Beaver emoji 🦫
🦫 is the beaver: a brown beaver with a flat tail and buck teeth. It means beavers, Canada and hard work — “busy as a beaver”, building, dams, lumber — and Oregon State…
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What the beaver 🦫 emoji means
🦫 is the beaver: a brown beaver with a flat tail and buck teeth. It means beavers, Canada and hard work — “busy as a beaver”, building, dams, lumber — and Oregon State and Canadian sports teams. It has an adult slang meaning too, so check the tone before you send it to a stranger. Added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). Neighbours: 🦦 otter, 🐿️ squirrel, 🪵 wood.
Unicode name: beaver · U+1F9AB · Emoji 13.0 (2020) · group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Busy beaver: hard work
- Canada: national animal
- Building: dams, DIY
- Teams: Oregon State Beavers
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| beaverU+1F9AB | Busy, Canada | |
| otterU+1F9A6 | Otter | |
| chipmunkU+1F43F U+FE0F | Squirrel | |
| woodU+1FAB5 | Logs | |
| flag: CanadaU+1F1E8 U+1F1E6 | Canada |
Questions people ask
What does 🦫 mean?
A beaver — hard work, Canada, building. It also has a crude slang sense in some contexts.
When was 🦫 added?
2020, Emoji 13.0.
What does 🦫 mean from a guy?
Usually the busy-beaver joke; occasionally the slang.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
