What does 🦋 mean?
Butterfly: transformation, beauty, freedom, spring.
Its official Unicode name is BUTTERFLY and its CLDR short name is "butterfly" (in Hungarian: "pillangó"). It belongs to the Animals & Nature group and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- insect
- pretty
In Hungarian: állat, lepke, rovar, szép
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🦋 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F98B. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- BUTTERFLY
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- pillangó
- English name (CLDR)
- butterfly
- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Group
- Animals & Nature · animal bug
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :butterfly:
Related emojis
- Honeybee
- Snail
- Monarch butterfly
- Bug
- Ant
- Beetle
- Lady beetle
- Cricket
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🦋 emoji mean?
Butterfly: transformation, beauty, freedom, spring.
How do I type the 🦋 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "insect".
When was the 🦋 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 3.0 (2016), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.