The bug emoji is that wiggly green caterpillar you drop when your code decides to cosplay as chaos. It’s prime dev-speak for “there’s a software issue here,” often paired with 🔧, 🧪, or the immortal meme line: “it’s not a bug, it’s a feature.” People also fling it around for everyday ick moments—like finding something gross in the kitchen—or when they’re “bugging out” over drama. And yes, it doubles as a nod to surveillance (“are we bugged?”) or catching “the travel/flu bug,” because language loves a multitasker.
Definition
Red face and a fat green body up on all 10s. Unicode note: Bug. This Emoji may point to a centipede or hairy caterpillar. It typically indicates something "distasteful".
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
325 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:bug:
Keywords
Bug, Insect, Virus, Error
Previous Names:
Green Centipede
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Names & Annotations
BUG Temporary Notes: This Emoji may point to a centipede or hairy catepillar. It typically indicates something "distasteful".
Symbol Information
U+1F41B proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1CB
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ゲジゲジ]
KDDI
#716 げじげじ 「gejigeji」 U+EB1E SJIS-F3DF JIS-7A61
Softbank
#134 #old460 毛虫 U+E525 SJIS-FBC5
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
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)
e525
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E525
Decimal Code Point(s)
58661
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x94 0xA5
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 94 A5
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 224 245
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE525
UTF-16 Hex
e525
UTF-16 Dec
58661
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E525
UTF-32 Hex
E525
UTF-32 Dec
58661
Python Src
u"\uE525"
PHP Src
"\xee\x94\xa5"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE525"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - 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)
1f41b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F41B
Decimal Code Point(s)
128027
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x9B
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 90 9B
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 220 233
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC1B
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc1b
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56347
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F41B
UTF-32 Hex
01F41B
UTF-32 Dec
128027
Python Src
u"\U0001F41B"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x90\x9b"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC1B"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
