duck Emoji
🦆 · U+1F986 · Emoji 3.0
What does the duck emoji mean?
Literally, 🦆 represents a duck, a type of waterbird, but figuratively it is often used to express silliness, playfulness, or absurdity, and in slang, it can represent something or someone that is annoying or frustrating, with the phrase "duck it" being a colloquialism for ignoring or dismissing something, and it is also used to convey a sense of quacking or making a big fuss about something, while in a more literal sense, it is used to talk about the animal itself or related activities like hunting or visiting a park, and it can also be used to represent a person who is seen as weak or vulnerable, with the term "sitting duck" being a common idiom.
duck emoji examples
- just saw a duck swimming in the pond 🦆
- stop being a duck and just do it already 🦆
How to copy the duck emoji
To use the duck 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+1F986), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
duck emoji on different platforms
How the duck emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.



duck Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🦆 |
| Name | duck |
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Codepoints | U+1F986 |
| Shortcode | :duck: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 3.0 (2016) |
duck Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F986, added in Emoji 3.0 (2016). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :duck:.
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