Turkey, U+1F983, opens the emoji list's bird section and is the only turkey Unicode has. After it come 72 more: the drumstick, two flags, the flock, text turkeys, lines and ASCII art. Turkey emoji copy and paste, wattle and all.
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Two birds and no country
CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, lists turkey for two emoji: the bird and Poultry leg, whose words also run to chicken. The country's flag is not found, because Unicode calls it Tรผrkiye and gives it one search word, flag.
Named after the wrong place, twice
Wikipedia's Turkey (bird) article says the name first meant the guineafowl, an African bird that reached Europe by way of Turkey, and then moved to the American one. French named it after India, poule d'inde, later dinde, though the article calls turkeys indigenous to the Americas. Named twice, wrong twice pastes both flags round the bird, and Guinea fowl, as a hieroglyph is the original in plain text.
Tips
Wild turkeys fly: Wikipedia calls them agile, fast fliers that roost in trees at twilight. Up to roost pastes bird, tree and dusk.
Eight of the ten text turkeys are keyboard characters only. The other two use a maths sign, an empty box in some fonts.
Set the six ASCII drawings in a monospaced font or the fan collapses. None is wider than 24 columns.
Questions and answers
Is the turkey emoji the bird or the country?
The bird: CLDR files it under bird, gobble, thanksgiving and turkey. The country's flag is a separate emoji, and both are in the first section, so either reading is one tap.
What is a baby turkey called?
A poult or chick. Wikipedia's turkey articles add that females are hens, and males are toms in Canada and the United States and stags in the United Kingdom and Ireland. CLDR has no poult, so Hatching chick stands in. Thanksgiving emoji sets the table.
What does a turkey mean in bowling?
Three strikes in a row, hence the Bowling tile. Wikipedia's Strike (bowling) article says a scoresheet marks a strike with an X, so XXX is a turkey in plain text, and the last drawing is the scoresheet. One-line ASCII art has more.
The turkey emoji, and what else answers to turkey 7
๐ณBowlingU+1F3B3. CLDR files it under strike. Wikipedia's Strike (bowling) article says a series of three strikes is known as a turkey. Emoji 0.6.
๐Globe showing AmericasU+1F30E. Where the bird is actually from. The article opens by calling turkeys indigenous to the Americas. Emoji 0.7.
๐ฎ๐ณIndia flagU+1F1EE U+1F1F3. The same article says French named the bird after India: poule d'inde, chicken of India, later dinde. Wrong again. Emoji 2.0.
๐Person runningU+1F3C3. For the turkey trot, which Wikipedia describes as a footrace held on or around Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
๐Poultry legU+1F357. CLDR lists turkey for two emoji and this drumstick is the second. Its words run to chicken as well, so the bird is whichever you roasted. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฆTurkeyU+1F983. The only turkey in the emoji list. It opens Unicode's bird section, one place ahead of the chicken, and CLDR files it under four words: bird, gobble, thanksgiving and turkey. Emoji 1.0.
๐น๐ทTรผrkiye flagU+1F1F9 U+1F1F7. A CLDR search for turkey does not find it: Unicode calls the flag Tรผrkiye and gives it one search word, flag. Wikipedia's Turkey (bird) article says guineafowl reached Europe by way of Turkey, and the name moved on to the American bird. Emoji 2.0.
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The rest of the flock 9
๐ChickenU+1F414. Next in Unicode's list after the turkey, and older: Emoji 0.6 to the turkey's 1.0. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฆDuckU+1F986. More of the farmyard. CLDR files it under bird, as it does 22 emoji in all, the turkey among them. Emoji 3.0.
๐ฅEggU+1F95A. Where a poult starts. CLDR files it under breakfast. Emoji 3.0.
๐ชถFeatherU+1FAB6. The only emoji CLDR files under plumage. Wikipedia gives the male a long, dark, fan-shaped tail. Emoji 13.0.
๐ชฟGooseU+1FABF. The only emoji CLDR files under fowl. It is from Emoji 15.0. Emoji 15.0.
๐ฃHatching chickU+1F423. Wikipedia says an infant turkey is called a chick or a poult. CLDR files three emoji under chick and nothing under poult. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฆPeacockU+1F99A. The other bird that spreads its tail. CLDR files it under proud and ostentatious, and Wikipedia says a male wild turkey puffs out his feathers, spreads his tail and drags his wings, which is known as strutting. Emoji 11.0.
๐RoosterU+1F413. Third in the bird section. It arrived with the turkey in Emoji 1.0. Emoji 1.0.
๐ชฝWingU+1FABD. Wikipedia's Wild turkey article calls wild turkeys agile, fast fliers, unlike their domesticated counterparts. It is from Emoji 15.0. Emoji 15.0.
