Kangaroo emoji 🦘
🦘 is the kangaroo: a brown kangaroo mid-hop. It means Australia above all — Australia Day, Aussie sports teams, travel Down Under — and jumping or bouncing: “hopping…
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What the kangaroo 🦘 emoji means
🦘 is the kangaroo: a brown kangaroo mid-hop. It means Australia above all — Australia Day, Aussie sports teams, travel Down Under — and jumping or bouncing: “hopping over now 🦘”, a good mood, “jumping for joy”. Added in Emoji 11.0 (2018) with the koala’s older cousin 🐨. It pairs with 🇦🇺 the Australian flag and 🐨 koala.
Unicode name: kangaroo · U+1F998 · Emoji 11.0 (2018) · group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Australia: travel, national days, sport
- Jumping: hopping over, bouncing
- Wildlife: Australian animals
- Wallabies and Kangaroos: rugby teams
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| kangarooU+1F998 | Australia, hopping | |
| koalaU+1F428 | Australia’s other icon | |
| flag: AustraliaU+1F1E6 U+1F1FA | Australia | |
| parrotU+1F99C | Cockatoo stand-in | |
| rugby footballU+1F3C9 | The Kangaroos |
Questions people ask
What does 🦘 mean?
Australia, or jumping and hopping.
Is there a jumping emoji?
No dedicated one; 🦘 kangaroo and 🐇 rabbit are used for jumping.
When was 🦘 added?
2018, Emoji 11.0.
What is the bounce emoji?
There is no standalone bounce emoji, so the kangaroo 🦘 is sometimes used to represent bouncing or hopping in messages.
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.
