๐ฆBat Emoji
Generally, the ๐ฆ emoji just means a bat. People use it to express something related to bats or a dark, spooky vibe.
The ๐ฆ emoji represents a bat.
- Unicode
- U+1F987
- Released
- 2016
- Shortcode
- :bat:
- Skin tones
- No
What does the ๐ฆ Bat emoji mean?
One character, many names โ these are the wordings people actually type, all 2 of them.
Bat emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Vendors keep repainting this one. Counting the archived versions further down, the bat has been drawn in 3 ways.
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Android, Gmail, Chrome
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Facebook, Messenger
Open-source, design systems
Galaxy, One UI
Windows, Teams, Fluent
WhatsApp on Android
Slack, Discord themes
See the whole set the way each system draws it โ iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
Bat emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :bat:.
In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F987.
How to type the ๐ฆ Bat emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system โ and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
Bat emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the bat as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Bat emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around bat for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with ๐ฆ, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
Bat Emoji Kitchen stickers
Mixed with other emojis by Google's Kitchen โ 14 of those stickers exist for the bat. Tap any to open it full size.
What ๐ฆ means from a girl or a guy
Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.
What ๐ฆ means in other countries
Spooky and vampiric in Western use, but a homophone for good fortune in Chinese, where bats are a lucky symbol.
Tied to Halloween costumes, vampire movies, and general creepiness after dark.
โ่ โ (bat) sounds like โ็ฆโ (fortune), making bats a symbol of luck and blessing.
Also just shorthand for staying up late โ a night-owl equivalent.
Before you send it: Use it for Halloween or late-night humor with Western contacts, or as a genuine good-luck note with Chinese ones.
What ๐ฆ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings โ where the bat lands changes how it is taken.
๐ฆ vs ๐ โ what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Bat
Code: U+1F987 ยท added 2016
Shortcode: :bat:
Generally, the ๐ฆ emoji just means a bat.
Unicode name: Tanabata Tree
Code: U+1F38B ยท added 2010
Shortcode: :tanabata_tree:
Generally, it just means "tanabata tree" or โbamboo.
Where the ๐ฆ Bat emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 3.0, the bat has been on phones for years now โ counting from its release, 10.
Same character every time โ U+1F987 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Bat was approved as U+1F987 and shipped in Emoji 3.0 (2016). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ๐ฆ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes โ only the picture does.