Giraffe Face 🦒
History & usage: This emoji shows a giraffe face, used in chats to convey curiosity, warmth, or a playful nudge in conversations. In social posts, it can soften jokes, signal friendliness, or add a light, friendly tone to a caption or reaction. In UI labels or menus, people might choose it to indicate something tall, memorable, or uniquely observed, or simply to add a quirky mood to a message or notification. Reactions with this emoji often spark smiles, gentle teasing, or supportive responses without becoming harsh. In brand voice, it can stand for approachable tone and a touch of whimsy, especially when the content aims to be inviting or family friendly. Accessibility note: alt text should describe the giraffe face so screen readers convey the same sense of tone and mood to people who cannot see the image.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F992 - General Category:
So - Age:
10.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A6 92 - UTF-16:
D83E DD92 - UTF-32:
0001F992 - HTML dec:
🦒 - HTML hex:
🦒 - JS escape:
\u{1F992} - Python \N{}:
\N{GIRAFFE FACE} - Python \U:
\U0001F992 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A6%92 - CSS escape:
\1F992
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+1F992 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🦒 (hex) or 🦒 (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.