🐋U+1F40B
Whale emoji
Seen from the side without a water spout, this large whale glides through the sea. It is used for whales, ocean life, marine conservation, and anything big, as well as general sea-themed posts.
- Unicode name
- whale
- Category
- Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added
- Emoji 1.0 in 2015
- Code points
- U+1F40B
- Shortcode
:whale2:- Keywords
- animal, beach, ocean, whale
How it looks
How to type 🐋
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “whale”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “whale”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “whale”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “whale”.
- GitHub
- Type :whale2: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | ballena | ballena, cachalote, cetáceo |
| Français | baleine | animal, baleine, mer, océan, plage |
| Deutsch | Wal | Ozean, Tier, Wal |
| Italiano | balena | animale, animali, balena, cetaceo, mare, oceano |
| Português | baleia | animal, baleia, mar, oceano |
| Nederlands | walvis | dier, oceaan, strand, walvis |
| Svenska | val | djur, val |
| Polski | wieloryb | morze, ocean, wieloryb, zwierzę |
| Türkçe | balina | balina, hayvan, okyanus |
| Русский | кит | животное, кит, океан |
| Українська | кит | кит |
| Ελληνικά | φάλαινα | ζώο, παραλία, φάλαινα, ωκεανός |
| العربية | حوت | بحر, حوت, حيوان, شاطىء, طبيعة, محيط |
| עברית | לוויתן | בעל חיים, לווייתן, לוויתן |
| فارسی | نهنگ | جانور, حیوان, نهنگ, وال |
| हिन्दी | ह्वेल | पशु, व्हेल, ह्वेल |
| বাংলা | তিমি | তিমি, পশুপাখি |
| Bahasa Indonesia | ikan paus | binatang, hewan, laut, pantai, paus, samudra |
| Tiếng Việt | cá voi | bờ biển, cá voi, đại dương, động vật |
| ไทย | ปลาวาฬ | ปลาวาฬ, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 | クジラ | クジラ, 動物 |
| 한국어 | 고래 | 고래, 동물, 바다, 해변 |
| 中文（简体） | 鲸鱼 | 鲸鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） | 藍鯨 | 藍鯨, 鯨 |
Names in 99 more languages
| Afrikaans | walvis |
|---|---|
| Akan | bonsu |
| Albanian | balenë |
| Amharic | አሣ ነባሪ |
| Anii | gafɩlɩ balɛn |
| Armenian | կետ |
| Assamese | তিমি মাছ |
| Azerbaijani | kit |
| Bashkir | кит |
| Basque | balea |
| Belarusian | кіт |
| Bosnian | kit |
| Breton | balum |
| Bulgarian | кит |
| Burmese | ဝလေငါး |
| Cantonese | 鯨魚 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 鲸鱼 |
| Catalan | balena |
| Cherokee | ᏓᏆ |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) | 座頭鯨 |
| Chuvash | кит |
| Croatian | kit |
| Czech | velryba |
| Danish | hval |
| Estonian | vaal |
| Faroese | hvalur |
| Filipino | balyena |
| Finnish | valas |
| Galician | balea |
| Georgian | ვეშაპი |
| Gujarati | વ્હેલ |
| Hausa | dabbar whale |
| Hungarian | bálna |
| Icelandic | hvalur |
| Igbo | nnukwu azụ whelụ |
| Irish | míol mór |
| Javanese | paus |
| Kalaallisut | hval |
| Kannada | ತಿಮಿಂಗಿಲ |
| Kazakh | кит |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | كيت |
| Khmer | ត្រីបាឡែន |
| Kinyarwanda | barene |
| Konkani | देवमासो |
| Kyrgyz | кит |
| Kʼicheʼ | Mataq’tami’ |
| Lao | ປາວານ |
| Latvian | valis |
| Lithuanian | banginis |
| Lower Sorbian | wjelryba |
| Luxembourgish | Wal |
| Macedonian | кит |
| Malay | ikan paus |
| Malayalam | തിമിംഗലം |
| Maltese | baliena |
| Marathi | व्हेल |
| Mongolian | халим |
| Māori | tohorā |
| Nepali | ह्वेल |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Weil: Dis Na Wọ́n Bíg Ánímal Wé De Lív Fọ Wọtá |
| Northern Sotho | leruarua |
| Norwegian | hval |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | kval |
| Odia | ତିମି |
| Oromo | weelii |
| Pashto | نهنګ |
| Punjabi | ਵੇਲ੍ਹ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | وہیل |
| Quechua | ballena |
| Romanian | balenă |
| Romansh | balena |
| Sardinian | balena |
| Scottish Gaelic | muc-mhara |
| Serbian | кит |
| Serbian (Latin) | kit |
| Shan | ပႃလူင်မိူင်း |
| Sindhi | وهيل |
| Sinhala | තල්මහා |
| Slovak | veľryba |
| Slovenian | kit |
| Somali | nibiri |
| Swahili | nyangumi |
| Tajik | наҳанг |
| Tamil | திமிங்கலம் |
| Telugu | తిమింగలం |
| Tigrinya | ዓሳ ነባሪ |
| Tongan | tofuaʻa |
| Tswana | leruarua |
| Turkmen | kit |
| Upper Sorbian | wjelryba |
| Urdu | وہیل |
| Uyghur | كىت |
| Uzbek | kit |
| Welsh | morfil |
| Wolof | baleen |
| Xhosa | umnenge |
| Yoruba | Ẹja Nla |
| Yoruba (Benin) | Ɛja Nla |
| Zulu | umkhomo |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F40B- HTML
🐋- CSS
\1F40B- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F40B}- Python
\U0001F40B- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 90 8B- UTF-16
D83D DC0B- URL encoded
%F0%9F%90%8B
Questions
What does the 🐋 whale emoji mean?
Seen from the side without a water spout, this large whale glides through the sea. It is used for whales, ocean life, marine conservation, and anything big, as well as general sea-themed posts.
How do I type the 🐋 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “whale”. 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 :whale2:.
When was the 🐋 emoji added?
🐋 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.
What is the Unicode code point for 🐋?
U+1F40B. In HTML you can write 🐋, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F40B}.