🦀 Crab Emoji — Meaning & Copy Paste

📋 Copy & Code

Emoji 🦀

With name 🦀 Crab

Shortcode :crab:

Unicode U+1F980

HTML Dec 🦀

HTML Hex 🦀

CSS \1F980

C, C++ & Python \U0001f980

Java, JS & JSON \uD83E\uDD80

Perl \x{1F980}

PHP & Ruby \u{1F980}

URL Escape %F0%9F%A6%80

💡 What does 🦀 mean?

🦀 represents Animal Marine in the Unicode emoji standard. Categorized under the Animal Marine group within Animals & Nature, this emoji is supported on Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, and every major platform — though each renders it with subtle design differences.

Popular in text messages, Instagram comments, Twitter replies, and Discord reactions. It adds quick emotional context without extra words.

Related emojis include 🐵 Monkey Face, 🐒 Monkey, 🦍 Gorilla. Mixing them creates more expressive, nuanced messages.

First introduced in Unicode 1.0.

💬 Chat Examples

Here's how the Crab emoji 🦀 is used in real conversations:

Crab legs for dinner! 🦀

With butter? 🦀🧈

Is there any other way? 🦀😋

🖼️ Crab on Different Platforms

Apple

Google

Twitter / X

Facebook

Microsoft Fluent

Microsoft 3D

Samsung

JoyPixels

OpenMoji

Noto Emoji

🦀 Your Browser

🔗 Word Associations

The 🦀 emoji is often associated with:

⌨️ How to type 🦀

Windows

Win + . → search "crab"

Mac

Cmd + Ctrl + Space

Linux

Ctrl + . (GNOME)

Mobile

Emoji keyboard 🔤

Or simply copy from this page!

👥 Related Emojis

🐵 Monkey Face 🐒 Monkey 🦍 Gorilla 🦧 Orangutan 🐶 Dog Face 🐕 Dog 🦮 Guide Dog 🐕‍🦺 Service Dog 🐩 Poodle 🐺 Wolf Face 🦊 Fox Face 🦝 Raccoon

📦 Other animal-marine Emojis

🐋 Whale 🪸 Coral 🐠 Tropical Fish 🐚 Spiral Shell 🐳 Spouting Whale 🦪 Oyster 🫍 Orca 🦭 Seal 🐟 Fish 🪼 Jellyfish

🌍 🦀 Crab In Other Languages

Discover the name of the 🦀 emoji in various languages:

Arabic سرطان

Chinese 蟹

Chinese (Traditional) 螃蟹

French crabe

German Krebs

Hindi कर्कट

Italian granchio

Japanese カニ

Korean 꽃게

Portuguese caranguejo

Spanish cangrejo

Turkish yengeç

Vietnamese cua

Russian краб

Thai ปู

Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR)

❓ FAQ

What does the Crab emoji 🦀 mean?

The Crab emoji 🦀 is part of the Animals & Nature category (animal-marine group). It was added in Unicode 1.0 and is available on all major platforms including iOS, Android, and Windows.

How do I copy the Crab emoji?

Click the "Copy 🦀" button at the top of this page, or click any copy button next to the format you need (emoji, shortcode, HTML entity, or Unicode).

What is the shortcode for 🦀?

The shortcode is :crab:. You can use it on platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.

Crab Emoji