The monkey emoji is your go-to signal for playful chaos, cheeky jokes, and “I’m definitely up to something” energy. It’s the full‑body primate, not the big monkey face—perfect when you’re climbing furniture, corralling wild kiddos, or admitting you just did something goofy. People drop it in group chats to soften a roast, tease a friend (“you little monkey”), or hype acrobatic moments at the park or gym. Pair it with a banana for instant slapstick, or with the see/hear/speak-no-evil cousins to stack extra silliness and drama.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a small brown monkey on all fours in side profile, with warm cocoa fur, a pale beige face and belly, shiny black eyes, big rounded ears, and a curled tail that swoops up—basically mid-scamper with a friendly smirk. Online, it vibes with the “return to monke” meme and “brain go monkey” jokes—embracing primal instincts over spreadsheets and adulting. You’ll see it under zoo-day posts, chaotic pet videos, or anytime the timeline feels feral in a fun way. It can even read flirty-but-goofy, signaling mischief without the intensity of the ape or the smugness of the monkey face.
Definition
A monkey is furry mammal that is known for swinging from trees. A animal part of the primate family. Stereotypically thought of as loving bananas, but not all monkeys around the world are native to areas where bananas grow. Monkeys do love fruit and therefore typically would enjoy a banana. An emoji used as a term of endearment, particular towards children when they are acting silly and climbing all over everything. "You silly ol' monkey!"
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
173 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:monkey:
Keywords
Monkey, Primate, Banana, Silly
Previous Names:
Brown Monkey with Body
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Editorial Comment
The animal all too well known for throwing feces. Cute!
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Names & Annotations
MONKEY * ninth of the signs of the Asian zodiac
Symbol Information
U+1F412 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1CE
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[サル]
KDDI
#249 さる 「saru」 U+E4D9 SJIS-F6B2 JIS-7634
Softbank
#120 #old463 さる 「saru」 U+E528 SJIS-FBC8
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
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)
e528
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E528
Decimal Code Point(s)
58664
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x94 0xA8
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 94 A8
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 224 250
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE528
UTF-16 Hex
e528
UTF-16 Dec
58664
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E528
UTF-32 Hex
E528
UTF-32 Dec
58664
Python Src
u"\uE528"
PHP Src
"\xee\x94\xa8"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE528"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - 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)
1f412
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F412
Decimal Code Point(s)
128018
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x92
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 90 92
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 220 222
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC12
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc12
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56338
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F412
UTF-32 Hex
01F412
UTF-32 Dec
128018
Python Src
u"\U0001F412"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x90\x92"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC12"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
