🦄Unicorn Emoji
Generally, the unicorn emoji just means “unicorn. ” People use it to express excitement, admiration, or to add a whimsical element to their conversation.
The 🦄 emoji represents a unicorn.
- Unicode
- U+1F984
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :unicorn_face:
- Skin tones
- No
What does the 🦄 Unicorn emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 1.
Unicorn emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the unicorn as 9 vendors ship it.
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.
Unicorn emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :unicorn_face:.
In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F984.
How to type the 🦄 Unicorn emoji
No picker to hand? The unicorn can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
Unicorn 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
Unicorn emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around unicorn 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
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
What 🦄 means in other countries
Means ‘rare and magical’ broadly, but it’s also startup slang for billion-dollar companies and dating slang.
A ‘unicorn’ is a startup valued over a billion dollars — a specific compliment.
Refers to a bisexual person who joins an existing couple for a relationship or hookup.
Just magical, whimsical, or a way of saying something is ‘too good to be true’.
Before you send it: Check your audience before using it in a dating context — it can carry a specific, unintended meaning.
What 🦄 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the unicorn lands changes how it is taken.
Where the 🦄 Unicorn emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 1.0, the unicorn has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 11.
Same character every time — U+1F984 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.
Unicorn was approved as U+1F984 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.