๐Ÿบ

๐Ÿบ Emoji meaning

Loneliness, independence, family loyalty, fairy tales, villain.

๐Ÿบ Meaning

The lonely wolf howling at the moon. In fairytales like โ€œLittle Red Riding Hoodโ€œ or โ€œThe Wolf and the Seven Little Goatsโ€œ often an evil character, like a wolf in sheep's clothing. Symbol for independence, but also strong family spirit.

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Commonly confused with

Color Variant

Wolf
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Fox

Fox vs wolf; both canine faces with pointed muzzles, only color and ear styling differ.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œWolfโ€ 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 12.0 and Unicode 12.0 in 2019 there was 1 change.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

wolf face

Emoji title after

wolf

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- wolf face

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ wolf face

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ face + wolf

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- wolf

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