Feather Emoji
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🪶🪶:feather:%F0%9F%AA%B6\1FAB6What does the Feather emoji mean?
🪶 is the Feather emoji from the Animals & Nature collection. Like other Unicode emojis, it provides a compact visual shorthand for feather that enhances tone and clarity in digital communication. Technically it is encoded at Unicode code point U+1FAB6 and was added in Emoji 14.0 (2021), so every up-to-date system can display and exchange it reliably. Beyond literal use, many nature emojis carry symbolic meaning — growth, freedom, calm, or playfulness — and are chosen for the feeling they evoke as much as the object they depict. On Apple, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and other vendors the artwork differs slightly — colour palette, shading, and line weight change — but the core concept of feather stays identical, so the emoji remains universally readable. You can copy this emoji as the character itself (🪶), as an HTML entity (🪶), or as a shortcode (:feather:) for platforms like Slack, Discord, and GitHub.
This detailed meaning was written by the UseEmoji editorial team after reviewing Unicode CLDR data and real-world usage. For quick identification, think of this emoji as shorthand for feather — it conveys that idea faster than words while keeping the message friendly and scannable.
How to use the Feather emoji
- In chat: Drop 🪶 into a sentence where you would normally write “feather” to add tone and visual interest.
- On social media: Pair 🪶 with a keyword or hashtag to make captions more searchable and expressive.
- In documents and code: Use the HTML entity 🪶 or shortcode :feather: when the raw character may be escaped or unsupported.
Technical details & cross-platform notes
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Unicode code point | U+1FAB6 |
| Introduced in | Emoji 14.0 (2021) |
| Shortcode | :feather: |
| HTML entity | 🪶 |
| Platform rendering | Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each draw their own glyph. The meaning stays feather everywhere — only the art style changes. |
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Frequently asked questions
What does Feather mean?
🪶 is the Feather emoji from the Animals & Nature collection. Like other Unicode emojis, it provides a compact visual shorthand for feather that enhances tone and clarity in digital communication. Tec...
What is the Unicode code point?
Encoded at U+1FAB6, introduced in Emoji 14.0 (2021). Official name: "Feather".
How do I copy the Feather emoji?
Click any Copy button above (Character, HTML Entity, Shortcode, CSS), then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. On mobile, long-press to paste.
Is the Feather emoji free to use?
Yes. The Unicode character is free for personal and commercial copy. Vendor-specific artwork is copyrighted — copy the character, not the image file.
How is Feather used in context?
It adds visual shorthand for feather in social posts, messages, and documents where an image conveys tone faster than words.
Does it look the same on every device?
Meaning is identical, but art differs: Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft each render 🪶 with their own style, colour, and shading.