# 🐊 Crocodile emoji

🐊 Crocodile is an emoji in the reptiles set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: animal and zoo.

- Emoji: 🐊
- Unicode name: crocodile
- Code points: U+1F40A
- Category: Animals & nature, Reptiles
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :crocodile:
- Keywords: animal, crocodile, zoo
- Page: https://emojichart.com/crocodile-emoji

## What it means

Long-snouted and full of teeth, this green crocodile is a swamp and river predator. It is used for crocodiles and alligators, reptiles, danger, and crocodile tears, meaning fake sadness or insincere crying.

## How to type 🐊

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cocodrilo | caimán, cocodrilo |
| Français (fr) | crocodile | alligator, animal, caïman, crocodile, reptile, zoo |
| Deutsch (de) | Krokodil | Krokodil, Reptil, Schnappi, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | coccodrillo | animale, coccodrillo, lacrime di coccodrillo, rettile, selvatico |
| Português (pt) | crocodilo | animal, crocodilo, jacaré |
| Nederlands (nl) | krokodil | dier, dierentuin, krokodil |
| Svenska (sv) | krokodil | djur, krokodil |
| Polski (pl) | krokodyl | aligator, gad, jaszczur, krokodyl, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | timsah | hayvan, timsah |
| Русский (ru) | крокодил | аллигатор, зеленый, крокодил |
| Українська (uk) | крокодил | алігатор, крокодил, тварина, хижак |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κροκόδειλος | ζώο, ζωολογικός κήπος, κροκόδειλος |
| العربية (ar) | تمساح | تمساح, جلد متمسح, حديقة الحيوانات, حيوان, فلوريدا |
| עברית (he) | תנין | אליגטור, קרוקודיל, תמסח, תנין |
| فارسی (fa) | تمساح | تمساح, سوسمار, کروکودیل |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मगरमच्छ | पशु, मगरमच्छ |
| বাংলা (bn) | কুমির | কুমির, ঘড়িয়াল, চিড়িয়াখানা, পশুপাখি, ফ্লোরিডা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | buaya | binatang, buaya, hewan, kebun binatang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cá sấu | cá sấu, động vật, sở thú |
| ไทย (th) | จระเข้ | จระเข้, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ワニ | クロコダイル, ワニ, 動物, 爬虫類 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 악어 | 동물, 동물원, 악어, 크로커다일 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 鳄鱼 | 鳄鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鱷魚 | 動物, 鱷, 鱷魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): krokodil
- Akan (ak): dɛnkyɛm
- Albanian (sq): krokodil
- Amharic (am): አዞ
- Anii (blo): ayɩwa
- Armenian (hy): կոկորդիլոս
- Assamese (as): ঘৰিয়াল
- Azerbaijani (az): timsah
- Bashkir (ba): крокодил
- Basque (eu): krokodiloa
- Belarusian (be): кракадзіл
- Bosnian (bs): krokodil
- Breton (br): krokodil
- Bulgarian (bg): крокодил
- Burmese (my): မိကျောင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 鱷魚
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鳄鱼
- Catalan (ca): cocodril
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᎳᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): крокодил
- Croatian (hr): krokodil
- Czech (cs): krokodýl
- Danish (da): krokodille
- Estonian (et): krokodill
- Faroese (fo): krokodilla
- Filipino (fil): buwaya
- Finnish (fi): krokotiili
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤲𞤮𞥅𞤪𞤢
- Galician (gl): crocodilo
- Georgian (ka): ნიანგი
- Gujarati (gu): મગર
- Hausa (ha): kada
- Hungarian (hu): krokodil
- Icelandic (is): krókódíll
- Igbo (ig): agụiyi
- Irish (ga): crogall
- Javanese (jv): baya
- Kalaallisut (kl): krokodille
- Kannada (kn): ಮೊಸಳೆ
- Kazakh (kk): қолтырауын
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قولتىراۋىن
- Khmer (km): ក្រពើ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ingona
- Konkani (kok): मानगें
- Kyrgyz (ky): крокодил
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Kokodril
- Lao (lo): ແຂ້
- Latvian (lv): krokodils
- Lithuanian (lt): krokodilas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): krokodil
- Luxembourgish (lb): Krokodil
- Macedonian (mk): крокодил
- Malay (ms): buaya
- Malayalam (ml): മുതല
- Maltese (mt): kukkudrill
- Marathi (mr): मगर
- Mongolian (mn): матар
- Māori (mi): nguturoa
- Nepali (ne): गोही
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Krókodail
- Northern Sotho (nso): kwena
- Norwegian (no): krokodille
- Odia (or): କୁମ୍ଭୀର
- Oromo (om): naacha
- Pashto (ps): تمساح
- Punjabi (pa): ਮਗਰਮੱਛ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): مگرمچھ
- Quechua (qu): kayman
- Romanian (ro): crocodil
- Romansh (rm): crocodil
- Sardinian (sc): cocodrillu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): crogall
- Serbian (sr): крокодил
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): krokodil
- Shan (shn): ငိူၵ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): واڳون
- Sinhala (si): කිඹුලා
- Slovak (sk): krokodíl
- Slovenian (sl): krokodil
- Somali (so): yaxaas
- Swahili (sw): mamba
- Tajik (tg): тимсоҳ
- Tamil (ta): முதலை
- Telugu (te): మొసలి
- Tigrinya (ti): ሓርገጽ
- Tongan (to): kalokataile
- Tswana (tn): kwena
- Turkmen (tk): krokodil
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): krokodil
- Urdu (ur): مگرمچھ
- Uyghur (ug): تىمساھ
- Uzbek (uz): timsoh
- Welsh (cy): crocodeil
- Wolof (wo): jasit
- Xhosa (xh): ingwenya
- Yoruba (yo): Ọni
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɔni
- Zulu (zu): ingwenya

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F40A` |
| HTML | `🐊` |
| CSS | `\1F40A` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F40A}` |
| Python | `\U0001F40A` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 8A` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC0A` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%8A` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐊 crocodile emoji mean?

Long-snouted and full of teeth, this green crocodile is a swamp and river predator. It is used for crocodiles and alligators, reptiles, danger, and crocodile tears, meaning fake sadness or insincere crying.

### How do I type the 🐊 emoji?

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

### When was the 🐊 emoji added?

🐊 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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

U+1F40A. In HTML you can write 🐊, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F40A}.

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