Horse emoji 🐎
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F40E
What 🐎 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🐎 are animal, equestrian, farm, racehorse, racing. They show what people use it for.
Search for animal or equestrian on your emoji keyboard and 🐎 is among the results.
You will find 🐎 among the mammals (66 emoji), part of animals & nature with 161 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🦄 🦓 🦌 🦬.
Will 🐎 show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: 🐎 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 🐎
Search for horse in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🐎.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type horse.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type horse in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type horse.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🐎 is one code point (U+1F40E), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F40E | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🐎 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🐎 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F40E"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F40E} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%90%8E | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 90 8E |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🐎 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the horse emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🐎 "horse" and links it with animal, equestrian, farm, racehorse. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the mammals subgroup of animals & nature.
When was the horse emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the horse emoji?
Search for horse in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🐎.