Meet the otter emoji, the internet's patron saint of floaty self-care and clingy-but-cute affection. People drop it when they’re feeling cozy, wholesome, or about to send a 'hold my hand so we don't drift apart' text to their favorite human. It can also be used ironically—like, 'Sorry I didn’t reply, I was busy being buoyant and adorable.' In couple posts and bestie chats, it screams we’re-a-raft energy, and in group chats it doubles as a mood board for weekends spent doing absolutely otter-ly nothing.
On Apple/iOS, the otter is a tawny-brown sea otter shown on its back at a slight angle, paws tucked to its chest, with a soft smile, whiskers, round ears, a pale belly, and a long tail that curls just so—instant 'aww' recognition. No props, no splashy background; the pose alone shouts floating. Real-world vibes sneak in too: sea otters hold hands in rafts and use rocks to crack shells, so this emoji often hints at loyalty, comfort, and snack-driven ingenuity. In LGBTQ+ slang, 'otter' refers to a lean, hairy guy, so you’ll also see it used flirtatiously or as a low-key identity tag in bios. Translation across timelines: wholesome, a little feral, and extremely repostable.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 562 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| 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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| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
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| 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) | 1f9a6 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F9A6 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 129446 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0xA6 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F A6 A6 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 246 246 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83E 0xDDA6 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83edda6 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55358 56742 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F9A6 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F9A6 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 129446 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F9A6" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\xa6\xa6" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83E\uDDA6" |
