feather Emoji
🪶 · U+1FAB6 · Emoji 13.0
What does the feather emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
Delicacy and airiness are conveyed by the 🪶 feather emoji, which literally represents a single feather, often from a bird, symbolizing lightness, freedom, and gentleness, and is also used figuratively to describe something or someone as light or carefree, with slang uses including describing a person's hair or a writing style as feather-like, meaning soft and effortless.
How the feather emoji is used
In texting and social media captions, the 🪶 feather emoji is used to add a touch of whimsy and elegance, particularly among younger generations and on visually-oriented platforms like TikTok and Instagram, where it may accompany posts about beauty, fashion, or outdoor activities, and its tone can range from playful to poetic, depending on the context and surrounding text.
feather emoji examples
- just got a feather haircut and i'm feeling like a completely different person 🪶
- nothing like a hike in the mountains to make you feel free as a bird 🪶
How to copy the feather emoji
To use the feather 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+1FAB6), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
feather emoji on different platforms
How the feather emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
feather Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🪶 |
| Name | feather |
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Codepoints | U+1FAB6 |
| Shortcode | :feather: |
| Emoji version | 13.0 |
| Unicode version | 13.0 |
feather Emoji FAQ
Delicacy and airiness are conveyed by the 🪶 feather emoji, which literally represents a single feather, often from a bird, symbolizing lightness, freedom, and gentleness, and is also used figuratively to describe something or someone as light or carefree, with slang uses including describing a person's hair or a writing style as feather-like, meaning soft and effortless.
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+1FAB6, introduced in Emoji version 13.0 (Unicode 13.0). Its shortcode is :feather:.
People also search for the feather emoji as bird, flight, light, plumage.