Phoenix Emoji

Animals

A vibrant bird in mid-flight, featuring fiery orange and red wings trailing into a plume of flame. It portrays the legendary creature rising from its own ashes, glowing with intense heat.

Usage Context

Used to signal a personal comeback, a fresh start after a failure, or a dramatic recovery. It is a frequent choice for fans of fantasy fiction or when describing someone who has successfully returned from a difficult situation. It is often paired with the 🔥 fire emoji to emphasize the intensity of a transformation.

History

The phoenix was added to the Unicode standard in 2024 to satisfy long-standing user demand for a mythical creature that represents resilience. While humans have told stories of this fire-bird for millennia, its digital arrival reflects a modern trend of using ancient folklore to articulate personal growth on social media.

Details

Glyph

🐦‍🔥

Unicode

U+1F426 U+200D U+1F525

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f426_200d_1f525:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC26;‍&#xD83D;&#xDD25;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-bird

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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