Octopus emoji meaning

The octopus emoji shows an octopus with a rounded head and several arms, usually in colors like orange or pink. Depending on the platform, the number of arms may vary from four to six, even though real octopuses naturally have eight arms. This emoji can be used to talk about marine life, highlight traits like cleverness or flexibility, or simply to add a fun and lighthearted element to a conversation. It is popular in messages about the ocean, nature, or anything playful and creative.

The octopus emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026