๐Ÿข

๐Ÿข Emoji meaning

Slow and steady wins the race! Leisurely, slowly, calmly.

๐Ÿข Meaning

Turtles live to be between 40 and 100 years old and they move very slowly. You have a quiet day, you are moving or somebody dresses up in carnival as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Examples

  • Nice and easy! ๐Ÿข
  • I'm taking my time. ๐Ÿข
  • Why are you moving so slow? ๐Ÿข

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Commonly confused with

Color Variant

Turtle
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Frog

Frog vs turtle; both small green creatures sometimes used generically as โ€˜cute reptile/amphibianโ€™.

Turtle
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Crocodile

Turtle vs crocodile; both green reptiles with shells/scales, silhouette alone can mislead users.

Same Shape

Turtle
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Crocodile

Crocodile vs turtle; long snout vs shell detail can be hard to see at emoji size.

Turtle
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Snail

Snail vs turtle; both slow-moving shelled creatures, shell shapes may cause confusion.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œTurtleโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ animal

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ turtle + tortoise + terrapin

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- turtle - tortoise - terrapin

In the release of Emoji 1.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ tortoise + terrapin

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