Keyword
flying emoji
4 emoji are annotated with “flying” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean flying?
- 4 emoji are annotated with “flying”.
- Which categories does flying span?
- Emoji annotated “flying” appear in Animals & Nature, Travel & Places and Activities. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged flying?
- They include 🪽 Flügel, ✈️ Flugzeug, 🛸 fliegende Untertasse and 🥏 Frisbee. The full set is listed above.
- Where do these keywords come from?
- Unicode’s CLDR annotation data, which is the same source that lets an emoji keyboard find a character by name. They are not tags anyone here invented.