# 🦦 Otter emoji

🦦 Otter is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. Related words: animal, fishing and playful.

- Emoji: 🦦
- Unicode name: otter
- Code points: U+1F9A6
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :otter:
- Keywords: animal, fishing, otter, playful
- Page: https://emojichart.com/otter-emoji

## What it means

Sleek and whiskered, this otter looks ready to play. People use it for otters, playful and friendly moods, rivers and sea water, and the pun significant otter for a partner.

## How to type 🦦

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | nutria | bromista, juguetón, nutria, pesca |
| Français (fr) | loutre | animal, joueur, loutre, mignon, pêcheur |
| Deutsch (de) | Otter | fischen, Otter, Tier, verspielt |
| Italiano (it) | lontra | animale, giocherellone, lontra, lontra marina, pescare |
| Português (pt) | lontra | brincalhona, lontra, pesca |
| Nederlands (nl) | otter | dier, otter, speels, vissen |
| Svenska (sv) | utter | fiskar, lekfull, utter |
| Polski (pl) | wydra | bystre, łapanie ryb, wydra, zabawne, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | su samuru | balık avlayan, oyuncu, su samuru |
| Русский (ru) | выдра | вода, выдра, животное, играть, ловить, рыбалка |
| Українська (uk) | видра | видра, водяний звір, грайливий, рибалка, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | βίδρα | βίδρα, παιχνιδιάρικο, ψαρεύω |
| العربية (ar) | قندس | استرخاء, ثعلب الماء, حيوان, حيوانات, صيد, قندس, لعوب |
| עברית (he) | לוטרה | כלב נהר, לוטרה, שעשוע |
| فارسی (fa) | سمور آبی | بازی‌گوش, جانور, حیوان, سمور آبی, ماهی‌گیری |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ऊदबिलाव | ऊदबिलाव, चंचल, मछली पकड़ना |
| বাংলা (bn) | উদ্বিড়াল | উদ্বিড়াল, জলের প্রাণী, জীব ও প্রকৃতি, প্রাণী, ফিশিং, ভোঁদড়, মাছধরা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | berang-berang | bahagia, berang-berang, ceria, gembira, memancing ikan, menangkap ikan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | rái cá | bắt cá, nghịch ngợm, rái cá |
| ไทย (th) | ตัวนาก | ขี้เล่น, ตกปลา, นาก, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | カワウソ | カワウソ, ラッコ, 動物, 遊び好き, 魚を食べる |
| 한국어 (ko) | 수달 | 낚시, 물고기 사냥, 수달, 장난꾸러기 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 水獭 | 动物, 好玩, 捕鱼, 水獭, 爱开玩笑, 獭, 鼬 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 水獺 | 好玩, 水獺, 釣魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): otter
- Akan (ak): ɔta
- Albanian (sq): vidër
- Amharic (am): ትንሽ አውሬ
- Anii (blo): lutǝr
- Armenian (hy): ջրասամույր
- Assamese (as): উদ
- Azerbaijani (az): samur
- Bashkir (ba): ҡама
- Basque (eu): igaraba
- Belarusian (be): выдра
- Bosnian (bs): vidra
- Breton (br): dourgi
- Bulgarian (bg): видра
- Burmese (my): ဖျံ
- Cantonese (yue): 獺
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 獭
- Catalan (ca): llúdria
- Cherokee (chr): ᏥᏯ
- Chuvash (cv): вӑлта тӑпри
- Croatian (hr): vidra
- Czech (cs): vydra
- Danish (da): odder
- Estonian (et): saarmas
- Faroese (fo): otur
- Filipino (fil): otter
- Finnish (fi): saukko
- Galician (gl): londra
- Georgian (ka): წავი
- Gujarati (gu): જળબિલાડી
- Hausa (ha): otta
- Hungarian (hu): vidra
- Icelandic (is): otur
- Igbo (ig): otter
- Irish (ga): madra uisce
- Javanese (jv): berang-berang
- Kannada (kn): ಒಟ್ಟರ್
- Kazakh (kk): кәмшат
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كامشات
- Khmer (km): ភេ
- Konkani (kok): पाणमाजर
- Kyrgyz (ky): кундуз
- Lao (lo): ​ໂຕ​ນາກ
- Latvian (lv): ūdrs
- Lithuanian (lt): ūdra
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wudra
- Macedonian (mk): видра
- Malay (ms): memerang
- Malayalam (ml): നീർനായ
- Marathi (mr): ओटर
- Mongolian (mn): халиу
- Nepali (ne): ओट्टर
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Wọ́n Anọmọl Wé Im Nem Na Ọ́ta
- Norwegian (no): oter
- Odia (or): ଓଧ
- Oromo (om): ooterii
- Pashto (ps): اوټر (حیوان)
- Punjabi (pa): ਊਦ ਬਿਲਾਵ
- Quechua (qu): nutria
- Romanian (ro): vidră
- Romansh (rm): ludra
- Sardinian (sc): lontra
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): dòbhran
- Serbian (sr): видра
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): vidra
- Shan (shn): မူၼ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): اوٽر
- Sinhala (si): දියබල්ලා
- Slovak (sk): vydra
- Slovenian (sl): vidra
- Somali (so): kalluunka casiirka
- Swahili (sw): fisi-maji
- Tamil (ta): நீர்நாய்
- Telugu (te): నీరుపిల్లి
- Tigrinya (ti): ጣቑስታ
- Tongan (to): ʻotē
- Turkmen (tk): gunduz
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wudra
- Urdu (ur): اود بلاؤ
- Uzbek (uz): qunduz
- Welsh (cy): dyfrgi
- Yoruba (yo): ota
- Zulu (zu): i-otter

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9A6` |
| HTML | `🦦` |
| CSS | `\1F9A6` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9A6}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9A6` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 A6` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDA6` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%A6` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦦 otter emoji mean?

Sleek and whiskered, this otter looks ready to play. People use it for otters, playful and friendly moods, rivers and sea water, and the pun significant otter for a partner.

### How do I type the 🦦 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦦 emoji added?

🦦 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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

U+1F9A6. In HTML you can write 🦦, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9A6}.

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