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Quack! A duck, a waterbird with webbed feet. Depicted as a male (drake) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard">mallard</a> in full profile facing left, standing on its legs with gray and brown feathers, a yellow bill, and its distinctive green head.

May be consumed in the form of a <a href="/poultry-leg/">🍗 Poultry Leg</a>. Occasionally used as a substitute for the F-word, due to rhyming and Apple&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ducking">iPhone autocorrect</a>.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/duck/">previously</a> featured a yellow rubber ducky.

Duck

A rooster (cock), a male <a href="/chicken/" title="🐔 Chicken">chicken</a> known for its cock-a-doodle-do. Depicted as a white or multicolored rooster standing on its legs in full profile facing left, with a red <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_(anatomy)">comb</a> on its head and red wattle on its neck.

Not to be confused with <a href="/chicken/">🐔 Chicken</a>, though their applications overlap. See also <a href="/hatching-chick/">🐣 Hatching Chick</a>, <a href="/baby-chick/">🐤 Baby Chick</a>, and <a href="/front-facing-baby-chick/">🐥 Front-Facing Baby Chick</a>. Occasionally used as&nbsp;sexual slang.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>.

Google&rsquo;s rooster is brown with a green tail, Facebook&rsquo;s brown with a blue tail. Google&rsquo;s rooster was <a href="/google/android-7.0/rooster/">previously</a> white, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/rooster/">Microsoft&rsquo;s</a> yellow, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/rooster/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> looking straight ahead.

Rooster

A generic bird. Variously depicted as a blue or red bird, as a bluebird or cardinal, shown standing in full profile, or as a bird head.&nbsp;Both designs&nbsp;show the bird facing left.

May be used for a variety of wild and pet birds as well as for metaphorical senses of bird (e.g., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par_(score)#Birdie">birdie</a> in <a href="/flag-in-hole/">golf</a>).

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs feature a grayish bird head. Google, Samsung, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs suggest a bluebird, Microsoft and Twitter&rsquo;s a cardinal. Google&rsquo;s bird <a href="/google/android-4.4/bird/">previously</a> resembled a canary, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/bird/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> was previously green, and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/bird/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/twitter/twemoji-2.0/bird/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a> birds were once blue.

Bird

A wave of water, as breaks at the beach. Depicted as a blue wave with a foamy, white crest, curling to the right.

May be used to represent water in general, various bodies of water like oceans, and water activities, such as&nbsp;<a href="/person-swimming/">swimming</a>, <a href="/person-surfing/">surfing</a>, and <a href="/sailboat/">sailing</a>. May also&nbsp;be used to represent metaphorical waves.

Apple&rsquo;s design resembles the iconic wave in&nbsp;Japanese artist Hokusai&rsquo;s famous woodblock print, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa">The Great Wave off Kanagawa</a>&nbsp;(ca. 1830).

Water Wave

A fishing&nbsp;rod (pole) with a fish caught on the end.

Fishing Pole and Fish

A common fish, as swims in the water. Depicted as a generic, light-blue fish, often with a white underside, in full profile facing left, with fins and prominent gill cover.

May be used to represent a variety of other fish (freshwater or saltwater), <a href="/fishing-pole/">fishing</a>, metaphorical senses of fish, and fish as food, as consumed in the form of <a href="/sushi/">🍣 Sushi</a>. May be used to represent <a href="/pisces/">♓ Pisces</a>, the Fish, in the Western zodiac.

Not to be confused with <a href="/tropical-fish/">🐠 Tropical Fish</a> or <a href="/blowfish/">🐡 Blowfish</a>, though their applications may overlap. Vendors implement a similar design to the fish caught on the <a href="/fishing-pole/">🎣 Fishing Pole</a>.

Microsoft&rsquo;s fish was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/fish/">previously</a> yellow.

Fish

A crispy brown leg (drumstick) of&nbsp;<a href="/chicken/" title="🐔 Chicken">chicken</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/duck/">duck</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/turkey/" title="🦃 Turkey">turkey</a>, or other poultry on the bone, as roasted at&nbsp;<a href="/thanksgiving/" title="🍴 Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving&nbsp;</a>or&nbsp;<a href="/christmas/" title="🎅 Christmas">Christmas&nbsp;</a>dinner or fried at fast-food restaurants.

Poultry Leg

A turkey, a gobbling bird traditionally eaten at <a href="/thanksgiving/">Thanksgiving</a> or <a href="/christmas/">Christmas</a>. Depicted in full profile facing left, standing on its legs with a dark-brown body, a white-fringed plume, pink or blue head, and its distinctive red <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snood_(anatomy)">snood and wattle</a>.

May be consumed in the form of <a href="/poultry-leg/">🍗 Poultry Leg</a>.

Turkey

A chicken, a bird used for its meat and <a href="/egg/">eggs</a>. Generally depicted as the white head of&nbsp;a chicken (hen or rooster) looking left, with a yellow beak, red <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_(anatomy)">comb</a> on its head, and red wattle on its neck.

