Tiger face Emoji

Animals

A cartoonish, orange-and-black striped tiger head facing forward. It features prominent white whiskers, round ears, and a neutral or slightly friendly expression.

Usage Context

Frequently used to represent big cats, wildlife, or strength. It is a popular choice for sports fans supporting teams like the Bengals or Tigers, and is often paired with the 🦁 or 🐾 to denote animal themes or a jungle setting.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0, this icon draws inspiration from early Japanese mobile carrier designs that brought standardized animal graphics to messaging platforms to make digital communication more expressive.

Details

Glyph

🐯

Unicode

U+1F42F

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f42f:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC2F;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

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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