# 🦸 Superhero emoji

🦸 Superhero is an emoji in the fantasy people set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: good, hero and superpower.

- Emoji: 🦸
- Unicode name: superhero
- Code points: U+1F9B8
- Category: People & body, Fantasy people
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :superhero:
- Keywords: good, hero, superhero, superpower
- Page: https://emojichart.com/superhero-emoji

## What it means

A person in a cape and costume striking a heroic pose. You will see it for superheroes and comic-book themes, for praising someone who saved the day or showed great strength, and for telling a friend they are a hero.

## Skin tones

- 🦸🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/superhero-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9B8 U+1F3FB
- 🦸🏼 [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/superhero-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9B8 U+1F3FC
- 🦸🏽 [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/superhero-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9B8 U+1F3FD
- 🦸🏾 [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/superhero-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9B8 U+1F3FE
- 🦸🏿 [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/superhero-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9B8 U+1F3FF

## Emoji that include 🦸

- 🦸‍♂️ [Man superhero](https://emojichart.com/man-superhero-emoji.md)
- 🦸‍♀️ [Woman superhero](https://emojichart.com/woman-superhero-emoji.md)

## How to type 🦸

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | personaje de superhéroe | bien, héroe, heroína, personaje de superhéroe, superhéroe, superheroína, superpoder |
| Français (fr) | super-héros | bien, cape, force, heroïne, héroïne, héros, personnage, sauver le monde, super pouvoir, super-héros, super-pouvoir, superhéros, superman, vengeur, voler |
| Deutsch (de) | Superheld(in) | Held, Person, Superheld, Superheld(in), Superheldin, Superkraft, Superkräfte, Superman, Übermensch, Umhang |
| Italiano (it) | supereroe | bene, buono, eroe, eroina, persona, personaggio, supereroe, supereroina, superman, superpotere, superpoteri |
| Português (pt) | super-herói | bem, boa, bom, herói, heroína, super-herói, super-homem, superman, superpoder |
| Nederlands (nl) | superheld | goed, held, superheld, superkracht |
| Svenska (sv) | superhjälte | god, hjälte, hjältinna, superhjälte, superkraft, superkrafter |
| Polski (pl) | superbohater | bohater, bohaterka, dobro, moc, pozytywny, siła, superbohater, superbohaterka, superman, supermoc, supermoce |
| Türkçe (tr) | süper kahraman | iyi, iyilik, kahraman, kurtarmak, pelerin, süper güç, süper kahraman, uçmak |
| Русский (ru) | супергерой | бэтмен, героиня, герой, сильная, супервумен, супергерой, супермен, суперсила |
| Українська (uk) | супергерой | героїня, герой, добрий, добро, супергерой, супермен, суперсила, суперсили |
| Ελληνικά (el) | υπερήρωας | άνθρωπος, άνθρωπος αράχνη, ήρωας, ηρωίδα, καλός, Μπάτμαν, Σούπερμαν, υπεράνθρωπος, υπερδυνάμεις, υπερδύναμη, υπερήρωας |
| العربية (ar) | بطل خارق | باتمان, بطل, بطلة, خارق, سوبرمان, سوبرهيرو, طيب, قوة خارقة, قوي, منقذ |
| עברית (he) | גיבור על | גיבור על, גיבורה, גיבורת על, טוב, כוחות על |
| فارسی (fa) | ابرقهرمان | ابرقدرت, ابرقهرمان, خوب, دلاور, سوپرمن, شیرزن, شیرمرد, قهرمان, مرد, نیکوکار |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सुपरहीरो | पावर, बढ़िया, शक्तिशाली, सुपर पावर, सुपरपॉवर, सुपरमैन, सुपरहीरो, हीरो, हीरोइन |
| বাংলা (bn) | সুপারহিরো | কল্যাণ, নায়ক, প্রশংসনীয়, ব্যাটম্যান, ভালো, ভালো মানুষ, শক্তিশালী, সুপারপাওয়ার, সুপারম্যান, সুপারহিরো, হিরো, হিরোইন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pahlawan super | baik, kekuatan super, pahlawan, pahlawan super, pahlawan super wanita, pahlawan wanita |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | siêu anh hùng | anh hùng, người, người dơi, nữ anh hùng, siêu anh hùng, siêu năng lực, tốt |
| ไทย (th) | ซุปเปอร์ฮีโร่ | เก่ง, ซุปเปอร์แมน, ดี, พลังวิเศษ, พาวเวอร์, ยอดมนุษย์, วีรบุรุษ, ฮีโร่ |
