Seal Emoji

Animals

A cartoonish, grey-colored earless seal shown in profile, facing left. The design features a smooth, rounded body and a simple, friendly facial expression.

Usage Context

Frequently used to talk about marine life, ocean conservation, or cute animals in general. Its playful look makes it a favorite for conveying lightheartedness, similar to 🐬 or 🦦, and it is often deployed in internet memes focusing on silly or 'chonky' animal content.

History

The seal was added to the Unicode standard in 2021 as part of Emoji 13.1. It was heavily requested by users who wanted a more diverse range of aquatic mammals beyond the standard 🐳 or 🐙, filling a gap in the growing library of animal icons.

Details

Glyph

🦭

Unicode

U+1F9AD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9ad:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDAD;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-marine

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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