What does ๐ฆ Bat mean?
A dark bat with wings spread wide. It is a Halloween essential, bringing vampires, haunted houses and spooky decorations to mind. Night owls and night-shift workers use it to describe their upside-down schedule. Comic fans connect it to Batman, and nature lovers use it for actual bats at dusk. Goth and alternative aesthetics often include it in usernames and bios.
๐ฆ Bat is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (mammals), added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about animal and vampire.
Example messages
๐ฆ Bat on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Bat looks on each platform.
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Bat emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Bat emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฆ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :bat:.
When was the Bat emoji added?
๐ฆ Bat was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ฆ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Bat. The underlying code (U+1F987) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.