Koala emoji 🐨
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F428
What 🐨 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Koala 🐨 is tagged with these keywords: animal, australia, bear, down, face, marsupial, under.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or australia in the emoji search brings up 🐨.
Koala 🐨 is one of 66 emoji in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🐼 🦥 🦦 🦨.
Will 🐨 show on my friend's phone?
🐨 is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type 🐨
Any emoji picker finds 🐨 when you search for koala.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type koala.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type koala in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type koala.
Codes for developers
Koala 🐨 is a single code point, U+1F428. 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+1F428 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐨 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐨 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F428"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F428} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%A8 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 A8 |
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 koala emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🐨 "koala" and links it with animal, australia, bear, down. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the koala emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the koala emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🐨 when you search for koala.