# 🦎 Lizard emoji

🦎 Lizard is an emoji in the reptiles set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. Related words: animal and reptile.

- Emoji: 🦎
- Unicode name: lizard
- Code points: U+1F98E
- Category: Animals & nature, Reptiles
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :lizard:
- Keywords: animal, lizard, reptile
- Page: https://emojichart.com/lizard-emoji

## What it means

A long tail trails behind this green lizard, shown in profile. It is a go-to for lizards, geckos and other reptiles, reptile pets, warm sunny places, and lazily basking in the sun.

## How to type 🦎

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | lagarto | lagartija, lagarto, reptil |
| Français (fr) | lézard | animal, lézard, reptile |
| Deutsch (de) | Eidechse | Eidechse, Reptil |
| Italiano (it) | lucertola | animale, animali, lucertola, rettile |
| Português (pt) | lagartixa | animal, lagartixa, lagarto, réptil |
| Nederlands (nl) | hagedis | dier, hagedis, reptiel |
| Svenska (sv) | ödla | kräldjur, ödla |
| Polski (pl) | jaszczurka | gad, jaszczurka, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | kertenkele | hayvan, kertenkele, sürüngen |
| Русский (ru) | ящерица | зеленая, рептилия, ящерица |
| Українська (uk) | ящірка | плазун, рептилія, ящірка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σαύρα | ερπετό, ζώο, σαύρα |
| العربية (ar) | سحلية | حيوان, زواحف, سحلية, سقاية, شختة, عظاءة |
| עברית (he) | לטאה | בעל חיים, זוחל, לטאה |
| فارسی (fa) | مارمولک | خزنده, مارمولک |
| हिन्दी (hi) | छिपकली | छिपकली, पशु, रेंगनेवाला जन्तु, साँप |
| বাংলা (bn) | টিকটিকি | গিরগিটি, টিকটিকি, পশুপাখি, সরীসৃপ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kadal | binatang, cicak, hewan, kadal, reptil |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | thằn lằn | bò sát, động vật, thằn lằn |
| ไทย (th) | จิ้งจก | จิ้งจก, ตุ๊กแก, เลื้อยคลาน |
| 日本語 (ja) | トカゲ | トカゲ, ヤモリ, 動物, 爬虫類 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 도마뱀 | 도마뱀, 동물, 파충류 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蜥蜴 | 爬行动物, 蜥蜴 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蜥蜴 | 爬行動物, 蜥蜴 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): akkedis
- Akan (ak): koterɛ
- Albanian (sq): hardhucë
- Amharic (am): እንሽላሊት
- Anii (blo): ʊwǝgǝu
- Armenian (hy): մողես
- Assamese (as): জেঠী
- Azerbaijani (az): kərtənkələ
- Bashkir (ba): кеҫәртке
- Basque (eu): sugandila
- Belarusian (be): яшчарка
- Bosnian (bs): gušter
- Breton (br): glazard
- Bulgarian (bg): гущер
- Burmese (my): အိမ်မြှောင်
- Cantonese (yue): 蜥蜴
- Catalan (ca): llangardaix
- Cherokee (chr): ᏘᏲᎭᎵ
- Chuvash (cv): калта
- Croatian (hr): gušter
- Czech (cs): ještěrka
- Danish (da): firben
- Estonian (et): sisalik
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): lagarto
- Faroese (fo): oydla
- Filipino (fil): butiki
- Finnish (fi): lisko
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤨𞤢𞤤𞥆𞤢𞤪𞤣𞤭
- Galician (gl): lagarto
- Georgian (ka): ხვლიკი
- Gujarati (gu): ગરોળી
- Hausa (ha): ƙadangare
- Hungarian (hu): gyík
- Icelandic (is): eðla
- Igbo (ig): ngwere
- Irish (ga): earc luachra
- Javanese (jv): cecak
- Kalaallisut (kl): firben
- Kannada (kn): ಹಲ್ಲಿ
- Kazakh (kk): кесіртке
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كەسىرتكە
- Khmer (km): ជីងចក់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): umuserebanya
- Konkani (kok): पाल
- Kyrgyz (ky): кескелдирик
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Xpa’ch
- Lao (lo): ສັດເລືອຄານ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): lagartija
- Latvian (lv): ķirzaka
- Lithuanian (lt): driežas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): jašćerica
- Luxembourgish (lb): Eidechs
- Macedonian (mk): гуштер
- Malay (ms): cicak
- Malayalam (ml): പല്ലി
- Maltese (mt): wiża’
- Marathi (mr): पाल
- Mongolian (mn): гүрвэл
- Māori (mi): mokomoko
- Nepali (ne): छेपारो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Lízad
- Northern Sotho (nso): mokgaditswane
- Norwegian (no): firfisle
- Odia (or): ଝିଟିପିଟି
- Oromo (om): lootuu
- Pashto (ps): چرمښکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਕਿਰਲੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کوڑ-کرلی
- Quechua (qu): qaraywa
- Romanian (ro): șopârlă
- Romansh (rm): luschard
- Sardinian (sc): tziligherta
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): laghairt
- Serbian (sr): гуштер
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gušter
- Shan (shn): ဢၢၵ်ႇၶၢင်
- Sindhi (sd): ڪرڙي
- Sinhala (si): කටුස්සා
- Slovak (sk): jašterica
- Slovenian (sl): kuščar
- Somali (so): qoroto
- Swahili (sw): mjusi
- Tajik (tg): калтакалос
- Tamil (ta): பல்லி
- Telugu (te): బల్లి
- Tigrinya (ti): ጠበቕ
- Tongan (to): moko
- Tswana (tn): mokgatitswane
- Turkmen (tk): hažžyk
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): ješćelca
- Urdu (ur): چھپکلی
- Uyghur (ug): كەسلەنچۈك
- Uzbek (uz): kaltakesak
- Welsh (cy): madfall
- Wolof (wo): sindax
- Xhosa (xh): icikilishe
- Yoruba (yo): Aláǹgba
- Zulu (zu): isibankwa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F98E` |
| HTML | `🦎` |
| CSS | `\1F98E` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F98E}` |
| Python | `\U0001F98E` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 8E` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD8E` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%8E` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦎 lizard emoji mean?

A long tail trails behind this green lizard, shown in profile. It is a go-to for lizards, geckos and other reptiles, reptile pets, warm sunny places, and lazily basking in the sun.

### How do I type the 🦎 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦎 emoji added?

🦎 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

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

U+1F98E. In HTML you can write 🦎, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F98E}.

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