Turtle Emoji

Animals

A green, cartoon-style turtle shown in profile, facing left with its shell visible. It features a friendly appearance with a textured back and four short legs.

Usage Context

Used to describe someone who is moving at a sluggish pace or to emphasize patience and endurance. It is also a staple in gaming culture to represent shell-based characters or to signal a desire to 'go slow' in a conversation. It is frequently paired with 🐇 to reference the classic fable about the race between the two animals.

History

The turtle was integrated into the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of the initial emoji set derived from Japanese mobile phone carriers. It became a popular fixture in early messaging apps as a way to poke fun at someone taking too long to reply to a text.

Details

Glyph

🐢

Unicode

U+1F422

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f422:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC22;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-reptile

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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