Goose Emoji

Animals

A white goose standing in profile, typically depicted with an orange beak and webbed feet. It captures the distinct long-necked posture and slightly aggressive stance familiar to anyone who has encountered one in a park.

Usage Context

Used to represent the bird itself, farm life, or to signal a chaotic, mischievous attitude. Thanks to internet culture, it is the go-to image for jokes about being a nuisance or playing a prank, often paired with 🦆 or 🦢 to compare waterfowl.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2023, the goose was a highly requested addition driven by the massive popularity of indie video games featuring troublesome geese, as well as the long-standing meme status of the animal in digital communication.

Details

Glyph

🪿

Unicode

U+1FABF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fabf:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDEBF;

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

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