• tenth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Persia = hen = poultry (on menus)
Information
The chicken emoji is your go-to cluck for everything from farm-core vibes to calling someone out for being a little, well… chicken. It pops up in food chats (nuggets, tendies, wings, rotisserie supremacy), in goofy puns about crossing the road, and in victory laps with “winner winner chicken dinner.” People also drop it as playful shade for cowardice, or as a wholesome way to say, “I’m cooking chicken and rice—meal prep era.” It even sneaks into gym chats as protein shorthand and shows up during spicy fast-food debates (KFC vs. Popeyes vs. homemade air-fryer heroics).
On Apple/iOS, it’s a plump white hen in side profile facing left, with a bright red comb and wattle, tiny bead-like black eye, sunny yellow beak, skinny yellow legs, and a stubby tail—clean shading, no background, very storybook-farm chic. That instantly recognizable silhouette makes it perfect for mother-hen energy (“text me when you get home!”), bachelorette “hen party” invites, or rubber-chicken-level slapstick reactions. Used sarcastically, it can replace a swear (“what the cluck”), or punctuate an awkward bail-out message when you chickened out of plans. Meme-wise, it vibes with “tendies” culture, Sunday roast nostalgia, and the eternal internet question of why the bird crossed literally anything.
Definition
White Hen with small crow and waffle. She looks cute with a yellow beak. Unlike a rooster she will not make sounds in the morning.
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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)
136 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:chicken:
Keywords
Chicken, Hen, Poultry, Livestock
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Names & Annotations
CHICKEN * tenth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Persia = hen = poultry (on menus)
Symbol Information
U+1F414 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1D4
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ニワトリ]
KDDI
#721 鶏 U+EB23 SJIS-F3E4 JIS-7A66
Softbank
#124 #old469 にわとり 「niwatori」 U+E52E SJIS-FBCE
Emoji Character Encoding Data
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)
1f414
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F414
Decimal Code Point(s)
128020
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x94
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 90 94
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 220 224
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC14
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc14
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56340
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F414
UTF-32 Hex
01F414
UTF-32 Dec
128020
Python Src
u"\U0001F414"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x90\x94"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC14"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
