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Bat emoji: bat ๐Ÿฆ‡
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๐Ÿฆ‡ is Halloween, night and a certain caped hero. Copy it here.

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A little context

What the bat emoji means

๐Ÿฆ‡ (bat, Emoji 3.0) is Halloween, night, vampires and Batman โ€” โ€œ๐Ÿฆ‡โ€ alone under a comic-book post reads as the signal. It sits with ๐ŸŽƒ ๐Ÿ‘ป ๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ ๐ŸŒ™ ๐Ÿง› and, for the literal animal, in wildlife posts. It has nothing to do with the sports bat, which is โšพ ๐Ÿ; searchers for a โ€œbat emojiโ€ occasionally want those.

Unicode name: bat ยท U+1F987 ยท Emoji 3.0 (2016) ยท group: Animals & Nature.

IN A MESSAGEhalloween costume: ๐Ÿฆ‡

How people use it

  • Halloween: ๐Ÿฆ‡๐ŸŽƒ๐ŸŒ™
  • Batman: ๐Ÿฆ‡ as the symbol
  • Vampires: ๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿง›
  • Wildlife: dusk posts

Compare the options

EmojiNameUse it forWatch out for
batU+1F987The animal; Halloween, BatmanBlack
baseball / cricket gameU+26BE ยท U+1F3CFBaseball, cricket (the other bats)Sports
vampireU+1F9DBVampireHalloween
crescent moonU+1F319NightSee the moon emoji guide

Chat examples

Real messages with ๐Ÿฆ‡, and a reply that fits.

  1. ๐Ÿฆ‡ Halloween

    ๐ŸŽƒ

  2. ๐Ÿฆ‡ night owl

    ๐ŸŒ™

  3. ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿฆ‡ costume

    ๐Ÿ˜‚

Questions people ask

Is there a baseball bat emoji?

Not on its own; โšพ baseball and ๐Ÿ cricket game include bats.

What does ๐Ÿฆ‡ mean?

Halloween, night or Batman. Sometimes the actual animal.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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