# 🐒 Monkey emoji

🐒 Monkey is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal and banana.

- Emoji: 🐒
- Unicode name: monkey
- Code points: U+1F412
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :monkey:
- Keywords: animal, banana, monkey
- Page: https://emojichart.com/monkey-emoji

## What it means

Shown as a whole monkey rather than just a face, this animal appears in profile. People use it for monkeys, zoo and jungle scenes, mischievous behavior, and sometimes for the monkey sign of the Chinese zodiac.

## How to type 🐒

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mono | macaco, mono, simio |
| Français (fr) | singe | animal, primate, singe |
| Deutsch (de) | Affe | Affe, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | scimmia | animale, scimmietta, selvatico |
| Português (pt) | macaco | animal, macaco |
| Nederlands (nl) | aap | aap, banaan, dier |
| Svenska (sv) | apa | apa, djur |
| Polski (pl) | małpa | małpa, małpka, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | maymun | hayvan, maymun, muz, orman |
| Русский (ru) | обезьяна | животное, обезьяна |
| Українська (uk) | мавпа | мавпа, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μαϊμού | ζώο, μαϊμού, μπανάνα |
| العربية (ar) | قرد | حيوان, سعدان, شاذي, قرد, موز |
| עברית (he) | קוף | בעל חיים, קוף, קופיף |
| فارسی (fa) | میمون | میمون |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बंदर | पशु, बंदर |
| বাংলা (bn) | বাঁদর | কলা, পশুপাখি, বাঁদর, বানর |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | monyet | binatang, hewan, monyet, pisang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | khỉ | chuối, con khỉ, động vật, khỉ, quả chuối |
| ไทย (th) | ลิง | ลิง, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | サル | サル, 動物, 猿 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 원숭이 | 동물, 원숭이 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 猴子 | 猴, 猴子 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 猴子 | 動物, 猴, 猴子, 香蕉 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): aap
- Akan (ak): adoe
- Albanian (sq): majmun
- Amharic (am): ጦጣ
- Anii (blo): akʊná
- Armenian (hy): կապիկ
- Assamese (as): বান্দৰ
- Azerbaijani (az): meymun
- Bashkir (ba): маймыл
- Basque (eu): tximua
- Belarusian (be): малпа
- Bosnian (bs): majmun
- Breton (br): marmouz
- Bulgarian (bg): маймуна
- Burmese (my): မျောက်
- Cantonese (yue): 馬騮
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 马骝
- Catalan (ca): mico
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᎴᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 馬騮
- Chuvash (cv): упӑте
- Croatian (hr): majmun
- Czech (cs): opice
- Danish (da): abe
- Estonian (et): ahv
- Faroese (fo): apa
- Filipino (fil): unggoy
- Finnish (fi): apina
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤳𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤵
- Galician (gl): mono
- Georgian (ka): მაიმუნი
- Gujarati (gu): વાનર
- Hausa (ha): biri
- Hungarian (hu): majom
- Icelandic (is): api
- Igbo (ig): ènwè
- Irish (ga): moncaí
- Javanese (jv): munyuk
- Kalaallisut (kl): abe
- Kannada (kn): ಕೋತಿ
- Kazakh (kk): маймыл
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): مايمىل
- Khmer (km): ស្វា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): inguge
- Konkani (kok): माकोड
- Kurdish (ku): meymûn
- Kyrgyz (ky): маймыл
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): K’oy
- Lao (lo): ລີງ
- Latvian (lv): mērkaķis
- Lithuanian (lt): beždžionė
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): nałpa
- Luxembourgish (lb): Af
- Macedonian (mk): мајмун
- Malay (ms): monyet
- Malayalam (ml): കുരങ്ങ്
- Maltese (mt): xadina
- Marathi (mr): माकड
- Mongolian (mn): сармагчин
- Māori (mi): makimaki
- Nepali (ne): बाँदर
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mọnkí
- Northern Sotho (nso): kgabo
- Norwegian (no): ape
- Odia (or): ମାଙ୍କଡ଼
- Oromo (om): qamalee
- Pashto (ps): بيزو
- Punjabi (pa): ਬਾਂਦਰ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): باندر
- Quechua (qu): kusillu
- Romanian (ro): maimuță
- Romansh (rm): schimgia
- Sardinian (sc): martinica
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): muncaidh
- Serbian (sr): мајмун
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): majmun
- Shan (shn): လိင်း
- Sindhi (sd): ڀولڙو
- Sinhala (si): වඳුරා
- Slovak (sk): opica
- Slovenian (sl): opica
- Somali (so): daanyeer
- Swahili (sw): tumbili
- Tajik (tg): маймун
- Tamil (ta): குரங்கு
- Telugu (te): కోతి
- Tigrinya (ti): ህበይ
- Tongan (to): ngeli
- Tswana (tn): kgabo
- Turkmen (tk): maýmyn
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wopica
- Urdu (ur): بندر
- Uyghur (ug): مايمۇن
- Uzbek (uz): maymun
- Welsh (cy): mwnci
- Wolof (wo): golo
- Xhosa (xh): inkawu
- Yoruba (yo): Ọ̀bọ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɔ̀bɔ
- Zulu (zu): inkawu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F412` |
| HTML | `🐒` |
| CSS | `\1F412` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F412}` |
| Python | `\U0001F412` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 92` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC12` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%92` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐒 monkey emoji mean?

Shown as a whole monkey rather than just a face, this animal appears in profile. People use it for monkeys, zoo and jungle scenes, mischievous behavior, and sometimes for the monkey sign of the Chinese zodiac.

### How do I type the 🐒 emoji?

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

### When was the 🐒 emoji added?

🐒 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F412. In HTML you can write 🐒, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F412}.

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