Swan Emoji
Animals
A graceful white bird with a long, elegant neck curved into a smooth silhouette. It captures the distinct appearance of a swan, showing the bird’s signature orange beak and feathered wings tucked against its body.
Usage Context
Frequently used to represent beauty, grace, or elegance in conversation. Because of the classic fairy tale, it is also used when discussing personal growth or transformations, often paired with the duck emoji to draw a contrast between different stages of development or appearance.
History
The swan was added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0. Its inclusion followed a long-standing request from users who wanted a more refined avian option beyond the standard mallard or chicken icons found in earlier sets.
Details
Glyph
🦢
Unicode
U+1F9A2
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9a2:
HTML Entity
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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
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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