Eastern fighting style animal emojis

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The Chinese zodiac has animals that are all represented (including most local variants) by emojis, many even with body and head variants. Other cultural traditions also employ similar animal symbolism. This includes kung-fu in particular.

Five Animals

Variant 1

• [x] 🐯🐅 Tiger
• [x] 🐍 Snake
• [ ] Crane #210
• [x] 🐆 Leopard
• [x] 🐲🐉 Dragon

Variant 2 (e.g. in Kung Fu Panda)

• [x] 🐯🐅 Tiger
• [x] 🐍 Snake
• [ ] Crane #210
• [x] 🐵🐒 Monkey
• [ ] Mantis

Variant 3: Qigong

• [x] 🐯🐅 Tiger
• [ ] Crane #210
• [x] 🐵🐒 Monkey
• [x] 🦌 Deer
• [x] 🐻 Bear

12 Animals

• [x] 🐲🐉 Dragon (contracting and expanding)
• [x] 🐯🐅 Tiger (courage)
• [x] 🐵🐒 Monkey (agility)
• [x] 🐴🐎 Horse (speed)
• [x] 🐊 Alligator (gliding)
• [x] 🐓🐔 Cockerel (combative)
• [ ] Hawk #229 (soaring)
• [ ] Swallow (skimming)
• [x] 🐍 Snake (sliding)
• [ ] Ostrich #93 (ramming)
• [x] 🦅 Eagle (gripping)
• [x] 🐻 Bear (stability)

Specific References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Animals