Turtle emoji 🐢
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F422
What 🐢 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Turtle 🐢 is tagged with these keywords: animal, terrapin, tortoise.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or terrapin in the emoji search brings up 🐢.
Turtle 🐢 is one of 8 emoji in the reptiles subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to 🦎 🐍 🐲 🐉.
Will 🐢 show on my friend's phone?
🐢 is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type 🐢
Any emoji picker finds 🐢 when you search for turtle.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type turtle.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type turtle in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type turtle.
Codes for developers
Turtle 🐢 is a single code point, U+1F422. 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+1F422 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐢 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐢 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F422"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F422} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%A2 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 A2 |
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 turtle emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🐢 "turtle" and links it with animal, terrapin, tortoise. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the reptiles subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the turtle emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the turtle emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🐢 when you search for turtle.