Lion emoji 🦁
Emoji 1.0 (2015) · U+1F981
What 🦁 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🦁 are alpha, animal, face, Leo, mane, order, rawr, roar, safari, strong. They show what people use it for.
Search for alpha or animal 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 1.0 (2015), so it is safe to send to anyone.
How to type 🦁
Search for lion in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦁.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type lion.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type lion in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type lion.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🦁 is one code point (U+1F981), 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+1F981 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦁 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦁 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F981"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F981} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%81 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 81 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🦁 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | lion |
| Português | rosto de leão |
| Español | león |
| Italiano | leone |
| Français | tête de lion |
| Deutsch | Löwe |
| Türkçe | aslan |
| Bahasa Indonesia | singa |
| Polski | głowa lwa |
| Русский | морда льва |
| 日本語 | ライオンの顔 |
| 한국어 | 사자 얼굴 |
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All animals & nature emoji →Questions people ask
What does the lion emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦁 "lion" and links it with alpha, animal, face, Leo. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the lion emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the lion emoji?
Search for lion in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦁.