Giraffe emoji 🦒
Emoji 5.0 (2017) · U+1F992
What 🦒 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Giraffe 🦒 is tagged with these keywords: animal, spots.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or spots in the emoji search brings up 🦒.
Giraffe 🦒 is one of 66 emoji in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🐘 🦣 🦏 🦛.
Will 🦒 show on my friend's phone?
🦒 was added in Emoji 5.0 (2017). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
How to type 🦒
Any emoji picker finds 🦒 when you search for giraffe.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type giraffe.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type giraffe in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type giraffe.
Codes for developers
Giraffe 🦒 is a single code point, U+1F992. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F992 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦒 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦒 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F992"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F992} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%92 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 92 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🦒 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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All animals & nature emoji →Questions people ask
What does the giraffe emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦒 "giraffe" and links it with animal, spots. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the giraffe emoji added?
In Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. Phones updated since about 2018 show it.
How do I type the giraffe emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🦒 when you search for giraffe.