What 🐯 means
A tiger, plus the strength and nerve tigers stand for.
Taken literally, it is the striped big cat of Asia: a zoo trip, a wildlife film, or India's national animal. Taken figuratively, it borrows the tiger's reputation as a powerful, fearless animal. In Korea, tiger paintings were traditionally used to ward off evil spirits.
Two everyday readings follow. In the Chinese zodiac the tiger is the third of twelve animal signs, so 🐯 can mark a Tiger birth year or a Lunar New Year greeting in a Tiger year. In sport, teams nicknamed the Tigers, such as the Detroit Tigers, the Clemson Tigers or Japan's Hanshin Tigers, give fans an obvious emoji to cheer with.
Why did they send me 🐯?
Usually: go get them.
Before an exam, match or interview, 🐯 works as a small roar on your behalf; after a win it is a pat on the back with claws. If the message mentions an animal, a Tigers team or a birth year, read it literally instead. The tone is normally upbeat; only a hostile message around it would turn it into a threat.
Playful and energetic rather than threatening; fits friends, team and family chats.
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsDon't confuse it with
2Combination ideas
2Worth knowing
- The tiger is one of Korea's best-loved cultural icons: both Olympic mascots it hosted, Hodori for Seoul 1988 and Soohorang for PyeongChang 2018, were tigers.
Questions people ask
2Why does my 🐯 look different from my friend's?
The artwork varies. Whisker shape, eye size and how cartoonish the face looks differ between phones and apps; the meaning does not.
Which years are the Year of the Tiger?
2022 was one, and the next is 2034; the cycle repeats every twelve years. The sign changes at Lunar New Year, not on 1 January, so January 2022 births still belong to the Ox.
How to type 🐯
:tiger:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.🐯Codes and encoding1 code points
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