Crab 🦀
History & usage: This emoji shows a crab, a playful symbol often used in chats about seafood, beach trips, or ocean life. In everyday messaging, people use it to celebrate a seaside meal, point to a crab-shaped snack, or add a coastal vibe to vacation plans. It also appears in posts about wildlife, nature, or quirky moments that feel sunny and lighthearted. In UI contexts like labels or icons, it helps users quickly convey a coastal or animal-related option without long text. Reactions or comments might pair it with jokes or emojis to signal a fun, curious mood. Accessibility note: screen readers may announce it simply as “crab,” so provide alt text in images or accessible descriptions when this emoji is used in visual interfaces. Overall, its meaning centers on playfulness, summer energy, and a friendly nod to the sea, suitable for lighthearted conversations across devices.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F980 - General Category:
So - Age:
8.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A6 80 - UTF-16:
D83E DD80 - UTF-32:
0001F980 - HTML dec:
🦀 - HTML hex:
🦀 - JS escape:
\u{1F980} - Python \N{}:
\N{CRAB} - Python \U:
\U0001F980 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A6%80 - CSS escape:
\1F980
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F980 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🦀 (hex) or 🦀 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.