What does ๐ด Horse Face mean?
A horseโs head with a flowing mane, seen front-on. Riders and stable owners use it for lessons, competitions and their own horses. It also slots into plenty of idioms: โhold your horses,โ โhorsing around,โ โstraight from the horseโs mouth,โ or being hungry enough to eat a horse. Some people send it as a jokey response to a long face or a loud laugh.
๐ด Horse Face is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (mammals), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about animal, dressage, equine, farm and horses.
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๐ด Horse Face on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Horse Face looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Horse Face emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ด 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 :horse:.
When was the Horse Face emoji added?
๐ด Horse Face was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ด look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Horse Face. The underlying code (U+1F434) 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.