The turkey emoji is the internet’s official mascot of Thanksgiving chaos and feast mode. On Apple devices, it’s a side-profile, realistic-yet-cute bird with rich brown plumage, a dramatic fan of tail feathers edged in lighter tones, a sunny yellow beak and legs, and that unmistakable red wattle/snood combo—alert eye on point, standing proudly with no plate in sight. The styling has glossy Apple shading, so it looks like it could strut right off your screen and gobble at you. It reads instantly as a living bird, not the roasted kind.
People drop this emoji to signal “Turkey Day” plans, coordinate potlucks, or post that post-stuffing “I can’t move” status—cue tryptophan nap memes and food-coma selfies. It captions family-dinner drama, NFL-on-the-couch updates, Macy’s Parade reactions, and even the annual U.S. presidential turkey pardon jokes. In texts, it can playfully roast someone (calling them a turkey or throwback “jive turkey”), or show resolve for “going cold turkey” on caffeine, sugar, or doomscrolling. Vegans deploy it ironically when announcing Tofurky supremacy. It’s also a cheeky tag for “leftovers for days,” and occasionally a flirty/awkward wink with “I’m stuffed,” depending on the group chat vibe. Not to be confused with the flag of Türkiye—this one’s all bird, all gobble.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 343 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture |  |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
| "Short Code" Name | |
| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 9 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🦃 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🦃 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🦃 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🦃 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f983 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F983 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129411 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0x83 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 83 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 246 203 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD83 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd83 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56707 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F983 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F983 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129411 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F983" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa6\x83" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD83" |
