hamster

Cara de hámster

Information

Meet the hamster emoji, the internet’s tiniest chaos gremlin with cheeks built like carry-on luggage. It signals adorable, snack-stashing energy—perfect when you’re inhaling popcorn, impulse-buying stationery, or admitting you hid a cookie “for later.” People drop it to show soft, timid vibes, to apologize with maximum cuteness, or to say “I am small and require snacks” without typing a whole paragraph. It also covers the “hamster wheel brain” moment when thoughts loop endlessly, and doubles as the mascot for hoarder-core memes and late-night pantry raids.
Vintage internet kids may hear the Hampster Dance playing in their heads, while fandoms use it for baby-faced celebs who look extra squishable. Sarcastically, it works for “my last two brain cells” jokes, or when you’re pretending innocence after obvious mischief—squeak squeak, who me?
On Apple/iOS, the hamster is a front-facing, golden-orange fluffball with white cheeks, a tiny pink nose, glossy black bead eyes, and two square buck teeth. Rounded ears with soft pink interiors and gentle shading make it feel like a plush toy head peeking at you, equal parts wholesome and slightly unhinged snack bandit. Those bright cheeks and the centered nose-to-teeth combo are the dead giveaway; one look and you can practically hear the rustle of sunflower seeds.

Definition

Cute fuzzy little critter also has whiskers and pink ears.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
2. In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	118 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture	Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name	:hamster:
Keywords
Previous Names:	Hamster Face Gerbil Orange and White

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range	1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory	Animal Faces

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory	Animal Faces
Names & Annotations	HAMSTER FACE
Symbol Information	U+1F439 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-1CA

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	[ハムスター]
KDDI	[ハムスター]
Softbank	#114 #old459 ハムスター 「hamusutaa」 U+E524 SJIS-FBC4

Emoji Character Encoding Data

Emoji Code Version	iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	
Decimal HTML Entity	
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	
Hex Code Point(s)	e524
Formal Unicode Notation	U+E524
Decimal Code Point(s)	58660
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xEE 0x94 0xA4
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	EE 94 A4
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	356 224 244
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE524
UTF-16 Hex	e524
UTF-16 Dec	58660
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000E524
UTF-32 Hex	E524
UTF-32 Dec	58660
Python Src	u"\uE524"
PHP Src	"\xee\x94\xa4"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uE524"

Emoji Code Version	iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)	🐹
UTF-8 Character Count	1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)	🐹
Decimal HTML Entity	🐹
Hexadecimal HTML Entity	🐹
Hex Code Point(s)	1f439
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F439
Decimal Code Point(s)	128057
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0xB9
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 90 B9
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 220 271
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDC39
UTF-16 Hex	d83ddc39
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56377
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F439
UTF-32 Hex	01F439
UTF-32 Dec	128057
Python Src	u"\U0001F439"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x90\xb9"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDC39"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)