Orca Emoji
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📝 The Orca emoji was officially released in September 2025, as part of Emoji 17.0. While it began appearing on early-adopter services in late 2025, it is becoming widely available throughout 2026.
Meaning and Usage
The orca emoji shows a black-and-white killer whale with a tall dorsal fin, signaling marine life, power, grace, and ocean wonder.
Used to share love for wildlife, whale-watching trips, conservation, sea adventures, and anything awe-inspiring.
Used to share love for wildlife, whale-watching trips, conservation, sea adventures, and anything awe-inspiring.
Emoji name: orca
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Chat Examples
- I finally booked a whale watching tour to see the orca up close 🌊⛵
- Your marine art of the orca is absolutely stunning 🎨✨
- That wildlife documentary about killer whales was incredible 🎥🤯
- Please support ocean conservation and protect the orca habitats 🌍💙
- We spotted a wild orca from the ferry this morning 👀🌊
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Orca Emoji In Most Popular Languages
Discover the name of this emoji in various languages:
| Language | Emoji Name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | الحوت القاتل |
| Chinese | 虎鲸 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 虎鯨 |
| French | orque |
| German | Orca |
| Hindi | ओर्का |
| Italian | orca |
| Japanese | シャチ |
| Korean | 범고래 |
| Portuguese | orca |
| Spanish | orca |
| Turkish | orka |
| Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) v48 | |
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Complete List of Translations
| Language | Emoji Name |
|---|---|
| A | |
| Afrikaans | moordvis |
| Albanian | orkë |
| Amharic | ኦርካ |
| Arabic | الحوت القاتل |
| Armenian | խոյադելֆին |
| Assamese | অৰ্কা |
| Azerbaijani | orka |
| B | |
| Bangla | অর্কা |
| Basque | Ezpalarta |
| Belarusian | касатка |
| Bosnian | orka |
| Bulgarian | косатка |
| Burmese | အမဲလိုက်ဝေလငါး |
| C | |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 杀人鲸 |
| Catalan | orca |
| Cherokee | ᎣᎧ |
| Chinese | 虎鲸 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 虎鯨 |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) | 殺人鯨 |
| Croatian | orka |
| Czech | kosatka |
| D | |
| Danish | spækhugger |
| Dutch | orka |
| E | |
| English | orca |
| Estonian | mõõkvaal |
| F | |
| Filipino | orca |
| Finnish | miekkavalas |
| French | orque |
| G | |
| Galician | candorca |
| Georgian | ცელნამგალა ვეშაპი |
| German | Orca |
| Greek | όρκα |
| Gujarati | ઓરકા |
| H | |
| Hausa | kifin orca |
| Hebrew | אורקה |
| Hindi | ओर्का |
| Hungarian | kardszárnyú delfin |
| I | |
| Icelandic | háhyrningur |
| Igbo | azụ ọka |
| Indonesian | orca |
| Irish | cráin dhubh |
| Italian | orca |
| J | |
| Japanese | シャチ |
| Javanese | orca |
| K | |
| Kannada | ಓರ್ಕಾ |
| Kazakh | косатка |
| Khmer | អ័រកា |
| Konkani | orca |
| Korean | 범고래 |
| Kyrgyz | косатка |
| L | |
| Latvian | zobenvalis |
| Lithuanian | orka |
| M | |
| Macedonian | орка |
| Malay | orca |
| Malayalam | കൊലയാളി തിമിംഗലം |
| Marathi | ऑर्का |
| Mongolian | хар далайн гахай |
| N | |
| Nepali | ओर्का |
| Nigerian Pidgin | ọ́ká |
| Norwegian Bokmål | spekkhogger |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | spekkhoggar |
| O | |
| Odia | ଓର୍କା |
| P | |
| Pashto / Pushto | اورکا |
| Persian | نهنگ قاتل |
| Polish | orka |
| Portuguese | orca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | orca |
| Punjabi | ਓਰਕਾ ਮੱਛੀ |
| Q | |
| Quechua | orca |
| R | |
| Romanian | orca |
| Russian | косатка |
| S | |
| Serbian (Cyrillic) | орка |
| Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | орка |
| Serbian (Latin) | orka |
| Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | orka |
| Sindhi | اورڪا |
| Sinhala | ඕර්කා |
| Slovak | kosatka |
| Slovenian | orka |
| Somali | nibiriga orkaha |
| Spanish | orca |
| Spanish (Latin American Spanish) | orca |
| Spanish (Mexican Spanish) | orca |
| Spanish (United States) | orca |
| Swedish | späckhuggare |
| T | |
| Tamil | ஓர்க்கா |
| Telugu | ఆర్కా |
| Thai | วาฬออร์กา |
| Tongan | tofuaʻa tāmateʻi |
| Turkish | orka |
| Turkmen | kosatka |
| U | |
| Ukrainian | косатка |
| Urdu | اورکا |
| Uzbek | orka |
| V | |
| Vietnamese | cá voi sát thủ |
| W | |
| Welsh | orca |
| X | |
| Y | |
| Yoruba | òbéjé |
| Z | |
| Zulu | orca |
| Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) v48 | |
Unicode Data
| Unicode Code Point(s) |
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| Unicode Version | Unicode 17.0 |
| Emoji Version | Emoji 17.0 |
| Proposals |