Orca is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category. Its Unicode code point is U+1FACD and it was released in Emoji 17.0 (2025). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does Orca mean?
Orca is part of the “Marine Life” set in the Animals & Nature emoji category. People often use it in messages about marine, ocean and whale. It was added in Emoji 17.0 (2025), so it is one of the newest emojis — older phones and computers may show an empty box until they are updated. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :orca: to insert it.
Orca emoji codes
| Emoji | |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1FACD |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🫍 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🫍 |
| CSS | \1FACD |
| JavaScript | \u{1FACD} |
| Python | \U0001FACD |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%AB%8D |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AB 8D |
| Shortcode | :orca: |
How to type on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “orca”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “orca”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “orca”.
- HTML: write
🫍in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Orca keywords
- marine
- ocean
- whale
Frequently asked questions
What does mean?
Orca is part of the “Marine Life” set in the Animals & Nature emoji category. People often use it in messages about marine, ocean and whale. It was added in Emoji 17.0 (2025), so it is one of the newest emojis — older phones and computers may show an empty box until they are updated. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :orca: to insert it.
How do I copy and paste the Orca emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was Orca added to Unicode?
Orca was released as part of Emoji 17.0 in 2025.
Related Marine Life emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.