# 🦍 Gorilla emoji

🦍 Gorilla is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. Related words: animal.

- Emoji: 🦍
- Unicode name: gorilla
- Code points: U+1F98D
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- GitHub shortcode: :gorilla:
- Keywords: animal, gorilla
- Page: https://emojichart.com/gorilla-emoji

## What it means

Heavy-browed and dark-furred, this large gorilla has a powerful build. It is used for gorillas and other apes, jungle wildlife, and for ideas of raw strength, size and toughness in a joking or admiring way.

## How to type 🦍

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | gorila | gorila, primate, simio |
| Français (fr) | gorille | animal, gorille, primate |
| Deutsch (de) | Gorilla | Affe, Gesicht, Gorilla, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | gorilla | animale, foresta, scimmia, selvatico |
| Português (pt) | gorila | animal, gorila, macaco |
| Nederlands (nl) | gorilla | dier, gorilla |
| Svenska (sv) | gorilla | djur, gorilla |
| Polski (pl) | goryl | goryl, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | goril | goril, hayvan |
| Русский (ru) | горилла | горилла, животное, обезьяна |
| Українська (uk) | горила | горила, мавпа, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γορίλας | γορίλας, ζώο |
| العربية (ar) | غوريلا | افريقيا, جوريلا, حديقة الحيوان, حديقة الحيوانات, حيوان, غوريلا |
| עברית (he) | גורילה | בעל חיים, גורילה |
| فارسی (fa) | گوریل | جانور, حیوان, گوریل |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गोरिल्ला | गोरिल्ला, जानवर, पशु |
| বাংলা (bn) | গোরিলা | গোরিলা, পশু, পশুপাখি, শিম্পাঞ্জি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | gorila | binatang, gorila, hewan, kingkong |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | khỉ đột | động vật, khỉ đột |
| ไทย (th) | กอริลล่า | กอริลล่า, ลิง, สัตว์, หน้าขน |
| 日本語 (ja) | ゴリラ | ゴリラ, 動物, 顔 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 고릴라 | 고릴라, 동물 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 大猩猩 | 动物, 大猩猩 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 大猩猩 | 動物, 大猩猩, 猩猩 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): gorilla
- Akan (ak): kontronfi
- Albanian (sq): gorillë
- Amharic (am): ጉሬዛ
- Anii (blo): goril
- Armenian (hy): գորիլա
- Assamese (as): গৰিলা
- Azerbaijani (az): qorilla
- Bashkir (ba): горилла
- Basque (eu): gorila
- Belarusian (be): гарыла
- Bosnian (bs): gorila
- Breton (br): gorilh
- Bulgarian (bg): горила
- Burmese (my): လူဝံ
- Cantonese (yue): 大猩猩
- Catalan (ca): goril·la
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏔᎾ ᎠᏓᎴᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): горилла
- Croatian (hr): gorila
- Czech (cs): gorila
- Danish (da): gorilla
- Estonian (et): gorilla
- Faroese (fo): gorilla
- Filipino (fil): gorilya
- Finnish (fi): gorilla
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤣𞤫𞥅𞤥𞤵𞥅𞤪𞤵
- Galician (gl): gorila
- Georgian (ka): გორილა
- Gujarati (gu): ગોરીલા
- Hausa (ha): birin gorilla
- Hungarian (hu): gorilla
- Icelandic (is): górilla
- Igbo (ig): ọzọdịmgba
- Irish (ga): goraille
- Javanese (jv): gorila
- Kalaallisut (kl): gorilla
- Kannada (kn): ಗೊರಿಲ್ಲಾ
- Kazakh (kk): горилла
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): گوريللا
- Khmer (km): ស្វាឪ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ingagi
- Konkani (kok): गोरिला
- Kurdish (ku): gorîl
- Kyrgyz (ky): горилла
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Nim K’oy
- Lao (lo): ກໍຣິລ່າ
- Latvian (lv): gorilla
- Lithuanian (lt): gorila
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gorila
- Luxembourgish (lb): Gorilla
- Macedonian (mk): горила
- Malay (ms): gorila
- Malayalam (ml): ഗോറില്ല
- Maltese (mt): gorilla
- Marathi (mr): गोरिला
- Mongolian (mn): горилла
- Māori (mi): makimaki nui
- Nepali (ne): गोरिल्ला
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Goríla
- Northern Sotho (nso): korela
- Norwegian (no): gorilla
- Odia (or): ଗରିଲା
- Oromo (om): goorillaa
- Pashto (ps): ګوریلا
- Punjabi (pa): ਗੋਰੀਲਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): گوریلا
- Quechua (qu): gorila
- Romanian (ro): gorilă
- Romansh (rm): gorilla
- Sardinian (sc): gorilla
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): goiriola
- Serbian (sr): горила
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gorila
- Shan (shn): ၵူဝ်ႇရီႇလႃႇ
- Sindhi (sd): گوريلا
- Sinhala (si): ගෝරිල්ලා
- Slovak (sk): gorila
- Slovenian (sl): gorila
- Somali (so): goriilla
- Swahili (sw): sokwe
- Tajik (tg): горилла
- Tamil (ta): கொரில்லா
- Telugu (te): గొరిల్లా
- Tigrinya (ti): ጎሪላ
- Tongan (to): kolila
- Tswana (tn): korila
- Turkmen (tk): gorilla
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): gorila
- Urdu (ur): گوریلا
- Uyghur (ug): گورىللا
- Uzbek (uz): gorilla
- Welsh (cy): gorila
- Wolof (wo): dàngin
- Xhosa (xh): igorila
- Yoruba (yo): Inaki
- Zulu (zu): imfene

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F98D` |
| HTML | `🦍` |
| CSS | `\1F98D` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F98D}` |
| Python | `\U0001F98D` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 8D` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD8D` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%8D` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦍 gorilla emoji mean?

Heavy-browed and dark-furred, this large gorilla has a powerful build. It is used for gorillas and other apes, jungle wildlife, and for ideas of raw strength, size and toughness in a joking or admiring way.

### How do I type the 🦍 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦍 emoji added?

🦍 was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016.

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

U+1F98D. In HTML you can write 🦍, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F98D}.

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