Dodo 🦤
History & usage: This emoji represents a small, friendly bird used to convey lighthearted charm, whimsy, or a gentle nudge in casual chats. In messages, it can soften a joke, invite playfulness in replies, or signal a quirky moment in a post. In UI labels and icons, it often appears to mark friendly status or playful features, adding a warm touch to notifications or guidance. People drop it in reactions to show encouragement, enthusiasm, or surprise without words, keeping conversations breezy. When planning posts, it helps balance tone and make updates feel approachable, especially in informal channels. Accessibility note: include alt text such as “dodo bird emoji” for screen readers. Strong emphasis can be used to highlight the mood or intention in strong-closed captions, while keeping surrounding text clear and friendly for readers of all abilities.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F9A4 - General Category:
So - Age:
13.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A6 A4 - UTF-16:
D83E DDA4 - UTF-32:
0001F9A4 - HTML dec:
🦤 - HTML hex:
🦤 - JS escape:
\u{1F9A4} - Python \N{}:
\N{DODO} - Python \U:
\U0001F9A4 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A6%A4 - CSS escape:
\1F9A4
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+1F9A4 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.