Raccoon emoji 🦝
🦝 is the raccoon: a grey face with a black mask and ringed tail. It means raccoons — the “trash panda” of North American bins — and sneaky, curious, mischievous…
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What the raccoon 🦝 emoji means
🦝 is the raccoon: a grey face with a black mask and ringed tail. It means raccoons — the “trash panda” of North American bins — and sneaky, curious, mischievous behaviour: raiding the fridge at midnight, “curious 🦝”. It is also a Rocket Raccoon reference for Marvel fans. Added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Its masked and woodland cousins: 🦡 badger, 🦊 fox.
Unicode name: raccoon · U+1F99D · Emoji 11.0 (2018) · group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Trash panda: bin raids, chaos
- Curious and sneaky: nosing around
- Night owls: midnight snacks
- Marvel: Rocket
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| raccoonU+1F99D | Curious, sneaky | |
| badgerU+1F9A1 | Badger | |
| foxU+1F98A | Fox | |
| wastebasketU+1F5D1 U+FE0F | The bin | |
| ninjaU+1F977 | Sneaky |
Questions people ask
What does 🦝 mean?
A raccoon — curiosity, mischief or the trash panda.
Why is 🦝 the curious emoji?
Unicode’s keywords include “curious” and “sly”, so it appears in searches for those words.
When was 🦝 added?
2018, Emoji 11.0.
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.
