gorilla Emoji
🦍 · U+1F98D · Emoji 3.0
What does the gorilla emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
Fierce and powerful, the 🦍 emoji literally represents a gorilla, a large primate native to Africa, and is often used figuratively to convey strength, aggression, or intimidation, while in slang, it can also represent someone who is strong, muscular, or dominant, and is sometimes used to describe a person who is being overly aggressive or confrontational in a situation.
How the gorilla emoji is used
This emoji is frequently used in texting and social media captions to add a touch of humor or irony to a message, and its tone can range from playful and lighthearted to serious and menacing, depending on the context, with younger generations and gamers often using it to express excitement or competitiveness, while older generations may use it more literally to refer to the animal itself.
gorilla emoji examples
- just saw a huge gorilla at the zoo 🦍
- you're such a gorilla on the basketball court 🦍
How to copy the gorilla emoji
To use the gorilla emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F98D), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
gorilla emoji on different platforms
How the gorilla emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
gorilla Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🦍 |
| Name | gorilla |
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Codepoints | U+1F98D |
| Shortcode | :gorilla: |
| Emoji version | 3.0 |
| Unicode version | 3.0 |
gorilla Emoji FAQ
Fierce and powerful, the 🦍 emoji literally represents a gorilla, a large primate native to Africa, and is often used figuratively to convey strength, aggression, or intimidation, while in slang, it can also represent someone who is strong, muscular, or dominant, and is sometimes used to describe a person who is being overly aggressive or confrontational in a situation.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 🦍 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F98D, introduced in Emoji version 3.0 (Unicode 3.0). Its shortcode is :gorilla:.
People also search for the gorilla emoji as animal.