What does 🦀 Crab mean?
A red crab with raised claws. Astrology fans use it for Cancer, and it describes a crabby, grumpy mood. The crab rave meme puts 🦀 on both sides of a phrase to celebrate something being gone, like an exam or a bad boss. Rust programmers know Ferris the crab as their mascot. It also covers beach trips and seafood feasts.
🦀 Crab is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (marine animals), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about Cancer and zodiac.
Example messages
🦀 Crab on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Crab looks on each platform.
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Crab emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Crab 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 :crab:.
When was the Crab emoji added?
🦀 Crab was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. 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 Crab. The underlying code (U+1F980) 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.