Unicode does name a seagull, though not as an emoji: U+033C, Combining seagull below, is a phonetic mark shaped like one. For the seagull emoji this page pairs Water wave with Bird: ππ¦, a sea bird.
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Seagull emoticon: gulls typed on a keyboard
-v- is one gull gliding, and ~~~-v-~~~ sets it low over the waves. (Β°> is a head and a beak. The ASCII drawings stand a gull on a mooring post and fly four over the sea.
Why a wave and a bird
Wikipedia calls gulls seabirds, and Wiktionary splits the word into sea and gull. CLDR files sea under nine emoji and none is a bird, so the pair spells it out. ποΈπ swaps in Dove, the only bird filed under fly.
By Wikipedia, gull and the older name mew both began as imitations of the birds' calls.
Questions and answers
Is there a seagull emoji?
Not by that name. Unicode's emoji list, version 18.0, has no emoji named seagull or gull, and CLDR has neither word. ππ¦, Water wave then Bird, is the stand-in on this page.
What is the seagull symbol?
βΜΌ is U+033C, Combining seagull below. By Wikipedia it marks a sound made with the tongue against the upper lip, and the International Phonetic Alphabet adopted it in 1989. tΜΌ shows it under a letter.
Is a seagull the same as a gull?
Yes. By Wikipedia, seagull is a layperson's word for a gull, with no fixed taxonomic meaning, and some gulls breed and feed away from the sea.
What sound does a seagull make?
Harsh mewing, wailing or squawking calls, by Wikipedia. The kittiwake, a gull, is named for its own: a shrill kittee-wa-aaake. No emoji is filed under squawk, so π’ Loudspeaker, filed under loud, stands in.
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Closest emoji 18
ποΈBeach with umbrellaU+1F3D6 U+FE0F. Filed under beach and umbrella. Emoji 0.7.
π¦BirdU+1F426. Filed under bird and ornithology. Emoji 0.6.
π¦CrabU+1F980. Filed under crab and zodiac. Emoji 1.0.
ποΈDoveU+1F54A U+FE0F. Filed under bird and fly. Its character name is Dove of peace. Emoji 0.7.
πͺΆFeatherU+1FAB6. The only emoji filed under feather. Emoji 13.0.
πFishU+1F41F. Filed under fish and fishing. Emoji 0.6.
πFrench friesU+1F35F. Filed under fries and fast. Emoji 0.6.
ποΈπGull over the waterDove, then water wave.
π’LoudspeakerU+1F4E2. Filed under loud and sound. Emoji 0.6.
πͺΊNest with eggsU+1FABA. Filed under nest and eggs. Emoji 14.0.
β΅SailboatU+26F5. Filed under sea and sailboat. Emoji 0.6.
π₯ͺSandwichU+1F96A. Filed under sandwich and bread. Emoji 5.0.
ππ¦SeagullWater wave, then bird.
πSpiral shellU+1F41A. Filed under sea and beach. Emoji 0.6.
πWater waveU+1F30A. Filed under ocean and wave. Emoji 0.6.
π€White heartU+1F90D. Filed under white and heart. Emoji 12.0.
πͺ½WingU+1FABD. The only emoji filed under wing. Emoji 15.0.
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Seagull symbols 7
ΛCaronU+02C7. A small raised v: a gull a long way off.
βCurly logical orU+22CE. A V with curved arms: wings mid-beat.
dΜΌD with a seagullU+0064 U+033C. The letter d with the seagull under it.
β¨Logical orU+2228. A V, the way far-off gulls are drawn. A maths sign, not an emoji.
nΜΌN with a seagullU+006E U+033C. The letter n with the seagull under it.
βΜΌSeagull belowU+25CC U+033C. The mark Unicode names Combining seagull below, shown under a dotted circle. Unicode's own note on it reads IPA: linguolabial. In Unicode since version 1.1.
tΜΌT with a seagullU+0074 U+033C. The letter t with the seagull under it: by Wikipedia, a sound made with the tongue against the upper lip.
Typed seagulls 6
(Β°>A head and a beak, facing right.
(Β°> |||||A gull that has seen your chips.
__(Β°>__A gull on a railing.
-v-One gull, gliding.
-v- -v- -v-Three in a row.
~~~-v-~~~A gull low over the waves.
Seagull drawings 3
Gull in flight, in ASCIIWings spread, seen head-on. Three lines. Needs monospaced text.
Gull on a post, in ASCIIA gull standing on a mooring post, with water at the foot. Eight lines.
Gulls over the sea, in ASCIIFour gulls above two lines of waves. Five lines.
π¦π¦ποΈGulls over the beachBird, twice, then beach with umbrella.
βπ¦Harbour gullAnchor, then bird.
π¬οΈπ¦Hovering on the windWind face, then bird. By Wikipedia, gulls are able to hover.
π¦ππ¦Ice cream, guardedSoft ice cream, then eyes, then bird.
ποΈπ¦Inland gullCityscape, then bird.
π π¦π’Morning squawkSunrise, then bird, then loudspeaker.
β°οΈπͺΊπ¦Nest on the cliffMountain, then nest with eggs, then bird.
π¦π¦π¦π’Noisy colonyBird, three times, then loudspeaker. Gulls nest in large, noisy colonies, by Wikipedia.
π¦π¦Rock pool raidBird, then crab.
π¦π₯ͺπStolen sandwichBird, then sandwich, then eyes.
How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-13 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); emoji names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Unicode has no emoji named seagull: no emoji name in that list and no CLDR search word or name holds seagull, gull, seamew, kittiwake, tern, albatross or seabird. Two characters are named for a seagull, U+033C Combining seagull below and U+1AE5 Combining seagull above, in UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt); they are phonetic marks and not emoji. The first has been in Unicode since version 1.1 and the second since 17.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt), and Unicode's note on the first, IPA: linguolabial, is from NamesList.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). What the mark stands for and the year 1989 are from Wikipedia, Linguolabial consonant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguolabial_consonant, CC BY-SA 4.0). CLDR files sea under nine emoji, none of them a bird, gray and grey under Grey heart alone, feather under Feather alone, wing under Wing alone and loud under two emoji; it files nothing under squawk. Dove's character name, Dove of peace, is from UnicodeData.txt. Character names are in sentence case. Unicode data is used under the Unicode terms of use (https://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html). What gulls are, their names in other languages, their calls, colours, nests, food and habits are restated from Wikipedia: Gull (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gull) and Kittiwake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kittiwake), both CC BY-SA 4.0. Where the word comes from, its synonyms and the French word are from Wiktionary: seagull (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seagull) and gull (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gull), both CC BY-SA 4.0. The pairs that stand in for a seagull, the typed gulls, the three drawings, the lines and the combos are this site's own work. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the typed lines, the text drawings and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia and Wiktionary are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.