Category: Animals & Nature

🦍gorilla

🦍 gorilla belongs to Animals & Nature. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

A gorilla, a large and powerful primate. Often used to represent the animal itself, wildlife, or trips to the zoo.

Aliases

:gorilla:

Keywords

animalgorilla

What does 🦍 gorilla mean?

The gorilla emoji depicts the great ape of the same name. It is typically used in a literal sense when discussing wildlife, primates, or visits to the zoo. Depending on context, it can also represent conservation efforts related to endangered species.

Often used for

Talking about gorillas or primates
Discussing wildlife or endangered species
Sharing photos from a zoo or safari
Referencing movies or media featuring gorillas

Tone: Because comparing humans to apes has a long, racist history, this emoji should generally be kept literal to describe the animal itself rather than used as a metaphor for human strength or behavior.

🦍 in real messages

look at the baby 🦍 it's so cute
watching a documentary about silverbacks 🦍
we saw the gorillas at the zoo today 🦍
did you know gorillas share 98% of our dna 🦍
donating to wildlife conservation this month 🦍

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How 🦍 gorilla looks

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🦍 gorilla codes for developers

Every format below produces 🦍 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji	`🦍`
Unicode codepoints	`U+1F98D`
HTML (decimal)	`🦍`
HTML (hex)	`🦍`
CSS	`\1F98D`
JavaScript	`\u{1F98D}`
JSON	`\uD83E\uDD8D`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%A6%8D`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:gorilla:`