duck
duck meaning
A duck, added in Emoji 11. 0. It represents the bird, ponds and feeding ducks — though bread is now discouraged, and the emoji turns up in posts saying so. It carries the phrase "if it looks like a duck," meaning something obvious, and "getting your ducks in a row," meaning being organised.
Meaning
A duck, added in Emoji 11.0. It represents the bird, ponds and feeding ducks — though bread is now discouraged, and the emoji turns up in posts saying so. It carries the phrase "if it looks like a duck," meaning something obvious, and "getting your ducks in a row," meaning being organised. It is also a fixture of rubber-duck debugging among programmers.
Trend over time
Wikipedia pageviews (CC-BY-SA) — Duck
How to use it
- Ducks in a row, finally organised 🦆
- Do not feed them bread, it is genuinely bad for them 🦆
- Explained the bug to a rubber duck and immediately solved it 🦆
How it looks
OFL-1.1 / Apache-2.0
Google Noto Color Emoji — SIL OFL 1.1 (font) / Apache 2.0 (code).
CC-BY-4.0
Twemoji by Twitter/X contributors — CC-BY-4.0 (jdecked/twemoji).
CC-BY-SA-4.0
OpenMoji by the HfG Karlsruhe — CC-BY-SA-4.0.
Apache-2.0
Blobmoji — Apache-2.0 (derivative of Noto).
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Related emoji
This emoji in other languages
Available in 100 languages
Show all language names
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | eend |
| አማርኛ | ዳክዬ |
| العربية | بطة |
| অসমীয়া | হাঁহ |
| azərbaycan | ördək |
| башҡорт | өйрәк |
| беларуская | качка |
| български | патица |
| বাংলা | হাঁস |
| bosanski | patka |
| català | ànec |
| ᏣᎳᎩ | ᎧᏬᏄ |
| čeština | kachna |
| чӑваш чӗлхи | кӑвакал |
| Cymraeg | hwyaden |
| Deutsch | Ente |
| dolnoserbšćina | kacka |
| Ελληνικά | πάπια |
| English | duck |
| español | pato |
| eesti | part |
| euskara | ahatea |
| فارسی | مرغابی |
| suomi | sorsa |
| Filipino | bibi |
| føroyskt | dunna |
| français | canard |
| Gaeilge | lacha |
| Gàidhlig | tunnag |
| galego | pato |
| ગુજરાતી | બતક |
| Hausa | agwagwa |
| עברית | ברווז |
| हिन्दी | बतख |
| hrvatski | patka |
| hornjoserbšćina | kačka |
| magyar | kacsa |
| հայերեն | բադ |
| Indonesia | bebek |
| íslenska | önd |
| italiano | anatra |
| 日本語 | カモ |
| Jawa | bebek |
| ქართული | იხვი |
| қазақ тілі | үйрек |
| قازاق ءتىلى (توتە) | ۇيرەك |
| ខ្មែរ | ទា |
| ಕನ್ನಡ | ಬಾತುಕೋಳಿ |
| 한국어 | 오리 |
| कोंकणी | बदक |
| кыргызча | өрдөк |
| ລາວ | ເປັດ |
| lietuvių | antis |
| latviešu | pīle |
| македонски | патка |
| മലയാളം | താറാവ് |
| монгол | нугас |
| मराठी | बदक |
| Melayu | itik |
| မြန်မာ | ဘဲ |
| नेपाली | हाँस |
| Nederlands | eend |
| norsk | and |
| ଓଡ଼ିଆ | ବତକ |
| ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | ਬੱਤਖ |
| Naijíriá Píjin | Dọk |
| polski | kaczka |
| پښتو | هيلۍ |
| português | pato |
| rumantsch | anda |
| română | rață |
| русский | утка |
| سنڌي | بدڪ |
| တႆး | ပဵတ်း |
| සිංහල | තාරාව |
| slovenčina | kačka |
| slovenščina | raca |
| Soomaali | muwaata |
| shqip | rosak |
| српски | патка |
| srpski | patka |
| svenska | and |
| Kiswahili | bata |
| தமிழ் | வாத்து |
| తెలుగు | బాతు |
| ไทย | เป็ด |
| ትግርኛ | ደርሆ ማይ |
| türkmen dili | ördek |
| lea fakatonga | pato |
| Türkçe | ördek |
| українська | качка |
| اردو | بطخ |
| o‘zbek | o‘rdak |
| Tiếng Việt | vịt |
| Èdè Yorùbá | Pẹ́pẹ́yẹ |
| 粵語 | 鴨 |
| 粤语 | 鸭 |
| 中文 | 鸭子 |
| 繁體中文 | 鴨子 |
| isiZulu | idada |
Technical details
- Codepoints
- U+1F986
- Emoji version
- 3
- Shortcodes
- :duck:
- Category
- Animals & Nature
FAQ
- What does the duck emoji (🦆) mean?
- A duck, added in Emoji 11. 0. It represents the bird, ponds and feeding ducks — though bread is now discouraged, and the emoji turns up in posts saying so. It carries the phrase "if it looks like a duck," meaning something obvious, and "getting your ducks in a row," meaning being organised.
- How do you type the duck emoji?
- Copy the duck emoji 🦆 directly from this page and paste it anywhere — messages, social media, documents, or code. On mobile, long-press to copy.
- What category is the duck emoji in?
- The duck emoji belongs to the Animals & Nature category.