# 🦘 Kangaroo emoji

🦘 Kangaroo is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: animal, joey, jump and marsupial.

- Emoji: 🦘
- Unicode name: kangaroo
- Code points: U+1F998
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :kangaroo:
- Keywords: animal, joey, jump, kangaroo, marsupial
- Page: https://emojichart.com/kangaroo-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | canguro | canguro, marsupial, saltar, salto |
| Français (fr) | kangourou | austalie, joey, kangoo, kangourou, marsupial, marsupiaux, saut |
| Deutsch (de) | Känguru | Australien, Beuteltier, Down Under, hüpfen, Hüpfen, Känguru, Quokka, Skippy, springen, Tier, Wallaby |
| Italiano (it) | canguro | animale, animale che salta, Australia, canguro, cucciolo di canguro, marsupiale, saltare |
| Português (pt) | canguru | animal, Austrália, canguru, filhote, joey, marsupial, pula, pulo, salto |
| Nederlands (nl) | kangoeroe | buideldier, dier, joey, kangoeroe, springen |
| Svenska (sv) | känguru | Australien, hoppa, joey, känguru, pungdjur |
| Polski (pl) | kangur | kangur, skakać, skoczny, skok, torbacz, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | kanguru | avustralya, Avustralya, hayvan, kanguru, kese, keseli, kulak, memeli, otçul, sıçrama, yavru, zıplamak |
| Русский (ru) | кенгуру | австралия, Австралия, животное, кенгуру, скакать, сумка, сумчатое, сумчатые |
| Українська (uk) | кенгуру | Австралія, кенгуру, кенгурятко, стрибати, стрибок, сумка, сумчастий, сумчасті, тварина, торбун |
| Ελληνικά (el) | καγκουρό | Αυστραλία, καγκουρό, μαρσιποφόρο, μωρό καγκουρό, πηδάω |
| العربية (ar) | كنغر | أستراليا, جراب, جيب, حيوان, فرح, فرحة, قفز, قفزة, قنغر, كانجرو, كانغرو, كنغر, كيس, مرح |
| עברית (he) | קנגורו | אוסטרליה, בעל חיים, חיית כיס, קנגורו, קפיצות |
| فارسی (fa) | کانگورو | استرالیا, اسکیپی, بچه کانگورو, پرش, پریدن, جانور, جهش, جهیدن, حیوان, کانگورو, کیسه داران, کیسه‌دار |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कंगारू | ऑस्ट्रेलिया, कंगारू, कंगारू का बच्चा, कूद, कूदना, कैंगरू, जानवर, धानी |
| বাংলা (bn) | ক্যাঙ্গারু | অস্ট্রেলিয়া, ক্যাঙ্গারু, জই, ঝাঁপ, থলিসংক্রান্ত, দ্বিগর্ভ, প্রাণী, লাফ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kanguru | anak kanguru, berkantung, binatang, hewan, kangguru, kanguru, lompat, loncat, marsupial |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | chuột túi | Australia, chuột túi, chuột túi con, nhảy, thú có túi |
| ไทย (th) | จิงโจ้ | กระโดด, จิงโจ้, โจอี้, สัตว์, สัตว์ที่มีกระเป๋าหน้าท้อง, ออสเตรเลีย |
| 日本語 (ja) | 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 (ko) | 캥거루 | 동물, 새끼 캥거루, 유대목 동물, 점프, 캥거루, 호주 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 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） (zh-Hant) | 袋鼠 | 動物, 小袋鼠, 有袋動物, 有袋目, 澳洲, 袋鼠, 跳 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kangaroe
- Akan (ak): kangaroo
- Albanian (sq): kangur
- Amharic (am): ካንጋሮ
- Anii (blo): abɔrɩ ncǝnfǝlǝyar
- Armenian (hy): ագեվազ
- Assamese (as): কাংগাৰু
- Azerbaijani (az): kenquru
- Bashkir (ba): кенгуру
- Basque (eu): kanguru
- Belarusian (be): кенгуру
- Bosnian (bs): kengur
- Breton (br): kangourou
- Bulgarian (bg): кенгуру
- Burmese (my): သားပိုက်ကောင်
- Cantonese (yue): 袋鼠
- Catalan (ca): cangur
- Cherokee (chr): ᎧᎾᎦᏭ
- Chuvash (cv): кенгуру
- Croatian (hr): klokan
- Czech (cs): klokan
- Danish (da): kænguru
- Estonian (et): känguru
- Faroese (fo): kenguru
- Filipino (fil): kangaroo
- Finnish (fi): kenguru
- Galician (gl): canguro
- Georgian (ka): კენგურუ
- Gujarati (gu): કાંગારું
- Hausa (ha): kangaru
- Hungarian (hu): kenguru
- Icelandic (is): kengúra
- Igbo (ig): kangaruu
- Irish (ga): cangarú
- Javanese (jv): kanguru
- Kannada (kn): ಕಾಂಗರೂ
- Kazakh (kk): кенгуру
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كەنگۋرۋ
- Khmer (km): កង់ហ្គូរូ
- Konkani (kok): कांगारू
- Kyrgyz (ky): кенгуру
- Lao (lo): ໂຕໜູຖົງ
- Latvian (lv): ķengurs
- Lithuanian (lt): kengūra
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kengeru
- Macedonian (mk): кенгур
- Malay (ms): kanggaru
- Malayalam (ml): കംഗാരു
- Marathi (mr): कांगारू
- Mongolian (mn): имж
- Nepali (ne): कङ्गारू
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kángaruu
- Norwegian (no): kenguru
- Odia (or): କଙ୍ଗାରୁ
- Oromo (om): kaangaaroo
- Pashto (ps): کينګرو
- Punjabi (pa): ਕੰਗਾਰੂ
- Quechua (qu): kanguro
- Romanian (ro): cangur
- Romansh (rm): kenguru
- Sardinian (sc): canguru
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cangaru
- Serbian (sr): кенгур
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kengur
- Shan (shn): ပုမ်ထွင်း
- Sindhi (sd): ڪينگرو
- Sinhala (si): කැන්ගරු
- Slovak (sk): kengura
- Slovenian (sl): kenguru
- Somali (so): kangaaruu
- Swahili (sw): kangaruu
- Tamil (ta): கங்காரு
- Telugu (te): కంగారూ
- Tigrinya (ti): ካንጋሩ
- Tongan (to): kangikalū
- Turkmen (tk): kenguru
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kenguru
- Urdu (ur): کینگرو
- Uzbek (uz): kenguru
- Welsh (cy): cangarŵ
- Yoruba (yo): kangaròó
- Zulu (zu): i-kangaroo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/kangaroo-emoji