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Mosquito emoji ๐ŸฆŸ

๐ŸฆŸ is the Mosquito emoji, in Animals & Nature. It arrived in Emoji 11.0 (2018). People look for it with words like animal, nature, insect, malaria.

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:mosquito:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

Every code for ๐ŸฆŸ

NameMosquito
Shortcodes:mosquito:
CategoryAnimals & Nature
Emoji versionEmoji 11.0 (2018)
Keywordsanimal, nature, insect, malaria
Code pointsU+1F99F
HTML🦟
CSS\1F99F
JavaScript\u{1F99F}
Python\U0001f99f
UTF-8 bytesF0 9F A6 9F
URL encoded%F0%9F%A6%9F

How to type ๐ŸฆŸ

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :mosquito: in any text box and it turns into ๐ŸฆŸ.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "mosquito" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "mosquito" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "mosquito".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "mosquito".
HTMLWrite 🦟 in the page source.

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About ๐ŸฆŸ

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What does ๐ŸฆŸ mean?
๐ŸฆŸ is the Mosquito emoji, in Animals & Nature. It arrived in Emoji 11.0 (2018). People look for it with words like animal, nature, insect, malaria.
What is the shortcode for ๐ŸฆŸ?
:mosquito:. With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type ๐ŸฆŸ on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "mosquito". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for ๐ŸฆŸ?
U+1F99F, added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). In HTML write 🦟, in CSS "\1F99F", and in JavaScript "\u{1F99F}".

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