🦨U+1F9A8
Skunk emoji
A white stripe runs down the back of this black skunk, which also has a bushy tail. It is used for skunks, bad smells and stink, and for anything that reeks.
- Unicode name
- skunk
- Category
- Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added
- Emoji 12.0 in 2019
- Code points
- U+1F9A8
- Shortcode
:skunk:- Keywords
- animal, skunk, stink
How it looks
How to type 🦨
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “skunk”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “skunk”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “skunk”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “skunk”.
- GitHub
- Type :skunk: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | mofeta | apestar, hedor, mal olor, mofeta, peste, tufo |
| Français | mouffette | animal, mouffette, odeur, puer, putois |
| Deutsch | Stinktier | Skunk, stinken, Stinktier, Tier |
| Italiano | puzzola | animale, puzza, puzzola, puzzolente |
| Português | gambá | fedida, fedido, fedor, gambá |
| Nederlands | stinkdier | dier, stank, stinkdier |
| Svenska | skunk | skunk, stank |
| Polski | skunks | skunks, smród, zwierzę |
| Türkçe | kokarca | kokan, kokarca |
| Русский | скунс | вонь, вонючка, вонять, животное, скунс, фу |
| Українська | скунс | скунс, смердіти, сморід, тварина, тхнути |
| Ελληνικά | μεφίτης | ασβός, βρώμα, μεφίτης |
| العربية | ظربان | حيوان, رائحة كريهة, سكنك, ظربان, مقرف, مقزز |
| עברית | בואש | בואש, מסריח, סירחון |
| فارسی | راسو | بوی گند, جانور, حیوان, راسو, گندو |
| हिन्दी | स्कंक | बदबू छोड़ना, बदबूदार, स्कंक |
| বাংলা | স্কাংক | গায়ে দুর্গন্ধ, জীবজন্তু, দুর্গন্ধ, দুর্গন্ধযুক্ত প্রাণী, পশু পাখি, প্রকৃতি, প্রাণী, বেজি জাতীয় প্রাণী, স্কাংক |
| Bahasa Indonesia | sigung | bau, busuk, sigung |
| Tiếng Việt | chồn hôi Mỹ | chồn hôi Mỹ, động vật, mùi hôi |
| ไทย | สกังก์ | สกังก์, ส่งกลิ่น, สัตว์, เหม็น |
| 日本語 | スカンク | スカンク, 動物, 悪臭 |
| 한국어 | 스컹크 | 냄새가 고약한, 냄새나는, 동물, 스컹크 |
| 中文（简体） | 臭鼬 | 熏, 臭, 臭鼬, 鼬 |
| 中文（繁體） | 臭鼬 | 臭, 臭鼬 |
Names in 85 more languages
| Afrikaans | muishond |
|---|---|
| Akan | skanke |
| Albanian | qelbës |
| Amharic | ሸለምጥማጥ |
| Anii | mufɛɛtɩ |
| Armenian | ժանտաքիս |
| Assamese | স্কাংক |
| Azerbaijani | skunsk |
| Bashkir | скунс |
| Basque | mofeta |
| Belarusian | скунс |
| Bosnian | tvor |
| Breton | skoñs |
| Bulgarian | скункс |
| Burmese | နံစော်ဖျံ |
| Cantonese | 臭鼬 |
| Catalan | mofeta |
| Cherokee | ᏗᎵ |
| Chuvash | скунс |
| Croatian | tvor |
| Czech | skunk |
| Danish | stinkdyr |
| Estonian | skunk |
| European Portuguese | doninha fedorenta |
| Faroese | stinkdýr |
| Filipino | skunk |
| Finnish | haisunäätä |
| Galician | mofeta |
| Georgian | მყრალა |
| Gujarati | સ્કન્ક |
| Hausa | bodari |
| Hungarian | bűzösborz |
| Icelandic | skunkur |
| Igbo | skunk |
| Irish | scúnc |
| Javanese | sigung |
| Kannada | ಸ್ಕಂಕ್ |
| Kazakh | сасықиісті |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | ساسىقيىستى |
| Khmer | ស្កុង |
| Konkani | स्कंक |
| Kyrgyz | скунс |
| Lao | ໂຕສະກັງ |
| Latvian | skunkss |
| Lithuanian | skunkas |
| Lower Sorbian | skunk |
| Macedonian | твор |
| Malay | skunk |
| Malayalam | കുട്ടിസ്രാങ്ക് |
| Marathi | स्कंक |
| Mexican Spanish | zorrillo |
| Mongolian | өмхий хүрнэ |
| Nepali | स्कङ्क |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Skọnk |
| Norwegian | stinkdyr |
| Odia | ସ୍କଙ୍କ |
| Oromo | luugduu |
| Pashto | سکنک (یوډول امریکایی حیوان) |
| Punjabi | ਸਕੰਕ |
| Quechua | añas |
| Romanian | sconcs |
| Romansh | scunc |
| Sardinian | pùtzola |
| Scottish Gaelic | tùdair-stiallach |
| Serbian | твор |
| Serbian (Latin) | tvor |
| Shan | လင်လၢႆး |
| Sindhi | اسڪنڪ |
| Sinhala | උරුලෑවා |
| Slovak | skunk |
| Slovenian | skunk |
| Somali | xayawaan uuro leh |
| Spanish (United States) | zorrillo |
| Swahili | kicheche |
| Tamil | ஸ்கன்க் |
| Telugu | ఉడుము |
| Tigrinya | ቱሕቱሓ |
| Tongan | manu fainamukū |
| Turkmen | skuns |
| Upper Sorbian | skunk |
| Urdu | سکنک |
| Uzbek | skuns |
| Welsh | drewgi |
| Yoruba | Vote òkété igbó |
| Zulu | i-skunk |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F9A8- HTML
🦨- CSS
\1F9A8- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F9A8}- Python
\U0001F9A8- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A6 A8- UTF-16
D83E DDA8- URL encoded
%F0%9F%A6%A8
Questions
What does the 🦨 skunk emoji mean?
A white stripe runs down the back of this black skunk, which also has a bushy tail. It is used for skunks, bad smells and stink, and for anything that reeks.
How do I type the 🦨 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “skunk”. 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 :skunk:.
When was the 🦨 emoji added?
🦨 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.
What is the Unicode code point for 🦨?
U+1F9A8. In HTML you can write 🦨, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9A8}.