What does ๐ Cow mean?
A full-body dairy cow with black-and-white patches. It is the literal choice for farms, countryside walks, milk and beef. People switching to plant milk use it with a wink, and it pops up in conversations about cows being sacred in Hinduism. Idioms work too: a โsacred cowโ is an idea nobody dares to question, and waiting โtill the cows come homeโ means a very long time.
๐ Cow is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (mammals), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about animal, animals, farm, milk and moo.
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๐ Cow on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Cow looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Cow emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :cow2:.
When was the Cow emoji added?
๐ Cow was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Cow. The underlying code (U+1F404) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.