# 🫍 Orca emoji

🫍 Orca is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 17.0 in 2025. Related words: marine, ocean and whale.

- Emoji: 🫍
- Unicode name: orca
- Code points: U+1FACD
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 17.0 (2025)
- Keywords: marine, ocean, whale
- Page: https://emojichart.com/orca-emoji

## What it means

A black back, white patches and a tall dorsal fin identify this orca, also called a killer whale. It is used for orcas, whales, marine life, and the ocean, as well as wildlife and whale-watching trips.

## How to type 🫍

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “orca”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “orca”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “orca”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “orca”.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | orca | ballena, mar, marino, océano |
| Français (fr) | orque | baleine, marin, océan |
| Deutsch (de) | Orca | Meer, Meeressäuger, Meerestier, Orka, Ozean, Wal |
| Italiano (it) | orca | animale, cetaceo, marino, oceano |
| Português (pt) | orca | baleia, marinho, oceano |
| Nederlands (nl) | orka | oceaan, walvis, zee |
| Svenska (sv) | späckhuggare | hav, ocean, val |
| Polski (pl) | orka | morski, ocean, wieloryb |
| Türkçe (tr) | orka | balina, deniz, okyanus |
| Русский (ru) | косатка | животное, касатка, кит, море, морское, хищник, черно-белый |
| Українська (uk) | косатка | кит, морський, океан |
| Ελληνικά (el) | όρκα | θαλασσινό, φάλαινα, ωκεανός |
| العربية (ar) | الحوت القاتل | المحيط, بحري, حوت, حوت الأوركا |
| עברית (he) | אורקה | אוקיינוס ​​, ימי, לוויתן |
| فارسی (fa) | نهنگ قاتل | اقیانوس, دریازی, نهنگ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ओर्का | महासागर, व्हेल, समुद्री |
| বাংলা (bn) | অর্কা | তিমি, মহাসাগর, মেরিন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | orca | laut, paus, samudra |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cá voi sát thủ | biển, cá voi, đại dương |
| ไทย (th) | วาฬออร์กา | เพชรฆาต, วาฬ, สัตว์ทะเล, ออร์กา |
| 日本語 (ja) | シャチ | クジラ, 海, 海洋 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 범고래 | 고래, 바다, 해양 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 虎鲸 | 大海, 海洋, 鲸, 鲸鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 虎鯨 | 大洋, 大海, 海洋, 鯨, 鯨魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): moordvis
- Akan (ak): bonsu kεse
- Albanian (sq): orkë
- Amharic (am): ኦርካ
- Anii (blo): gafɩlɩ ɔrkaa
- Armenian (hy): խոյադելֆին
- Assamese (as): অৰ্কা
- Azerbaijani (az): orka
- Bashkir (ba): косатка
- Basque (eu): Ezpalarta
- Belarusian (be): касатка
- Bosnian (bs): orka
- Breton (br): skoazog
- Bulgarian (bg): косатка
- Burmese (my): အမဲလိုက်ဝေလငါး
- Cantonese (yue): 殺人鯨
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 杀人鲸
- Catalan (ca): orca
- Cherokee (chr): ᎣᎧ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 殺人鯨
- Chuvash (cv): косатка
- Croatian (hr): orka
- Czech (cs): kosatka
- Danish (da): spækhugger
- Estonian (et): mõõkvaal
- Filipino (fil): orca
- Finnish (fi): miekkavalas
- Galician (gl): candorca
- Georgian (ka): ცელნამგალა ვეშაპი
- Gujarati (gu): ઓરકા
- Hausa (ha): kifin orca
- Hungarian (hu): kardszárnyú delfin
- Icelandic (is): háhyrningur
- Igbo (ig): azụ ọka
- Irish (ga): cráin dhubh
- Javanese (jv): orca
- Kannada (kn): ಓರ್ಕಾ
- Kazakh (kk): косатка
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كوساتكا
- Khmer (km): អ័រកា
- Konkani (kok): orca
- Kyrgyz (ky): косатка
- Lao (lo): ອໍກ້າ
- Latvian (lv): zobenvalis
- Lithuanian (lt): orka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): orka
- Macedonian (mk): орка
- Malay (ms): orca
- Malayalam (ml): കൊലയാളി തിമിംഗലം
- Marathi (mr): ऑर्का
- Mongolian (mn): хар далайн гахай
- Nepali (ne): ओर्का
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): ọ́ká
- Norwegian (no): spekkhogger
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): spekkhoggar
- Odia (or): ଓର୍କା
- Oromo (om): qurxummuu ajjeesu
- Pashto (ps): اورکا
- Punjabi (pa): ਓਰਕਾ ਮੱਛੀ
- Quechua (qu): orca
- Romanian (ro): orca
- Romansh (rm): orca
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): orc
- Serbian (sr): орка
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): orka
- Shan (shn): ပႃဝေးလ်ဢေႃးၵႃႇ
- Sindhi (sd): اورڪا
- Sinhala (si): ඕර්කා
- Slovak (sk): kosatka
- Slovenian (sl): orka
- Somali (so): nibiriga orkaha
- Swahili (sw): Chengo
- Tamil (ta): ஓர்க்கா
- Telugu (te): ఆర్కా
- Tigrinya (ti): ኦርካ
- Turkmen (tk): kosatka
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): orka
- Urdu (ur): اورکا
- Uzbek (uz): orka
- Welsh (cy): orca
- Yoruba (yo): òbéjé
- Zulu (zu): orca

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1FACD` |
| HTML | `🫍` |
| CSS | `\1FACD` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1FACD}` |
| Python | `\U0001FACD` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F AB 8D` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DECD` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%AB%8D` |

## Questions

### What does the 🫍 orca emoji mean?

A black back, white patches and a tall dorsal fin identify this orca, also called a killer whale. It is used for orcas, whales, marine life, and the ocean, as well as wildlife and whale-watching trips.

### How do I type the 🫍 emoji?

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

### When was the 🫍 emoji added?

🫍 was added in Emoji 17.0, released in 2025.

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

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

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