🦨
Represents the animal skunk
Saw a 🦨 in my backyard last night!
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🚀 Emoji Details
🦨
Skunk
The 🦨 Skunk emoji depicts a skunk, a mammal known for its distinctive black and white striped fur and its ability to spray a foul-smelling liquid as a defense mechanism. The emoji is commonly used to...
Meaning & Usage
The 🦨 Skunk emoji depicts a skunk, a mammal known for its distinctive black and white striped fur and its ability to spray a foul-smelling liquid as a defense mechanism. The emoji is commonly used to represent skunks, bad smells, or situations that are unpleasant or stinky. It can also be used metaphorically to describe someone who is being avoided or is causing trouble. The skunk emoji was introduced in Unicode 12.0 in 2019, adding to the collection of animal emojis available for digital communication.
Usage Contexts
🦨
Indicates a bad or unpleasant smell
Ugh, something smells like 🦨 in here.
🦨
Describes someone who is being avoided or disliked
He's acting like a real 🦨 lately.
🦨
Represents a situation that is unpleasant or problematic
This whole situation is starting to feel like a 🦨.
Platform Appearances
ℹ️ All images shown are from open-licensed sources (Apache 2.0, MIT, CC-BY 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0) and are free to use.
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🇹🇷
Kokarca
Türkçe
🇩🇪
Stinktier
Deutsch
🇫🇷
Mouffette
Français
🇮🇳
स्कंक
हिन्दी
🇸🇦
ظربان
العربية
🇷🇺
Скунс
Русский
🇵🇰
سکنک
اردو
🇮🇩
Sigung
Bahasa Indonesia
🇻🇳
Chồn hôi Mỹ
Tiếng Việt
🇹🇭
สกังก์
ไทย
🇮🇷
راسو
فارسی
🇳🇬
Dila
Hausa
🇪🇹
ሸለምጥማጥ
አማርኛ
🇹🇿
Mnyama Kicheche
Kiswahili
🇧🇩
স্কাংক
বাংলা
🇲🇲
နံစော်ဖျံ
မြန်မာ
🇺🇿
Sassiqkoʻzan
Oʻzbek
🇮🇳
स्कंक
मराठी
🇮🇳
ఉడుము
తెలుగు
🇮🇩
Garangan
Jawa
🇮🇶
Sêvok
Kurdî
🇵🇭
Amoy-kamatis
Filipino
Usage Tips
Combine with other emojis
Use the 🦨 emoji with other emojis like 👃 to emphasize the smell or 😬 to express disgust.
Use metaphorically
The 🦨 emoji can be used metaphorically to describe situations or people that are unpleasant or problematic.
Consider your audience
Be mindful of your audience when using the 🦨 emoji, as it can be interpreted as offensive or rude in some contexts.
Developer Codes
U+1F9A8
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