Meaning
A cricket, a jumping insect known for its chirping, often used to represent silence or awkwardness.
Category: Animals & Nature
🦗cricket
🦗 cricket belongs to Animals & Nature. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
:cricket:
Keywords
animalbuggrasshopperinsectorthopteracricket
What does 🦗 cricket mean?
The cricket emoji depicts the insect known for its nighttime chirping. Beyond literal references to bugs and nature, it is often used figuratively to represent an awkward silence, echoing the phrase "crickets." Depending on context, it can indicate that a conversation has gone quiet or that a joke fell flat.
Often used for
- Discussing insects, bugs, or nature
- Indicating an awkward silence in a conversation
- Reacting to a joke or statement that received no response
- Mentioning the sound of crickets at night
Tone: When used to represent silence, it can carry a mildly sarcastic or disappointed tone. It is generally lighthearted but can point out that someone is being ignored.
🦗 in real messages
- i told a joke in the group chat and... 🦗
- can hear the crickets outside tonight 🦗
- anyone there? 🦗
- found a huge 🦗 in the garage just now
- well this is awkward 🦗
How 🦗 cricket looks
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🦗 cricket codes for developers
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| Emoji | 🦗 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+1F997 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦗 | |
| HTML (hex) | 🦗 | |
| CSS | \1F997 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F997} | |
| JSON | \uD83E\uDD97 | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%A6%97 | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :cricket: |
🦗 in other languages
SpanishgrilloFrenchcriquetGermanGrilleItaliangrilloPortuguesegriloRussianсверчокJapaneseバッタKorean귀뚜라미Chinese蟋蟀LithuaniansvirplysPolishświerszcz
Source: Unicode CLDR