🐢turtle

What does 🐢 turtle mean?

The turtle emoji depicts a shelled reptile and is often used to represent turtles, tortoises, or terrapins. Depending on context, it can also be used metaphorically to describe something slow-paced, or to talk about nature, wildlife, and pets. It is generally a literal and harmless emoji.

Often used for

• 🐢Talking about actual turtles, tortoises, or terrapins
• 🐢Discussing wildlife, nature, or trips to the aquarium
• 🐢Referencing the 'slow and steady' pace of a process
• 🐢Mentioning pet reptiles

🐢 in real messages

• saw a huge sea turtle at the beach today 🐢
• going to the aquarium later, hoping to see the 🐢
• found a little turtle crossing the road and helped it across 🐢
• this download is moving at the speed of a 🐢
• my new pet is a tiny box turtle 🐢
• slow and steady wins the race 🐢

Combos, text art & scenes with 🐢

How 🐢 turtle looks

Appearance varies by device and platform — your system font draws the native version below.

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OpenMoji artwork CC BY-SA 4.0 — see attributions.

🐢 turtle codes for developers

Every format below produces 🐢 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

🐢 in other languages

Source: Unicode CLDR