Guide Dog 🦮
History & usage: This emoji shows a friendly guide dog ready to assist, often used to symbolize support, navigation, and helpful guidance in daily messages. In chats, it can acknowledge someone who provides directions, clarification, or a trusted tip, or appear beside posts about accessibility, travel, or service animals. In social posts, it marks moments of reassurance, dependable help, or a reminder to plan ahead. In UI labels or buttons, it can accompany features like 'help', 'support', or 'how to get around', signaling care and reliability without shouting. Reactions and notifications may pair this icon with messages that offer safety tips, route suggestions, or step‑by‑step assistance. Accessibility note: for screen readers, include concise alt text such as 'guide dog icon for support and navigation'.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F9AE - General Category:
So - Age:
12.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A6 AE - UTF-16:
D83E DDAE - UTF-32:
0001F9AE - HTML dec:
🦮 - HTML hex:
🦮 - JS escape:
\u{1F9AE} - Python \N{}:
\N{GUIDE DOG} - Python \U:
\U0001F9AE - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A6%AE - CSS escape:
\1F9AE
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+1F9AE 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.