🧌 Troll

The 🧌 Troll emoji belongs to the fantasy figures, filed by Unicode under People & Body. Typical contexts are fairy, fantasy, monster and tale. Unicode also files it under trolling, which shows how widely it is read.

Worth knowing: 🧌 carries a second, informal reading. In chats it often means something other than the literal picture – our overview of double meaning emojis explains which one.

🧌 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under People and Body. The character has been part of the standard since 2021 (Emoji 14.0). Its code point is U+1F9CC.

• 🧌 on its own already flags the topic: fairy.
• Fits messages about fairy, fantasy, monster and tale.
• Often seen near 🧟‍♂️ Man Zombie, 🧟‍♀️ Woman Zombie and 🫈 Hairy Creature.

• 🧌🧝‍♂️ – Troll and Man Elf
• 🧌🧝‍♀️ – Troll with Woman Elf
• 🧌🧟‍♂️ – Troll plus Man Zombie
• 🧌🧞‍♂️ – Troll and Man Genie
• 🧌🧞‍♀️ – Troll with Woman Genie
• 🧌🧟‍♀️ – Troll plus Woman Zombie
• 🧌🧞 – Troll and Genie
• 🧌🧟 – Troll with Zombie

Easy to mix up with 🧟‍♂️ Man Zombie, 🧟‍♀️ Woman Zombie or 🫈 Hairy Creature. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.