• fifth of the signs of the Asian zodiac
The dragon emoji is the full-body, serpentine beast—more East Asian guardian than medieval lizard—with major “final boss energy.” People drop it for hype, power moves, and good-luck vibes, especially around Lunar New Year and Year of the Dragon posts. It also pops up with fantasy chatter (D&D raids, House of the Dragon discourse, Smaug stans) and in spicy contexts—aka “my take is breathing fire.” Bonus internet pun: used ironically when you’re “draggin’” through Monday like a legendary creature who needs coffee instead of treasure.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a vivid green, S-curved dragon with a yellow belly, red mane/frill, long whiskers, and antler-like horns, shown in side profile and coiling gracefully—no wings, no fire, just regal swagger. Those details make it an instant match for parade dragons, lucky charms, and protective-guardian moods. It can be sarcastic flex (“posted a 9-minute mile, I am the dragon”), a rallying emoji in group chats, or a flashy accent next to fireworks, lanterns, and red envelopes. Expect it to swarm timelines during big premieres, boss fights, or whenever someone claims “dragon energy” unironically.
A dragon is a legendary creature found in some of the best mythologies and adventure stories told by humans. Dragons are presented in many different ways in stories, but generally can fly, covet treasure, breath fire, and are extremely powerful, exceptionally dangerous and cunning. There is raw power in this emoji. People are wise to use this emoji sparingly.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 465 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 | :dragon: |
| Keywords | Dragon, Fire, Legendary, Myth |
| 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) | 1f409 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F409 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128009 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x89 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 90 89 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 220 211 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC09 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc09 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56329 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F409 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F409 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128009 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F409" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x90\x89" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC09" |
