🦁

🦁 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

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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

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

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.