# 🐋 Whale emoji

🐋 Whale is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: animal, beach and ocean.

- Emoji: 🐋
- Unicode name: whale
- Code points: U+1F40B
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :whale2:
- Keywords: animal, beach, ocean, whale
- Page: https://emojichart.com/whale-emoji

## What it means

Seen from the side without a water spout, this large whale glides through the sea. It is used for whales, ocean life, marine conservation, and anything big, as well as general sea-themed posts.

## How to type 🐋

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “whale”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “whale”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “whale”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “whale”.
- GitHub: Type :whale2: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | ballena | ballena, cachalote, cetáceo |
| Français (fr) | baleine | animal, baleine, mer, océan, plage |
| Deutsch (de) | Wal | Ozean, Tier, Wal |
| Italiano (it) | balena | animale, animali, balena, cetaceo, mare, oceano |
| Português (pt) | baleia | animal, baleia, mar, oceano |
| Nederlands (nl) | walvis | dier, oceaan, strand, walvis |
| Svenska (sv) | val | djur, val |
| Polski (pl) | wieloryb | morze, ocean, wieloryb, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | balina | balina, hayvan, okyanus |
| Русский (ru) | кит | животное, кит, океан |
| Українська (uk) | кит | кит |
| Ελληνικά (el) | φάλαινα | ζώο, παραλία, φάλαινα, ωκεανός |
| العربية (ar) | حوت | بحر, حوت, حيوان, شاطىء, طبيعة, محيط |
| עברית (he) | לוויתן | בעל חיים, לווייתן, לוויתן |
| فارسی (fa) | نهنگ | جانور, حیوان, نهنگ, وال |
| हिन्दी (hi) | ह्वेल | पशु, व्हेल, ह्वेल |
| বাংলা (bn) | তিমি | তিমি, পশুপাখি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | ikan paus | binatang, hewan, laut, pantai, paus, samudra |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cá voi | bờ biển, cá voi, đại dương, động vật |
| ไทย (th) | ปลาวาฬ | ปลาวาฬ, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | クジラ | クジラ, 動物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 고래 | 고래, 동물, 바다, 해변 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 鲸鱼 | 鲸鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 藍鯨 | 藍鯨, 鯨 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): walvis
- Akan (ak): bonsu
- Albanian (sq): balenë
- Amharic (am): አሣ ነባሪ
- Anii (blo): gafɩlɩ balɛn
- Armenian (hy): կետ
- Assamese (as): তিমি মাছ
- Azerbaijani (az): kit
- Bashkir (ba): кит
- Basque (eu): balea
- Belarusian (be): кіт
- Bosnian (bs): kit
- Breton (br): balum
- Bulgarian (bg): кит
- Burmese (my): ဝလေငါး
- Cantonese (yue): 鯨魚
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鲸鱼
- Catalan (ca): balena
- Cherokee (chr): ᏓᏆ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 座頭鯨
- Chuvash (cv): кит
- Croatian (hr): kit
- Czech (cs): velryba
- Danish (da): hval
- Estonian (et): vaal
- Faroese (fo): hvalur
- Filipino (fil): balyena
- Finnish (fi): valas
- Galician (gl): balea
- Georgian (ka): ვეშაპი
- Gujarati (gu): વ્હેલ
- Hausa (ha): dabbar whale
- Hungarian (hu): bálna
- Icelandic (is): hvalur
- Igbo (ig): nnukwu azụ whelụ
- Irish (ga): míol mór
- Javanese (jv): paus
- Kalaallisut (kl): hval
- Kannada (kn): ತಿಮಿಂಗಿಲ
- Kazakh (kk): кит
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كيت
- Khmer (km): ត្រីបាឡែន
- Kinyarwanda (rw): barene
- Konkani (kok): देवमासो
- Kyrgyz (ky): кит
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Mataq’tami’
- Lao (lo): ປາວານ
- Latvian (lv): valis
- Lithuanian (lt): banginis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wjelryba
- Luxembourgish (lb): Wal
- Macedonian (mk): кит
- Malay (ms): ikan paus
- Malayalam (ml): തിമിംഗലം
- Maltese (mt): baliena
- Marathi (mr): व्हेल
- Mongolian (mn): халим
- Māori (mi): tohorā
- Nepali (ne): ह्वेल
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Weil: Dis Na Wọ́n Bíg Ánímal Wé De Lív Fọ Wọtá
- Northern Sotho (nso): leruarua
- Norwegian (no): hval
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): kval
- Odia (or): ତିମି
- Oromo (om): weelii
- Pashto (ps): نهنګ
- Punjabi (pa): ਵੇਲ੍ਹ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): وہیل
- Quechua (qu): ballena
- Romanian (ro): balenă
- Romansh (rm): balena
- Sardinian (sc): balena
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): muc-mhara
- Serbian (sr): кит
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kit
- Shan (shn): ပႃလူင်မိူင်း
- Sindhi (sd): وهيل
- Sinhala (si): තල්මහා
- Slovak (sk): veľryba
- Slovenian (sl): kit
- Somali (so): nibiri
- Swahili (sw): nyangumi
- Tajik (tg): наҳанг
- Tamil (ta): திமிங்கலம்
- Telugu (te): తిమింగలం
- Tigrinya (ti): ዓሳ ነባሪ
- Tongan (to): tofuaʻa
- Tswana (tn): leruarua
- Turkmen (tk): kit
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wjelryba
- Urdu (ur): وہیل
- Uyghur (ug): كىت
- Uzbek (uz): kit
- Welsh (cy): morfil
- Wolof (wo): baleen
- Xhosa (xh): umnenge
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹja Nla
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛja Nla
- Zulu (zu): umkhomo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F40B` |
| HTML | `🐋` |
| CSS | `\1F40B` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F40B}` |
| Python | `\U0001F40B` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 8B` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC0B` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%8B` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐋 whale emoji mean?

Seen from the side without a water spout, this large whale glides through the sea. It is used for whales, ocean life, marine conservation, and anything big, as well as general sea-themed posts.

### How do I type the 🐋 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “whale”. 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 :whale2:.

### When was the 🐋 emoji added?

🐋 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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

U+1F40B. In HTML you can write 🐋, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F40B}.

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