Copy and paste the Lion emoji (🦁) in one click. Explore its Animals & Nature meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015) developer codes (U+1F981).
Unicode Definition: A noble male lion head with an impressive golden-brown mane and dignified royal gaze.
Context & Expression: Symbolizes courage, regal majesty, leadership, bravery, and pride.
Context Tip: Pairing Lion (🦁) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Common in motivational self-improvement and fitness circles: 'lion mindset' for conquering challenges.
Combine 🦁 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Lion emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
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Channel that inner lion 🦁 you know the product inside out, command the room!
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Apple renders a full flowing mane with rich fur gradients; Google features a stylized round cartoon mane; Microsoft uses geometric angled mane locks.
High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'| Platform / Vendor | Glyph Preview | System Emoji Font | Rendering Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS / macOS | 🦁 | Apple Color Emoji | High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting |
| Google Android | 🦁 | Noto Color Emoji | Clean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry |
| Samsung One UI | 🦁 | Samsung Color Emoji | Vibrant high-contrast One UI color styling |
| Microsoft Windows | 🦁 | Segoe UI Emoji | Fluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags) |
| X / Discord (Twemoji) | 🦁 | Twitter Color Emoji | Flat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography |
Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.
| Character | 🦁 |
|---|---|
| Official Unicode Name | Lion |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F981 |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 🦁 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 🦁 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F981 |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F981} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 81 |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :lion: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015) |
| Category & Subgroup | Animals & Nature (mammals) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Symbolizes courage, regal majesty, leadership, bravery, and pride. It belongs to the Animals & Nature category and was standardized in Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015).
Common in motivational self-improvement and fitness circles: 'lion mindset' for conquering challenges.
Click the "Copy Emoji (🦁)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.
The Unicode code point is U+1F981 (Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 8.0 (2015)). In HTML use 🦁 or 🦁; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F981"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F981}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :lion:.
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