# 🦑 Squid emoji

🦑 Squid is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. Related words: animal, food and mollusk.

- Emoji: 🦑
- Unicode name: squid
- Code points: U+1F991
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :squid:
- Keywords: animal, food, mollusk, squid
- Page: https://emojichart.com/squid-emoji

## What it means

A pointed body, fins and long tentacles mark this squid. It is used for squid, calamari on the menu, sea creatures, and seafood in general, as well as deep-sea and ocean themes.

## How to type 🦑

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | calamar | calamar, comida, molusco |
| Français (fr) | calamar | aliment, animal, calamar, encornet, mollusque, nourriture |
| Deutsch (de) | Tintenfisch | Kalmar, Tier, Tintenfisch |
| Italiano (it) | calamaro | animale, animali, calamaro, cibo, mare, mollusco, oceano, polipo, polpo, totano |
| Português (pt) | lula | animal, comida, lula, molusco |
| Nederlands (nl) | inktvis | dier, inktvis, voedsel, weekdier |
| Svenska (sv) | mindre bläckfisk | bläck, bläckfisk, mat, mindre bläckfisk, skaldjur |
| Polski (pl) | kałamarnica | atrament, jedzenie, kałamarnica, mątwa, mięczak, morze, ocean, ośmiornica, owoce morza, sepia, tusz, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | mürekkep balığı | mürekkep balığı, okyanus, yiyecek, yumuşakçalar sınıfı |
| Русский (ru) | кальмар | еда, кальмар, моллюск, щупальца |
| Українська (uk) | кальмар | їжа, кальмар, молюск |
| Ελληνικά (el) | καλαμάρι | ζώο, καλαμάρι, μαλάκιο, τροφή |
| العربية (ar) | حبار | أكل, بحر, حبار, حيوان, صبيدج, طعام, محيط |
| עברית (he) | דיונון | בעל חיים, דיונון, פירות ים, קלמרי, תמנון |
| فارسی (fa) | ماهی مرکب | اختاپوس, جانور دریایی, ماهی مرکب, هشت‌پا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | स्क्विड | खाना, पशु, भोजन, सीप, स्क्विड, स्क्वीड |
| বাংলা (bn) | স্কুইড | খাবার, পশুপাখি, প্রাণী, শম্বুক কোমলাঙ্গ জন্তু, স্কুইড |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | cumi-cumi | binatang, cumi, cumi-cumi, hewan, makanan, moluska |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | mực ống | động vật, mực ống, thân mềm, thức ăn |
| ไทย (th) | หมึก | ปลา, หมึก, อาหาร |
| 日本語 (ja) | イカ | イカ, シーフード, 動物, 軟体動物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 오징어 | 동물, 식품, 연체동물, 오징어, 음식 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 乌贼 | 乌贼, 软体动物, 食物, 鱿鱼, 墨鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 魷魚 | 軟體動物, 食物, 魷魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): inkvis
- Akan (ak): Sekwede
- Albanian (sq): kallamar
- Amharic (am): ስክዊድ
- Anii (blo): gafɩlɩ ɩkei ganaana n’apra ɩnyɩʊyar
- Armenian (hy): կաղամար
- Assamese (as): স্কুইড
- Azerbaijani (az): səkkiz ayaq
- Bashkir (ba): кальмар
- Basque (eu): txibia
- Belarusian (be): кальмар
- Bosnian (bs): lignja
- Breton (br): stivell
- Bulgarian (bg): калмар
- Burmese (my): ပြည်ကြီးငါး
- Cantonese (yue): 魷魚
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鱿鱼
- Catalan (ca): calamar
- Cherokee (chr): ᏍᏈᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): кальмар
- Croatian (hr): lignja
- Czech (cs): oliheň
- Danish (da): sprutte
- Estonian (et): kalmaar
- Faroese (fo): høgguslokkur
- Filipino (fil): pusit
- Finnish (fi): kalmari
- Galician (gl): lura
- Georgian (ka): კალმარი
- Gujarati (gu): સ્ક્વિડ
- Hausa (ha): jatan lande na turawa
- Hungarian (hu): tintahal
- Icelandic (is): smokkfiskur
- Igbo (ig): Azụ sụkwịdị
- Irish (ga): scuid
- Javanese (jv): sotong
- Kalaallisut (kl): sprutte
- Kannada (kn): ಸ್ಕ್ವಿಡ್
- Kazakh (kk): кальмар
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كالمار
- Khmer (km): មឹកបំពង់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): sikwidi
- Konkani (kok): माणकी
- Kyrgyz (ky): кальмар
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): kalamar
- Lao (lo): ປາໝຶກ
- Latvian (lv): kalmārs
- Lithuanian (lt): kalmaras
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): tintowa ryba
- Luxembourgish (lb): Calamar
- Macedonian (mk): лигња
- Malay (ms): sotong
- Malayalam (ml): കൂന്തൾ
- Maltese (mt): klamari
- Marathi (mr): स्क्विड
- Mongolian (mn): кальмар
- Māori (mi): ngū
- Nepali (ne): स्क्विड
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Skwid
- Northern Sotho (nso): sekhwiti
- Norwegian (no): akkar
- Odia (or): ସ୍କୁଇଡ୍‍
- Oromo (om): iskuyiidii
- Pashto (ps): سکویډ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਕਵਿੱਡ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): قیر ماہی
- Quechua (qu): calamar
- Romanian (ro): calmar
- Romansh (rm): chalimar
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): gibearnach
- Serbian (sr): хоботница
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): hobotnica
- Shan (shn): ပႃမိုၵ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): اسڪواڊ
- Sinhala (si): දැල්ලා
- Slovak (sk): kalmár
- Slovenian (sl): ligenj
- Somali (so): xayawaan badeed
- Swahili (sw): ngisi
- Tajik (tg): калмар
- Tamil (ta): கணவாய்
- Telugu (te): స్క్విడ్
- Tigrinya (ti): ኣቡ ቐለም
- Tongan (to): ngūfeke
- Tswana (tn): squid
- Turkmen (tk): kalmar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): čornica
- Urdu (ur): قیر ماہی
- Uyghur (ug): قاراقچىبېلىق
- Uzbek (uz): kalmar
- Welsh (cy): ystifflog
- Wolof (wo): kalamaar
- Xhosa (xh): i-squid
- Yoruba (yo): Sikidi
- Zulu (zu): ingwane

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F991` |
| HTML | `🦑` |
| CSS | `\1F991` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F991}` |
| Python | `\U0001F991` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 91` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD91` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%91` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦑 squid emoji mean?

A pointed body, fins and long tentacles mark this squid. It is used for squid, calamari on the menu, sea creatures, and seafood in general, as well as deep-sea and ocean themes.

### How do I type the 🦑 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦑 emoji added?

🦑 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

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

U+1F991. In HTML you can write 🦑, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F991}.

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