Snake
🐍 is the snake emoji, part of Unicode's Animals & Nature group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “animal”, “bearer”, “Ophiuchus”, and “serpent”.
Create a new emoji with 🐍Where animal-reptile emoji usually appear
DBEmoji editorial interpretationApplies to every emoji in this Unicode subgroup, not only this one.
- Wildlife, pet-reptile, and zodiac posts
Easy to misread
DBEmoji editorial interpretationBeyond the animal, it is widely used to accuse someone of being untrustworthy.
Technical details
Source: Unicode Consortium- Unicode name
- SNAKE
- CLDR short name
- snake
- Codepoint
- U+1F40D
- Hex
- 1F40D
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Unicode version
- 6.0
- First released
- 2010
- Unicode group
- Animals & Nature
- Unicode subgroup
- animal-reptile
- Status
- Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)
Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built
GitHub shortcode
From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.
:snake:Keywords
Source: Unicode CLDRanimal · bearer · Ophiuchus · serpent · snake · zodiac
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How it looks
Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)
Download as image
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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork
Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🐍. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.
Questions people ask
- What does the 🐍 snake emoji mean?
- 🐍 is the snake emoji, part of Unicode's Animals & Nature group, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Unicode's keyword list links it with “animal”, “bearer”, “Ophiuchus”, and “serpent”.
- What is the Unicode codepoint for 🐍?
- U+1F40D, named SNAKE in the Unicode Standard.
- When was the 🐍 snake emoji released?
- It was added in Emoji 0.6, published in 2010, alongside Unicode 6.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
- How do I type 🐍 on my phone or computer?
- On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “snake”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🐍 from this page with one click.
- What is the shortcode for 🐍?
- On GitHub, type :snake: and it turns into 🐍 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.
- Is 🐍 ever misunderstood?
- Beyond the animal, it is widely used to accuse someone of being untrustworthy.