Emoji Chart
🐍U+1F40D

Snake emoji

Slithering along with a curved body and a forked tongue, this snake is a classic symbol of danger. It is used for snakes, calling someone sneaky or backstabbing, the Python programming language, and the snake of the Chinese zodiac.

Unicode name
snake
Category
Animals & nature, Reptiles
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F40D
Shortcode
:snake:
Keywords
animal, bearer, Ophiuchus, serpent, snake, zodiac

How it looks

🐍
Your device
Snake emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Snake emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Snake emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🐍

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolserpienteculebra, reptil, serpiente, víbora
Françaisserpentanimal, reptile, serpent, serpent à sonnette, venin
DeutschSchlangeSchlange, Schlangenträger, Sternzeichen, Tier, Tierkreis
Italianoserpenteanimale, animali, biscia, bosco, foresta, pericolo, selvatico, serpe, serpente, vipera
Portuguêscobraanimal, cobra, réptil, serpente
Nederlandsslangdier, dierenriem, drager, Ophiuchus, serpent, slang
Svenskaormdjur, orm
Polskiwążdusiciel, jadowity, wąż, żmija, zwierzę
Türkçeyılanhayvan, yılan
Русскийзмеягадюка, змееносец, змея, знак, зодиак, опасность, яд
Українськазміягадюка, змієносець, змій, змія, зодіак
Ελληνικάφίδιερπετό, ζωδιακός, ζώδιο, ζώο, κομιστής, Οφιούχος, φίδι
العربيةثعبانأبراج, أفعة, ابراج, الأبراج, الحواء, برج, ثعبان, حية, حيوان, كوكبة الحواء
עבריתנחשארסי, בעל חיים, זוחל, נחש, קוברה
فارسیمارافعی, اهریمن, حامل, زودیاک, مار, مارگیر
हिन्दीसांपपशु, राशि, सांप
বাংলাসাপঅফিউকাস, নাগ, বাহক, রাশিচক্র, রাশিফল, সাপ
Bahasa Indonesiaularbinatang, hewan, ofiukus, pembawa, reptil, ular, zodiak
Tiếng Việtrắnchòm sao xà phu, cung hoàng đạo, động vật, rắn, vật mang
ไทยงูงู, สัตว์, อสรพิษ
日本語ヘビヘビ, へびつかい座, 動物, 星座, 毒, 爬虫類
한국어뱀동물, 뱀, 뱀주인자리, 별자리
中文(简体)蛇持票人, 狡猾的人, 蛇, 蛇夫座, 黄道十二宫
中文(繁體)蛇蛇, 蛇夫座, 青蛇
Names in 96 more languages
Afrikaansslang
Akanͻwͻ
Albaniangjarpër
Amharicእባብ
Aniiʊbu
Armenianօձ
Assameseসাপ
Azerbaijaniilan
Bashkirйылан
Basquesugea
Belarusianзмяя
Bosnianzmija
Bretonnaer
Bulgarianзмия
Burmeseမြွေ
Cantonese蛇
Catalanserp
CherokeeᎢᎾᏓ
Chuvashҫӗлен
Croatianzmija
Czechhad
Danishslange
Estonianmadu
Faroeseslanga
Filipinoahas
Finnishkäärme
Galicianserpe
Georgianგველი
Gujaratiસાપ
Hausamaciji
Hungariankígyó
Icelandicsnákur
Igboagwọ
Irishnathair
Javaneseula
Kalaallisutslange
Kannadaಹಾವು
Kazakhжылан
Kazakh (Arabic)جىلان
Khmerពស់
Kinyarwandainzoka
Konkaniजिवाणें
Kurdishmar
Kyrgyzжылан
KʼicheʼKumatz
Laoງູ
Latviančūska
Lithuaniangyvatė
Lower Sorbianwuž
LuxembourgishSchlaang
Macedonianзмија
Malayular
Malayalamപാമ്പ്
Malteseserp
Marathiसाप
Mongolianмогой
Māorinākahi
Nepaliसाँप
Nigerian PidginSnek
Northern Sothonoga
Norwegianslange
Odiaସାପ
Oromobofa
Pashtoمار
Punjabiਸੱਪ
Punjabi (Arabic)سپ
Quechuaamaru
Romanianșarpe
Romanshserp
Sardiniancolovra
Scottish Gaelicnathair
Serbianзмија
Serbian (Latin)zmija
Shanငူး
Sindhiنانگ
Sinhalaනයා
Slovakhad
Sloveniankača
Somalimas
Swahilinyoka
Tajikмор
Tamilபாம்பு
Teluguపాము
Tigrinyaተመን
Tonganngata
Tswananoga
Turkmenýylan
Upper Sorbianhad
Urduسانپ
Uyghurيىلان
Uzbekilon
Welshneidr
Wolofjaan
Xhosainyoka
YorubaEjò
Zuluinyoka

Codes

Code points
U+1F40D
HTML
🐍
CSS
\1F40D
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F40D}
Python
\U0001F40D
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 90 8D
UTF-16
D83D DC0D
URL encoded
%F0%9F%90%8D

Questions

What does the 🐍 snake emoji mean?

Slithering along with a curved body and a forked tongue, this snake is a classic symbol of danger. It is used for snakes, calling someone sneaky or backstabbing, the Python programming language, and the snake of the Chinese zodiac.

How do I type the 🐍 emoji?

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

When was the 🐍 emoji added?

🐍 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 🐍?

U+1F40D. In HTML you can write 🐍, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F40D}.

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