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canoe

Canoe

🛶 means a canoe trip, paddling, or a lazy day on the water. In a message, this little boat usually points to outdoor plans or a relaxed waterside mood. An insulting phrase can change the reading, but the canoe alone is not a reason to take offense.

EmojiSince 2016
Also called
kayak emoji
Search it as
kayak · paddle · paddling · boat · douche canoe
Type it as
:canoe:
Around since
2016 · Emoji 3.0
Shows up on
Every phone · iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux

What 🛶 means

🛶 is the canoe emoji, filed under Travel & Places in the transport-water subgroup of the Unicode emoji index.

It was added in Emoji 3.0 (2016) and the underlying characters entered Unicode in version 9.0 (2016).

How it is encoded

🛶 is a single code point, U+1F6F6.

It is RGI (recommended for general interchange), so every major platform ships artwork for it.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
After “lake trip this weekend?”
Paddling plans or enthusiasm for getting on the water.
Inside “douche canoe”
An insult aimed at an obnoxious person.

Don't confuse it with

1
🚣
Person Rowing Boat
Shows a person rowing; 🛶 shows the canoe without a person. Choose by whether you mean the activity or the boat.

Worth knowing

  • 🛶 is a single code point, so it survives copying through almost anything — old databases, SMS gateways, printer drivers.

Questions people ask

2

What does “douche canoe” mean?

An insult. In English usage documented during 2024–2026, it describes someone obnoxious or unpleasant. The canoe supplies comic imagery; that phrase does not make every 🛶 rude.

Why does my canoe look different?

Different artwork. Cross-platform descriptions in 2026 showed variations in the boat’s color and angle. A different-looking hull can still be the same emoji.

How to type 🛶

Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “canoe”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “canoe”.
Chat apps
:canoe:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.
HTML
🛶
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🛶
HTML hex
🛶
CSS content
content: "\1F6F6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%9B%B6
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

2

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