May be consumed in the form of <a href="/poultry-leg/">🍗&nbsp;Poultry Leg</a>. Not to be confused with the full-bodied <a href="/rooster/">🐓 Rooster,</a> though their applications overlap. Also may be used for metaphorical senses of chicken (e.g., &ldquo;coward&rdquo;).

See also <a href="/hatching-chick/">🐣 Hatching Chick</a>, <a href="/baby-chick/">🐤 Baby Chick</a>, and <a href="/front-facing-baby-chick/">🐥 Front-Facing Baby Chick</a>.

Available as an Apple&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Twitter&rsquo;s chicken head is looking straight ahead. Microsoft&rsquo;s chicken was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/chicken/">previously</a> yellow, while&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/chicken/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> faced&nbsp;forward;&nbsp;Facebook&rsquo;s design <a href="/facebook/2.0/chicken/">once featured</a> a full, brown bird, while&nbsp;<a href="/chicken/">Google&rsquo;s </a>design previously featured&nbsp;a full bodied chicken.

Chicken

An owl, the hooting, large-eyed bird. Depicted as a brown owl with its head&nbsp;facing forward.&nbsp;Shown with large, round, gold-rimmed eyes, talons, tucked wings, and&nbsp;horn-like tufts of feathers.

May be used to represent wisdom. Once popularly used in connection with the hip-hop artist <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2014/02/dont-challenge-drake-on-ancient-egypt.html">Drake</a>.

Microsoft&rsquo;s owl <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/owl/">previously</a> resembled a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl">barn owl</a>, Samsung&rsquo;s was <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/owl/">purple</a>.

A gender-unspecified&nbsp;person taking a soothing bath in a white tub with a <a href="/shower/">shower</a> head.&nbsp;Commonly used for various content concerning bathing, washing, cleaning, and bathrooms more generally. May also represent relaxation and self-care.

The appearance of the person, depicted in default yellow, varies. Apple&#39;s person is wearing a green shower cap, WhatsApp&#39;s a green washcloth. Google&rsquo;s person appears to be playing in a bubble bath, with <a href="/soap/">soapsuds</a> atop their ahead.&nbsp;Other major vendors show the head of the bather with short, brown or blonde&nbsp;hair.&nbsp;Skin tone modifiers are available on supported platforms.

Vendors implement the same or a similar tub and shower head as for their <a href="/bathtub/">🛁&nbsp;Bathtub</a>, but with a person taking/having a bath.

Bath

A swan, a waterbird with white feathers and a long neck. Depicted in full profile facing left, with a curving neck, orange bill, black eye marking, and wings and legs tucked in, as if gliding in water.

May be used to represent a goose or, metaphorically, love, grace, and beauty.

Swan

The round, golden-brown pastry of a <a href="/flag-china/">Chinese</a> mooncake, a traditional delicacy and lunar symbol of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival">Mid-Autumn Festival</a>. Many platforms feature a design or character imprinted on the crust, and depict a slice cut out to show a brown paste with a duck egg yolk inside. Twitter displays the Chinese character for <a href="/fall-autumn/">&ldquo;fall/autumn&rdquo;</a> or &ldquo;harvest&rdquo; (秋) on top.

Moon Cake

A parrot, a brightly colored bird known for its ability to mimic speech. Depicted in full profile facing left. Resembles&nbsp;a green <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebird">lovebird</a> with red&nbsp;and yellow&nbsp;wings on some platforms&nbsp;and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_macaw">scarlet macaw</a> with blue&nbsp;and yellow&nbsp;wings on others.

Can be used to represent various parrots or&nbsp;birds in general. May also be used to talk about mimicking.

Facebook&rsquo;s parrot is orange with blue-tipped wings. Google&#39;s&nbsp;parrot&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-9.0/parrot/">was previously</a>&nbsp;a scarlet macaw perched on a branch.

Parrot

A flamingo, a waterbird with pink feathers and long neck and legs. Depicted as a flamingo in full profile facing left, standing on one leg, usually with a long, black beak.

May be used to represent summer fun or as a pink accent color.

Flamingo

A dove carrying an olive branch, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doves_as_symbols">symbol</a> of <a href="/peace-symbol/">peace</a> in Western and Judeo-Christian culture. Depicted as a white bird in full profile facing left, flying as it holds a green sprig in its beak.

Commonly used to represent such sentiments as peace, love, hope, and reconciliation.

Microsoft&rsquo;s dove was previously flying right, without an olive branch.

Dove of Peace

A bald eagle, the majestic bird of prey with brown feathers and distinctive white head. Generally depicted facing left, with its wings outspread and talons out, as if swooping down to seize prey.

Commonly associated with the <a href="/flag-united-states/">United States</a>, whose national emblem is the bald eagle. May be used for other eagles and birds of prey (e.g., hawks).

Google&rsquo;s eagle used to have its wings tucked in, as if perched on a branch. Twitter&rsquo;s design shows only the bust of an eagle. Apple&rsquo;s <a href="/newspaper/">📰 Newspaper</a> features its eagle on its masthead.

Eagle

A penguin, a flightless bird adapted to water and ice. Variously depicted as a full, black-bodied penguin with a white belly and orange bill or as a penguin head.

