Crab Emoji
A crab is depicted as a red crustacean with prominent claws and legs, often shown from above. It is used to represent seafood dining, the zodiac sign Cancer, or a playful reference to being crabby or tenacious.
Crab is a fully-qualified emoji encoded in Unicode 8.0 , and included in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
This emoji is part of the Animals & Nature and is grouped with other Animal Marine emojis. Part of the Unicode Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block.
To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:
- Cancer
- crab
- zodiac
Copy and paste the Crab emoji:
- ๐ฆ
Codes & Encoding for the Crab Emoji
Click any code below to copy it to your clipboard.
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Codepoint
U+1F980โ Copied -
HTML (decimal)
🦀โ Copied -
HTML (hex)
🦀โ Copied -
CSS
\1F980โ Copied -
JavaScript
\u{1F980}โ Copied -
URL-encoded
%F0%9F%A6%80โ Copied -
Shortcode
:crab:โ Copied - Unicode block Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
How to Type the Crab Emoji
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iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon โ smiley)
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Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
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Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
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macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
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Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
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Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
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Slack Type :crab: (autocompletes to the emoji)
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Discord Type :crab: (autocompletes to the emoji)
Crab Emoji on Different Platforms
How to Use the Crab Emoji
- Seafood night! Got fresh ๐ฆ from the market.
- Look at this ๐ฆ I found on the beach!
- Crab cakes are my favorite, especially with butter ๐ฆ.
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