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹja ẹlẹsẹ mẹjọ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛja ɛlɛsɛ mɛjɔ
- Zulu (zu): i-okthophasi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/octopus-emoji