🦀 Crab Emoji
The Crab emoji 🦀 depicts a animal associated with crab, seafood and beach. It belongs to the animals group of Unicode emojis and is available on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS and every major messaging app.
Crab in texting
In messages the crab is used in messages about pets, wildlife, nicknames and nature. It usually stands in for the word itself, so "crab 🦀" reads naturally, and it can replace the word entirely in short replies.
Crab on social media
On social platforms it shows up in pet accounts, nature posts and animal-themed usernames, often alongside related animals emojis to build a themed set.
Common uses
- Referring to crab without typing it out
- Adding tone to a short message
- Theming a bio, caption or username
Technical details
- Official name: Crab
- Category: Animals & Nature
- Unicode code point: U+1F980
- Unicode block: Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
- HTML decimal: 🦀
- HTML hex: 🦀
- CSS: \1F980
- Keywords: crab, seafood, beach