Unicorn emoji 🦄
🦄 is the unicorn: a white horse’s head with a golden horn and a pastel mane. It means magic, rarity and fantasy — “you’re a 🦄”, a rare find — plus startups valued over…
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What the unicorn 🦄 emoji means
🦄 is the unicorn: a white horse’s head with a golden horn and a pastel mane. It means magic, rarity and fantasy — “you’re a 🦄”, a rare find — plus startups valued over $1 billion in business talk and the LGBTQ+ and rainbow aesthetic with 🌈. In dating slang a “unicorn” is a bisexual person who joins a couple, so 🦄 in a profile can mean exactly that. Added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). The plain horse is 🐴 horse.
Unicode name: unicorn · U+1F984 · Emoji 1.0 (2015) · group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Rare and special: people, finds, luck
- Magic and fantasy: kids, parties, sparkle
- Startups: billion-dollar valuations
- Dating slang: the couple’s third
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| unicornU+1F984 | Magic, rare | |
| horse faceU+1F434 | Horse | |
| rainbowU+1F308 | Rainbow | |
| sparklesU+2728 | Magic | |
| fairyU+1F9DA | Fairy |
Questions people ask
What does the unicorn emoji mean?
Something magical or rare — a person, a find, a startup. In dating, a bisexual third partner.
What does 🦄 mean from a guy?
Usually that you are rare and special; on a dating app, check the profile for the slang meaning.
What does 🦄 mean from a girl?
Magic, rarity or the rainbow aesthetic.
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.
