sloth Emoji
🦥 · U+1F9A5 · Emoji 12.0
What does the sloth emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
Laid-back and relaxed, the sloth emoji conveys a sense of sluggishness and leisure, literally representing a slow-moving arboreal mammal native to Central and South America, often used figuratively to express laziness or a carefree attitude, and in slang to describe someone who is sluggish or unmotivated, with its meaning also extending to a state of calmness and tranquility, inviting others to slow down and unwind.
How the sloth emoji is used
This emoji is frequently used in casual digital communication, such as texting and social media captions, to add a lighthearted and humorous tone to conversations about procrastination, relaxation, or weekend vibes, with younger generations and TikTok users often employing it to poke fun at their own laziness or to express their desire to slow down and take it easy, while others may use it to convey a more serious message about the importance of self-care and stress relief.
sloth emoji examples
- just woke up and i'm already exhausted 🦥
- no plans for the weekend except eating pizza and watching netflix 🦥
How to copy the sloth emoji
To use the sloth 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+1F9A5), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
sloth emoji on different platforms
How the sloth emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.



sloth Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🦥 |
| Name | sloth |
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Codepoints | U+1F9A5 |
| Shortcode | :sloth: |
| Emoji version | 12.0 |
| Unicode version | 12.0 |
sloth Emoji FAQ
Laid-back and relaxed, the sloth emoji conveys a sense of sluggishness and leisure, literally representing a slow-moving arboreal mammal native to Central and South America, often used figuratively to express laziness or a carefree attitude, and in slang to describe someone who is sluggish or unmotivated, with its meaning also extending to a state of calmness and tranquility, inviting others to slow down and unwind.
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+1F9A5, introduced in Emoji version 12.0 (Unicode 12.0). Its shortcode is :sloth:.
People also search for the sloth emoji as lazy, slow.