Seal emoji 🦭
Emoji 13.0 (2020) · U+1F9AD
What 🦭 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Seal 🦭 is tagged with these keywords: animal, lion, ocean, sea.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or lion in the emoji search brings up 🦭.
Seal 🦭 is one of 18 emoji in the sea animals subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🐟 🐠 🐡 🦈.
Will 🦭 show on my friend's phone?
🦭 was added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Phones updated in the last few years show it; a very old phone may show a box instead.
How to type 🦭
Any emoji picker finds 🦭 when you search for seal.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type seal.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type seal in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type seal.
Codes for developers
Seal 🦭 is a single code point, U+1F9AD. 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+1F9AD | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦭 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦭 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9AD"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9AD} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%AD | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 AD |
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 seal emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦭 "seal" and links it with animal, lion, ocean, sea. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sea animals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the seal emoji added?
In Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. Phones updated since about 2021 show it.
How do I type the seal emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🦭 when you search for seal.