# 🦇 Bat emoji

🦇 Bat is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. Related words: animal and vampire.

- Emoji: 🦇
- Unicode name: bat
- Code points: U+1F987
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :bat:
- Keywords: animal, bat, vampire
- Page: https://emojichart.com/bat-emoji

## What it means

Wings spread wide, this bat is caught in flight. It turns up in posts about bats, Halloween and spooky themes, vampires, caves, and nighttime, as well as anything that comes alive after dark.

## How to type 🦇

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “bat”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “bat”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “bat”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “bat”.
- GitHub: Type :bat: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | murciélago | murciélago, vampiro |
| Français (fr) | chauve-souris | animal, chauve-souris, vampire |
| Deutsch (de) | Fledermaus | Fledermaus, Tier, Vampir |
| Italiano (it) | pipistrello | ali, animale, notte, pipistrello, vampiro |
| Português (pt) | morcego | animal, morcego, vampiro |
| Nederlands (nl) | vleermuis | dier, vampier, vleermuis |
| Svenska (sv) | fladdermus | djur, fladdermus, vampyr |
| Polski (pl) | nietoperz | nietoperz, wampir, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | yarasa | drakula, hayvan, kan emen, kanatlı, kuş, mağara, siyah, vampir, yarasa |
| Русский (ru) | летучая мышь | вампир, животное, летучая, мышь |
| Українська (uk) | кажан | вампір, кажан, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | νυχτερίδα | βαμπίρ, ζώο, νυχτερίδα |
| العربية (ar) | خفاش | حيوان, خفاش, مصاص, وطواط |
| עברית (he) | עטלף | בעל חיים, מעופף, עטלף, ערפד |
| فارسی (fa) | خفاش | حیوان, خفاش, خون‌آشام, خوناشام |
| हिन्दी (hi) | चमगादड़ | चमगादड़, जानवर, पशु, पिशाच |
| বাংলা (bn) | বাঁদুর | পশু, বাদুড়, বাদুর, বাঁদুর, রক্তচোষা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kelelawar | binatang, hewan, kelelawar, vampir |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | dơi | dơi, động vật, ma cà rồng |
| ไทย (th) | ค้างคาว | ค้างคาว, ดูดเลือด, แวมไพร์, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | コウモリ | こうもり, コウモリ, バンパイア, 動物, 吸血鬼 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 박쥐 | 동물, 박쥐, 뱀파이어 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蝙蝠 | 吸血鬼, 蝙蝠 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蝙蝠 | 吸血, 蝙蝠 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vlermuis
- Akan (ak): apan
- Albanian (sq): lakuriq nate
- Amharic (am): የሌሊት ወፍ
- Anii (blo): gʊjǝmasʊra
- Armenian (hy): չղջիկ
- Assamese (as): বাদুলি
- Azerbaijani (az): yarasa
- Bashkir (ba): ярғанат
- Basque (eu): saguzarra
- Belarusian (be): кажан
- Bosnian (bs): šišmiš
- Breton (br): logodenn-zall
- Bulgarian (bg): прилеп
- Burmese (my): လင်းနို့
- Cantonese (yue): 蝙蝠
- Catalan (ca): ratapinyada
- Cherokee (chr): ᏜᎺᎭ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫара ҫерҫи
- Croatian (hr): šišmiš
- Czech (cs): netopýr
- Danish (da): flagermus
- Estonian (et): nahkhiir
- Faroese (fo): flogmús
- Filipino (fil): paniki
- Finnish (fi): lepakko
- Galician (gl): morcego
- Georgian (ka): ღამურა
- Gujarati (gu): ચામાચીડિયું
- Hausa (ha): jemage
- Hungarian (hu): denevér
- Icelandic (is): leðurblaka
- Igbo (ig): ụsụ
- Irish (ga): ialtóg
- Javanese (jv): kalong
- Kalaallisut (kl): flagermus
- Kannada (kn): ಬಾವಲಿ
- Kazakh (kk): жарқанат
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جارقانات
- Khmer (km): ប្រចៀវ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): agacurama
- Konkani (kok): वागोळें
- Kyrgyz (ky): жарганат
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Sotz’
- Lao (lo): ເຈຍ
- Latvian (lv): sikspārnis
- Lithuanian (lt): šikšnosparnis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): njetopyŕ
- Luxembourgish (lb): Fliedermaus
- Macedonian (mk): лилјак
- Malay (ms): kelawar
- Malayalam (ml): വവ്വാൽ
- Maltese (mt): farfett il-lejl
- Marathi (mr): वटवाघूळ
- Mongolian (mn): сарьсан багваахай
- Māori (mi): pekapeka
- Nepali (ne): चमेरो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bat
- Northern Sotho (nso): mankgagane
- Norwegian (no): flaggermus
- Odia (or): ବାଦୁଡ଼ି
- Oromo (om): simbira halkanii
- Pashto (ps): شوپرک
- Punjabi (pa): ਚਮਗਿੱਦੜ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): چمگادڑ
- Quechua (qu): masu
- Romanian (ro): liliac
- Romansh (rm): utschè-mezmieur
- Sardinian (sc): tzintzimurreddu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ialtag
- Serbian (sr): шишмиш
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): šišmiš
- Shan (shn): မိင်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): چمڙو
- Sinhala (si): වවුලා
- Slovak (sk): netopier
- Slovenian (sl): netopir
- Somali (so): fiidmeer
- Swahili (sw): popo
- Tajik (tg): муши паррон
- Tamil (ta): வௌவால்
- Telugu (te): గబ్బిలం
- Tigrinya (ti): መንካዕ
- Tongan (to): peka
- Tswana (tn): mmamathwane
- Turkmen (tk): ýarganat
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): njetopyr
- Urdu (ur): چمگادڑ
- Uyghur (ug): شەپەرەڭ
- Uzbek (uz): ko‘rshapalak
- Welsh (cy): ystlum
- Wolof (wo): njugub
- Xhosa (xh): ilulwane
- Yoruba (yo): Adan
- Zulu (zu): ilulwane

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F987` |
| HTML | `🦇` |
| CSS | `\1F987` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F987}` |
| Python | `\U0001F987` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 87` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD87` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%87` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦇 bat emoji mean?

Wings spread wide, this bat is caught in flight. It turns up in posts about bats, Halloween and spooky themes, vampires, caves, and nighttime, as well as anything that comes alive after dark.

### How do I type the 🦇 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “bat”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :bat:.

### When was the 🦇 emoji added?

🦇 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🦇?

U+1F987. In HTML you can write 🦇, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F987}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/bat-emoji