Wolf emoji copy and paste is one emoji, Wolf, and the night around it: six moons and skies, forest and prey, six tiles from the fables, five one-line text wolves, a distant awoo and 17 named combos.
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Tap a tile to copy it. Search reads Unicode names and CLDR search words, so elk finds Moose and herd finds Bison. Type howl for two text wolves, a distant awoo and two combos, or story for six combos from fables and fairy tales.
One wolf, and it is a face
Unicode's formal name for U+1F43A is WOLF FACE, and no full-body wolf sits beside it the way Dog sits beside Dog face. In Unicode's list it comes straight after the poodle. The text wolf β²γ»α΄₯γ»β² is the dog page's triangle-eared face with the ears turned up.
Tips
CLDR gives the wolf three search words: animal, face and wolf. The one emoji it files under wild is Broccoli.
ηΌ is wolf in Chinese and Japanese, lΓ‘ng and Εkami. Unicode indexes it under the dog radical.
Wolf Moon is a name for January's full moon. Type january and the combo comes up: Wolf, Full moon, Snowflake.
Questions and answers
Is there a werewolf emoji?
No. No emoji name and no CLDR search word contains werewolf. The Werewolf, assembled combo is a silhouette, Full moon and Wolf. Wikipedia calls the full moon trigger a modern invention, and the word itself is just man plus wolf.
Is there a howling wolf emoji?
No. Unicode has one wolf, U+1F43A, in the list since Emoji 0.6, and CLDR files no emoji under howl or pack. Pair it with Full moon, or copy a text wolf that howls: β²Β°OΒ°β² βΎ has its mouth open at a plain-text moon.
Do wolves really howl at the moon?
Not according to Wikipedia's Wolf article: the moon's phase makes no difference to their howling, and one reason wolves howl is to gather the pack. Howl at the moon is the combo for the legend, Roll call by howl the one for the zoology.
πDogU+1F415. The full-body dog. The wolf has no such partner. Emoji 0.7.
πΆDog faceU+1F436. CLDR gives it seven search words, puppy and pet among them. Linnaeus named the dog Canis familiaris and the wolf Canis lupus. Emoji 0.6.
π¦FoxU+1F98A. Next after the wolf in Unicode's list, with the same three-word treatment: animal, face and fox. Emoji 3.0.
πΊWolfU+1F43A. Unicode's formal name is WOLF FACE, and there is no full-body wolf to go with it. CLDR gives it three search words: animal, face and wolf. Emoji 0.6.
Moon and night 6
πCrescent moonU+1F319. Filed under moon, space and ramadan. Emoji 0.6.
πFull moonU+1F315. One of 15 emoji CLDR files under moon. Wikipedia's Wolf article says the moon's phases have no effect on howling. Emoji 0.6.
πFull moon faceU+1F31D. The full moon with a face, filed under bright. Emoji 1.0.
πMilky wayU+1F30C. Filed under space. Emoji 0.6.
πNew moonU+1F311. Filed under dark. Emoji 0.6.
πNight with starsU+1F303. Three search words: night, star and stars. Emoji 0.6.
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Forest, snow and prey 8
π¦¬BisonU+1F9AC. Filed under herd and buffalo. Emoji 13.0.
π¦DeerU+1F98C. Two search words, animal and deer. Emoji 3.0.
π²Evergreen treeU+1F332. One of three emoji CLDR files under forest. Emoji 1.0.
π«MooseU+1FACE. CLDR files it under elk and antlers, so either word finds it. Emoji 15.0.
ποΈNational parkU+1F3DE U+FE0F. Filed under park. Emoji 0.7.
πΎPaw printsU+1F43E. Filed under paw, paws and prints. Emoji 0.6.
ποΈSnow-capped mountainU+1F3D4 U+FE0F. Filed under cold and snow. Emoji 0.7.
βοΈSnowflakeU+2744 U+FE0F. Filed under cold and snow, like the mountain. Emoji 0.6.
From the stories 6
π§±BrickU+1F9F1. The third pig's choice. In Wikipedia's telling the wolf cannot blow it down. Emoji 11.0.
βοΈChainsU+26D3 U+FE0F. For Fenrir, the monstrous wolf the Norse gods bound. Emoji 0.7.
