Emoji dictionary
🦧 Orangutan emoji
[ aw-rang-oo-tan ih-moh-jee ]
What does 🦧 Orangutan emoji mean?
The Orangutan emoji 🦧 depicts the orange-haired ape, the orangutan. It may be used to represent the endangered primate or for various metaphorical senses of ape or monkey.
Also, the Orangutan emoji 🦧 may appear along with other animal emoji to honor UN World Wildlife Day, which is on March 3
Where does 🦧 Orangutan emoji come from?
Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) are orange-haired, long-armed, and endangered primates native to Indonesia and Malaysia. The name orangutan is based on Malay words meaning “forest man.”
The Orangutan emoji 🦧 is, appropriately enough, an emoji depiction of an orangutan. This emoji was approved under Unicode 12.0 in 2019. Current implementations feature the orangutan facing forward with shaggy orange hair, often scratching its head. Designs range from cartoon-like to photorealistic.
Examples of 🦧 Orangutan emoji
Who uses 🦧 Orangutan emoji?
The Orangutan emoji 🦧 enjoys use by many diehard orangutan fans—and was met by an enthusiastic reception in 2019. It often represents primates more generally and metaphorical senses of ape or monkey (e.g., my little monkey as a term of endearment).
Orangutan. 🦧 Sloth. 🦥 Or flamingo. 🦩
Not sure which new emoji we're most excited for! How about you? #WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/KCE9z0es6s
— Indianapolis Zoo (@IndianapolisZoo) July 17, 2019
The Orangutan emoji 🦧 is used to discuss wildlife conservation efforts. For example, the Orangutan emoji 🦧 may appear along with other animal emoji to honor animals and plants, their livelihood, and their conservation on UN World Wildlife Day, which falls on March 3 each year.
Please consider this wonderful initiative! 🦧 https://t.co/c4qX2ZOHP7
— Jill Ⓥ (@Jillinchillin) February 21, 2019
Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! 🦧🌳🐯
Wildlife in all its varied and beautiful forms is an essential component of life on this planet… yet thousands of species face extinction.
But there is hope, and together we can continue to take action and protect wildlife and wild places. 💚 pic.twitter.com/1TouV3mGtP— Paignton Zoo (@PaigntonZoo) March 3, 2021
Note
This is not meant to be a formal definition of 🦧 Orangutan emoji like most terms we define on Dictionary.com, but is rather an informal word summary that hopefully touches upon the key aspects of the meaning and usage of 🦧 Orangutan emoji that will help our users expand their word mastery.