Official Meaning & Overview
Represents night, Halloween, darkness, or supernatural beings. Used for spooky, mysterious, or gothic themes.
Official Unicode CLDR Name
Bat
Shortcode
:bat:Related Meanings & Search Keywords
Batnighthalloweenvampiredarkwingsanimal
Official Names in 9 Languages
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Unicode Codepoint Breakdown
Standard single-codepoint Unicode emoji character
🦇
U+1F987Bat
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⚙️Technical Info
Unicode
U+1F987Hex Code
1F987Shortcodes
:bat:CLDRBat
VersionEmoji 15.0
Developer Codes
Shortcode
:bat:HTML Entity (Hex)
🦇HTML Entity (Dec)
🦇CSS Content
\1F987JavaScript (ES6)
\u{1F987}UTF-16 / JSON
\uD83E\uDD87URL Escape
%F0%9F%A6%87Quick Reference FAQ
What does the 🦇 Bat emoji mean?
Represents night, Halloween, darkness, or supernatural beings. Used for spooky, mysterious, or gothic themes.
What is the Unicode and HTML entity for 🦇 Bat?
The Unicode codepoint for 🦇 is U+1F987, its HTML hex entity is 🦇, and its shortcode is :bat:. It is part of Emoji 15.0.
How do you say the 🦇 Bat emoji in other languages?
Official localized names include: 한국어 "박쥐", 日本語 "コウモリ", 简体中文 "蝙蝠", 繁體中文 "蝙蝠", Español "Murciélago".