🦁
🦁 Lion Face Emoji
A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a lion—the large cat and king of the jungle—looking straight ahead. Depicted as a golden-yellow lion face with a light- or dark-brown mane, white muzzle, and neutral expression.
Often used with an affectionate tone. Does not have a full-bodied lion emoji counterpart. A lion is represented as ♌ Leo in the Western zodiac.
Available as an Apple Animoji.
Apple's lion previously featured a timid-looking expression.
| Emoji | 🦁 |
| Unicode Name | Lion Face |
| Apple Name | Lion Face |
| Also Known As | |
| Codepoints | U+1F981 |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | সহর মখ |
| Danish | løvehoved |
| German | löwe |
| English | lion |
| Spanish | león |
| French | tête de lion |
| Hindi | शर जस चहर |
| Italian | leone |
| Japanese | ライオンの顔 |
| Korean | 사자 얼굴 |
| Marathi | सहच चहर |
| Malay | singa |
| Dutch | leeuw |
| Norwegian | løve |
| Portuguese | rosto de leão |
| Swedish | lejonansikte |
| Tamil | சஙக மகம |
| Telugu | సహ మఖ |
| Chinese | 狮子 |
Apple
Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.
iOS 9.1
Oct - 2015
iOS 10.2
Dec - 2016
iOS 11.3
Mar - 2018
iOS 17.4
Mar - 2024
Google Noto Color Emoji
Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.
Android 6.0.1
Dec - 2015
Android 7.0
Aug - 2016
Android 8.0
Aug - 2017
Android 11.0
Aug - 2020
15.1
Nov - 2023
Samsung
Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.
Touchwiz 6.0
Mar - 2016
TouchWiz 7.0
Aug - 2016
TouchWiz 7.1
Sep - 2016
Experience 9.0
Feb - 2018
One UI 1.0
Feb - 2019
One UI 6.0
Oct - 2023
One UI 6.1
Mar - 2024
Microsoft 3D Fluent
Glossy, gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.
15.0
Oct - 2023
Microsoft
Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10’s final update was in May 2019.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Aug - 2016
Windows 11 November 2021 Update
Nov - 2021
Windows 11 23H2
Oct - 2023
WhatsApp
Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.
2.17
Oct - 2017
2.24.8.85
Apr - 2024
Twitter / X
Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.
Twemoji 2.0
Dec - 2015
Twemoji 15.0.1
Jul - 2023
Facebook
Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta’s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.
2.0
Feb - 2017
3.0
Dec - 2018
4.0
Aug - 2019
15.0
Feb - 2023
Huawei
Custom emoji set used on select Huawei phones and tablets.
HarmonyOS 4.0
Aug - 2023
LG
Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG’s final mobile device.
G5
Apr - 2016
Velvet
Jan - 2021
Telegram
Animated versions of Apple’s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.
Telemoji (November 2023)
Nov - 2023
Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)
3D animated versions of Microsoft’s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.
15.0
Apr - 2023
Skype
Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.
Emoticons 1.2
Jun - 2015
Twitter Emoji Stickers
Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter’s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.
13.1
Oct - 2022
JoyPixels
A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.
2.0
Dec - 2015
2.1
Jan - 2016
2.2
May - 2016
3.0
Apr - 2017
3.1
Jun - 2017
4.0
Aug - 2018
5.0
Jun - 2019
5.5
Jan - 2020
6.0
Jun - 2020
8.0
Aug - 2023
SerenityOS
Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.
2024-01-31
Jan - 2024
Toss Face (토스페이스)
A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.
February 2022
Feb - 2022
1.6
Sep - 2023
Sony Playstation
Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device’s messaging functionality.
13.1
May - 2021
Noto Emoji Font
A minimalist, monochrome version of Google’s Noto Color Emoji designs.
15.1
Sep - 2023
OpenMoji
A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd (Design University) in Germany.
1.0
Apr - 2018
15.0
Oct - 2023
Icons8
A licensable emoji design set.
14.0
Mar - 2023
emojidex
An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.
1.0.14
May - 2016
1.0.33
Jul - 2017
1.0.34
Aug - 2017
