Symbols · Emoji 0.6
♑️Capricorn Emoji
Generally, the ♑️ emoji simply means “Capricorn.” It's used to identify someone who is a Capricorn or to represent the characteristics associated with the sign.
The ♑️ emoji represents the Capricorn zodiac sign.
- Unicode
- U+2651 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :capricorn:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ♑️ Capricorn emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 3.
02 — Platforms
Capricorn emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+2651. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Capricorn 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 :capricorn:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the capricorn, code point U+2651.
04 — How to type
How to type the ♑️ Capricorn emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Capricorn 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
Capricorn emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around capricorn 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
Capricorn denotes the earth sign for late December to late January, associated with ambition and discipline in astrology.
Read as hardworking or career-focused in typical trait discussions.
Occasionally used as a nod to the sign’s “driven” stereotype.
Functions only as a calendar-date identifier without further meaning.
Before you send it: Use it as astrology shorthand among people who follow it; it won’t register otherwise.
09 — Apps
What ♑️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the capricorn lands changes how it is taken.
11 — History
Where the ♑️ Capricorn 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+2651 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 E64F, KDDI au E498, SoftBank E248.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Capricorn was approved as U+2651 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