# 🦗 Cricket emoji

🦗 Cricket is an emoji in the bugs set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017. Related words: animal, bug, grasshopper, insect and Orthoptera.

- Emoji: 🦗
- Unicode name: cricket
- Code points: U+1F997
- Category: Animals & nature, Bugs
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- GitHub shortcode: :cricket:
- Keywords: animal, bug, cricket, grasshopper, insect, Orthoptera
- Page: https://emojichart.com/cricket-emoji

## What it means

A green insect with long hind legs like a grasshopper, this is the chirping cricket. Common uses include crickets and grasshoppers, summer nights, chirping, and as a joke about awkward silence, as in hearing crickets. It shows the insect, not the sport.

## How to type 🦗

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | grillo | grillo, saltamontes |
| Français (fr) | criquet | animal, criquet, insecte, sauterelle |
| Deutsch (de) | Grille | grashüpfer, grille, Grille, Heuschrecke, insekt, tier, zikade |
| Italiano (it) | grillo | animale, cavalletta, insetto, ortottero |
| Português (pt) | grilo | gafanhoto, grilo, inseto |
| Nederlands (nl) | krekel | dier, insect, krekel, Orthoptera, sprinkhaan |
| Svenska (sv) | syrsa | gräshoppa, syrsa |
| Polski (pl) | świerszcz | konik, owad, polny, świerszcz, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | cırcır böceği | böcek, çekirge, cırcır böceği, hayvan |
| Русский (ru) | сверчок | кузнечик, насекомое, сверчок, цикада |
| Українська (uk) | цвіркун | жук, комаха, коник, кукарача, тарган, цвіркун |
| Ελληνικά (el) | τριζόνι | ακρίδα, ακρίδες, έντομο, ορθόπτερα, τριζόνι |
| العربية (ar) | جدجد | جدجد, جراد, جندب, حشرة, قبوط |
| עברית (he) | צרצר | חגב, חרק, צרצר |
| فارسی (fa) | جیرجیرک | جیرجیرک, حشره، جیرجیرک, زنجره, ملخ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | टिड्डा, झींगुर | क्रिकेट, झींगुर, टिड्डा, टिड्डा, झींगुर, टिड्डी |
| বাংলা (bn) | ঝিঁঝি পোকা | ঝিঁঝি পোকা, পশু, পশুপাখি, পোকা, ফড়িং |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | jangkrik | belalang, hama, insek, jangkrik, serangga |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | dế | bọ, bộ cánh thẳng, châu chấu, côn trùng, dế, động vật |
| ไทย (th) | จิ้งหรีด | จิ้งหรีด, ตั๊กแตน, แมลง |
| 日本語 (ja) | バッタ | コオロギ, バッタ, 昆虫, 直翅目, 虫 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 귀뚜라미 | 곤충, 귀뚜라미, 동물, 메뚜기, 메뚜기류, 벌레 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蟋蟀 | 昆虫, 蚱蜢, 蛐蛐, 蟋蟀 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蟋蟀 | 直翅目, 蚱蜢, 蟋蟀, 蟲子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kriek
- Akan (ak): aketekyere
- Albanian (sq): karkalec
- Amharic (am): ክሪኬት
- Anii (blo): ntǝrma
- Armenian (hy): ծղրիդ
- Assamese (as): উইচিৰিঙা
- Azerbaijani (az): cırcırama
- Bashkir (ba): сиңерткә
- Basque (eu): kilker
- Belarusian (be): цвыркун
- Bosnian (bs): cvrčak
- Breton (br): krank-raden
- Bulgarian (bg): щурец
- Burmese (my): ပုရစ်ကောင်
- Cantonese (yue): 草蜢
- Catalan (ca): grill
- Cherokee (chr): ᏔᎳᏚ
- Chuvash (cv): шӑрчӑк
- Croatian (hr): cvrčak
- Czech (cs): cvrček
- Danish (da): fårekylling
- Estonian (et): kilk
- Faroese (fo): veggjasmiður
- Filipino (fil): kuliglig
- Finnish (fi): sirkka
- Galician (gl): grilo
- Georgian (ka): კრიკეტი
- Gujarati (gu): કંસારી
- Hausa (ha): gyare
- Hungarian (hu): tücsök
- Icelandic (is): krybba
- Igbo (ig): ụ̀kpàlà
- Irish (ga): criogar
- Javanese (jv): jangkrik
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್
- Kazakh (kk): шегіртке
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): شەگىرتكە
- Khmer (km): ចង្រិត
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kiriketi
- Konkani (kok): नाकतोडो
- Kyrgyz (ky): кара чегиртке
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Lol
- Lao (lo): ຈິ້ງຫລີດ
- Latvian (lv): circenis
- Lithuanian (lt): svirplys
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): šwjerc
- Luxembourgish (lb): Cricket
- Macedonian (mk): штурец
- Malay (ms): cengkerik
- Malayalam (ml): ചീവീട്
- Maltese (mt): cricket
- Marathi (mr): नाकतोडा
- Mongolian (mn): хүрэлзгэнэ
- Māori (mi): kirikiti
- Nepali (ne): फट्याङ्ग्रा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kríkẹt
- Northern Sotho (nso): khrikete
- Norwegian (no): gresshoppe
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): grashoppe
- Odia (or): ଝିଣ୍ଟିକା
- Oromo (om): kirikeetii
- Pashto (ps): چورچورک
- Punjabi (pa): ਟਿੱਡਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کرکٹ
- Quechua (qu): cricket
- Romanian (ro): greier
- Romansh (rm): grigl
- Sardinian (sc): grillu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): greollan
- Serbian (sr): зрикавац
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): zrikavac
- Shan (shn): ၸၵ်းၸႃႈ
- Sindhi (sd): تڏ
- Sinhala (si): පළගැටියා
- Slovak (sk): svrček
- Slovenian (sl): muren
- Somali (so): jiiq-jiiqle
- Swahili (sw): nyenje
- Tajik (tg): крикет
- Tamil (ta): இராக்கோழி
- Telugu (te): చిమ్మట
- Tigrinya (ti): ዕንጭራር
- Tongan (to): kālihi
- Tswana (tn): kirikete
- Turkmen (tk): çybyn
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): šwjerč
- Urdu (ur): گرگٹ
- Uyghur (ug): پالاقتوپ
- Uzbek (uz): qora chigirtka
- Welsh (cy): criciedyn
- Wolof (wo): kriket
- Xhosa (xh): iqakamba
- Yoruba (yo): tata gígùn
- Zulu (zu): ikhilikithi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F997` |
| HTML | `🦗` |
| CSS | `\1F997` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F997}` |
| Python | `\U0001F997` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 97` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD97` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%97` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦗 cricket emoji mean?

A green insect with long hind legs like a grasshopper, this is the chirping cricket. Common uses include crickets and grasshoppers, summer nights, chirping, and as a joke about awkward silence, as in hearing crickets. It shows the insect, not the sport.

### How do I type the 🦗 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦗 emoji added?

🦗 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

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

U+1F997. In HTML you can write 🦗, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F997}.

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