# 🐔 Chicken emoji

🐔 Chicken is an emoji in the birds set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal, bird and ornithology.

- Emoji: 🐔
- Unicode name: chicken
- Code points: U+1F414
- Category: Animals & nature, Birds
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :chicken:
- Keywords: animal, bird, chicken, ornithology
- Page: https://emojichart.com/chicken-emoji

## What it means

A red comb tops this chicken, shown standing in profile. It works for chickens, poultry and farms, eggs and chicken dishes, and as slang for being afraid or cowardly.

## How to type 🐔

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “chicken”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “chicken”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “chicken”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “chicken”.
- GitHub: Type :chicken: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | gallina | ave, gallina, gallinácea, pollo |
| Français (fr) | poule | animal, coq, ferme, oiseau, poule, poulet, volaille |
| Deutsch (de) | Huhn | Geflügel, Henne, Huhn, Tier, Tierkopf |
| Italiano (it) | gallina | animale, animali, fattoria, galletto, gallina, gallo, pollo, uccello |
| Português (pt) | galinha | animal, ave, galinha |
| Nederlands (nl) | kip | dier, gevogelte, kip |
| Svenska (sv) | höna | fågel, höna |
| Polski (pl) | kura | głowa, kogut, kura, kurczak, ptak, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | tavuk | hayvan, kuş, tavuk |
| Русский (ru) | курица | голова, курица, петух, птица, цыпленок |
| Українська (uk) | курка | квочка, курка, курча, птах |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κότα | ζώο, κότα, κοτόπουλο, ορνιθολογία, πτηνό |
| العربية (ar) | دجاجة | حيوان, دجاج, دجاجة, طائر, طير, فرخة, مزرعة, وجه دجاجة, وجه ديك |
| עברית (he) | תרנגולת | בעל חיים, עוף, ציפור, תרנגול, תרנגולת |
| فارسی (fa) | مرغ | جوجه, مرغ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | मुर्गी | पशु, मुर्गी |
| বাংলা (bn) | চিকেন | চিকেন, পশুপাখি, মুরগি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | ayam | ayam, binatang, burung, hewan, ornitologi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | gà | chim, động vật, gà |
| ไทย (th) | ไก่ | ไก่, นก, ปักษี, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | にわとり | にわとり, ニワトリ, 動物, 顔, 鳥 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 닭 | 닭, 동물, 암탉, 치킨 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 鸡 | 动物, 鸡 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 雞 | 動物, 雞 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): hoender
- Akan (ak): akokͻ
- Albanian (sq): pulë
- Amharic (am): ዶሮ
- Anii (blo): ncɩrɩnarɩ
- Armenian (hy): հավ
- Assamese (as): মূৰ্গী
- Azerbaijani (az): toyuq
- Bashkir (ba): тауыҡ
- Basque (eu): oiloa
- Belarusian (be): курыца
- Bosnian (bs): kokoš
- Breton (br): yar
- Bulgarian (bg): кокошка
- Burmese (my): ကြက်
- Cantonese (yue): 雞
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鸡
- Catalan (ca): pollastre
- Cherokee (chr): ᏣᏔᎦ
- Chuvash (cv): чӑх
- Croatian (hr): kokoš
- Czech (cs): slepice
- Danish (da): høne
- Estonian (et): kana
- Faroese (fo): hønuandlit
- Filipino (fil): manok
- Finnish (fi): kana
- Galician (gl): polo
- Georgian (ka): ქათამი
- Gujarati (gu): ચિકન
- Hausa (ha): kaza
- Hungarian (hu): tyúk
- Icelandic (is): kjúklingur
- Igbo (ig): ọkụkọ
- Irish (ga): sicín
- Javanese (jv): pitik
- Kalaallisut (kl): høne
- Kannada (kn): ಚಿಕನ್
- Kazakh (kk): тауық
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تاۋىق
- Khmer (km): មាន់
- Kinyarwanda (rw): inkoko
- Konkani (kok): कोमी
- Kurdish (ku): mirîşk
- Kyrgyz (ky): тоок
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Ak’
- Lao (lo): ໄກ່
- Latvian (lv): vista
- Lithuanian (lt): višta
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kokoš
- Luxembourgish (lb): Hong
- Macedonian (mk): кокошка
- Malay (ms): ayam
- Malayalam (ml): കോഴി
- Maltese (mt): tiġieġa
- Marathi (mr): कोंबडी
- Mongolian (mn): тахиа
- Māori (mi): heihei
- Nepali (ne): कुखुरा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Chíkin
- Northern Sotho (nso): kgogo
- Norwegian (no): høne
- Odia (or): କୁକୁଡ଼ା
- Oromo (om): lukkuu
- Pashto (ps): د چرګ غوښي
- Punjabi (pa): ਚੂਚਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): پالتُو کُکڑ
- Quechua (qu): pollo
- Romanian (ro): găină
- Romansh (rm): giaglina
- Sardinian (sc): pudda
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cearc
- Serbian (sr): кокошка
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kokoška
- Shan (shn): ၵႆႇ
- Sindhi (sd): مرغي
- Sinhala (si): කිකිළි
- Slovak (sk): sliepka
- Slovenian (sl): kokoš
- Somali (so): diggaag
- Swahili (sw): kuku
- Tajik (tg): чӯҷа
- Tamil (ta): கோழிக்குஞ்சு
- Telugu (te): కోడిపెట్ట
- Tigrinya (ti): ደርሆ
- Tongan (to): moa
- Tswana (tn): koko
- Turkmen (tk): towuk
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłowa kokoše
- Urdu (ur): چکن
- Uyghur (ug): توخۇ
- Uzbek (uz): tovuq
- Welsh (cy): iâr
- Wolof (wo): ginaar
- Xhosa (xh): inkuku
- Yoruba (yo): Adìyẹ
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Adìyɛ
- Zulu (zu): inkukhu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F414` |
| HTML | `🐔` |
| CSS | `\1F414` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F414}` |
| Python | `\U0001F414` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 94` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC14` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%94` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐔 chicken emoji mean?

A red comb tops this chicken, shown standing in profile. It works for chickens, poultry and farms, eggs and chicken dishes, and as slang for being afraid or cowardly.

### How do I type the 🐔 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “chicken”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :chicken:.

### When was the 🐔 emoji added?

🐔 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🐔?

U+1F414. In HTML you can write 🐔, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F414}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/chicken-emoji