Turkey emoji
🦃 is Thanksgiving first and a bird second. Copy it here with the emoji that go with it.
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What the turkey emoji means
🦃 (turkey, Emoji 1.0) is Thanksgiving first and a bird second: dinner plans, gratitude posts and “happy Thanksgiving” messages every November. Outside that week it appears for the animal, for farm content and as a jokey “you turkey”. It is not the country — that is the flag 🇹🇷 — though people mix them up. 🍗 🥧 🍂 complete the table.
Unicode name: turkey · U+1F983 · Emoji 1.0 (2015) · group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Thanksgiving: 🦃🍂🥧
- Dinner: 🦃🍗
- The bird: farms, wildlife
- Not the country: use 🇹🇷
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| turkeyU+1F983 | Thanksgiving, the bird | Seasonal | |
| poultry legU+1F357 | Poultry leg; the dinner | See the chicken emoji guide | |
| pieU+1F967 | Dessert | ||
| flag: TürkiyeU+1F1F9 U+1F1F7 | Türkiye, the country | A flag |
Chat examples
Real messages with 🦃, and a reply that fits.
happy Thanksgiving 🦃
🍗🥧
turkey’s in 🦃
smells amazing
🍂🦃 family day
enjoy
Questions people ask
Is 🦃 the Turkey flag?
No. 🦃 is the bird; the country’s flag is 🇹🇷.
When is the turkey emoji used?
Mostly around Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada, for dinner and gratitude posts.
Is the turkey emoji the bird or the flag?
🦃 is the bird, the one used for Thanksgiving. The flag of Türkiye is 🇹🇷 — see the Turkey flag emoji guide. For a full Thanksgiving set, the Thanksgiving emoji list has the rest.
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.