πEweU+1F411. Filed under sheep, lamb and wool. The clothing in the idiom. Emoji 0.6.
πHutU+1F6D6. Filed under house and shelter. The nearest thing in the list to a house of straw. Emoji 13.0.
π·Pig faceU+1F437. Three of these and a wolf make a fairy tale. Emoji 0.6.
π¬οΈWind faceU+1F32C U+FE0F. Filed under blow, which is the wolf's whole plan. Emoji 0.7.
Single characters 7
πΉCrescent moon (hieroglyph)U+131F9 Egyptian hieroglyph N011. Unicode's description of it is three words: a crescent moon.
β½Dog radical, where the wolf is filedU+2F5D Kangxi radical dog. Radical 94. The character for wolf is indexed under it.
β½Fang radicalU+2F5B Kangxi radical fang. Radical 92, named fang by Unicode. Unihan glosses its character as tooth, molars, teeth.
β½First quarter moon, plain textU+263D First quarter moon. In Unicode since version 1.1. Not an emoji, so it takes the colour of the words around it.
π§Jackal on a standard (hieroglyph)U+130E7 Egyptian hieroglyph E018. Unicode describes a jackal on a standard for carrying religious symbols. Wikipedia says the god Wepwawet was carried that way, and that some call him a wolf.
βΎLast quarter moon, plain textU+263E Last quarter moon. The mirror image, also from Unicode 1.1.
ηΌWolf in Chinese and JapaneseU+72FC CJK unified ideograph-72FC. Unihan defines it as wolf: lΓ‘ng in Mandarin, Εkami in Japanese. Unicode indexes it under the dog radical, with seven more strokes.
One-line text wolves 5
β²γ»α΄₯γ»β²Wolf, ears up
β₯(β’Μα΄₯β’Μ)β€Wolf with a stern brow
^(o.o)^ awooKeyboard wolf, plain ASCII
β²Β°OΒ°β² βΎHowl, with a plain-text moon
β₯(οΌα΄₯οΌ)β€ zZWolf asleep
A distant awoo, and wolf in Greek 2
Ξ»ΟΞΊΞΏΟWolf in Greek, the lyc of lycanthrope
α΅Κ·α΅α΅Awoo in small raised letters, a distant howl
Wolf combos 17
πΊβοΈBound until further noticeWolf, then chains. Fenrir, the monstrous wolf of Norse mythology, tied up by the gods.
π£πΊβCried wolfMegaphone, then wolf, then red question mark. Aesop's fable of the shepherd boy, number 210 in the Perry Index.
πΊπHowl at the moonWolf, then full moon. The classic pairing, and a legend: by Wikipedia's Wolf article the Moon has nothing to do with the howling.
πΊπ¬οΈπHuff and puffWolf, then wind face, then hut. Straw and sticks went down.
π²πΊπ²Lone wolfEvergreen tree, then wolf, then evergreen tree. One wolf, no pack.
πΊπ¬οΈπ§±π·Made of brickWolf, then wind face, then brick, then pig face. The third house, still standing.
πΊπΊπΊπΊπΊThe packWolf 5 times. Wikipedia describes a pack as a mated pair and their offspring.
πΊπΆπΆRaised by wolvesWolf, then baby 2 times. Romulus and Remus, the twins suckled by a she-wolf.
πΊπΆπΊπΊπΊRoll call by howlWolf, then musical notes, then wolf 3 times. Wikipedia lists assembling the pack first among the reasons wolves howl.
πππΊπSpot the wolfEwe 2 times, then wolf, then ewe. A wolf in sheep's clothing, an idiom from the Sermon on the Mount.
πΎβοΈπ²πΊTracks in the snowPaw prints, then snowflake, then evergreen tree, then wolf. Follow them at your own risk.
π€ππΊWerewolf, assembledBust in silhouette, then full moon, then wolf. No emoji is named werewolf. The word itself is man plus wolf.
πΊποΈπ¦·What big teethWolf, then bed, then tooth. Grandmother's bed, and the remark about teeth that ends the visit.
πΊπͺWolf at the doorWolf, then door. Knock, knock.
πΊπβοΈWolf moonWolf, then full moon, then snowflake. A name for the full moon of January.