A gold, jewel-studded crown, the crown emoji is instant royalty, used to declare someone the best at something. That could be a queen, a king, or the winner of whatever's being decided, and captions lean on it constantly to crown a favorite look, meal, or moment.
What 👑 means
A yellow or golden crown with pink and green precious stones studded alternatively at the side; the former is smaller than the latter in terms of size.
The 👑 Crown emoji signifies belonging to a royal family from a very broad perspective. However, this emoji would also suggest luxury, authority, power, wealth and importance.
How and when to use it
- If you're reposting or commenting on a post that renders the user a 'Queen/Kween' or 'King' (rarely happens, but okay), use 👑. For example, "Slaying as alwaysss. Love ya, queen 👑".
- If your post caption has words or inferences to the idea of being king or queen, you may use 👑. For instance, "A king is incomplete without his queen 👑" (and vice-versa).
- 👑 could have a beautiful reference to a game of chess; literally and metaphorically/philosophically. Like, "The queen can play the game of life without the king 👑".
- While sharing posts, videos, empowering quotes, and other content formats that fit the 'good vibes only' quota, bring 👑 into the picture - "You may not have a solid crown on your head, but you were always meant to rule 👑".
- A crown symbolizes dedication, authority, supremeness, and power. Likewise, 👑 may be used in any context that mentions any of these aspects.
Other Names
- 👑 Golden Crown
- 👑 Gold Precious Stone-Studded Crown
- 👑 Tiara
- 👑 Queen's Crown
- 👑 Coronet (thanks, corona)
- 👑 Diadem
- 👑 Royal Crown
👑 in real conversations
What does 👑 mean in texting?
Royalty, but figuratively — calling someone the best at what they do, a queen or king of the moment. 'You dropped this 👑' is a compliment implying someone's acting like royalty.
What does 👑 mean from a guy?
Praise for confidence or a win — crowning someone after a strong performance, a power move, or just carrying themselves impressively. Rarely literal, always a status boost.
Is 👑 only for women?
No — 'king' energy uses it just as often as 'queen' energy. It's gender-neutral in practice, applied to anyone acting like they run the room.
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › clothing
- Codepoints
U+1F451- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:crown:- Keywords
- clothing, crown, family, king, medieval, queen, royal, royalty, win
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 👑 Crown or 🤕 Face with Head-bandage?
Runs with a crowd
👑 keeps company in birthday emojis and cool emojis and cute emojis and party emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.