U+1F9A6 "🦦" Otter Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🦦
U+1F9A6 "🦦" Otter is part of the Emoticons and Emoji block and was officially added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 as part of version 11.0. This character depicts a playful, long-bodied semiaquatic mammal commonly known for its sleek fur, webbed feet, and mischievous behavior near rivers and coasts. The otter emoji is often used in digital communication to represent wildlife, cuteness, curiosity, or a love of swimming and nature. It can also be employed to convey an energetic and social personality, as real otters are known for their playful interactions and tight-knit family groups.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F9A6 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Otter |
| 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 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDDA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F9A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udda6 |