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Cricket

A cricket, a hopping insect that makes a chirping sound. Depicted as a brown or green cricket in full profile on its six legs facing left, with long antennae and large, bent back legs.

May resemble or be used to represent a grasshopper (including locusts) and other bugs. May also be used to represent metaphorical crickets, or "silence," as of a disapproving or uninterested audience.

Technical Information

Code: U+1F997
Category: Animals & Nature
Sub Category: Animal Bug
Unicode Version: 5
Keywords: insect