Kangaroo 🦘
History & usage: This emoji shows a friendly kangaroo, often used to express playfulness, energy, or a quick hop between messages. In chat, it can convey bouncing between topics, a sense of adventure, or lighthearted support for a friend who’s on the move. In social posts, people pair it with captions about travel, workouts, or quirky mischief, using the image to add charm without words. In UI labels or menus, it can appear as a playful indicator for quick actions, a friendly nudge to explore another feature with a smile. Reactions and notifications may use it to suggest a lively response or to celebrate a small win with neighborly cheer. Accessibility note: include alt text that describes the image for screen readers. playful mood and energy tone can guide how you pair it with text.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F998 - General Category:
So - Age:
11.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A6 98 - UTF-16:
D83E DD98 - UTF-32:
0001F998 - HTML dec:
🦘 - HTML hex:
🦘 - JS escape:
\u{1F998} - Python \N{}:
\N{KANGAROO} - Python \U:
\U0001F998 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A6%98 - CSS escape:
\1F998
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+1F998 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.