Phoenix emoji 🐦🔥
Emoji 15.1 (2023) · U+1F426 U+200D U+1F525
What 🐦🔥 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Phoenix 🐦🔥 is tagged with these keywords: ascend, ascension, emerge, fantasy, firebird, glory, immortal, rebirth, reincarnation, reinvent.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing ascend or ascension in the emoji search brings up 🐦🔥.
Phoenix 🐦🔥 is one of 22 emoji in the birds subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🦃 🐔 🐓 🐣.
Will 🐦🔥 show on my friend's phone?
🐦🔥 is fairly new: Emoji 15.1 (2023). Phones and computers updated since 2024 usually show it; older ones may show an empty box.
What 🐦🔥 is made of
Technically 🐦🔥 is 2 emoji joined by an invisible character, the zero width joiner (U+200D): 🐦 bird + 🔥 fire. Older phones show them one after the other.
How to type 🐦🔥
Any emoji picker finds 🐦🔥 when you search for phoenix.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type phoenix.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type phoenix in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type phoenix.
Codes for developers
Phoenix 🐦🔥 is written with 3 code points: U+1F426 U+200D U+1F525. In UTF-8 it takes 11 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 5.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F426 U+200D U+1F525 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐦‍🔥 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐦‍🔥 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F426 \200D \1F525"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F426}\u200D\u{1F525} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%A6%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%94%A5 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 A6 E2 80 8D F0 9F 94 A5 |
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 phoenix emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🐦🔥 "phoenix" and links it with ascend, ascension, emerge, fantasy. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the birds subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the phoenix emoji added?
In Emoji 15.1, released in 2023. Only phones and computers updated since 2024 show it; older ones may show a box.
Why does 🐦🔥 sometimes show as separate emoji?
It is a combination of 🐦 🔥 joined by an invisible zero width joiner. Phones that do not know the combined emoji yet show the pieces one by one.