Introducing the 🦍 (Gorilla) emoji, affectionately known as the "King Kong" or "Mighty Ape", is a picture-perfect representation of the world's largest primate. It generally depicts a full-bodied (some platforms only display the head) gorilla with dark gray fur, which appears to be sitting or standing with its chest forward, with muscular arms visible. On the surface, it can simply represent a gorilla, particularly when chatting about animals, the wilderness, or a zoo visit🚌. This emoji can be a fun way to express your admiration for these majestic creatures or share an interesting gorilla fact. Beyond that, this mighty emoji can be used to convey power, strength, or dominance. It's not just about representing the animal itself, but the traits and qualities we associate with gorillas. It can symbolize courage, leadership, or even a bit of wildness. Whether you're giving props to someone's physical prowess or mental resilience, cheering someone on, or expressing your own self-assurance, this emoji flexes its muscles with you💪 On the flip side, 🦍 can also denote unintelligence, rudeness, or uncouth behavior. So, if you're itching to critique someone, poke fun at your own blunders, or vent your annoyance, let the gorilla do the grunting! Jiaqi 💡Extended reading and popular science
The meaning of emoji symbol 🦍 is gorilla, it is related to animal, it can be found in emoji category: "🐵 Animals & Nature" - "🐀 Mammal".
🦍Examples and Usage
🔸 After six months of training, I can finally lift like a 🦍! 💪 🔸 Our manager went full silverback 🦍 in the meeting—nobody dared interrupt his plan. 🔸 Watching that guy shovel pizza at the party... total 🦍 behavior 🙄. 🔸 Harambe 🦍 will forever be a symbol of animal rights debates. 🔸 The new Godzilla vs. Kong trailer? Pure 🦍 awesomeness!
🦍Emoji Character Chat
🦍 Mighty Gorilla
I’m the Mighty Gorilla! 🦍 Strong, bold, and ready to take on any challenge with all my power and confidence! 💪
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🔸 What’s the challenge? Let me help you crush it! 🔸 I’m feeling frustrated, can you help me out? 🔸 Think you’re stronger than me? 🔸 Let’s talk about your wildest adventures! Chat to 🦍
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🦍Basic Information
Emoji:
🦍
Shortname:
gorilla
Apple Name:
gorilla
Known as:
Harambe
Codepoint:
U+1F98D Copy
Decimal:
ALT+129421
Unicode Version:
9.0 (2016-06-03)
Emoji Version:
3.0 (2016-06-03)
Categories:
🐵 Animals & Nature
Sub Categories:
🐀 Mammal
Keywords:
animal | gorilla
Proposal:
L2/14‑174
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🦍Popularity rating over time
🦍 Trend Chart (U+1F98D) - emojiall.com 100 75 50 25 0 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 🦍 www.emojiall.comemojiall.com Date Range: February 16, 2020 - February 16, 2025Update Time: Feb 22, 2025, 5:30:56 PM 🦍 and in the last five years, the popularity of this emoji has continued to rise.In 2021-05, its popularity showed the biggest increase.In 2018 and 2019, the trend of its popularity converge.In 2019, the trend of its popularity rate began to rise.
🦍See also
🍌banana 🐻bear 🦌deer 🐘elephant 🐆leopard 🦁lion 🐒monkey 🐵monkey face 🦏rhinoceros 🐯tiger face
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Short Name & Link
Arabic
🦍 غوريلا
Bulgarian
🦍 горила
Chinese, Simplified
🦍 大猩猩
Chinese, Traditional
🦍 大猩猩
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🦍 gorila
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🦍 gorila
Danish
🦍 gorilla
Dutch
🦍 gorilla
Filipino
🦍 gorilya
Finnish
🦍 gorilla
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