T-Rex emoji 🦖
Emoji 5.0 (2017) · U+1F996
What 🦖 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🦖 are dinosaur, Rex, T, Tyrannosaurus. They show what people use it for.
Search for dinosaur or Rex on your emoji keyboard and 🦖 is among the results.
You will find 🦖 among the reptiles (8 emoji), part of animals & nature with 161 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🐊 🐢 🦎 🐍.
Will 🦖 show on my friend's phone?
Emoji 5.0 brought 🦖 in 2017. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
How to type 🦖
Search for T-Rex in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦖.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type T-Rex.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type T-Rex in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type T-Rex.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🦖 is one code point (U+1F996), 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+1F996 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🦖 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦖 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F996"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F996} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%A6%96 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F A6 96 |
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 T-Rex emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🦖 "T-Rex" and links it with dinosaur, Rex, T, Tyrannosaurus. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the reptiles subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the T-Rex emoji added?
In Emoji 5.0, released in 2017. Phones updated since about 2018 show it.
How do I type the T-Rex emoji?
Search for T-Rex in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🦖.