Keyword
creature emoji
24 emoji are annotated with “creature” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
- ogreogre
- goblingoblin
- ghostghost
- alienalien
- alien monsteralien monster
- merpersonmerperson
- merperson: light skin tonemerperson: light skin tone
- merperson: medium-light skin tonemerperson: medium-light skin tone
- merperson: medium skin tonemerperson: medium skin tone
- merperson: medium-dark skin tonemerperson: medium-dark skin tone
- merperson: dark skin tonemerperson: dark skin tone
- mermanmerman
- merman: light skin tonemerman: light skin tone
- merman: medium-light skin tonemerman: medium-light skin tone
- merman: medium skin tonemerman: medium skin tone
- merman: medium-dark skin tonemerman: medium-dark skin tone
- merman: dark skin tonemerman: dark skin tone
- mermaidmermaid
- mermaid: light skin tonemermaid: light skin tone
- mermaid: medium-light skin tonemermaid: medium-light skin tone
- mermaid: medium skin tonemermaid: medium skin tone
- mermaid: medium-dark skin tonemermaid: medium-dark skin tone
- mermaid: dark skin tonemermaid: dark skin tone
- octopusoctopus
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean creature?
- 24 emoji are annotated with “creature”.
- Which categories does creature span?
- Emoji annotated “creature” appear in Smileys & Emotion, People & Body and Animals & Nature. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged creature?
- They include 👹 ogre, 👺 goblin, 👻 ghost and 👽 alien. 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.