Cow emoji ๐
Emoji 1.0 (2015) ยท U+1F404
What ๐ means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Cow ๐ is tagged with these keywords: animal, animals, farm, milk, moo.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing animal or animals in the emoji search brings up ๐.
Cow ๐ is one of 66 emoji in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature (161 emoji), next to ๐ท ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ.
Will ๐ show on my friend's phone?
๐ arrived with Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Practically every phone and computer in use today shows it.
How to type ๐
Any emoji picker finds ๐ when you search for cow.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type cow.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type cow in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type cow.
Codes for developers
Cow ๐ is a single code point, U+1F404. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F404 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐄 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐄 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F404"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F404} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%84 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 84 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the cow emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐ "cow" and links it with animal, animals, farm, milk. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the cow emoji added?
In Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. Every current phone and computer has it.
How do I type the cow emoji?
Any emoji picker finds ๐ when you search for cow.