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🦆 Duck Emoji — Meaning & Usage
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Description
Rendered as a friendly duck, representing water birds, parks, and playful quacking.
When to Use
Use for duck-related content, pond life, or expressing something rolling off like water.
Example Usage
- “Quack quack 🦆”
- “Duck pond visit 🦆”
- “Like water off a duck's back 🦆”
Popular Combinations
🦆🍞
Feeding ducks
🦆💧
Duck in water
🦆🦆🦆
Duck family
How Duck looks across platforms
Open-source emoji designs. Each project maintains its own visual style — colors, shapes, and details may differ from what you see on your device.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does 🦆 mean in a text message?▼
Rendered as a friendly duck, representing water birds, parks, and playful quacking. Use for duck-related content, pond life, or expressing something rolling off like water. The tone can shift depending on context — a message to a friend reads differently than one to a coworker.
Is 🦆 used as slang or with hidden meanings?▼
Some animal and nature emoji have picked up slang meanings on social media. For example, 🐍 can mean "sneaky person" and 🍑 has well-known double meanings. The Duck emoji is primarily used for its literal meaning, but always consider context.
When was 🦆 added to the emoji standard?▼
Animal and nature emoji have been added across many Unicode versions. New animals are proposed to the Unicode Consortium each year, and each must go through a formal review process before being approved. Check the "Added" field above for the specific Unicode version.
What is the shortcode for 🦆?▼
On platforms like Slack and Discord, you can type `:duck:` to insert the Duck emoji. On GitHub, the same shortcodes work in issues and comments.
Unicode
U+1f986
Category
Animals & Nature
Added
Unicode 3.0
Shortcodes
:duck:Keywords
animalnaturebirdmallard
When to Use 🦆 Duck
Use for duck-related content, pond life, or expressing something rolling off like water.
- •Send 🦆 when you want to express or reference "duck" in a message — it instantly conveys the meaning without extra words
- •Use 🦆 in conversations about animal or nature to add visual emphasis and make your point clearer
- •React with 🦆 Duck on social media posts, stories, or comments related to duck
- •Combine 🦆 with related emoji in captions or bios — works well when talking about animal, nature, bird
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Open your system emoji picker to type any emoji directly:
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Windows
Win + .🍎
Mac
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