Skunk Emoji

Animals

A side-profile illustration of a black-and-white striped skunk. The design features its characteristically fluffy, raised tail, which is the creature's primary defense mechanism.

Usage Context

Used to describe someone who smells bad, a person who is unwelcome, or simply to talk about wildlife. It is frequently sent as a joke when someone has a bad odor or is acting like a 'stinker'. It often appears alongside other nature emojis like 🦝 or alongside smell-related icons like 🤢.

History

The skunk was added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0. Its inclusion followed a push for more diverse wildlife representations, filling a gap for users looking to reference the animal’s reputation for spraying musk in cartoons and pop culture.

Details

Glyph

🦨

Unicode

U+1F9A8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9a8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDA8;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

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.

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