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Meaning & usage
What does the Leo emoji mean?
The lion's mane and tail, covering roughly 23 July to 22 August.
Bold by reputation. It is the most flourishing of the twelve glyphs, and people who use it tend to use it prominently rather than tucked at the end of a line.
How to use ♌ naturally
Astrology content, birthdays and bios.
Reaction symbols work like visual emphasis: they reinforce a word, rate an idea or replace a short response. Repetition normally increases intensity, but it can also make a message feel more performative.
From standard to slang
The history of ♌
- 2010
First defined as emoji
According to Unicode’s Emoji Versions data, Leo was first defined as emoji in Emoji 0.6, dated 2010. That label is retrospective: Unicode applied it later to the early mobile core it inherited from the Japanese carriers.
- Before the keyboard
Its visual roots
A loop with a curving tail, standing for the lion's mane. It is the most flourishing of the twelve glyphs and the easiest to draw from memory.
- Today
How its use evolved
Astrology content, birthdays and bios.
Dates follow Unicode’s official Emoji Versions chart. Versions before Emoji 1.0 are labelled retrospectively. See the history of emoji.
In conversation
Examples of ♌ in messages
These examples show the emoji in complete messages, where the words make its intended tone easier to read.
August is a long month in this house ♌
♌ and not remotely apologetic
Made the whole dinner about themselves ♌
When to use it
Using ♌ clearly
Astrology content, birthdays and bios. It lands as leo emoji or ♌ meaning when the rest of the message supports that reading, and it is the surrounding words that do the deciding — so in a sensitive, professional or cross-cultural conversation, say the thing outright as well.
Common questions
About the leo emoji
What does ♌ mean in a text message?
The lion's mane and tail, covering roughly 23 July to 22 August. Bold by reputation. It is the most flourishing of the twelve glyphs, and people who use it tend to use it prominently rather than tucked at the end of a line.
Is ♌ always positive?
Not always. Its usual readings are leo emoji, ♌ meaning, leo zodiac symbol, and irony or the relationship between the people can flip any of them.
Why does ♌ look different on another device?
U+264C identifies the emoji; the picture is a font, drawn separately by Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung. Only the artwork changes, never the character.
How do I copy and paste the leo emoji?
Use the copy button at the top of this page. ♌ is a character, not an image, so it pastes into messages, captions and filenames as ordinary text.
When was the leo emoji introduced?
Unicode’s Emoji Versions data first records ♌ as emoji in Emoji 0.6, dated 2010. Early emoji version numbers can be retrospective, so this date describes its place in the standardised emoji set rather than the first-ever appearance of the underlying symbol.
Easily confused
♌ compared with similar emoji
These sit close enough in meaning that people reach for the wrong one. Here is what actually separates them.
Leo or Cancer?
Both are built from curls. ♌ has one loop and a trailing stroke; ♋ has two loops and no tail at all.
For developers
♌ in code
Every value below is generated from the character itself, so it stays correct even where a file encoding cannot hold the emoji directly.
| Format | Value | When to use it | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+264C | The standard reference. Use it to search a character map or a spec. | |
| HTML (hex) | ♌ | For HTML and XML. Safe in files that are not saved as UTF-8. | |
| HTML (decimal) | ♌ | The same reference in decimal. Both render identically. | |
| CSS | \264C | For the content property. Keep the quotes around the whole value. | |
| JavaScript | \u{264C} | A string-literal escape. Needs the u flag inside a regular expression. | |
| URL-encoded | %E2%99%8C | Percent-encoded UTF-8, for query strings and API requests. |
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Emoji details
- Unicode
- U+264C
- Category
- Symbols & Reactions
- Also known as
- leo emoji♌ meaningleo zodiac symbol
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