Rat emoji meaning

The rat emoji shows a small, gray rat, often recognizable by its long tail and pointed nose. It is mainly used to represent real-life rats, but it can also carry symbolic meanings. For instance, it might be used to describe something as sneaky or untrustworthy. Additionally, in Chinese astrology, the rat is one of the twelve animals in the zodiac, and this emoji can be used when talking about the Year of the Rat or zodiac traits like cleverness and resourcefulness. The rat emoji is versatile and can fit into many different contexts depending on how it is used.

The rat emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09114