What does ⛰️ Mountain mean?
A rocky mountain without a snow cap, often drawn with a couple of peaks. It stands for hiking, climbing and the outdoors in general, and is a frequent caption for trail photos and weekend escapes. Figuratively, it means an obstacle or a long effort, as in “a mountain of work” or moving mountains for someone. For snowy alpine scenes 🏔️ fits better, and 🗻 refers to Mount Fuji specifically.
⛰️ Mountain is an emoji from the Travel & Places category (landscapes & outdoors), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014.
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⛰️ Mountain on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Mountain looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Mountain 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 :mountain:.
When was the Mountain emoji added?
⛰️ Mountain was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. 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 Mountain. The underlying code (U+26F0 U+FE0F) 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.