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🦉U+1F989

Owl emoji

Big round eyes stare out from this upright owl. It is used for owls, wisdom, night owls who stay up late, studying, and Halloween, as well as anything that happens after dark.

Unicode name
owl
Category
Animals & nature, Birds
Added
Emoji 3.0 in 2016
Code points
U+1F989
Shortcode
:owl:
Keywords
animal, bird, ornithology, owl, wise

How it looks

🦉
Your device
Owl emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Owl emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Owl emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🦉

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolbúhoave, búho, lechuza, pájaro
Françaischouetteanimal, chouette, hibou, oiseau, sage
DeutschEuleEule, Raubvogel, Tier, Uhu, Vogel, weise
Italianogufoanimale, animali, bosco, foresta, fortuna, gufo, saggezza, selvatico, uccello
Portuguêscorujacoruja, pássaro, sabedoria
Nederlandsuildier, uil, vogel, wijs, wijsheid
Svenskaugglafågel, uggla, vis
Polskisowamądrość, mądry, noc, oczy, ptak, sowa, sówka, zwierzę
Türkçebaykuşbaykuş, bilge, hayvan, kuş
Русскийсовамудрость, птица, сова, филин
Українськасовабезсоння, мудрість, ніч, пізно, птах, сова
Ελληνικάκουκουβάγιαζώο, κουκουβάγια, πτηνό, σοφός
العربيةبومةبومة, حكمة, حكيم, حيوان, رشيد, طائر
עבריתינשוףבעל חיים, דורס לילה, דורסי לילה, חוכמה, ינשוף, ציפור
فارسیجغدبیدار, پرنده, جغد, خردمند, شب زنده دار
हिन्दीउल्लूउल्लू, पक्षी, पशु, बुद्धिमान
বাংলাপেঁচাপাখি, পেঁচা, প্যাঁচা, বিজ্ঞ
Bahasa Indonesiaburung hantubijaksana, binatang, burung, burung hantu, hewan, ornitologi
Tiếng Việtcúchim, cú, động vật, khôn ngoan
ไทยนกฮูกเค้าแมว, ฉลาด, ตาโต, นกฮูก, ปักษี, สัตว์
日本語フクロウフクロウ, ミミズク, 動物, 鳥
한국어부엉이부엉이, 새, 올빼미, 조류, 현명한
中文(简体)猫头鹰猫头鹰, 睿智, 鸟
中文(繁體)貓頭鷹動物, 智慧, 有智慧, 貓頭應, 貓頭鷹, 鳥
Names in 97 more languages
Afrikaansuil
Akanpatuo
Albanianbuf
Amharicጉጉት
Aniinrǝŋrǝmǝ
Armenianբու
Assameseফেঁচা
Azerbaijanibayquş
Bashkirөкө
Basquehontza
Belarusianсава
Bosniansova
Bretonkaouenn
Bulgarianбухал
Burmeseဇီးကွက်
Cantonese貓頭鷹
Cantonese (Simplified)猫头鹰
Catalanmussol
CherokeeᎤᎫᎫ
Chuvashтӑмана
Croatiansova
Czechsova
Danishugle
Estonianöökull
European Portuguesemocho
Faroeseugla
Filipinokuwago
Finnishpöllö
Galicianmoucho
Georgianბუ
Gujaratiઘુવડ
Hausamujiya
Hungarianbagoly
Icelandicugla
Igboikwikwi
Irishulchabhán
Javaneseguwek
Kalaallisutugle
Kannadaಗೂಬೆ
Kazakhжапалақ
Kazakh (Arabic)جاپالاق
Khmerទីទុយ
Kinyarwandaigihunyira
Konkaniघुबड
Kyrgyzүкү
KʼicheʼTukur
Laoນົກເຄົ້າ
Latvianpūce
Lithuanianpelėda
Lower Sorbiansowa
LuxembourgishEil
Macedonianбув
Malayburung hantu
Malayalamമൂങ്ങ
Maltesekokka
Marathiघुबड
Mongolianшар шувуу
Māoriruru
Nepaliउल्लु
Nigerian PidginAul
Northern Sotholeribiši
Norwegianugle
Odiaପେଚା
Oromohurunguu
Pashtoبم مرغه
Punjabiਉੱਲੂ
Punjabi (Arabic)الو
Quechuabúho
Romanianbufniță
Romanshtschuetta
Sardiniancucumiau
Scottish Gaeliccailleach-oidhche
Serbianсова
Serbian (Latin)sova
Shanၵဝ်ႉ
Sindhiچٻرو
Sinhalaබකමුහුණා
Slovaksova
Sloveniansova
Somaliguumays
Swahilibundi
Tajikбум
Tamilஆந்தை
Teluguగుడ్లగూబ
Tigrinyaጉንጓ
Tonganlulu
Tswanamorubisi
Turkmenbaýguş
Upper Sorbiansowa
Urduالو
Uyghurمۈشۈكياپىلاق
Uzbekboyqush
Welshtylluan
Woloflooy
Xhosaisikhova
YorubaOwiwi
Zuluisikhova

Codes

Code points
U+1F989
HTML
🦉
CSS
\1F989
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F989}
Python
\U0001F989
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A6 89
UTF-16
D83E DD89
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A6%89

Questions

What does the 🦉 owl emoji mean?

Big round eyes stare out from this upright owl. It is used for owls, wisdom, night owls who stay up late, studying, and Halloween, as well as anything that happens after dark.

How do I type the 🦉 emoji?

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

When was the 🦉 emoji added?

🦉 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

What is the Unicode code point for 🦉?

U+1F989. In HTML you can write 🦉, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F989}.

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