What does ๐ Chicken mean?
A white hen with a red comb, usually shown from the front or side. Calling someone a chicken means they are scared, so it is used to tease people who back out of a dare. It also covers chicken dinners, backyard hens and fresh eggs. Gamers use it in โwinner winner, chicken dinnerโ celebrations. For a crowing male bird, ๐ is the rooster.
๐ Chicken 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
๐ Chicken on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Chicken looks on each platform.
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Chicken emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Chicken emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ 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 :chicken:.
When was the Chicken emoji added?
๐ Chicken was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Chicken. The underlying code (U+1F414) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.