# 🦒 Giraffe emoji

🦒 Giraffe is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017. Related words: animal and spots.

- Emoji: 🦒
- Unicode name: giraffe
- Code points: U+1F992
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- GitHub shortcode: :giraffe:
- Keywords: animal, giraffe, spots
- Page: https://emojichart.com/giraffe-emoji

## What it means

A very long neck and brown patches make this giraffe unmistakable. People use it for giraffes, zoos and safaris, African wildlife, and jokes about being tall or having a long neck.

## How to type 🦒

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | jirafa | jirafa, manchas |
| Français (fr) | girafe | animal, cou, girafe, taches |
| Deutsch (de) | Giraffe | flecken, Flecken, giraffe, Giraffe, tier |
| Italiano (it) | giraffa | animale, animali, giraffa, macchie, puntini, savana, selvaggio, selvatico |
| Português (pt) | girafa | animal, girafa |
| Nederlands (nl) | giraffe | dier, giraffe, vlekken |
| Svenska (sv) | giraff | giraff, prickar |
| Polski (pl) | żyrafa | głowa, sawanna, zwierzę, żyrafa |
| Türkçe (tr) | zürafa | hayvan, noktalar, puanlar, uzun, zürafa |
| Русский (ru) | жираф | длинная шея, животное, жираф, пятна, пятнистый, шея |
| Українська (uk) | жирафа | жирафа, плями, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | καμηλοπάρδαλη | καμηλοπάρδαλη, κηλίδες |
| العربية (ar) | زرافة | حيوان, زرافة, منقط, نقط |
| עברית (he) | ג׳ירף | בעל חיים, בעלי חיים, ג׳ירף, ג׳ירפה, נקודות |
| فارسی (fa) | زرافه | خال, خال‌خالی, زرافه, لکه‌لکه, نقطه‌نقطه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | जिराफ़ | जानवर, जिराफ़, धब्बा |
| বাংলা (bn) | জিরাফ | জিরাফ, ডট ডট, পশুপাখি, প্রাণী |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | jerapah | binatang, bintik, hewan, jerapah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hươu cao cổ | đốm, hươu cao cổ |
| ไทย (th) | ยีราฟ | กีฬา, ยีราฟ |
| 日本語 (ja) | キリン | キリン, 動物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 기린 | 기린, 동물, 얼룩, 점 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 长颈鹿 | 斑点, 长颈鹿 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 長頸鹿 | 長頸鹿 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kameelperd
- Akan (ak): gyirafo
- Albanian (sq): gjirafë
- Amharic (am): ቀጭኔ
- Anii (blo): abɔrɩ ʊɖɔlamakayar
- Armenian (hy): ընձուղտ
- Assamese (as): জিৰাফ
- Azerbaijani (az): zürafə
- Bashkir (ba): жираф
- Basque (eu): jirafa
- Belarusian (be): жыраф
- Bosnian (bs): žirafa
- Breton (br): jirafenn
- Bulgarian (bg): жираф
- Burmese (my): သစ်ကုလားအုတ်
- Cantonese (yue): 長頸鹿
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 长颈鹿
- Catalan (ca): girafa
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎦᎵᏍᏚᎩᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): жираф
- Croatian (hr): žirafa
- Czech (cs): žirafa
- Danish (da): giraf
- Estonian (et): kaelkirjak
- Faroese (fo): giraffur
- Filipino (fil): giraffe
- Finnish (fi): kirahvi
- Galician (gl): xirafa
- Georgian (ka): ჟირაფი
- Gujarati (gu): જિરાફ
- Hausa (ha): raƙumin dawa
- Hungarian (hu): zsiráf
- Icelandic (is): gíraffi
- Igbo (ig): giraafụ
- Irish (ga): sioráf
- Javanese (jv): jerapah
- Kannada (kn): ಜಿರಾಫೆ
- Kazakh (kk): керік
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كەرىك
- Khmer (km): សត្វកវែង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): twiga
- Konkani (kok): जिराफ
- Kyrgyz (ky): жираф
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): yuqchikop
- Lao (lo): ຢີຣາບ
- Latvian (lv): žirafe
- Lithuanian (lt): žirafa
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): girafa
- Luxembourgish (lb): Giraff
- Macedonian (mk): жирафа
- Malay (ms): zirafah
- Malayalam (ml): ജിറാഫ്
- Maltese (mt): ġiraff
- Marathi (mr): जिराफ
- Mongolian (mn): анааш
- Māori (mi): kakīroa
- Nepali (ne): जिराफ
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Jiraf
- Northern Sotho (nso): thutlwa
- Norwegian (no): sjiraff
- Odia (or): ଜିରାଫ
- Oromo (om): sattawwaa
- Pashto (ps): زرافه
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਿਰਾਫ਼
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): زرافہ
- Quechua (qu): jirafa
- Romanian (ro): girafă
- Romansh (rm): giraffa
- Sardinian (sc): girafa
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): sioraf
- Serbian (sr): жирафа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): žirafa
- Shan (shn): ယီးလၢႆးၶေႃးယၢဝ်း
- Sindhi (sd): جراف
- Sinhala (si): ජිරාෆ්
- Slovak (sk): žirafa
- Slovenian (sl): žirafa
- Somali (so): geri
- Swahili (sw): twiga
- Tajik (tg): зарофа
- Tamil (ta): ஒட்டகச்சிவிங்கி
- Telugu (te): జిరాఫీ
- Tigrinya (ti): ዘራፍ
- Tongan (to): silafi
- Tswana (tn): thutlwa
- Turkmen (tk): žiraf
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): hłowa girafy
- Urdu (ur): زرافہ
- Uyghur (ug): زىراپە
- Uzbek (uz): jirafa
- Welsh (cy): jiráff
- Wolof (wo): giraaf
- Xhosa (xh): indlulamthi
- Yoruba (yo): àgùfọn
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): àgùfɔn
- Zulu (zu): indlulamithi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F992` |
| HTML | `🦒` |
| CSS | `\1F992` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F992}` |
| Python | `\U0001F992` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 92` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD92` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%92` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦒 giraffe emoji mean?

A very long neck and brown patches make this giraffe unmistakable. People use it for giraffes, zoos and safaris, African wildlife, and jokes about being tall or having a long neck.

### How do I type the 🦒 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦒 emoji added?

🦒 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

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

U+1F992. In HTML you can write 🦒, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F992}.

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