# 🦨 Skunk emoji

🦨 Skunk is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. Related words: animal and stink.

- Emoji: 🦨
- Unicode name: skunk
- Code points: U+1F9A8
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :skunk:
- Keywords: animal, skunk, stink
- Page: https://emojichart.com/skunk-emoji

## What it means

A white stripe runs down the back of this black skunk, which also has a bushy tail. It is used for skunks, bad smells and stink, and for anything that reeks.

## How to type 🦨

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | mofeta | apestar, hedor, mal olor, mofeta, peste, tufo |
| Français (fr) | mouffette | animal, mouffette, odeur, puer, putois |
| Deutsch (de) | Stinktier | Skunk, stinken, Stinktier, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | puzzola | animale, puzza, puzzola, puzzolente |
| Português (pt) | gambá | fedida, fedido, fedor, gambá |
| Nederlands (nl) | stinkdier | dier, stank, stinkdier |
| Svenska (sv) | skunk | skunk, stank |
| Polski (pl) | skunks | skunks, smród, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | kokarca | kokan, kokarca |
| Русский (ru) | скунс | вонь, вонючка, вонять, животное, скунс, фу |
| Українська (uk) | скунс | скунс, смердіти, сморід, тварина, тхнути |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μεφίτης | ασβός, βρώμα, μεφίτης |
| العربية (ar) | ظربان | حيوان, رائحة كريهة, سكنك, ظربان, مقرف, مقزز |
| עברית (he) | בואש | בואש, מסריח, סירחון |
| فارسی (fa) | راسو | بوی گند, جانور, حیوان, راسو, گندو |
| हिन्दी (hi) | स्कंक | बदबू छोड़ना, बदबूदार, स्कंक |
| বাংলা (bn) | স্কাংক | গায়ে দুর্গন্ধ, জীবজন্তু, দুর্গন্ধ, দুর্গন্ধযুক্ত প্রাণী, পশু পাখি, প্রকৃতি, প্রাণী, বেজি জাতীয় প্রাণী, স্কাংক |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | sigung | bau, busuk, sigung |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | chồn hôi Mỹ | chồn hôi Mỹ, động vật, mùi hôi |
| ไทย (th) | สกังก์ | สกังก์, ส่งกลิ่น, สัตว์, เหม็น |
| 日本語 (ja) | スカンク | スカンク, 動物, 悪臭 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 스컹크 | 냄새가 고약한, 냄새나는, 동물, 스컹크 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 臭鼬 | 熏, 臭, 臭鼬, 鼬 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 臭鼬 | 臭, 臭鼬 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): muishond
- Akan (ak): skanke
- Albanian (sq): qelbës
- Amharic (am): ሸለምጥማጥ
- Anii (blo): mufɛɛtɩ
- Armenian (hy): ժանտաքիս
- Assamese (as): স্কাংক
- Azerbaijani (az): skunsk
- Bashkir (ba): скунс
- Basque (eu): mofeta
- Belarusian (be): скунс
- Bosnian (bs): tvor
- Breton (br): skoñs
- Bulgarian (bg): скункс
- Burmese (my): နံစော်ဖျံ
- Cantonese (yue): 臭鼬
- Catalan (ca): mofeta
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎵ
- Chuvash (cv): скунс
- Croatian (hr): tvor
- Czech (cs): skunk
- Danish (da): stinkdyr
- Estonian (et): skunk
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): doninha fedorenta
- Faroese (fo): stinkdýr
- Filipino (fil): skunk
- Finnish (fi): haisunäätä
- Galician (gl): mofeta
- Georgian (ka): მყრალა
- Gujarati (gu): સ્કન્ક
- Hausa (ha): bodari
- Hungarian (hu): bűzösborz
- Icelandic (is): skunkur
- Igbo (ig): skunk
- Irish (ga): scúnc
- Javanese (jv): sigung
- Kannada (kn): ಸ್ಕಂಕ್
- Kazakh (kk): сасықиісті
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ساسىقيىستى
- Khmer (km): ស្កុង
- Konkani (kok): स्कंक
- Kyrgyz (ky): скунс
- Lao (lo): ໂຕ​ສະ​ກັງ
- Latvian (lv): skunkss
- Lithuanian (lt): skunkas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): skunk
- Macedonian (mk): твор
- Malay (ms): skunk
- Malayalam (ml): കുട്ടിസ്രാങ്ക്
- Marathi (mr): स्कंक
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): zorrillo
- Mongolian (mn): өмхий хүрнэ
- Nepali (ne): स्कङ्क
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Skọnk
- Norwegian (no): stinkdyr
- Odia (or): ସ୍କଙ୍କ
- Oromo (om): luugduu
- Pashto (ps): سکنک (یوډول امریکایی حیوان)
- Punjabi (pa): ਸਕੰਕ
- Quechua (qu): añas
- Romanian (ro): sconcs
- Romansh (rm): scunc
- Sardinian (sc): pùtzola
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): tùdair-stiallach
- Serbian (sr): твор
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): tvor
- Shan (shn): လင်လၢႆး
- Sindhi (sd): اسڪنڪ
- Sinhala (si): උරුලෑවා
- Slovak (sk): skunk
- Slovenian (sl): skunk
- Somali (so): xayawaan uuro leh
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): zorrillo
- Swahili (sw): kicheche
- Tamil (ta): ஸ்கன்க்
- Telugu (te): ఉడుము
- Tigrinya (ti): ቱሕቱሓ
- Tongan (to): manu fainamukū
- Turkmen (tk): skuns
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): skunk
- Urdu (ur): سکنک
- Uzbek (uz): skuns
- Welsh (cy): drewgi
- Yoruba (yo): Vote òkété igbó
- Zulu (zu): i-skunk

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9A8` |
| HTML | `🦨` |
| CSS | `\1F9A8` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9A8}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9A8` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 A8` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDA8` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%A8` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦨 skunk emoji mean?

A white stripe runs down the back of this black skunk, which also has a bushy tail. It is used for skunks, bad smells and stink, and for anything that reeks.

### How do I type the 🦨 emoji?

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

### When was the 🦨 emoji added?

🦨 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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

U+1F9A8. In HTML you can write 🦨, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9A8}.

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