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Snail emoji 🐌

🐌 is the snail: a brown snail with a spiral shell. It means slowness β€” β€œmoving at a 🐌 pace”, a slow reply, slow traffic β€” plus snail mail (with βœ‰οΈ), garden life, rain…

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What the snail 🐌 emoji means

🐌 is the snail: a brown snail with a spiral shell. It means slowness β€” β€œmoving at a 🐌 pace”, a slow reply, slow traffic β€” plus snail mail (with βœ‰οΈ), garden life, rain and escargot. It is the slug emoji too, since slugs have none. Original 2010 emoji. Slow friends: 🐒 turtle, πŸ¦₯ sloth; garden bugs on the bug page.

Unicode name: snail Β· U+1F40C Β· Emoji 0.6 (original set) Β· group: Animals & Nature.

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How people use it

  • Slow: pace, traffic, replies
  • Snail mail: letters and parcels
  • Gardens and rain: after a shower
  • Slugs: the shell-less stand-in

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
snailU+1F40CSlow, snail mail
turtleU+1F422Slow and steady
slothU+1F9A5Lazy
bugU+1F41BCaterpillar
envelopeU+2709 U+FE0FSnail mail

Questions people ask

What does 🐌 mean?

Slowness, snail mail, or the garden snail itself.

Is there a slug emoji?

No; 🐌 snail is used for slugs.

What does 🐌 mean from a guy?

Probably a slow-reply or slow-traffic joke.

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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