Otter
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- Shortcode
:otter:- Unicode
U+1F9A6- HTML
🦦- CSS
\1F9A6- JavaScript
"\u{1F9A6}"- URL
%F0%9F%A6%A6
What ๐ฆฆ means
A playful otter, often floating on its back. It suggests fun, cuteness, and sticking close to the people you love.
Because sea otters hold paws while they sleep, couples send it as a sign of loyalty. The pun "my significant otter" is a common way to talk about a partner.
In gay slang, an "otter" is a slim, hairy man, a cousin of the "bear" label.
Facts
Otter ๐ฆฆ is an emoji in the animals and nature category, under animal mammal. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :otter:. People also look for it with words like โanimalโ, โfishingโ, or โplayfulโ.
Timeline
- 2019Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 12.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2019
2020
Twemoji (X, Discord)
2019
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.