| 日本語 (ja) | スーパーヒーロー | スーパーヒーロー, スーパーマン, ヒーロー, ヒロイン, 善, 巨大勢力, 超人 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 히로인 | 배트맨, 슈퍼맨, 슈퍼파워, 슈퍼히어로, 영웅, 정의, 초능력, 초인, 히로인, 히어로 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 超级英雄 | 女英雄, 女超人, 好人, 英雄, 蝙蝠侠, 超人, 超级英雄, 超能力 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 超級英雄 | 正派, 英雄, 超人, 超級英雄, 超能力 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): superheld
- Akan (ak): Supahero
- Albanian (sq): superhero
- Amharic (am): ጀግና
- Armenian (hy): սուպերհերոս
- Assamese (as): চুপাৰহিৰ’
- Azerbaijani (az): superqəhrəman
- Bashkir (ba): супергерой
- Basque (eu): superheroi
- Belarusian (be): супергерой
- Bosnian (bs): superheroj
- Breton (br): gourharoz
- Bulgarian (bg): жена супергерой
- Burmese (my): လူစွမ်းကောင်း
- Canadian French (fr-CA): superhéros
- Cantonese (yue): 超人
- Catalan (ca): superheroi
- Cherokee (chr): ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒᎩ ᏩᏥᎸᏉᏛ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 超人
- Chuvash (cv): супергер
- Croatian (hr): superheroj
- Czech (cs): superhrdinská postava
- Danish (da): superhelt
- Estonian (et): superkangelane
- Faroese (fo): superhetja
- Filipino (fil): superhero
- Finnish (fi): supersankari
- Galician (gl): heroe
- Georgian (ka): სუპერგმირი
- Gujarati (gu): સુપરહીરો
- Hausa (ha): jarumi
- Hungarian (hu): szuperhős
- Icelandic (is): ofurhetja
- Igbo (ig): dike
- Irish (ga): sárlaoch
- Javanese (jv): satriya mandraguna
- Kannada (kn): ಸೂಪರ್‌ಹೀರೊ
- Kazakh (kk): супер батыр
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): سۋپەر باتىر
- Khmer (km): កំពូលវីរជន
- Konkani (kok): सुपरहिरो
- Kyrgyz (ky): супер баатыр
- Lao (lo): ສຸດຍອດພະເອກ
- Latvian (lv): supervaronis
- Lithuanian (lt): superherojus
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): superryśaŕ
- Macedonian (mk): суперхерој
- Malay (ms): adiwira
- Malayalam (ml): സൂപ്പർഹീറോ
- Marathi (mr): सुपरहिरो
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): superheroína
- Mongolian (mn): супер баатар
- Nepali (ne): सुपरहिरो
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Supahíro
- Norwegian (no): superhelt
- Odia (or): ସୁପର୍‌ହିରୋ
- Oromo (om): goota
- Pashto (ps): لوي اتل
- Punjabi (pa): ਸੁਪਰ-ਹੀਰੋ
- Quechua (qu): superheroe
- Romanian (ro): supererou
- Sardinian (sc): supereroe
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): sàr-ghaisgeach
- Serbian (sr): супер херој
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): суперхерој
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): super heroj
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): superheroj
- Shan (shn): သူႇပႃႇႁီးရူဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): سپر هيرو
- Sinhala (si): සුපිරි වීරයා
- Slovak (sk): superhrdina
- Slovenian (sl): superjunak/superjunakinja
- Somali (so): halyeey ah
- Swahili (sw): shujaa
- Tamil (ta): சூப்பர்ஹீரோ
- Telugu (te): సూపర్‌హీరో
- Tigrinya (ti): ልዕለ ጅግና
- Tongan (to): tokotaha ivimālohi
- Turkmen (tk): supergahryman
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): superrjek/ superrjekowka
- Urdu (ur): سپر ہیرو
- Uzbek (uz): superqahramon
- Welsh (cy): archarwr
- Yoruba (yo): akọni alágbára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): akɔni alágbára
- Zulu (zu): iqhawe

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9B8` |
| HTML | `🦸` |
| CSS | `\1F9B8` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9B8}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9B8` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 B8` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDB8` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%B8` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦸 superhero emoji mean?

A person in a cape and costume striking a heroic pose. You will see it for superheroes and comic-book themes, for praising someone who saved the day or showed great strength, and for telling a friend they are a hero.

### How do I type the 🦸 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦸 emoji added?

🦸 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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

U+1F9B8. In HTML you can write 🦸, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9B8}.

### Does 🦸 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🦸🏻 light, 🦸🏼 medium-light, 🦸🏽 medium, 🦸🏾 medium-dark and 🦸🏿 dark.

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