Lion emoji meaning

The lion emoji represents the majestic and powerful lion, often called the king of the jungle. It symbolizes strength, bravery, and leadership. Lions are known for their impressive manes, loud roars, and social behavior as they live in family groups called prides. This emoji is commonly used to represent qualities like courage and determination or to refer to the animal itself.

The lion emoji was approved in Unicode 8.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/14174