What does ♋ Cancer mean?
The Cancer glyph, two curled shapes often said to suggest a crab’s claws, for those born roughly June 21 to July 22. In astrology Cancers are pictured as caring, home-loving and emotional, and the emoji appears in birthday wishes, bios and gentle jokes about crying at films. It refers to the zodiac sign, not the illness. Cancer is a water sign.
♋ Cancer is an emoji from the Symbols category (zodiac signs), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about crab, horoscope and zodiac.
Example messages
♋ Cancer on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Cancer looks on each platform.
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Cancer emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Cancer emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ♋ 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 :cancer:.
When was the Cancer emoji added?
♋ Cancer was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ♋ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Cancer. The underlying code (U+264B) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.