# 🐉 Dragon emoji

🐉 Dragon is an emoji in the reptiles set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: animal, fairy, fairytale, knights and tale.

- Emoji: 🐉
- Unicode name: dragon
- Code points: U+1F409
- Category: Animals & nature, Reptiles
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :dragon:
- Keywords: animal, dragon, fairy, fairytale, knights, tale
- Page: https://emojichart.com/dragon-emoji

## What it means

Shown as a whole creature rather than just a face, this dragon is the full-length version. It is used for dragons, fantasy stories and myths, power and strength, and the dragon year in the Chinese zodiac.

## How to type 🐉

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | dragón | cuento, dragón, fantasía |
| Français (fr) | dragon | animal, Chine, chinois, dragon, Game of Thrones, mythe, tradition |
| Deutsch (de) | Drache | chinesisch Neujahr, Drache, Märchen, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | drago | animale, animali, cinese, drago, dragone, fiaba, game of thrones, mitologia, trono di spade |
| Português (pt) | dragão | animal, dragão, game of thrones |
| Nederlands (nl) | draak | dier, draak, ridders, sprookje |
| Svenska (sv) | drake | djur, drake |
| Polski (pl) | smok | bajka, baśń, fantasy, legenda, smok, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | ejderha | çin, efsane, ejderha, hayvan, masal |
| Русский (ru) | дракон | голова, дракон, зеленый дракон, змея, морда, сказка, фентези, фэнтези |
| Українська (uk) | дракон | дракон, казка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | δράκος | δράκος, ζώο, ιππότες, παραμύθι |
| العربية (ar) | تنين | اخضر, اسطوري, تنين, حدوتة, حية, حيوان, خرافة, صراع العروش, صيني, فارس, قصة |
| עברית (he) | דרקון | אגדה, אגדי, דרקון, משחקי הכס, סיני |
| فارسی (fa) | اژدها | اژدها, افسانه, جن و پری |
| हिन्दी (hi) | दैत्य | ड्रैगन, दैत्य, परी कथा, पशु |
| বাংলা (bn) | ড্রাগন | ড্রাগন, পশুপাখি, প্রাণী, রূপকথা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | naga | binatang, dongeng, hewan, kisah, ksatria, naga, peri |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | rồng | động vật, hiệp sĩ, rồng, truyện cổ tích |
| ไทย (th) | มังกร | มังกร, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ドラゴン | ドラゴン, 動物, 竜, 龍 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 용 | 기사, 동물, 동화, 드래곤, 용 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 龙 | 中国, 权力的游戏, 龙 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 龍 | 中國龍, 動物, 權力遊戲, 龍 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): draak
- Akan (ak): Ɔtweaseɛ
- Albanian (sq): dragua
- Amharic (am): ድራጎን
- Anii (blo): nsampǝnnyanawili
- Armenian (hy): վիշապ
- Assamese (as): ড্ৰেগন
- Azerbaijani (az): əjdaha
- Bashkir (ba): аждаһа
- Basque (eu): herensugea
- Belarusian (be): цмок
- Bosnian (bs): zmaj
- Breton (br): dragon
- Bulgarian (bg): дракон
- Burmese (my): နဂါး
- Cantonese (yue): 龍
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 龙
- Catalan (ca): drac
- Cherokee (chr): ᎢᎾᏓ ᏗᎪᏯᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): аҫтаха
- Croatian (hr): zmaj
- Czech (cs): drak
- Danish (da): drage
- Estonian (et): draakon
- Faroese (fo): dreki
- Filipino (fil): dragon
- Finnish (fi): lohikäärme
- Galician (gl): dragón
- Georgian (ka): დრაკონი
- Gujarati (gu): ડ્રેગન
- Hausa (ha): daragon
- Hungarian (hu): sárkány
- Icelandic (is): dreki
- Igbo (ig): dragọn
- Irish (ga): dragan
- Javanese (jv): naga
- Kalaallisut (kl): drage
- Kannada (kn): ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್
- Kazakh (kk): айдаһар
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ايداھار
- Khmer (km): នាគ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): darago
- Konkani (kok): ड्रॅगोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): ажыдаар
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Chak’achik awaj
- Lao (lo): ມັງກອນ
- Latvian (lv): pūķis
- Lithuanian (lt): drakonas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mytologiski plon
- Luxembourgish (lb): Draach
- Macedonian (mk): змеј
- Malay (ms): naga
- Malayalam (ml): ഡ്രാഗൺ
- Maltese (mt): dragun
- Marathi (mr): ड्रॅगन
- Mongolian (mn): луу
- Māori (mi): tarakona
- Nepali (ne): ड्रयागन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bíg Wíkẹ́d Anímọl Wé Im Nem Na Drágọn
- Northern Sotho (nso): kgolomodumo
- Norwegian (no): drage
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): drake
- Odia (or): ଡ୍ରାଗନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): diraagoon
- Pashto (ps): اژدهار
- Punjabi (pa): ਡਰੈਗਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): اژدھا
- Quechua (qu): dragon
- Romanian (ro): dragon
- Romansh (rm): dragun
- Sardinian (sc): dragu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): dràgon
- Serbian (sr): змај
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): zmaj
- Shan (shn): ၼၵႃး
- Sindhi (sd): بلا
- Sinhala (si): මකරා
- Slovak (sk): drak
- Slovenian (sl): zmaj
- Somali (so): masduulaagi
- Swahili (sw): dragoni
- Tajik (tg): аждаҳор
- Tamil (ta): டிராகன்
- Telugu (te): రెక్కలు గల భయంకర సర్పం
- Tigrinya (ti): ድራጎን
- Tongan (to): talākoni
- Tswana (tn): kgwanyape
- Turkmen (tk): aždarha
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mytologiski zmij
- Urdu (ur): ڈریگن
- Uyghur (ug): ئەجدىھا
- Uzbek (uz): ajdar
- Welsh (cy): draig
- Wolof (wo): dragoŋ
- Xhosa (xh): i-dragon
- Yoruba (yo): Drágónì
- Zulu (zu): udrakho

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F409` |
| HTML | `🐉` |
| CSS | `\1F409` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F409}` |
| Python | `\U0001F409` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 89` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC09` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%89` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐉 dragon emoji mean?

Shown as a whole creature rather than just a face, this dragon is the full-length version. It is used for dragons, fantasy stories and myths, power and strength, and the dragon year in the Chinese zodiac.

### How do I type the 🐉 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “dragon”. 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 :dragon:.

### When was the 🐉 emoji added?

🐉 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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

U+1F409. In HTML you can write 🐉, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F409}.

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