Symbols · Emoji 0.6
♉️Taurus Emoji
Generally, the Taurus emoji is just a way to represent the zodiac sign. People use it to show they’re a Taurus, or to talk about things associated with the sign like stability and the earth element.
The ♉️ emoji represents the zodiac sign Taurus.
- Unicode
- U+2649 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :taurus:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ♉️ Taurus emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 4 of them.
02 — Platforms
Taurus emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the taurus as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Taurus 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 :taurus:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+2649.
04 — How to type
How to type the ♉️ Taurus emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+2649 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Taurus 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.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Taurus emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around taurus for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ♉️ means from a girl or a guy
Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.
08 — Around the world
What ♉️ means in other countries
Taurus marks the earth sign for late April to late May, a staple of Western astrology shorthand.
Associated with stability and stubbornness in personality-trait readings.
Used alongside other signs to build a quick astrological self-profile.
Can be momentarily confused with the unrelated 12-animal Chinese zodiac system.
Before you send it: Send it in astrology-friendly conversations; it won’t land the same with someone who ignores star signs.
09 — Apps
What ♉️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
11 — History
Where the ♉️ Taurus emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Same character every time — U+2649 U+FE0F 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.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
♉️ existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E647, KDDI au E490, SoftBank E240.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Taurus was approved as U+2649 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
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.
12 — FAQ