seal Emoji
๐ฆญ ยท U+1F9AD ยท Emoji 13.0
What does the seal emoji mean?
Seals are often associated with ocean conservation and marine wildlife, symbolizing the importance of protecting sea creatures and their habitats, and are also used to represent adaptability and playfulness, while the literal definition of ๐ฆญ is a fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammal, closely related to sea lions and walruses, with a streamlined body and flippers, and its figurative use can also imply someone being tight-lipped or secretive, like a sealed envelope, and in slang, it can be used to express excitement or approval, similar to a seal of approval.
seal emoji examples
- just saw a seal at the beach ๐ฆญ
- ocean conservation is so important we need to protect these amazing creatures ๐ฆญ
How to copy the seal emoji
To use the seal 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+1F9AD), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
seal emoji on different platforms
How the seal 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.



seal Emoji Details
| Emoji | ๐ฆญ |
| Name | seal |
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Codepoints | U+1F9AD |
| Shortcode | :seal: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list ยท codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 13.0 (2020) |
seal Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F9AD, added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :seal:.
People also search for the seal emoji as animal, lion, ocean, sea.