Symbols · Emoji 0.6
♌️Leo Emoji
Generally, the ♌️ emoji just signifies that someone is a Leo or wants to represent the Leo zodiac sign. It’s often used playfully or to express confidence.
The ♌️ emoji represents the Leo zodiac sign.
- Unicode
- U+264C U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :leo:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ♌️ Leo emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 3.
02 — Platforms
Leo emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+264C — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your leo looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Leo 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 :leo:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+264C.
04 — How to type
How to type the ♌️ Leo emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Leo 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
Leo emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around leo 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
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Around the world
What ♌️ means in other countries
Leo covers the fire sign for late July to late August, often tied to confidence and leadership traits in astrology.
Read as bold, dramatic, or leadership-oriented in personality shorthand.
Used to flag birth month and astrological identity casually.
Occasionally borrowed as a nickname reference unrelated to astrology.
Before you send it: Works naturally in astrology talk; outside that context it’s just a lion-adjacent symbol with no weight.
09 — Apps
What ♌️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the leo lands changes how it is taken.
11 — Difference
♌️ vs 🐆 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Leo
Code: U+264C U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :leo:
Generally, the ♌️ emoji just signifies that someone is a Leo or wants to represent the Leo zodiac sign.
Unicode name: Leopard
Code: U+1F406 · added 2015
Shortcode: :leopard:
Generally, the leopard emoji means “leopard” – the animal itself.
12 — History
Where the ♌️ Leo 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+264C 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 E64A, KDDI au E493, SoftBank E243.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Leo was approved as U+264C 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.
13 — FAQ