• third of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Persia
The leopard emoji is the internet’s stealth mode switch: a big cat with rosette spots that whispers, “I hunt, I slay, I nap.” People drop it when they’re feeling feral, plotting a sneaky link, or serving leopard-print fashion drama. It’s also prime for calling out patterns—hello, “a leopard can’t change its spots”—when someone repeats their classic behavior. Beyond sass, it signals prowling confidence, quiet menace, or “I’m going off-grid to touch grass/safari” energy.
On Apple/iOS, the leopard shows a golden-tan coat sprinkled with crisp black rosettes, a sleek side profile facing left, a long tail curved downward, perked ears, and a cool, neutral face that reads “unbothered.” The body is lightly shaded and mid-stride, like it just spotted lunch—or your thirsty DMs. Key tell: rosette spots, not solid dots; that’s how you know it’s a leopard, not the cheetah. You’ll see it headlining safari pics, gym captions about “stalking my goals,” and style posts flaunting animal print. Cultural bonus: leopards roam parts of Africa and Asia, and the famous black panther look is a melanistic leopard—giving this emoji extra pop-culture clout.
A leopard is a large cat native to Africa and portions of Asia. Most leopards are thought of as being spotted, but not all leopards have spots. Some leopards are mostly or entirely black (black panther). This is undoubtedly a sexy emoji. It isn't just leopard print, it's an actual leopard. If used right, this emoji can be both sexy and classy.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 257 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 | :leopard: |
| Keywords | Leopard, Cat, Spot, Spotted, Sexy |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Animal Symbols |
| 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) | 1f406 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F406 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128006 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x86 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 90 86 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 220 206 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC06 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc06 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56326 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F406 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F406 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128006 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F406" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x90\x86" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC06" |