A turkey's day, woods to table 8
๐ฆดBoneU+1F9B4. CLDR files it under wishbone. The one part of the turkey with a game attached. Emoji 11.0.
๐ฐChestnutU+1F330. Wikipedia's Wild turkey article says they prefer acorns and nuts, chestnut among them. CLDR lists nothing under acorn, so this stands in for both. Emoji 0.6.
๐ณDeciduous treeU+1F333. Bed. The article says that at twilight most turkeys roost well off the ground in trees for safety. CLDR files it under forest. Emoji 1.0.
๐ฝ๏ธFork and knife with plateU+1F37D U+FE0F. CLDR files it under dinner, where a domestic turkey tends to end up. It has a text form. Emoji 0.7.
๐ขLoudspeakerU+1F4E2. Gobble is one of twelve calls the article lists for the wild turkey, with the plain yelp, the purr, the cluck and the kee kee run. CLDR files gobble under the turkey alone and lists nothing for the rest. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅPeanutsU+1F95C. CLDR files two emoji under nut, and the other one is a bolt. Emoji 3.0.
๐ฅชSandwichU+1F96A. The day after. CLDR lists nothing under leftover or leftovers, and files this under bread. Emoji 5.0.
๐SunsetU+1F307. Bedtime. CLDR lists nothing under twilight and two emoji under dusk; this is the one without the office blocks. Emoji 0.6.
Turkey symbols, no emoji 9
้ณฅBird, as a Han characterU+9CE5. Unihan defines it as bird. No character in Unicode apart from the emoji has turkey in its name, so plain text starts here.
็ฆฝBirds and fowl, as a Han characterU+79BD. Unihan defines it as birds, fowl. No Unicode character name contains the word fowl.
้Domestic fowl, as a Han characterU+96DE. Unihan defines it as chickens, domestic fowl.
็พฝFeather, as a Han characterU+7FBD. Unihan defines it as feather, plume, wings. Two quills, side by side.
๐Feather, as a hieroglyphU+13184 Egyptian hieroglyph H006. Unicode's description is two words long: a feather. An empty box where no font has it.
๐ Guinea fowl, as a hieroglyphU+13158 Egyptian hieroglyph G021. Unicode describes it as a Saharan helmeted guinea fowl with a lappet. Wikipedia says the name turkey first meant the guineafowl, so this is the original turkey in plain text. An empty box where no font has it.
โฟKangxi radical birdU+2FC3 Kangxi radical bird. The bird character filed as a dictionary radical, number 196.
แOgham feather markU+169B Ogham feather mark. One of four characters with feather as a word of the name. Unicode's notes say it marks the beginning of Ogham text.
XXXA turkey, on a bowling scoresheet: three strikes
Text turkeys, one line each 10
(.> (.> (.>Three poults in a row
<o)}}}The same tom, facing left
<o)โซธThe same, facing left
(o>Hen: no fan
{{{(o>Tom, fan up: three braces for a tail
โซท(o>One character for the whole tail
{{{(o> (o> (.> (.>Tom, hen and two poults
{{{(o>;With the wattle: a semicolon under the beak
\\\(ovo)///Head on, full fan
{{{(-> z zRoosting: eye shut
Turkey lines 14
๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆBorder row, turkeys and leaves
๐ฅถ Cold turkey, the sandwich kind ๐ฅชThe day after
๐ Dibs on the drumstick ๐Said early, in writing
๐ฆ Gobble gobble ๐ฆThe whole vocabulary, as far as CLDR goes
๐ฆ Gobble till you wobble ๐ฅงThe dinner plan
๐ฆ Happy Thanksgiving, you turkeys ๐งกFor the group chat
๐ฆ Let us talk turkey ๐ฆDown to business
๐ฆ Named after the wrong country ๐น๐ทThe name first belonged to the guineafowl
{{{(o> Gobble gobble <o)}}}No emoji: a keyboard tom each side
๐ฆ Signed, the turkey: eat more pie ๐ฅงA message from the bird
๐ณ Three strikes in a row. That is a turkey ๐ฆBowling: three strikes running
โฒ๏ธ The turkey is in the oven ๐ฆThe status update
๐ Turkey trot first, turkey after ๐ฆRace morning
๐ฆ Wild turkeys can fly. Pass it on ๐ชฝAgile, fast fliers, says the article
ASCII turkeys 6
A turkey, in bowlingA scoresheet with three strikes in a row. Wikipedia's Strike (bowling) article says a strike is marked by an X and three running is a turkey. Plain ASCII, 13 columns wide.
Hen and three poultsPoults is Wikipedia's word for the chicks; hen is its word for the one in charge. Plain ASCII, 24 columns wide.
