U+1F99D "🦝" Raccoon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🦝
U+1F99D "🦝" Raccoon is a pictographic representation of the small, nocturnal mammal known for its distinctive black facial mask and ringed tail, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 as part of the Emoji 11.0 update. This character is widely used in digital communication to symbolize cleverness, curiosity, resourcefulness, and sometimes mischief, often appearing in contexts related to wildlife, urban scavenging, or playful references to raccoon-like behavior. Its design varies across platforms, but it consistently depicts a gray-furred animal with pointed ears and a bushy, striped tail, making it instantly recognizable as a raccoon.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F99D |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Raccoon |
| 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 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDD9D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F99D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udd9d |