What does 🪳 Cockroach mean?
Few emojis trigger a shudder like this brown cockroach with its long, twitchy antennae. It is the go-to for kitchen horror stories, grim rentals and calls to the exterminator. Roaches have a reputation for surviving almost anything, so the emoji also gets aimed, half admiringly, at people or gadgets that simply refuse to quit. Some use it as an insult for someone sleazy. It joined the keyboard in 2020.
🪳 Cockroach is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (bugs & insects), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about animal, insect, pest and roach.
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🪳 Cockroach on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Cockroach looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Cockroach 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 :cockroach:.
When was the Cockroach emoji added?
🪳 Cockroach was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. 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 Cockroach. The underlying code (U+1FAB3) 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.