🐢 Turtle

🐢 Turtle is one of the reptiles in Unicode's Animals & Nature group. It usually appears in messages about animal, terrapin and tortoise.

You can drop 🐢 into chats, social posts, headlines or a bio. On SmileyZone it is filed under Animals and Nature. The character has been part of the standard since 2010 (Emoji 0.6). Its code point is U+1F422.

• A single 🐢 is often enough to set the tone.
• Fits messages about animal, terrapin and tortoise.
• Often seen near 🐍 Snake, 🐊 Crocodile and 🦎 Lizard.

In China the turtle is one of the four sacred animals and stands for longevity and steadiness; its shell was used for divination in the Shang period – the oldest Chinese characters are written on turtle shells.

At the same time “turtle” is a coarse insult in Chinese. In Hindu tradition the world-turtle Kurma bears the mountain, and in North American origin stories the world rests on its back – hence the name Turtle Island.

• 🐢🐉 – Turtle and Dragon
• 🐢🐍 – Turtle with Snake
• 🐢🐲 – Turtle plus Dragon Face
• 🐢🐊 – Turtle and Crocodile
• 🐢🦎 – Turtle with Lizard
• 🐢🦖 – Turtle plus T-Rex
• 🐢🦕 – Turtle and Sauropod

Easy to mix up with 🐍 Snake, 🐊 Crocodile or 🦎 Lizard. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.