Duck 🦆

History & usage: This emoji shows a friendly duck that people drop into chats, captions, and moments to add a light, playful touch. In conversations it might signal a quick tease, a moment of silliness, or a nudge to keep things cheerful. In posts, it can accompany nature photos, parenting or pet updates, or playful jokes about mornings and commutes. In UI labels or buttons, it appears beside actions like “send,” “snooze,” or “reveal,” giving a warm, approachable vibe rather than formality. Reactions and notifications use this icon to soften feedback or convey a friendly tone without words. It’s most effective when paired with context so readers know you’re joking or sharing a small, affectionate moment. Accessibility note: alt text should describe it as a yellow duck icon to support screen readers.

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Technical details

Codepoint: U+1F986
General Category: So
Age: 9.0
Bidi Class: ON
Block: Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
Script: Common
UTF-8: F0 9F A6 86
UTF-16: D83E DD86
UTF-32: 0001F986
HTML dec: 🦆
HTML hex: 🦆
JS escape: \u{1F986}
Python \N{}: \N{DUCK}
Python \U: \U0001F986
URL-encoded: %F0%9F%A6%86
CSS escape: \1F986

How to type / insert

Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.

By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F986 or a built‑in character picker.

HTML: use the numeric entity &#x1f986; (hex) or &#129414; (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.

Compatibility & troubleshooting

Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.

Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.