What does 🦆 Duck mean?
A mallard duck with a green head, floating or standing. Thanks to phone autocorrect, it famously replaces a certain swear word, which makes it a cheeky way to vent. In cricket, getting out for zero runs is a duck. In parts of the English Midlands, “duck” is an affectionate term for friends. Programmers know rubber duck debugging, explaining code aloud to a toy duck.
🦆 Duck is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (birds), added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016. People use it in messages about animal, bird and ornithology.
Example messages
🦆 Duck on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Duck looks on each platform.
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Duck emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Duck 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 :duck:.
When was the Duck emoji added?
🦆 Duck was added in Emoji 3.0, released in 2016. 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 Duck. The underlying code (U+1F986) 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.