🐅Tiger Emoji
Generally, the tiger emoji means “tiger” itself. People use it to add emphasis or excitement to their messages.
The 🐅 emoji represents a tiger.
- Unicode
- U+1F405
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :tiger2:
- Skin tones
- No
What does the 🐅 Tiger emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 5.
Tiger emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+1F405. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
iPhone, iPad, macOS
Android, Gmail, Chrome
X, Discord, Twemoji apps
Facebook, Messenger
Open-source, design systems
Galaxy, One UI
Windows, Teams, Fluent
WhatsApp on Android
Slack, Discord themes
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
Tiger emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :tiger2:.
In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the tiger, code point U+1F405.
How to type the 🐅 Tiger emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
Tiger emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Tiger emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around tiger for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that with 🐅, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
What 🐅 means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the tiger and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
What 🐅 means in other countries
Reads as strength and courage in most places, with a couple of slang uses worth knowing about parenting and economics.
A zodiac and folklore symbol of strength, courage, and protection, generally a compliment.
“Tiger mom” describes a strict, high-pressure parenting style, sometimes used critically.
Shorthand for a fierce competitor or a fast-growing economy, as in “Asian Tigers.”
Before you send it: Reads as a compliment about strength almost everywhere; just note the “tiger mom” connotation in parenting talk.
What 🐅 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the tiger lands changes how it is taken.
🐅 vs 🐯 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Tiger
Code: U+1F405 · added 2015
Shortcode: :tiger2:
Generally, the tiger emoji means “tiger” itself.
Unicode name: Tiger Face
Code: U+1F42F · added 2010
Shortcode: :tiger:
Generally, the tiger emoji means someone is feeling strong, confident, or a little bit fierce.
Where the 🐅 Tiger emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F405 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Tiger was approved as U+1F405 and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🐅 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.