🕊️ Dove

The 🕊️ Dove emoji belongs to the birds, filed by Unicode under Animals & Nature. In practice it comes up around bird, fly, ornithology and peace.

🕊️ works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Emotions and Feelings. It joined the standard with Emoji 0.7 in 2010, so support on current devices is reliable. Its code point is U+1F54A.

• 🕊️ on its own already flags the topic: bird.
• Fits messages about bird, fly, ornithology and peace.
• Often seen near 🐧 Penguin, 🐦️ Bird and 🦅 Eagle.

The dove as a symbol of peace goes back to the biblical flood, where it returns with an olive branch. Its modern spread is owed to Pablo Picasso, whose dove lithograph became the poster of the 1949 Paris World Peace Congress.

In Judaism and Christianity it also stands for the Holy Spirit, and in Islam it is regarded as a protector of Muhammad. The emoji is therefore used both politically and religiously – and in chat, often simply as a mark of sympathy after a death.

• 🕊️🦢 – Dove and Swan
• 🕊️🐥 – Dove with Front-Facing Baby Chick
• 🕊️🐤 – Dove plus Baby Chick
• 🕊️🦤 – Dove and Dodo
• 🕊️🐣 – Dove with Hatching Chick
• 🕊️🐧 – Dove plus Penguin
• 🕊️🪶 – Dove and Feather
• 🕊️🐦️ – Dove with Bird

Easy to mix up with 🐧 Penguin, 🐦️ Bird or 🦅 Eagle. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.