U+1F998 "🦘" Kangaroo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🦘
U+1F998 "🦘" Kangaroo is an emoji that depicts a kangaroo, a large marsupial native to Australia, typically shown in profile with its characteristic powerful hind legs, long tail, and upright posture. Added to the Unicode Standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, it is used to represent Australia, Australian wildlife, or the kangaroo itself, often in contexts related to travel, nature, or sports like boxing. The design varies slightly across platforms but maintains the recognizable silhouette of a hopping or standing kangaroo.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F998 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Kangaroo |
| Block | Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🦘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🦘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA6 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDD98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F998 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udd98 |