Skunk emoji 🦨
Emoji 12.0 (2019) · U+1F9A8
What 🦨 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🦨 are animal, stink. They show what people use it for.
Search for animal or stink 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?
Emoji 12.0 brought 🦨 in 2019. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
How to type 🦨
Search for skunk in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦨.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type skunk.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type skunk in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type skunk.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🦨 is one code point (U+1F9A8), 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+1F9A8 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦨 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦨 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9A8"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F9A8} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%A8 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 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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What does the skunk emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦨 "skunk" and links it with animal, stink. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the skunk emoji added?
In Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. Phones updated since about 2020 show it.
How do I type the skunk emoji?
Search for skunk in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦨.