🦘U+1F998
Kangaroo emoji
Standing upright on powerful hind legs, this kangaroo has a long tail for balance. It is used for kangaroos, Australia, hopping and jumping, and mothers carrying their young, since kangaroos keep their joeys in a pouch.
- Unicode name
- kangaroo
- Category
- Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added
- Emoji 11.0 in 2018
- Code points
- U+1F998
- Shortcode
:kangaroo:- Keywords
- animal, joey, jump, kangaroo, marsupial
How it looks
How to type 🦘
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “kangaroo”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “kangaroo”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “kangaroo”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “kangaroo”.
- GitHub
- Type :kangaroo: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | canguro | canguro, marsupial, saltar, salto |
| Français | kangourou | austalie, joey, kangoo, kangourou, marsupial, marsupiaux, saut |
| Deutsch | Känguru | Australien, Beuteltier, Down Under, hüpfen, Hüpfen, Känguru, Quokka, Skippy, springen, Tier, Wallaby |
| Italiano | canguro | animale, animale che salta, Australia, canguro, cucciolo di canguro, marsupiale, saltare |
| Português | canguru | animal, Austrália, canguru, filhote, joey, marsupial, pula, pulo, salto |
| Nederlands | kangoeroe | buideldier, dier, joey, kangoeroe, springen |
| Svenska | känguru | Australien, hoppa, joey, känguru, pungdjur |
| Polski | kangur | kangur, skakać, skoczny, skok, torbacz, zwierzę |
| Türkçe | kanguru | avustralya, Avustralya, hayvan, kanguru, kese, keseli, kulak, memeli, otçul, sıçrama, yavru, zıplamak |
| Русский | кенгуру | австралия, Австралия, животное, кенгуру, скакать, сумка, сумчатое, сумчатые |
| Українська | кенгуру | Австралія, кенгуру, кенгурятко, стрибати, стрибок, сумка, сумчастий, сумчасті, тварина, торбун |
| Ελληνικά | καγκουρό | Αυστραλία, καγκουρό, μαρσιποφόρο, μωρό καγκουρό, πηδάω |
| العربية | كنغر | أستراليا, جراب, جيب, حيوان, فرح, فرحة, قفز, قفزة, قنغر, كانجرو, كانغرو, كنغر, كيس, مرح |
| עברית | קנגורו | אוסטרליה, בעל חיים, חיית כיס, קנגורו, קפיצות |
| فارسی | کانگورو | استرالیا, اسکیپی, بچه کانگورو, پرش, پریدن, جانور, جهش, جهیدن, حیوان, کانگورو, کیسه داران, کیسهدار |
| हिन्दी | कंगारू | ऑस्ट्रेलिया, कंगारू, कंगारू का बच्चा, कूद, कूदना, कैंगरू, जानवर, धानी |
| বাংলা | ক্যাঙ্গারু | অস্ট্রেলিয়া, ক্যাঙ্গারু, জই, ঝাঁপ, থলিসংক্রান্ত, দ্বিগর্ভ, প্রাণী, লাফ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kanguru | anak kanguru, berkantung, binatang, hewan, kangguru, kanguru, lompat, loncat, marsupial |
| Tiếng Việt | chuột túi | Australia, chuột túi, chuột túi con, nhảy, thú có túi |
| ไทย | จิงโจ้ | กระโดด, จิงโจ้, โจอี้, สัตว์, สัตว์ที่มีกระเป๋าหน้าท้อง, ออสเตรเลีย |
| 日本語 | カンガルー | オーストラリア, カンガルー, ジャンプ, ジョーイ, 動物, 有袋類 |
| 한국어 | 캥거루 | 동물, 새끼 캥거루, 유대목 동물, 점프, 캥거루, 호주 |
| 中文（简体） | 袋鼠 | 动物, 小袋鼠, 有袋目动物, 有袋类动物, 澳洲, 袋鼠, 跳, 跳跃 |
| 中文（繁體） | 袋鼠 | 動物, 小袋鼠, 有袋動物, 有袋目, 澳洲, 袋鼠, 跳 |
Names in 82 more languages
| Afrikaans | kangaroe |
|---|---|
| Akan | kangaroo |
| Albanian | kangur |
| Amharic | ካንጋሮ |
| Anii | abɔrɩ ncǝnfǝlǝyar |
| Armenian | ագեվազ |
| Assamese | কাংগাৰু |
| Azerbaijani | kenquru |
| Bashkir | кенгуру |
| Basque | kanguru |
| Belarusian | кенгуру |
| Bosnian | kengur |
| Breton | kangourou |
| Bulgarian | кенгуру |
| Burmese | သားပိုက်ကောင် |
| Cantonese | 袋鼠 |
| Catalan | cangur |
| Cherokee | ᎧᎾᎦᏭ |
| Chuvash | кенгуру |
| Croatian | klokan |
| Czech | klokan |
| Danish | kænguru |
| Estonian | känguru |
| Faroese | kenguru |
| Filipino | kangaroo |
| Finnish | kenguru |
| Galician | canguro |
| Georgian | კენგურუ |
| Gujarati | કાંગારું |
| Hausa | kangaru |
| Hungarian | kenguru |
| Icelandic | kengúra |
| Igbo | kangaruu |
| Irish | cangarú |
| Javanese | kanguru |
| Kannada | ಕಾಂಗರೂ |
| Kazakh | кенгуру |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | كەنگۋرۋ |
| Khmer | កង់ហ្គូរូ |
| Konkani | कांगारू |
| Kyrgyz | кенгуру |
| Lao | ໂຕໜູຖົງ |
| Latvian | ķengurs |
| Lithuanian | kengūra |
| Lower Sorbian | kengeru |
| Macedonian | кенгур |
| Malay | kanggaru |
| Malayalam | കംഗാരു |
| Marathi | कांगारू |
| Mongolian | имж |
| Nepali | कङ्गारू |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Kángaruu |
| Norwegian | kenguru |
| Odia | କଙ୍ଗାରୁ |
| Oromo | kaangaaroo |
| Pashto | کينګرو |
| Punjabi | ਕੰਗਾਰੂ |
| Quechua | kanguro |
| Romanian | cangur |
| Romansh | kenguru |
| Sardinian | canguru |
| Scottish Gaelic | cangaru |
| Serbian | кенгур |
| Serbian (Latin) | kengur |
| Shan | ပုမ်ထွင်း |
| Sindhi | ڪينگرو |
| Sinhala | කැන්ගරු |
| Slovak | kengura |
| Slovenian | kenguru |
| Somali | kangaaruu |
| Swahili | kangaruu |
| Tamil | கங்காரு |
| Telugu | కంగారూ |
| Tigrinya | ካንጋሩ |
| Tongan | kangikalū |
| Turkmen | kenguru |
| Upper Sorbian | kenguru |
| Urdu | کینگرو |
| Uzbek | kenguru |
| Welsh | cangarŵ |
| Yoruba | kangaròó |
| Zulu | i-kangaroo |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F998- HTML
🦘- CSS
\1F998- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F998}- Python
\U0001F998- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A6 98- UTF-16
D83E DD98- URL encoded
%F0%9F%A6%98
Questions
What does the 🦘 kangaroo emoji mean?
Standing upright on powerful hind legs, this kangaroo has a long tail for balance. It is used for kangaroos, Australia, hopping and jumping, and mothers carrying their young, since kangaroos keep their joeys in a pouch.
How do I type the 🦘 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “kangaroo”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :kangaroo:.
When was the 🦘 emoji added?
🦘 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.
What is the Unicode code point for 🦘?
U+1F998. In HTML you can write 🦘, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F998}.