The unicorn emoji is the internet's shorthand for anything magical, rare, or so extra it practically leaves a trail of glitter. People use it to hype a friend's uniqueness, celebrate wins that feel unreal, or lean into pastel-and-rainbow aesthetics. It pairs nicely with compliments, birthday posts, Pride flair, and dreamy captions about manifesting big vibes. It also works for sarcasm—like, sure, and I'll ride a unicorn to work—and for startup chatter when someone claims they've found a billion-dollar unicorn.
On Apple devices, it's a left-facing white unicorn head with a glossy gradient: big blue eye, rosy pink muzzle, perked ear, pastel mane swooped in lilac and pink with hints of blue, and a gold spiral horn front and center. The expression reads calm but a little smug, like it knows it's the main character, and there are no extra sparkles or background—just the iconic profile. You'll see it in memes about being 'majestic AF,' in flirty DMs ('you're my unicorn'), and in dramatic posts when someone is serving glitter-bomb energy. It can also soften an awkward ask or an over-the-top plan by adding a wink of fantasy.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 148 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 |
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| Previous Names: | Unicorn Face |
| 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) | 1f984 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F984 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129412 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0x84 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 84 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 246 204 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD84 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd84 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56708 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F984 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F984 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129412 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F984" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa6\x84" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD84" |
