Meaning
A zebra, often used to represent the animal, safaris, black-and-white stripes, or uniqueness.
Category: Animals & Nature
🦓zebra
🦓 zebra belongs to Animals & Nature. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.
Aliases
:zebra:
Keywords
animalstripezebra
What does 🦓 zebra mean?
The zebra emoji depicts the African equine animal known for its distinctive black-and-white stripes. It is used literally for wildlife and safaris, but also has a key metaphorical meaning of uniqueness and individuality, stemming from each zebra's unique stripe pattern. It can also refer to stripe patterns or zebra crossings.
Often used for
- Talking about a zoo or safari trip
- Referring to African wildlife
- Describing black-and-white stripes or patterns
- Symbolizing uniqueness and individuality
Tone: The emoji is generally straightforward, with a key metaphorical meaning of uniqueness in addition to its literal use. It is safe for casual and formal contexts alike.
Illustrative message examples with 🦓
These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.
- saw a zebra at the zoo today 🦓
- going on a safari tomorrow, can't wait 🦓🦁
- i love this black and white striped shirt 🦓
- proud to be different from the crowd 🦓
- zebra crossings are everywhere here 🦓
Combos, text art & scenes with 🦓
How 🦓 zebra looks
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OpenMoji artwork CC BY-SA 4.0 — see attributions.
🦓 zebra codes for developers
Every format below produces 🦓 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.
| Emoji | 🦓 | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode codepoints | U+1F993 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🦓 | |
| HTML (hex) | 🦓 | |
| CSS | \1F993 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F993} | |
| JSON | \uD83E\uDD93 | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%A6%93 | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :zebra: |
🦓 in other languages
SpanishcebraFrenchzèbreGermanZebraItalianzebraPortuguesezebraRussianзебраJapaneseシマウマKorean얼룩말Chinese斑马LithuanianzebrasPolishzebra
Source: Unicode CLDR