# 🐧 Penguin emoji

🐧 Penguin is an emoji in the birds set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal, antarctica, bird and ornithology.

- Emoji: 🐧
- Unicode name: penguin
- Code points: U+1F427
- Category: Animals & nature, Birds
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :penguin:
- Keywords: animal, antarctica, bird, ornithology, penguin
- Page: https://emojichart.com/penguin-emoji

## What it means

Standing upright in black and white, this penguin waddles through cold places. It is used for penguins, Antarctica and cold weather, waddling cuteness, and, among programmers, the Linux mascot.

## How to type 🐧

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | pingüino | ave, pingüino |
| Français (fr) | pingouin | animal, Antarctique, banquise, manchot, oiseau, pingouin |
| Deutsch (de) | Pinguin | Pinguin, Pinguinkopf, Tier, Vogel |
| Italiano (it) | pinguino | animale, antartico, ornitologia, polo sud, uccello |
| Português (pt) | pinguim | animal, antartica, frio, pinguim |
| Nederlands (nl) | pinguïn | antarctica, dier, pinguïn, vogel |
| Svenska (sv) | pingvin | fågel, pingvin, pingvinansikte |
| Polski (pl) | pingwin | antarktyda, pingwin, ptak, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | penguen | antartika, buz, hayvan, penguen, soğuk |
| Русский (ru) | пингвин | антарктика, арктика, голова, животное, зоопарк, пингвин, птица |
| Українська (uk) | пінгвін | пінгвін, птах |
| Ελληνικά (el) | πιγκουίνος | Ανταρκτική, ζώο, ορνιθολογία, πιγκουίνος, πτηνό |
| العربية (ar) | بطريق | القارة القطبية, بطريق, جليد, طائر, قطب |
| עברית (he) | פינגווין | בעל חיים, פינגווין, ציפור |
| فارسی (fa) | پنگوئن | پنگوئن, جانور, حیوان |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पेंग्विन | पशु, पेंग्विन |
| বাংলা (bn) | পেঙ্গুইন | অ্যান্টার্কটিকা, এন্টার্কটিকা, পশুপাখি, পেংগুইন, পেঙ্গুইন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pinguin | antarktika, binatang, burung, hewan, ornitologi, pinguin |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | chim cánh cụt | chim, chim cánh cụt, động vật, nam cực |
| ไทย (th) | เพนกวิน | เพนกวิน, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ペンギン | ペンギン, 動物, 顔, 鳥 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 펭귄 | 남극, 동물, 새, 조류, 펭귄 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 企鹅 | 企鹅, 南极, 南极洲 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 企鵝 | 企鵝, 南極 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): pikkewyn
- Akan (ak): pɛngwiene
- Albanian (sq): pinguin
- Amharic (am): ፔንግዊን
- Anii (blo): gaprakǝlisapɩ
- Armenian (hy): պինգվին
- Assamese (as): পেংগুইন
- Azerbaijani (az): pinqvin
- Bashkir (ba): пингвин
- Basque (eu): pinguinoa
- Belarusian (be): пінгвін
- Bosnian (bs): pingvin
- Breton (br): god
- Bulgarian (bg): пингвин
- Burmese (my): ပင်ဂွင်ငှက်
- Cantonese (yue): 企鵝
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 企鹅
- Catalan (ca): pingüí
- Cherokee (chr): ᏧᏴᏝ ᎡᎯ ᏥᏍᏆ
- Chuvash (cv): пингвин
- Croatian (hr): pingvin
- Czech (cs): tučňák
- Danish (da): pingvin
- Estonian (et): pingviin
- Faroese (fo): pingvinandlit
- Filipino (fil): penguin
- Finnish (fi): pingviini
- Galician (gl): pingüín
- Georgian (ka): პინგვინი
- Gujarati (gu): પેંગ્વિન
- Hausa (ha): tsuntsun Penguin
- Hungarian (hu): pingvin
- Icelandic (is): mörgæs
- Igbo (ig): nnụnụ sno
- Irish (ga): piongain
- Javanese (jv): penguin
- Kalaallisut (kl): pingvin
- Kannada (kn): ಪೆಂಗ್ವಿನ್
- Kazakh (kk): пингвин
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): پينگۆين
- Khmer (km): ផេនឃ្វីន
- Kinyarwanda (rw): pingwini
- Konkani (kok): पेंग्वीन
- Kyrgyz (ky): пингвин
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Pingüino
- Lao (lo): ນົກເພນກິນ
- Latvian (lv): pingvīns
- Lithuanian (lt): pingvinas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pinguin
- Luxembourgish (lb): Pinguin
- Macedonian (mk): пингвин
- Malay (ms): penguin
- Malayalam (ml): പെൻഗ്വിൻ
- Maltese (mt): pingwin
- Marathi (mr): पेंग्विन
- Mongolian (mn): оцон шувуу
- Māori (mi): kororā
- Nepali (ne): पेन्गुइन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Pẹ́ngwin
- Northern Sotho (nso): phenkhwini
- Norwegian (no): pingvin
- Odia (or): ପେଙ୍ଗୁଇନ୍‍
- Oromo (om): peenguwiin
- Pashto (ps): پینگوین
- Punjabi (pa): ਪੈਂਗੂਇਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): پینگوئن
- Quechua (qu): pinguino
- Romanian (ro): pinguin
- Romansh (rm): pinguin
- Sardinian (sc): pinguinu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ceann-fionn
- Serbian (sr): пингвин
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): pingvin
- Shan (shn): ၽႅၼ်ႇၵႂိၼ်း
- Sindhi (sd): پينگوئن
- Sinhala (si): පෙන්ගුවින්
- Slovak (sk): tučniak
- Slovenian (sl): pingvin
- Somali (so): shimbir baraf
- Swahili (sw): pengwini
- Tajik (tg): пингвин
- Tamil (ta): பென்குயின்
- Telugu (te): పెంగ్విన్
- Tigrinya (ti): ፐንጒን
- Tongan (to): penikuini
- Tswana (tn): phengwene
- Turkmen (tk): pingwin
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pinguin
- Urdu (ur): پنگوئن
- Uyghur (ug): پىنگۋىن
- Uzbek (uz): pingvin
- Welsh (cy): pengwin
- Wolof (wo): penguweŋ
- Xhosa (xh): iphengwini
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹyẹ Oko
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛyɛ Oko
- Zulu (zu): iphengwini

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F427` |
| HTML | `🐧` |
| CSS | `\1F427` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F427}` |
| Python | `\U0001F427` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 A7` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC27` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%A7` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐧 penguin emoji mean?

Standing upright in black and white, this penguin waddles through cold places. It is used for penguins, Antarctica and cold weather, waddling cuteness, and, among programmers, the Linux mascot.

### How do I type the 🐧 emoji?

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

### When was the 🐧 emoji added?

🐧 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🐧?

U+1F427. In HTML you can write 🐧, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F427}.

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