Meaning
A literal crab, often used for seafood, beach trips, or the Cancer zodiac sign.
Category: Animals & Nature
🦀crab
🦀 crab belongs to Animals & Nature. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
:crab:
Keywords
cancerzodiaccrab
What does 🦀 crab mean?
The crab emoji depicts a red crustacean and is typically used to represent the animal itself, crab meat, or seafood dishes. It can also represent the astrological sign Cancer. Depending on context, it may be used when talking about ocean life, fishing, or summer beach outings.
Often used for
- Talking about eating crab or seafood
- Discussing beach trips or ocean life
- Referencing the Cancer zodiac sign
- Mentioning crustaceans or marine biology
Tone: Generally lighthearted and literal. It is occasionally used in internet slang to refer to the 'crab mentality' concept, though this is less common than literal uses.
Illustrative message examples with 🦀
These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.
- got crab legs for dinner tonight 🦀
- the tide pools were full of tiny crabs 🦀
- happy cancer season to my favorite water sign 🦀
- we caught a crab off the pier but threw it back 🦀
- seafood boil tonight 🦀🦞🦐
Combos, text art & scenes with 🦀
How 🦀 crab looks
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OpenMoji artwork CC BY-SA 4.0 — see attributions.
🦀 crab codes for developers
Every format below produces 🦀 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.
| Emoji | 🦀 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+1F980 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦀 | |
| HTML (hex) | 🦀 | |
| CSS | \1F980 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F980} | |
| JSON | \uD83E\uDD80 | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%A6%80 | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :crab: |
🦀 in other languages
SpanishcangrejoFrenchcrabeGermanKrebsItaliangranchioPortuguesecaranguejoRussianкрабJapaneseカニKorean꽃게Chinese蟹LithuaniankrabasPolishkrab
Source: Unicode CLDR