Turtle Emoji
Animals
A green, cartoon-style turtle shown in profile, facing left with its shell visible. It features a friendly appearance with a textured back and four short legs.
Usage Context
Used to describe someone who is moving at a sluggish pace or to emphasize patience and endurance. It is also a staple in gaming culture to represent shell-based characters or to signal a desire to 'go slow' in a conversation. It is frequently paired with 🐇 to reference the classic fable about the race between the two animals.
History
The turtle was integrated into the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial emoji set derived from Japanese mobile phone carriers. It became a popular fixture in early messaging apps as a way to poke fun at someone taking too long to reply to a text.
Details
Glyph
🐢
Unicode
U+1F422
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f422:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Animals
Subcategory animal-reptile
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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