Chicken Emoji

Animals

A side profile of a white-feathered chicken with a bright red comb on its head and a yellow beak. It stands upright, looking toward the left.

Usage Context

Used to talk about farm life, poultry, or cooking. In internet slang, it is frequently used to call someone a coward or to represent someone backing out of a challenge. It is often paired with 🥚 to talk about eggs or 🐓 to distinguish between a hen and a rooster.

History

Added in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0, this emoji was included alongside a growing library of farm animals meant to broaden the scope of nature-based icons available for digital communication. It quickly became a staple for casual messaging regarding food and playful insults.

Details

Glyph

🐔

Unicode

U+1F414

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f414:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC14;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-bird

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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