Category: Animals & Nature

🐀rat

🐀 rat belongs to Animals & Nature. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

A gray rodent with large ears and a long, thin tail.

Aliases

:rat:

Keywords

animalrat

What does 🐀 rat mean?

The rat emoji depicts a small rodent and is often used when discussing pests, urban wildlife, or pet rats. It can also appear in contexts related to the Chinese zodiac (Year of the Rat) or laboratory animals. Depending on context, it is generally used literally to talk about the animal itself.

Often used for

Talking about urban wildlife or pest control
Discussing pet rats or rodent care
Referencing the Chinese zodiac Year of the Rat
Mentioning laboratory animals or science experiments

Tone: While 'rat' is a common slang term for a snitch, using this emoji to insult a person or call someone a traitor can come across as aggressive. It is usually best used literally for the animal itself.

Illustrative message examples with 🐀

These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.

saw a huge rat by the dumpsters out back 🐀
my sister just adopted the cutest hairless rat 🐀
cleaning out the garage and found a nest 🐀
born in 2008 so i'm a rat in the zodiac 🐀
setting up the new maze for the lab rats today 🐀

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How 🐀 rat looks

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🐀 rat codes for developers

Every format below produces 🐀 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji	`🐀`
Unicode codepoints	`U+1F400`
HTML (decimal)	`🐀`
HTML (hex)	`🐀`
CSS	`\1F400`
JavaScript	`\u{1F400}`
JSON	`\uD83D\uDC00`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%90%80`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:rat:`