# 🦟 Mosquito emoji

🦟 Mosquito is an emoji in the bugs set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: bite, disease, fever, insect, malaria and pest.

- Emoji: 🦟
- Unicode name: mosquito
- Code points: U+1F99F
- Category: Animals & nature, Bugs
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :mosquito:
- Keywords: bite, disease, fever, insect, malaria, mosquito, pest, virus
- Page: https://emojichart.com/mosquito-emoji

## What it means

A thin body, long legs and delicate wings mark this mosquito, the biting insect that buzzes around in warm weather. It turns up in posts about mosquitoes, itchy bites, camping annoyances, and warnings about mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria.

## How to type 🦟

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mosquito | fiebre, insecto, malaria, mosquito, virus |
| Français (fr) | moustique | fièvre, infection, insecte, maladie, malaria, moustique, piqûre, virus |
| Deutsch (de) | Mücke | Biss, Fieber, Insekt, Insektenbiss, Insektenstich, Krankheit, Malaria, Moskito, Mücke, Schnake, Stechmücke, Stich, Tier, Virus |
| Italiano (it) | zanzara | febbre, insetto, malaria, malattia, morso, puntura d’insetto, virus, zanzara |
| Português (pt) | mosquito | aedes, aegypti, amarela, animal, chicungunha, dengue, doença, febre, inseto, malária, mosquito, pernilongo, vírus, zica |
| Nederlands (nl) | mug | beet, insect, koorts, malaria, mug, ongedierte, virus, ziekte |
| Svenska (sv) | mygga | insekt, malaria, mygga, sjukdom, virus |
| Polski (pl) | komar | choroba, gorączka, insekt, komar, malaria, owad, ugryzienie, wirus, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | sivrisinek | ateş, böcek, hastalık, sivrisinek, sıtma, virüs |
| Русский (ru) | комар | вирус, комар, кровосос, лихорадка, малярия, москит, насекомое, укус |
| Українська (uk) | комар | вірус, гарячка, комар, комаха, малярія, москіт, укус, хвороба |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουνούπι | αρρώστια, ελονοσία, έντομο, ιός, κουνούπι, νόσος, πυρετός, τσίμπημα |
| العربية (ar) | بعوضة | برغش, بعوضة, حشرة, حمى, عدوى, عضة, عقسة, فيرس, فيروس, قرصة, لدغة, مرض, ملاريا, ناموسة |
| עברית (he) | יתוש | בעל חיים, וירוס, חרק, יתוש, מחלות, מלריה |
| فارسی (fa) | پشه | آلودگی, آلوده, بیماری, پشه, تب, حشره, مالاریا, مریضی, نیش, ویروس |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मच्छर | काटना, कीड़ा, डेंगू, बीमारी, बुखार, मच्छर, मलेरिया, वायरस, विषाणु |
| বাংলা (bn) | মশা | কামড়, জ্বর, পোকা, ভাইরাস, মশা, ম্যালেরিয়া, রোগ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | nyamuk | demam, gigitan nyamuk, malaria, nyamuk, penyakit, sakit panas, serangga, virus |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | con muỗi | bệnh, con muỗi, côn trùng, đốt, muỗi, sốt, sốt rét, vi rút |
| ไทย (th) | ยุง | ไข้, มาลาเรีย, แมลง, ยุง, ยุงกัด, โรค, ไวรัส |
| 日本語 (ja) | 蚊 | ウイルス, マラリア, 刺す, 熱, 病気, 虫, 蚊 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 모기 | 말라리아, 모기, 물기, 바이러스, 벌레, 병균, 열 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蚊子 | 发烧, 发热, 昆虫, 疟疾, 疾病, 病, 病毒, 蚊子 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蚊子 | 疾病, 病毒, 瘧疾, 發燒, 蚊子, 蟲, 蟲咬, 蟲子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): muskiet
- Akan (ak): Ntontom
- Albanian (sq): mushkonjë
- Amharic (am): ወባ
- Anii (blo): abʊŋa
- Armenian (hy): մոծակ
- Assamese (as): মহ
- Azerbaijani (az): ağcaqanad
- Bashkir (ba): серәкәй
- Basque (eu): eltxo
- Belarusian (be): камар
- Bosnian (bs): komarac
- Breton (br): moustik
- Bulgarian (bg): комар
- Burmese (my): ခြင်
- Cantonese (yue): 蚊
- Catalan (ca): mosquit
- Cherokee (chr): ᏙᏌ
- Chuvash (cv): вăрăмтуна
- Croatian (hr): komarac
- Czech (cs): komár
- Danish (da): myg
- Estonian (et): sääsk
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): melga
- Faroese (fo): mýggjabiti
- Filipino (fil): lamok
- Finnish (fi): hyttynen
- Galician (gl): mosquito
- Georgian (ka): კოღო
- Gujarati (gu): મચ્છર
- Hausa (ha): sauro
- Hungarian (hu): szúnyog
- Icelandic (is): moskító
- Igbo (ig): anwụnta
- Irish (ga): muiscít
- Javanese (jv): lemut
- Kannada (kn): ಸೊಳ್ಳೆ
- Kazakh (kk): маса
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ماسا
- Khmer (km): មូស
- Konkani (kok): जळार
- Kyrgyz (ky): чиркей
- Lao (lo): ຍຸງ
- Latvian (lv): ods
- Lithuanian (lt): uodas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): moskito
- Macedonian (mk): комарец
- Malay (ms): nyamuk
- Malayalam (ml): കൊതുക്
- Marathi (mr): डास
- Mongolian (mn): шумуул
- Nepali (ne): मच्छेट
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mọskíto
- Norwegian (no): mygg
- Odia (or): ମଶା
- Oromo (om): titiisa
- Pashto (ps): غوماشه
- Punjabi (pa): ਮੱਛਰ
- Quechua (qu): mosquito
- Romanian (ro): țânțar
- Romansh (rm): mosquito
- Sardinian (sc): tzìntzula
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): mosgaid
- Serbian (sr): комарац
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): komarac
- Shan (shn): ယုင်း
- Sindhi (sd): مڇر
- Sinhala (si): මදුරුවෝ
- Slovak (sk): komár
- Slovenian (sl): komar
- Somali (so): kaneeco
- Swahili (sw): mbu
- Tamil (ta): கொசு
- Telugu (te): దోమ
- Tigrinya (ti): ጣንጡ
- Tongan (to): namu
- Turkmen (tk): peşe
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kuntwora
- Urdu (ur): مچھر
- Uzbek (uz): chivin
- Welsh (cy): mosgito
- Yoruba (yo): ẹ̀fọ́n
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): ɛ̀fɔ́n
- Zulu (zu): mosquito

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F99F` |
| HTML | `🦟` |
| CSS | `\1F99F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F99F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F99F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 9F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD9F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%9F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦟 mosquito emoji mean?

A thin body, long legs and delicate wings mark this mosquito, the biting insect that buzzes around in warm weather. It turns up in posts about mosquitoes, itchy bites, camping annoyances, and warnings about mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria.

### How do I type the 🦟 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦟 emoji added?

🦟 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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

U+1F99F. In HTML you can write 🦟, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F99F}.

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