• third of the signs of the Asian zodiac
The tiger emoji is the full-body big cat—orange, stripy, and radiating apex-predator energy—perfect for flexing confidence, hyping a workout, or announcing you’re entering beast mode after that second espresso. It shows up in sports pride posts (hello, Detroit Tigers and Clemson fans), Chinese zodiac chats for the Year of the Tiger, and dramatic entrances where you’re like, “brace yourselves, I’m feral now.” Meme-wise, it nods to Eye of the Tiger gym montages, Tony the Tiger’s grrreat optimism, and the chaotic pop-culture storm that was Tiger King. It also works ironically: drop it with “paper tiger” to roast something that only looks scary, or pair it with a tiny snack emoji to joke that you’re prowling the fridge at 1 a.m. Flirty throwback? A “rawr XD” moment for the scene/emo internet veterans who still like their big cats with eyeliner energy.
On Apple/iOS, the tiger is a realistic side profile walking to the left, with a bold orange coat, inky black stripes, a white underside, and a curved tail held alert—no goofy grin, just sleek jungle confidence. Those instantly recognizable stripes make it pop in feeds, and the naturalistic shading gives it National Geographic vibes rather than cartoon chaos. People often stack it with fire, flexed biceps, or lightning to signal “predator mode,” but it can just as easily tag wildlife conservation posts or a protective “tiger mom” vibe. If you want facial expression drama, use the tiger face; this one is the whole majestic unit on patrol.
A tiger is a very large wild cat found in naturally Asia as well as many zoos around the world. Tigers are easy to recognize by their striped fur. Unfortunately, the tiger is an endangered species (a likely or soon to be extinct species) with less than 5,000 wild tigers left in the entire world. This emoji can be used to communicate "go get 'em, Tiger", which is colloquial way to give someone encouragement to do well in something they are about to do. World's most famous cartoon tigers: The figurehead of Frosted Flakes - Tony the Tiger, Hobs from Calvin and Hobs, and Tigger from the Winnie the Pooh stories.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 327 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 | :tiger2: |
| Keywords | Tiger, Cat, Striped, Tony, Tigger, Hobs |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Animal Symbols |
Can be used to communicate being on the prowl… Think sexy tiger growl. Most famous saying by a tiger… "They're great!"
| 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) | 1f405 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F405 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128005 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x85 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 90 85 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 220 205 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC05 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc05 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56325 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F405 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F405 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128005 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F405" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x90\x85" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC05" |
