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๐Ÿฆ‚ Emoji meaning

Watch out, it's venomous! Eight legs, stinger, dangerous, zodiac sign.

๐Ÿฆ‚ Meaning

Eight legs, two pincers and a poison sting. In sagas and myths, the scorpion is usually a dangerous and deadly creature. They are prevalent worldwide and only a few species are dangerous. One of the twelve zodiac signs.

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Scorpion
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Lady beetle

Scorpion vs lady beetle; both small arthropods, tails and legs may be less visible at tiny size.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œScorpionโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ Scorpius

In the release of Emoji 15.1 and Unicode 15.1 in 2023 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- scorpio

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ Scorpio + scorpion

Keywords removed

- Scorpius

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ scorpio + Scorpius + zodiac

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