Roast turkey on a platterFrills on the drumsticks, platter underneath. Plain ASCII, 24 columns wide.
Roosting at duskUp a tree for the night, which is where the Wild turkey article says most of them go at twilight. Plain ASCII, 19 columns wide.
Tom turkey, fan upHead on and strutting: Wikipedia says the male puffs out his feathers and spreads his tail. Plain ASCII, 21 columns wide.
Turkey, side onFan at the back, wattle at the front. Plain ASCII, 20 columns wide.
Turkey combos 10
๐ณโโโA turkey, in bowling emojiBowling, then cross mark 3 times. Three strikes running. CLDR files the cross mark under x, which is how a scoresheet marks a strike.
๐ฆ๐Everything under turkeyTurkey, then poultry leg. Both emoji CLDR files under turkey, in one paste.
๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆFlock of fiveTurkey 5 times. Five in a row, for when one gobble is not enough.
๐ฆ๐ชฝFlying turkeyTurkey, then wing. The wild ones are agile, fast fliers. Wikipedia calls the domestic kind semi-flightless.
๐ข๐ฆGobble, amplifiedLoudspeaker, then turkey. The only emoji CLDR files under gobble, with the volume up.
๐น๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณNamed twice, wrong twiceFlag: Tรผrkiye, then turkey, then flag: India. English named the bird after one country and French after another. Wikipedia says it is indigenous to the Americas.
๐ฆ๐ฆStrutTurkey, then peacock. The two birds in the list that make a show of their tails.
๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐คTom, hen and poultsTurkey twice, then hatching chick, then baby chick. Wikipedia's words for the family: toms in Canada and the United States, stags in the United Kingdom and Ireland, hens and poults everywhere.
๐๐ฆTurkey trotPerson running, then turkey. The footrace held on or around Thanksgiving Day. The bird is not required to run.
๐ฆ๐ณ๐Up to roostTurkey, then deciduous tree, then sunset. Bird, tree, dusk. The evening routine of a wild turkey.
How this list was compiled: Built by script on 2026-09-19, not typed by hand. The emoji, their names, code points and Emoji version numbers come from emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); names are the CLDR short names printed in that file, in sentence case. The 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, main branch). CLDR lists turkey for two emoji (turkey and poultry leg) and gobble and thanksgiving for the turkey alone; the flag of Tรผrkiye has the one search word flag, so a CLDR search for turkey does not find it. It lists strike for bowling, fowl for the goose, plumage for the feather, ostentatious for the peacock, chick for three emoji, nut for peanuts and nut and bolt, dusk for two, wishbone for the bone and bird for 22; it lists nothing for poult, hen, snood, wattle, roost, strut, cluck, yelp, purr, trot, acorn, leftover, gravy, stuffing, roast, oven or twilight. The first group is the two turkey emoji and five that answer to the word in other ways; the flock, the woods and the table are our own picks. The text forms come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt). Every character that is not an emoji was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), and a note that names a character uses its name from that file. One character name in UnicodeData.txt 18.0.0 has TURKEY as a word, the emoji U+1F983; none has FOWL; four have FEATHER (U+169B Ogham feather mark, U+169C Ogham reversed feather mark, U+2F7B Kangxi radical feather, U+1FAB6 Feather). U+169B, U+2FC3, U+2AF7, U+2AF8, U+13158 and U+13184 are not in emoji-test.txt. Meanings of Chinese characters come from the kDefinition field of Unihan_Readings.txt in Unihan.zip, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unihan.zip). Hieroglyph descriptions come from the kEH_Desc field of Unikemet.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unikemet.txt). What the page says about the bird (indigenous to the Americas; the name first denoting the guineafowl, which reached Europe via Turkey; French naming it after India; an infant called a chick or poult; the snood) is from the English Wikipedia article Turkey (bird) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_(bird)); hens, poults, toms and stags and the domestic bird being semi-flightless are from Domestic turkey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_turkey); agile, fast fliers, roosting in trees at twilight, the twelve calls, acorns and nuts, the fan-shaped tail and strutting are from Wild turkey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_turkey); three strikes being a turkey and a strike being marked by an X are from Strike (bowling) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_(bowling)); the footrace is from Turkey trot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_trot). All five were read on 2026-09-19. The 10 one-line text turkeys, 14 lines, 6 ASCII drawings and 10 combos are this site's own work: the emoji in them are fetched by name from emoji-test.txt, the plain characters by name from UnicodeData.txt, and the drawings were made for this page. The text turkeys are built on a three-character bird too plain to have an author; the fans, wattle, poults and roosting versions were made here. No row of the drawings is shared with this site's animal ASCII art page. All sources were checked on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work