Feather emoji 🪶
🪶 is the feather: a single brown-and-white feather. It means lightness, softness and freedom — “light as a feather”, a gentle touch — plus writing as a quill, signs…
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What the feather 🪶 emoji means
🪶 is the feather: a single brown-and-white feather. It means lightness, softness and freedom — “light as a feather”, a gentle touch — plus writing as a quill, signs from loved ones (a white feather is a folk sign that someone who died is near) and boho decor. Added in Emoji 13.0 (2020). The whole wing is 🪽 wing; the birds that shed it are on the bird emoji page.
Unicode name: feather · U+1FAB6 · Emoji 13.0 (2020) · group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Light and soft: gentle moods, weight loss jokes
- Quill: writing, poetry, history
- Signs: remembrance, angels
- Boho: decor, tattoos
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| featherU+1FAB6 | Light, soft, quill | |
| wingU+1FABD | Whole wing | |
| eagleU+1F985 | Bird | |
| writing handU+270D U+FE0F | Writing | |
| doveU+1F54A U+FE0F | Peace, remembrance |
Questions people ask
What does 🪶 mean?
A feather — lightness, writing, a sign from someone who has died, or boho style.
What does 🪶 mean from a girl?
Softness, a spiritual sign, or aesthetic decoration.
When was 🪶 added?
2020, Emoji 13.0.
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.
