Gorilla emoji 🦍
Emoji 3.0 (2016) · U+1F98D
What 🦍 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🦍 are animal. They show what people use it for.
Search for animal or gorilla on your emoji keyboard and 🦍 is among the results.
You will find 🦍 among the mammals (66 emoji), part of animals & nature with 161 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🦧 🐶 🐕 🦮.
Will 🦍 show on my friend's phone?
🦍 has been around since Emoji 3.0 (2016), so it is safe to send to anyone.
How to type 🦍
Search for gorilla in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦍.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type gorilla.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type gorilla in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type gorilla.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🦍 is one code point (U+1F98D), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F98D | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦍 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦍 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F98D"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F98D} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%8D | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 8D |
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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What does the gorilla emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦍 "gorilla" and links it with animal. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the gorilla emoji added?
In Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the gorilla emoji?
Search for gorilla in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦍.