Phoenix Emoji

Animals

A vibrant bird in mid-flight, featuring fiery orange and red wings trailing into a plume of flame. It portrays the legendary creature rising from its own ashes, glowing with intense heat.

Usage Context

Used to signal a personal comeback, a fresh start after a failure, or a dramatic recovery. It is a frequent choice for fans of fantasy fiction or when describing someone who has successfully returned from a difficult situation. It is often paired with the 🔥 fire emoji to emphasize the intensity of a transformation.

History

The phoenix was added to the Unicode standard in 2024 to satisfy long-standing user demand for a mythical creature that represents resilience. While humans have told stories of this fire-bird for millennia, its digital arrival reflects a modern trend of using ancient folklore to articulate personal growth on social media.

Details

Glyph

🐦‍🔥

Unicode

U+1F426 U+200D U+1F525

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f426_200d_1f525:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC26;‍&#xD83D;&#xDD25;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-bird

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository