Deer Emoji

Animals

A full-body side profile of a deer standing on all fours, featuring brown fur and a prominent set of antlers. The design captures the alert posture typical of the animal when it senses movement in the wild.

Usage Context

Widely used to represent nature, hunting, or woodland environments. It is frequently sent during autumn months or when discussing wildlife encounters. It is often grouped with other forest-dwelling creatures like 🐻 or 🌲 to set a rustic or outdoorsy scene.

History

The deer was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the expansion of the animal category to provide more diverse options for nature enthusiasts. It reflects the broader effort to bring more regional fauna from various climates into the standard character set.

Details

Glyph

🦌

Unicode

U+1F98C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f98c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD8C;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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