Orangutan Emoji

Animals

A detailed illustration of an orangutan’s head and shoulders, typically shown with shaggy orange-brown fur and a pensive, wide-eyed facial expression.

Usage Context

Used to discuss wildlife conservation, primates, or as a playful way to refer to someone acting silly or clumsy. It is a popular addition to threads about nature documentaries or zoo visits, often appearing alongside 🐒 or 🦍 when discussing ape species.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0, the orangutan was included to round out the representation of great apes, acknowledging their unique status in both the animal kingdom and popular culture.

Details

Glyph

🦧

Unicode

U+1F9A7

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9a7:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDA7;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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