Owl emoji 🦉
Emoji 3.0 (2016) · U+1F989
What 🦉 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Owl 🦉 is tagged with these keywords: animal, bird, ornithology, wise.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or bird in the emoji search brings up 🦉.
Owl 🦉 is one of 22 emoji in the birds subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🦤 🪶 🦩 🦚.
Will 🦉 show on my friend's phone?
🦉 arrived with Emoji 3.0 in 2016. Practically every phone and computer in use today shows it.
How to type 🦉
Any emoji picker finds 🦉 when you search for owl.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type owl.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type owl in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type owl.
Codes for developers
Owl 🦉 is a single code point, U+1F989. 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+1F989 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦉 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦉 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F989"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F989} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%89 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 89 |
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 owl emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦉 "owl" and links it with animal, bird, ornithology, wise. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the birds subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the owl emoji added?
In Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the owl emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🦉 when you search for owl.