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🦁 Lion
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🦁 Emoji meaning
As brave as a lion! Mighty ruler, symbol of power.
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🦁 Meaning
A cute lion face, the king of animals and the jungle. A powerful, dangerous predator, a sublime ruler over its pack and a symbol of power.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Lion vs tiger; both big cat faces with manes/stripes that may not be obvious at small scale.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Lion” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ alpha + animal + mane + order + rawr + roar + safari + strong
In the release of Emoji 12.0 and Unicode 12.0 in 2019 there was 1 change.
Emoji title renamed
Emoji title before
lion face
Emoji title after
lion
In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords removed
- lion face
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ lion face
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ face + Leo + lion + zodiac
