• fifth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Persia
Expect it in memes that say “don’t get too close,” hint at stealthy lurking, or bring prehistoric energy without summoning a T-rex. It pairs neatly with water or wave emojis for river-ambush vibes, and with a crying face to accuse someone of dramatic, performative sobbing. Cultural nods span Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin to Everglades headlines, plus the timeless “see you later, alligator—after a while, crocodile,” deployed online with equal parts irony and dad-joke pride.
On Apple/iOS you’ll see a bright green crocodile in side profile on all fours, sporting a ridged, darker-scaled back, a pale yellow belly, and a long, tapering tail. The mouth stays closed with a calm, almost bored look—more stealth mode than jump-scare—and the crisp outlines and gentle shading make it instantly recognizable in chats.
This scaly legend brings swamp royalty and ancient-bite energy to your messages—great for “watch your step,” “I’m tough-skinned today,” or serving big apex vibes. People also use it to call out “crocodile tears” (fake sympathy), or as a playful “I bite” flirt/tease, complete with chomp jokes and snappy comebacks. You’ll spot it in sports trash talk and Florida/Aussie threads, and it often stands in for Gators fandom, Crocs shoes, or even the Lacoste polo logo.
A crocodile is a reptile that lives in or around water. A crocodile's most striking feature is its large toothy mouth. Referred to as a "croc" for short. Similar in appearance, but biologically different, to an alligator (gator). Feeling a little cranky, this is the emoji to use, nothing like a pithy way to communicate being a cranky crocodile. The most famous fictitious crocodile is the croc from Peter Pan. Captain Hook lost his hand to the chomp of a crocodile and has ever since run from the ticking sound of a clock stuck in the crocodile's stomach. Tick tock tick tock.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 219 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 | :crocodile: |
| Keywords | Crocodile, Croc, Alligator, Gator, Cranky |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Animal Symbols |
| 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) | 1f40a |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F40A |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128010 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x8A |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 90 8A |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 220 212 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC0A |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc0a |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56330 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F40A |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F40A |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128010 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F40A" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x90\x8a" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC0A" |
