🦁 Lion

🦁 Lion is one of the mammals in Unicode's Animals & Nature group. It usually appears in messages about alpha, animal, face and leo. The keyword list continues with mane, order, rawr and roar.

🦁 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Emotions and Feelings. Added in 2015 with Emoji 1.0, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F981.

• A single 🦁 is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about alpha, animal, face and leo.
• Often seen near 🐈️ Cat, 🐈‍⬛ Black Cat and 🐯 Tiger Face.

• 🦁🦝 – Lion and Raccoon
• 🦁🐈️ – Lion with Cat
• 🦁🐱 – Lion plus Cat Face
• 🦁🐺 – Lion and Wolf
• 🦁🦊 – Lion with Fox
• 🦁🐅 – Lion plus Tiger
• 🦁🫏 – Lion and Donkey
• 🦁🐈‍⬛ – Lion with Black Cat

Easy to mix up with 🐈️ Cat, 🐈‍⬛ Black Cat or 🐯 Tiger Face. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.