# 🦂 Scorpion emoji

🦂 Scorpion is an emoji in the bugs set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: Scorpio, Scorpius and zodiac.

- Emoji: 🦂
- Unicode name: scorpion
- Code points: U+1F982
- Category: Animals & nature, Bugs
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :scorpion:
- Keywords: Scorpio, scorpion, Scorpius, zodiac
- Page: https://emojichart.com/scorpion-emoji

## What it means

Pincers and a curved, stinging tail mark this scorpion. It is used for scorpions, deserts, danger, and the Scorpio zodiac sign, as well as anything with a sting in its tail.

## How to type 🦂

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | escorpión | escorpio, escorpión, zodiaco |
| Français (fr) | scorpion | animal, astrologie, désert, horoscope, scorpion, zodiaque |
| Deutsch (de) | Skorpion | Horoskop, Skorpion, Sternzeichen, Tierkreis |
| Italiano (it) | scorpione | animale, scorpione, segno zodiacale |
| Português (pt) | escorpião | animal, deserto, escorpião, inseto, zodíaco |
| Nederlands (nl) | schorpioen | schorpioen, Scorpio, Scorpius, sterrenbeeld |
| Svenska (sv) | skorpion | skorpion, skorpionen, stjärntecken |
| Polski (pl) | brązowy skorpion | brązowy skorpion, pajęczak, skorpion, trucizna, zodiak, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | akrep | akrep, burç, hayvan, iğne, zehir |
| Русский (ru) | скорпион | гороскоп, знак, знак зодиака, зодиак, скорпион |
| Українська (uk) | скорпіон | зодіак, скорпіон |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σκορπιός | ζωδιακός, ζώδιο, σκορπιός |
| العربية (ar) | عقرب | أبراج, الأبراج, برج, حشرة, عقرب, مسم, يعقس |
| עברית (he) | עקרב | ארסי, בעל חיים, מזל עקרב, עקרב, צהוב, שחור |
| فارسی (fa) | عقرب | برج عقرب, برج فلکی, زودیاک, عقرب, کژدم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बिच्छू, वृश्चिक राशि | पशू, बिच्छू, बिच्छू, वृश्चिक राशि, राशि, वृश्चिक |
| বাংলা (bn) | বৃশ্চিক রাশি | বৃশ্চিক, বৃশ্চিক রাশি, বৃশ্চিকরাশি, রাশিচক্র |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kalajengking | kalajengking, Scorpio, Scorpius, zodiak |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bọ cạp | bọ cạp, cung bọ cạp, cung hoàng đạo |
| ไทย (th) | แมงป่อง | พิจิก, แมงป่อง, ราศี |
| 日本語 (ja) | サソリ | サソリ, さそり座, 星座, 虫 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 전갈 | 별자리, 스콜피온, 전갈, 전갈자리 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 蝎子 | 天蝎宫, 天蝎座, 蝎子, 黄道十二宫 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 蠍子 | 天蠍座, 蠍, 蠍子 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): skerpioen
- Akan (ak): nyanyankyerɛ
- Albanian (sq): akrep
- Amharic (am): ጊንጥ
- Anii (blo): alàmà
- Armenian (hy): շագանակագույն կարիճ
- Assamese (as): বৃশ্চিক
- Azerbaijani (az): əqrəb
- Bashkir (ba): саян
- Basque (eu): eskorpioia
- Belarusian (be): скарпіён
- Bosnian (bs): škorpion
- Breton (br): krug
- Bulgarian (bg): скорпион
- Burmese (my): ကင်းမြီးကောက်
- Cantonese (yue): 蠍子
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 蝎子
- Catalan (ca): escorpí
- Cherokee (chr): ᏥᏍᏛᎾ ᎠᏓᏨᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): скорпион
- Croatian (hr): škorpion
- Czech (cs): škorpion
- Danish (da): skorpion
- Estonian (et): suur skorpion
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): escorpião (animal)
- Faroese (fo): skorpión
- Filipino (fil): alakdan
- Finnish (fi): skorpioni
- Galician (gl): alacrán
- Georgian (ka): მორიელი
- Gujarati (gu): વીંછી
- Hausa (ha): kunama
- Hungarian (hu): skorpió
- Icelandic (is): sporðdreki
- Igbo (ig): akpị
- Irish (ga): scairp
- Javanese (jv): kalajengking
- Kalaallisut (kl): skorpion
- Kannada (kn): ಚೇಳು
- Kazakh (kk): сарышаян
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سارىشايان
- Khmer (km): ខ្យាដំរី
- Kinyarwanda (rw): sikorupiyo
- Konkani (kok): विचू
- Kyrgyz (ky): чаян
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Escorpión
- Lao (lo): ແມງເງົາ
- Latvian (lv): skorpions
- Lithuanian (lt): skorpionas (gyvūnas)
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): skorpion
- Luxembourgish (lb): Skorpioun
- Macedonian (mk): скорпија
- Malay (ms): kala jengking
- Malayalam (ml): തേൾ
- Maltese (mt): skorpjun
- Marathi (mr): विंचू
- Mongolian (mn): хилэнц
- Māori (mi): kopiona
- Nepali (ne): बिच्छी
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Skọ́piọn
- Northern Sotho (nso): kgome
- Norwegian (no): skorpion
- Odia (or): କଙ୍କଡାବିଛା
- Oromo (om): iskoorpiyoon
- Pashto (ps): لړم (حشره)
- Punjabi (pa): ਬਿੱਛੂ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): بچھو
- Quechua (qu): escorpión
- Romanian (ro): scorpion
- Romansh (rm): scorpiun
- Sardinian (sc): furchiddàdile
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): sgairp
- Serbian (sr): шкорпион
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): škorpion
- Shan (shn): မႅင်းၵူၼ်ႈငေႃး
- Sindhi (sd): وڇون
- Sinhala (si): ගොනුස්සා
- Slovak (sk): škorpión
- Slovenian (sl): škorpijon
- Somali (so): dib qallooc
- Swahili (sw): ng’e
- Tajik (tg): каждум
- Tamil (ta): தேள்
- Telugu (te): తేలు
- Tigrinya (ti): ዕንቅርቢት
- Tongan (to): sikipio
- Tswana (tn): phepeng
- Turkmen (tk): içýan
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): skorpion
- Urdu (ur): بچھو
- Uyghur (ug): چايان
- Uzbek (uz): chayon
- Welsh (cy): sgorpion
- Wolof (wo): jiit
- Xhosa (xh): unomadudwane
- Yoruba (yo): Àkekè
- Zulu (zu): ufezela

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F982` |
| HTML | `🦂` |
| CSS | `\1F982` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F982}` |
| Python | `\U0001F982` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 82` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD82` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%82` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦂 scorpion emoji mean?

Pincers and a curved, stinging tail mark this scorpion. It is used for scorpions, deserts, danger, and the Scorpio zodiac sign, as well as anything with a sting in its tail.

### How do I type the 🦂 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦂 emoji added?

🦂 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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

U+1F982. In HTML you can write 🦂, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F982}.

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