The scorpion emoji is your tiny desert tank: armored, moody, and ready to deliver a stinging clapback. People drop it to signal danger, fierce boundaries, or that “don’t test me” energy—especially in spicy DMs or when channeling big Scorpio vibes (yes, zodiac-adjacent, but not the zodiac sign itself). It pops up in meme replies about toxic takes, revenge arcs, and those moments when you return serve with a venom-laced one-liner. Also works for desert life shoutouts (Arizona group chats, this one’s for you), late-night nature nerds, and anyone who knows scorpions glow under UV like tiny rave goblins.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a glossy red‑orange scorpion with a curved, over-the-back tail tipped in a darker stinger, beefy pincers up front, and a segmented body in a slightly 3D, top-down three-quarter view. The pose screams “back off” while still looking oddly sleek—like a sports car that can sting. It’s used flirtatiously (“careful, I bite… metaphorically”) or sarcastically when you’re being extra dramatic about a mild annoyance. Pop-culture bonus: it sometimes nods to Mortal Kombat’s “Get over here!” energy. Pair with fire, skull, or side-eye emojis for maximum venom, or drop it alone as the digital equivalent of a warning sign.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 437 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🦂 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🦂 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🦂 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🦂 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f982 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F982 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129410 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0x82 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 82 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 246 202 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD82 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd82 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56706 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F982 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F982 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129410 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F982" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa6\x82" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD82" |
