What does 🦗 Cricket mean?
A green cricket or grasshopper. Its biggest use is for awkward silence: when a joke falls flat or nobody replies, people send “crickets.” It also brings summer nights and chirping sounds to mind. Note that it is the insect, not the sport, so cricket fans should use 🏏 instead. It was added in 2017.
🦗 Cricket is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (bugs & insects), added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017. People use it in messages about animal, bug, grasshopper, insect and Orthoptera.
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🦗 Cricket on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Cricket looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Cricket 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 :cricket:.
When was the Cricket emoji added?
🦗 Cricket was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. 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 Cricket. The underlying code (U+1F997) 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.