Yellow bill, round body, the duck emoji covers actual ducks â ponds, bread-tossing, rubber-duck bath toys. It gets used too for 'ducking' out of something, dodging a question or an awkward situation the way a duck ducks underwater.
What ðĶ means
A full profile of a duck with a dark shade of green spreading from the head to the neck, white and brown feathers covering the rest of the body, and a pair of yellow webbed feet and a beak.
The ðĶ Duck emoji refers to a Mallard. However, it can be used to suggest other species and breeds as well. It signifies nature, aviary, and a significant member of the waterfowl category. Besides, ðĶ can also refer to famous cartoon characters such as Donald Duck and Daffy Duck.
How and when to use it
- If you're reposting or retweeting a viral video or photo of a duck(s), use ðĶ in the caption.
- Do you have ducks in your farm? Are you a duck lover? Or are you closely tied to these pretty birds through your occupation, home environment, ethnicity, etc? Then, you can use ðĶ in your social media profile name.
- Use ðĶ in the caption while posting duck memes, fails, or even adorable and 'ovaries exploding' kind of content like a dog-duck relationship, etc.
- You can also use ðĶ in the context of agriculture and animal husbandry. For instance, if yours is a social media page offering educative content on farming or exclusive information about ducks, you can use this emoji both in such post captions and in your social media profile name.
- Also, a male duck is called a 'drake', yes a DRAKE. If you're feeling particularly goofy today, and you're sharing one of your favorite drake songs with someone through a direct message (DM) or as a social media story, don't shy away from using ðĶ (haha).
Other Names
- ðĶ Drake (Male duck. Had to top the list)
- ðĶ Hen
- ðĶ Mallard
- ðĶ Daffy Duck
- ðĶ Donald Duck
- ðĶ Duck Sauce
- ðĶ Waterfowl
- ðĶ Dabbling Duck
- ðĶ Puddle Duck
The lowdown
- Category
- Animals & Nature âš animal-bird
- Codepoints
U+1F986- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0
- Shortcodes
:duck:- Keywords
- animal, bird, duck, ornithology
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.
⥠Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first â ðĶ Duck or ð Melon?
Runs with a crowd
ðĶ keeps company in cute emojis â tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.