🦘Kangaroo Emoji
Generally, the kangaroo emoji means “jump” or “bounce. ” People use it to express a feeling of excitement or to mimic the action of hopping.
The 🦘 emoji is a kangaroo.
- Unicode
- U+1F998
- Released
- 2018
- Shortcode
- :kangaroo:
- Skin tones
- No
What does the 🦘 Kangaroo emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
Kangaroo emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F998 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your kangaroo looks like to the person on the other side.
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.
Kangaroo emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :kangaroo:.
In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the kangaroo, code point U+1F998.
How to type the 🦘 Kangaroo emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
Kangaroo 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
Kangaroo emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around kangaroo 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
A point of national pride in Australia, but also part of a legal idiom for a trial everyone knows is rigged.
A national symbol and point of pride, appearing on the coat of arms and in sports branding.
A “kangaroo court” means a sham trial with a predetermined, unfair outcome.
Before you send it: Fine as an Australia reference; avoid pairing it with anything about a decision you think was unfair or rigged.
What 🦘 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the kangaroo lands changes how it is taken.
Where the 🦘 Kangaroo emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 11.0, the kangaroo has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 8.
Same character every time — U+1F998 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.
Kangaroo was approved as U+1F998 and shipped in Emoji 11.0 (2018). 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.