Official Meaning & Overview
Represents transformation, beauty, and freedom. Used to express positive change, new beginnings, or hope.
Official Unicode CLDR Name
Butterfly
Shortcode
:butterfly:Related Meanings & Search Keywords
Butterflybeautychangefreedomflowerinsectpretty
Official Names in 9 Languages
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Unicode Codepoint Breakdown
Standard single-codepoint Unicode emoji character
🦋
U+1F98BButterfly
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⚙️Technical Info
Unicode
U+1F98BHex Code
1F98BShortcodes
:butterfly:CLDRButterfly
VersionEmoji 15.0
Developer Codes
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:butterfly:HTML Entity (Hex)
🦋HTML Entity (Dec)
🦋CSS Content
\1F98BJavaScript (ES6)
\u{1F98B}UTF-16 / JSON
\uD83E\uDD8BURL Escape
%F0%9F%A6%8BQuick Reference FAQ
What does the 🦋 Butterfly emoji mean?
Represents transformation, beauty, and freedom. Used to express positive change, new beginnings, or hope.
What is the Unicode and HTML entity for 🦋 Butterfly?
The Unicode codepoint for 🦋 is U+1F98B, its HTML hex entity is 🦋, and its shortcode is :butterfly:. It is part of Emoji 15.0.
How do you say the 🦋 Butterfly emoji in other languages?
Official localized names include: 한국어 "나비", 日本語 "蝶", 简体中文 "蝴蝶", 繁體中文 "蝴蝶", Español "Mariposa".