Duck Emoji

Animals

A side-profile depiction of a male mallard duck, featuring a signature iridescent green head, a bright yellow bill, and a mix of brown and grey feathers.

Usage Context

Used to discuss wildlife, nature, or visits to local ponds. It frequently appears in slang or jokes involving the word 'duck'—often as a autocorrect substitute for profanity—or paired with other water-dwelling creatures like 🦢 or 🐟.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the massive expansion of animal icons. Its inclusion was a highly requested addition by users who wanted a more specific avian representation beyond the generic bird or chicken emojis.

Details

Glyph

🦆

Unicode

U+1F986

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f986:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD86;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-bird

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

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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