Zebra Face 🦓
Usage snapshot:
- Used in content written with the Common script; suitable for UI labels and body text.
- Appears in the Unicode block Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs.
History & usage: The character depicts the Zebra Face, officially named ZEBRA FACE. In the name, FACE signals a facial depiction as a pictorial symbol, while ZEBRA points to the animal motif used to convey mood or playfulness. The token FACE functions as a generic label for a face image in emoji naming; it helps users and researchers group similar items for reference. 2–3 practical usage contexts: In dictionaries, grammars, and educational primers, ZEBRA FACE appears as an example of a facial emoji used to convey whimsy or lightheartedness. In scholarly editions and archival transcription, it helps document how digital faces signal tone in social texts. In typographic revivals and specimen collections, it informs how such icons were designed for messaging interfaces. If cultural_capsule is present, one sentence would appear verbatim from it, but it is not here. Cross‑platform appearance varies with UI and skin tone options, and accessibility notes urge clear alt text like “Zebra Face emoji” for assistive tech.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F993 - General Category:
So - Age:
10.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A6 93 - UTF-16:
D83E DD93 - UTF-32:
0001F993 - HTML dec:
🦓 - HTML hex:
🦓 - JS escape:
\u{1F993} - Python \N{}:
\N{ZEBRA FACE} - Python \U:
\U0001F993 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A6%93 - CSS escape:
\1F993
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+1F993 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.