🦁U+1F981

Lion emoji

A thick mane frames this lion's face. It stands for strength, courage, royalty and pride, since the lion is called the king of the jungle, and is sometimes used for the Leo zodiac sign.

Unicode name: lion
Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
Added: Emoji 1.0 in 2015
Code points: U+1F981
Shortcode: :lion:
Keywords: alpha, animal, face, Leo, lion, mane, order, rawr, roar, safari, strong, zodiac

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How to type 🦁

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “lion”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “lion”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “lion”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “lion”.
GitHub: Type :lion: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	león	cara, leo, león, zodiaco
Français	tête de lion	animal, astrologie, crinière, fort, horoscope, lion, roi, rugissement, safari, savane, tête de lion, visage, zodiaque
Deutsch	Löwe	Gesicht, Löwe, Löwengesicht, Sternzeichen, Tier, Tierkreis
Italiano	leone	alpha, animale, criniera, forte, forza, muso di leone, oroscopo, roar, ruggito, segno zodiacale, selvaggio, selvatico
Português	rosto de leão	animal, leão, rosto, rosto de leão, zodíaco
Nederlands	leeuw	alfa, brul, dier, gezicht, leeuw, Leo, manen, orde, safari, sterk, sterrenbeeld
Svenska	lejonansikte	djur, lejon, lejonansikte
Polski	głowa lwa	buźka, dziki, głowa, grzywa, kot, lew, lwa, pysk, zodiak, zwierzę
Türkçe	aslan	aslan, aslan yüzü, burç, hayvan, ormanların kralı, yüz
Русский	морда льва	гороскоп, грива, животное, знак, знак зодиака, зодиак, лев, морда, морда льва
Українська	лев	знак, зодіак, лев, лев’яча морда, морда, морда лева, тварина, хижак
Ελληνικά	λιοντάρι	άλφα, βρυχηθμός, βρυχώμαι, δυνατός, ζώδιο, ζώο, Λέων, λιοντάρι, μερίδα του λέοντος, πρόσωπο, πρόσωπο λιονταριού, ρόαρ, σαφάρι, χαίτη
العربية	وجه أسد	أبراج, أسد, الأبراج, برج, زئير, سفاري, صحراء, قوي, لبدة, وجه
עברית	אריה	אריה, בעל חיים, ספארי, פני אריה, פנים, פרצוף אריה
فارسی	شیر	برج فلکی, زودیاک, شیر, شیر جنگل, صورت
हिन्दी	शेर जैसा चेहरा	चेहरा, पशु, राशि, शेर, शेर जैसा चेहरा, सिंह
বাংলা	সিংহের মুখ	পশুপাখি, মুখ, রাশিচক্র, সিংহ, সিংহরাশি, সিংহের মুখ
Bahasa Indonesia	singa	alfa, aum, binatang, hewan, kuat, Leo, muka, safari, singa, surai, wajah, zodiak
Tiếng Việt	sư tử	cung hoàng đạo, cung sư tử, mặt, mặt sư tử, sư tử
ไทย	สิงโต	ราศี, ราศีสิงห์, สิงโต, หน้า, หน้าสิงโต
日本語	ライオンの顔	しし座, ライオン, ライオンの顔, 動物, 星座, 顔
한국어	사자 얼굴	갈기, 동물, 레오, 사자, 사자자리, 사파리, 알파, 얼굴, 으르렁거리는, 힘이 센
中文（简体）	狮子	狮子, 狮子头, 狮子座, 脸, 黄道十二宫
中文（繁體）	獅子	獅, 獅子, 獅子座

Names in 99 more languages

Afrikaans	leeugesig
Akan	gyata
Albanian	fytyrë luani
Amharic	የአንበሳ ፊት
Anii	guuni agayɛ
Armenian	առյուծի մռութ
Assamese	সিংহ
Azerbaijani	aslan
Bashkir	арыҫлан башы
Basque	lehoi
Belarusian	леў
Bosnian	glava lava
Breton	leon
Bulgarian	лъв
Burmese	ခြင်္သေ့ရုပ်
Cantonese	獅子臉
Cantonese (Simplified)	狮子脸
Catalan	cara de lleó
Cherokee	ᏢᏓᏥ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	獅子樣
Chuvash	арӑслан пуҫӗ
Croatian	lav
Czech	hlava lva
Danish	løvehoved
Estonian	lõvi nägu
European Portuguese	cara de leão
Faroese	leyvuandlit
Filipino	mukha ng leon
Finnish	leijona
Galician	cara de león
Georgian	ლომის სახე
Gujarati	સિંહનો ચહેરો
Hausa	zaki
Hungarian	oroszlánfej
Icelandic	ljón
Igbo	ọdụm
Irish	aghaidh leoin
Javanese	singa
Kalaallisut	løvehoved
Kannada	ಸಿಂಹದ ಮುಖ
Kazakh	арыстанның беті
Kazakh (Arabic)	ارىستاننىڭ بەتى
Khmer	តោ
Kinyarwanda	isura y’intare
Konkani	शींव
Kurdish	şêr
Kyrgyz	арстандын башы
Kʼicheʼ	Upalaj koj
Lao	ສິງໂຕ
Latvian	lauva
Lithuanian	liūto snukis
Lower Sorbian	law
Luxembourgish	Léifsgesiicht
Macedonian	лав
Malay	singa
Malayalam	സിംഹ മുഖം
Maltese	wiċċ ta’ ljun
Marathi	सिंहाचा चेहरा
Mongolian	арслангийн толгой
Māori	kanohi raiona
Nepali	सिंहको अनुहार
Nigerian Pidgin	Láyọn
Northern Sotho	sefahlego sa tau
Norwegian	løve
Odia	ସିଂହ
Oromo	leenca
Pashto	شېر
Punjabi	ਸ਼ੇਰ ਦਾ ਚਿਹਰਾ
Punjabi (Arabic)	شیر دی شکل
Quechua	leon
Romanian	leu
Romansh	liun
Sardinian	leone
Scottish Gaelic	leòmhann
Serbian	лав
Serbian (Latin)	lav
Shan	သၢင်ႇသီႈ
Sindhi	شينهن
Sinhala	සිංහ මුහුණ
Slovak	lev
Slovenian	lev
Somali	libaax
Swahili	simba
Tajik	афти шер
Tamil	சிங்க முகம்
Telugu	సింహం ముఖం
Tigrinya	ኣንበሳ
Tongan	mataʻi-laione
Tswana	sefatlhego sa tau
Turkmen	ýolbars
Upper Sorbian	hłowa lawa
Urdu	شیر کا چہرہ
Uyghur	شىر چىراي
Uzbek	sher
Welsh	wyneb llew
Wolof	kanamu gaynde
Xhosa	ubuso bengonyama
Yoruba	Kiniun
Zulu	ibhubesi

Codes

Code points: U+1F981
HTML: 🦁
CSS: \1F981
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{1F981}
Python: \U0001F981
UTF-8 bytes: F0 9F A6 81
UTF-16: D83E DD81
URL encoded: %F0%9F%A6%81

Questions

What does the 🦁 lion emoji mean?

A thick mane frames this lion's face. It stands for strength, courage, royalty and pride, since the lion is called the king of the jungle, and is sometimes used for the Leo zodiac sign.

How do I type the 🦁 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “lion”. 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 :lion:.

When was the 🦁 emoji added?

🦁 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

What is the Unicode code point for 🦁?

U+1F981. In HTML you can write 🦁, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F981}.