# 🐌 Snail emoji

🐌 Snail is an emoji in the bugs set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal, escargot, garden, nature and slug.

- Emoji: 🐌
- Unicode name: snail
- Code points: U+1F40C
- Category: Animals & nature, Bugs
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :snail:
- Keywords: animal, escargot, garden, nature, slug, snail
- Page: https://emojichart.com/snail-emoji

## What it means

Crawling slowly with a spiral shell on its back, this snail is in no hurry. People use it for snails, slowness, gardens, escargot, and snail mail, a joking name for letters sent through the postal service.

## How to type 🐌

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | caracol | caracol, caracola, molusco |
| Français (fr) | escargot | animal, escargot, jardin, lentement, nature |
| Deutsch (de) | Schnecke | langsam, Schnecke, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | lumaca | animale, giardino, lentezza, lento, lumachina, lumacone, natura |
| Português (pt) | caracol | animal, caracol, escargot |
| Nederlands (nl) | slak | dier, escargot, naaktslak, natuur, slak, tuin |
| Svenska (sv) | snigel | djur, snigel |
| Polski (pl) | ślimak | mięczak, muszla, powolny, ślimak, wolny, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | salyangoz | böcek, hayvan, salyangoz, sümüklü böcek, yavaş |
| Русский (ru) | улитка | медленно, ползти, раковина, улитка |
| Українська (uk) | равлик | павлик-равлик, петрик, природа, равлик, слимак, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σαλιγκάρι | γυμνοσάλιαγκας, ζώο, κήπος, μαγειρεμένα σαλιγκάρια, σαλιγκάρι, σαλίγκαρος, φύση |
| العربية (ar) | حلزون | بزاق, بزاقة, بزيق, حلزون, حيوان, طبيعة, قوقع, مزبلط |
| עברית (he) | חלזון | בעל חיים, ברלה, חילזון, חלזון, שבלול |
| فارسی (fa) | حلزون | جانور, حلزون, حیوان, خزنده, لیسک |
| हिन्दी (hi) | घोंघा | घोंघा, पशु |
| বাংলা (bn) | শামুক | পশুপাখি, শামুক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | siput | alam, binatang, hewan, keong, siput |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ốc sên | động vật, ốc sên, thiên nhiên, vườn |
| ไทย (th) | หอยทาก | สัตว์, หอยทาก |
| 日本語 (ja) | かたつむり | エスカルゴ, かたつむり, カタツムリ, でんでん虫, 虫 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 달팽이 | 달팽이, 동물, 슬러그, 에스카르고, 자연, 정원 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蜗牛 | 动物, 自然, 花园, 蜗牛, 食用蜗牛, 鼻涕虫 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蝸牛 | 蝸牛 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): slak
- Akan (ak): nwa
- Albanian (sq): kërmill
- Amharic (am): ቀንድ አውጣ
- Anii (blo): ŋŋʊnʊ
- Armenian (hy): խխունջ
- Assamese (as): শামুক
- Azerbaijani (az): ilbiz
- Bashkir (ba): ҡусҡар
- Basque (eu): barraskiloa
- Belarusian (be): смоўж
- Bosnian (bs): puž
- Breton (br): maligorn
- Bulgarian (bg): охлюв
- Burmese (my): ခရု
- Cantonese (yue): 蝸牛
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 蜗牛
- Catalan (ca): cargol
- Cherokee (chr): ᎡᎳᏆ
- Chuvash (cv): улитка
- Croatian (hr): puž
- Czech (cs): hlemýžď
- Danish (da): snegl
- Estonian (et): tigu
- Faroese (fo): snigil
- Filipino (fil): kuhol
- Finnish (fi): etana
- Galician (gl): caracol
- Georgian (ka): ლოკოკინა
- Gujarati (gu): ગોકળગાય
- Hausa (ha): dodon koɗi
- Hungarian (hu): csiga
- Icelandic (is): snigill
- Igbo (ig): ejù
- Irish (ga): seilide
- Javanese (jv): bekicot
- Kalaallisut (kl): snegl
- Kannada (kn): ಬಸವನ ಹುಳು
- Kazakh (kk): ұлу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇلۋ
- Khmer (km): ខ្យង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikinyamunjonjorerwa
- Konkani (kok): गोगलगाय
- Kyrgyz (ky): үлүл
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): T’ot’
- Lao (lo): ຫອຍທາກ
- Latvian (lv): gliemezis
- Lithuanian (lt): sraigė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): slinik
- Luxembourgish (lb): Schleek
- Macedonian (mk): полжав
- Malay (ms): siput
- Malayalam (ml): ഒച്ച്
- Maltese (mt): bebbuxu
- Marathi (mr): गोगलगाय
- Mongolian (mn): эмгэн хумс
- Māori (mi): hātaretare
- Nepali (ne): चिप्लेकिरा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Snel
- Northern Sotho (nso): kgopa
- Norwegian (no): snegle
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): snigel
- Odia (or): ଗେଣ୍ଡା
- Oromo (om): cilalluu
- Pashto (ps): شاپېټی
- Punjabi (pa): ਘੋਗਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): گھونگا
- Quechua (qu): churu
- Romanian (ro): melc
- Romansh (rm): lindorna
- Sardinian (sc): corrobaca
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): seilcheag
- Serbian (sr): пуж
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): puž
- Shan (shn): ႁွႆတၢၵ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): سيپي
- Sinhala (si): ගොළුබෙල්ලා
- Slovak (sk): slimák
- Slovenian (sl): polž
- Somali (so): dixiri qolof leh
- Swahili (sw): konokono
- Tajik (tg): тӯқумшуллуқ
- Tamil (ta): நத்தை
- Telugu (te): నత్త
- Tigrinya (ti): ኣረነ
- Tongan (to): ʻelili
- Tswana (tn): kgopa
- Turkmen (tk): ulitka
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): šlink
- Urdu (ur): گھونگھا
- Uyghur (ug): قۇلۇلە
- Uzbek (uz): shilliqqurt
- Welsh (cy): malwoden
- Wolof (wo): eskargoo
- Xhosa (xh): inkumba
- Yoruba (yo): Ìgbín
- Zulu (zu): umnenke

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F40C` |
| HTML | `🐌` |
| CSS | `\1F40C` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F40C}` |
| Python | `\U0001F40C` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 8C` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC0C` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%8C` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐌 snail emoji mean?

Crawling slowly with a spiral shell on its back, this snail is in no hurry. People use it for snails, slowness, gardens, escargot, and snail mail, a joking name for letters sent through the postal service.

### How do I type the 🐌 emoji?

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

### When was the 🐌 emoji added?

🐌 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F40C. In HTML you can write 🐌, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F40C}.

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