What does ๐ Snake mean?
A green coiled snake with a flicking tongue. Its best-known meaning is a traitor or two-faced person, a โsnake in the grass,โ so it often appears when someone is called out for betrayal. Taylor Swift famously reclaimed the symbol during her Reputation era. It also represents Slytherin house, the Python programming language and the Snake sign of the Chinese zodiac.
๐ Snake is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (reptiles & dinosaurs), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about animal, bearer, Ophiuchus, serpent and zodiac.
Example messages
๐ Snake on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Snake looks on each platform.
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Snake emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Snake emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ 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 :snake:.
When was the Snake emoji added?
๐ Snake was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Snake. The underlying code (U+1F40D) 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.