Often used with an affectionate or playful tone or in association with the cold. Occasionally used to represent a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin">puffin</a>.

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs feature a penguin head, with Apple&rsquo;s bearing a yellow patch on its head, as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_penguin">emperor penguin</a>. Other major platforms feature a penguin standing in full profile, facing forward or left.

Penguin

A baby chicken (chick), hatching from an egg and seeing the world for the first time. Depicted as a yellow chick with an orange beak facing forward in the cracked, bottom half of a white egg, generally shown flapping its wings with a cute facial expression.

Often used with an affectionate tone. May be used to represent various types of baby birds. May also be used to represent&nbsp;chicken foods (e.g., <a href="/poultry-leg/">poultry</a>, <a href="/egg/">eggs</a>), <a href="/spring/">spring</a>, <a href="/easter/">Easter</a>, or slang senses of chick.

Not to be confused with <a href="/baby-chick/">🐤 Baby Chick</a> or <a href="/front-facing-baby-chick/">🐥Front-Facing Baby Chick</a>&nbsp;(out of its egg), though their applications overlap. See also <a href="/chicken/">🐔 Chicken</a> and <a href="/rooster/">🐓 Rooster</a>.

Twitter and Facebook&#39;s designs do not include wings. Google&#39;s design <a href="/google/android-7.0/hatching-chick/">previously</a> featured motion lines around the chick&#39;s wings, indicating flapping.&nbsp;Facebook&#39;s design <a href="/facebook/2.0/hatching-chick/">previously</a> showed part of the egg atop the chick&#39;s head.

Hatching Chick

A yellow baby chicken (chick). Variously depicted as a chick in full profile, standing on its legs, or as a chick head. Both designs show the bird facing left, with an orange beak and feet.

Often used with an affectionate tone. May be used to represent various types of baby birds. May also be used to represent&nbsp;chicken foods (e.g., <a href="/poultry-leg/">poultry</a>, <a href="/egg/">eggs</a>), <a href="/spring/">spring</a>, <a href="/easter/">Easter</a>, or slang senses of chick.

Not to be confused with <a href="/hatching-chick/">🐣 Hatching Chick</a> or <a href="/front-facing-baby-chick/">🐥Front-Facing Baby Chick</a>, though their applications overlap. See also <a href="/chicken/">🐔 Chicken</a> and <a href="/rooster/">🐓 Rooster</a>.

Apple, WhatsApp, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs feature a chick head;&nbsp;other major platforms display a full-bodied chick.

Baby Chick

A baby chicken (chick), shown as if&nbsp;flapping its wings.&nbsp;Depicted as a yellow chick with an orange beak in full profile standing on its legs, generally with&nbsp;its wings raised.

Often used with an affectionate tone. May be used to represent various types of baby birds. May also be used to represent&nbsp;chicken foods (e.g., <a href="/poultry-leg/">poultry</a>, <a href="/egg/">eggs</a>), <a href="/spring/">spring</a>, <a href="/easter/">Easter</a>, or slang senses of chick.

Not to be confused with <a href="/baby-chick/">🐤 Baby Chick</a> or <a href="/hatching-chick/">🐣 Hatching Chick</a>&nbsp;(still in its egg), though their applications overlap. See also <a href="/chicken/">🐔 Chicken</a> and <a href="/rooster/">🐓 Rooster</a>.

Facebook&#39;s design <a href="/facebook/1.0/front-facing-baby-chick/">previously</a> featured only a chick head facing forward.

Front-Facing Baby Chick

A peacock, the male bird that displays a large, fan-like, iridescent tale. Depicted facing forward standing on its legs, with a blue body and green tail&nbsp;feathers outspread.

Sometimes used to suggest something is beautiful or proud. Also sometimes used&nbsp;to accent a peacock-like color or pattern.

Peacock

A bird&#39;s nest with eggs inside.

May be used to talk about actual nests or birds. May also be used to talk about home in general or to represent phrases like nest egg or empty nest.

<a href="/empty-nest/">🪹 Empty Nest</a> was approved at the same time as&nbsp;Nest with Eggs.

Nest with Eggs

An empty bird&#39;s nest.

May be used to talk about actual nests or birds. May also be used to talk about home in general or to represent phrases like nest egg or empty nest.

<a href="/nest-with-eggs/">🪺 Nest with Eggs</a> was approved at the same time and may be used along with Empty&nbsp;Nest.

Empty Nest

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Sample emoji designs developed by Emojipedia for illustrative purposes.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

The Unicode Consortium accepted the following emoji 72 emojis&nbsp;for Unicode 9.0. This update&nbsp;was released&nbsp;on June 21, 2016. Most vendors added support for this update within the 2016 calendar year.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/unicode-9-0-released-with-72-new-emojis/">Sample images and more about Unicode 9.0</a>.

<a href="/emoji-4.0/">Emoji 4.0</a> was published in late 2016, which added additional emoji professions.

<h2>New in Unicode 9</h2>

🦆 Duck on Apple iOS 6.0

🦆 Duck on Apple iOS 6.0

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