What does 🐤 Baby Chick mean?
A small yellow chick shown in profile. It is cute and innocent, so it works for babies, springtime, Easter and anything small and sweet. People also use it as a playful nickname for someone young or new to a group. It differs from the front-facing 🐥, which feels slightly more cheerful and expressive, and from 🐣, which is still in its shell.
🐤 Baby Chick is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (birds), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about animal, bird and ornithology.
Example messages
🐤 Baby Chick on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Baby Chick looks on each platform.
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Baby Chick emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Baby Chick emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🐤 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :baby_chick:.
When was the Baby Chick emoji added?
🐤 Baby Chick was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🐤 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Baby Chick. The underlying code (U+1F424) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.