# 🌵 Cactus emoji

🌵 Cactus is an emoji in the other plants set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: desert, drought, nature and plant.

- Emoji: 🌵
- Unicode name: cactus
- Code points: U+1F335
- Category: Animals & nature, Other plants
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :cactus:
- Keywords: cactus, desert, drought, nature, plant
- Page: https://emojichart.com/cactus-emoji

## What it means

A green, spiny desert plant with a thick, upright stem, often drawn with a couple of arms. It stands for deserts, the American Southwest and Mexico, and it is also used for prickly situations or people and for easy-care houseplants.

## How to type 🌵

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cactus | cactus, planta |
| Français (fr) | cactus | cactus, désert, épines, nature, piquant, plante, sécheresse |
| Deutsch (de) | Kaktus | Dürre, Kaktus, Natur, Pflanze, Trockenzeit, Wüste |
| Italiano (it) | cactus | cactus, caldo, deserto, messico, natura, pianta, pianta grassa, spina, spine, west |
| Português (pt) | cacto | cacto, deserto, natureza, planta, seca |
| Nederlands (nl) | cactus | cactus, droogte, natuur, plant, woestijn |
| Svenska (sv) | kaktus | kaktus, växt |
| Polski (pl) | kaktus | kaktus, kłuje, kolce, pustynia, roślina |
| Türkçe (tr) | kaktüs | bitki, çöl, diken, kaktüs |
| Русский (ru) | кактус | зеленое, кактус, колючки, мексика, растение, текила |
| Українська (uk) | кактус | кактус, пустеля, рослина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κάκτος | έρημος, κάκτος, ξηρασία, φύση, φυτό |
| العربية (ar) | صبار | الطبيعة, جفاف, صبار, صبيرة, صحراء, طبيعة, قحط, نبات |
| עברית (he) | קקטוס | מדבר, צבר, צמח, קוצים, קוצני, קישקשתא, קקטוס |
| فارسی (fa) | کاکتوس | کاکتوس, گیاه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कैक्टस | कैक्टस, पौधा |
| বাংলা (bn) | ক্যাকটাস | ক্যাকটাস, খরা, গাছ, মরুভূমি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kaktus | kaktus, padang pasir, pohon, tanaman |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cây xương rồng | cây xương rồng, hạn hán, sa mạc, thiên nhiên, thực vật |
| ไทย (th) | ตะบองเพชร | ตะบองเพชร, พืช |
| 日本語 (ja) | サボテン | サボテン, 植物, 砂漠 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 선인장 | 가뭄, 나무, 사막, 선인장, 식물 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 仙人掌 | 仙人掌, 干旱, 植物, 沙漠 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 仙人掌 | 乾旱, 仙人掌, 多肉植物, 沙漠 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kaktus
- Akan (ak): Kaktus
- Albanian (sq): kaktus
- Amharic (am): ቁልቋል
- Anii (blo): ŋjama ɩyɩwǝ kanja
- Armenian (hy): կակտուս
- Assamese (as): কেক্টাছ
- Azerbaijani (az): kaktus
- Bashkir (ba): кактус
- Basque (eu): kaktusa
- Belarusian (be): кактус
- Bosnian (bs): kaktus
- Breton (br): kaktuz
- Bulgarian (bg): кактус
- Burmese (my): ရှားစောင်းပင်
- Cantonese (yue): 仙人掌
- Catalan (ca): cactus
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᎵᎡᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): кактус
- Croatian (hr): kaktus
- Czech (cs): kaktus
- Danish (da): kaktus
- Estonian (et): kaktus
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cato
- Faroese (fo): kaktus
- Filipino (fil): cactus
- Finnish (fi): kaktus
- Galician (gl): cacto
- Georgian (ka): კაქტუსი
- Gujarati (gu): કેક્ટસ
- Hausa (ha): kyarana
- Hungarian (hu): kaktusz
- Icelandic (is): kaktus
- Igbo (ig): kaktus
- Irish (ga): cachtas
- Javanese (jv): kaktus
- Kalaallisut (kl): kaktus
- Kannada (kn): ಕಳ್ಳಿ
- Kazakh (kk): кактус
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كاكتۋس
- Khmer (km): ដើមដំបងយក្ស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kagitusi
- Konkani (kok): निवलकाणी
- Kyrgyz (ky): кактус
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Nochti’
- Lao (lo): ຕົ້ນໜາມ
- Latvian (lv): kaktuss
- Lithuanian (lt): kaktusas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kaktus
- Luxembourgish (lb): Kaktus
- Macedonian (mk): кактус
- Malay (ms): kaktus
- Malayalam (ml): കള്ളിമുൾച്ചെടി
- Maltese (mt): kaktus
- Marathi (mr): निवडुंग
- Mongolian (mn): кактус
- Māori (mi): tātā tiotio
- Nepali (ne): सिउँडी
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Káktọ́s Plant
- Northern Sotho (nso): khakthase
- Norwegian (no): kaktus
- Odia (or): ନାଗଫେଣୀ
- Oromo (om): adaamii
- Pashto (ps): کیکټس
- Punjabi (pa): ਨਾਗਫਨੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ناگ پھنی
- Quechua (qu): kisqa
- Romanian (ro): cactus
- Romansh (rm): cactus
- Sardinian (sc): càctus
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cactas
- Serbian (sr): кактус
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kaktus
- Shan (shn): တူၼ်ႈၼၢမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ٿوهر
- Sinhala (si): පතොක්
- Slovak (sk): kaktus
- Slovenian (sl): kaktus
- Somali (so): tiin
- Swahili (sw): dungusi kakati
- Tajik (tg): гули ханҷарӣ
- Tamil (ta): கற்றாழை
- Telugu (te): బ్రహ్మజెముడు
- Tigrinya (ti): ቁልቋል
- Tongan (to): kakatisi
- Tswana (tn): mokgwapa
- Turkmen (tk): kaktus
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kaktus
- Urdu (ur): کیکٹس
- Uyghur (ug): كاكتۇس
- Uzbek (uz): kaktus
- Welsh (cy): cactws
- Wolof (wo): gargamboose
- Xhosa (xh): i-cactus
- Yoruba (yo): Igi Ọrọ́
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Igi Ɔrɔ́
- Zulu (zu): i-cactus

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F335` |
| HTML | `🌵` |
| CSS | `\1F335` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F335}` |
| Python | `\U0001F335` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8C B5` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DF35` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8C%B5` |

## Questions

### What does the 🌵 cactus emoji mean?

A green, spiny desert plant with a thick, upright stem, often drawn with a couple of arms. It stands for deserts, the American Southwest and Mexico, and it is also used for prickly situations or people and for easy-care houseplants.

### How do I type the 🌵 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “cactus”. 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 :cactus:.

### When was the 🌵 emoji added?

🌵 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F335. In HTML you can write 🌵, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F335}.

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