The fox emoji is your go-to symbol for clever, sneaky, and a little bit flirty—basically the energy of “I have a plan and it’s spicy.” People drop it when they’re being cunning in a cute way, hinting at mischief, or paying a “foxy” compliment. It shows up in texts about late‑night snack heists, silent exits, and plots that require stealth mode. It also doubles as a playful wink when you’re being sly but harmless, like sliding into DMs with an agenda and a grin.
On Apple/iOS, the fox is a front-facing, bright orange-red head with a snow‑white muzzle, tiny black nose, sleek almond eyes, and pointy ears tipped in black—calm expression, slight smirk, no tail in sight. The glossy shading and symmetrical face make it look both adorable and a little too smart for its own good, which is the whole vibe. Culturally, it taps into the trickster archetype (hello, kitsune folklore) and still echoes the “What Does the Fox Say?” meme for anyone with 2010s internet nostalgia. You’ll see it in autumn posts (pumpkins, crunchy leaves, fox emoji trifecta), in flirty captions, or as a cheeky nod to Firefox fans and anyone plotting something cunning—but cute.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 116 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: | Fox Face |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 10 - 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) | 1f98a |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F98A |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129418 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0x8A |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 8A |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 246 212 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDD8A |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edd8a |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56714 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F98A |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F98A |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129418 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F98A" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa6\x8a" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDD8A" |