U+1F99C "🦜" Parrot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🦜
U+1F99C "🦜" Parrot is a pictographic representation of a colorful bird known for its ability to mimic human speech, often depicted in a vibrant green and red plumage with a distinctive curved beak. It falls under the "Animals & Nature" category within the Unicode Standard and is commonly used in digital communication to symbolize tropical wildlife, pet ownership, or the act of repeating words and phrases. This character was officially added in Unicode version 11.0, which was released in June 2018, and is part of the "Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs" block, serving as a cheerful and expressive emoji for users across various platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F99C |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Parrot |
| 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 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDD9C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F99C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udd9c |