Meet frog, the internet’s cheeriest amphibian—part cottagecore mascot, part chaos gremlin. People drop it for goofy vibes, tea-spilling moments (pair it with 🍵 for that Kermit energy), or a shy "hop into your DMs" flirt. It also pops up in "It’s Wednesday, my dudes" posts, rainy-day check-ins, and fairy‑tale jokes about kissing a frog to find your prince. In chats, it can signal playful awkwardness, petty-but-cute shade, or a wholesome "look at this little guy" reaction to anything tiny and green. Nostalgia and gaming folks even summon froggy‑chair lore and lily‑pad aesthetics—all very mossy, very memeable.
On Apple devices, the frog is a front‑facing bright‑green head with big, round, slightly raised eyes and a simple closed smile—no tongue, no body, just vibes. The glossy gradients and tiny nostril dots make it look friendly and cartoon-clean, not realistic swamp creature. Because it’s so neutral, the emoji flexes easily: earnest ribbit, sly sarcasm, or playful side‑eye when paired with 👀. Cultural footnote: internet frogs span from Muppet tea memes to more contentious corners; this one stays cute and diplomatic.
Definition
This frog is green and has a smile.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
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.
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)
143 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:frog:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Frog Face
Frog
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
FROG FACE
Symbol Information
U+1F438 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1D7
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[カエル]
KDDI
#250 かえる 「kaeru」 U+E4DA SJIS-F6B3 JIS-7635
Softbank
#115 #old472 カエル 「kaeru」 U+E531 SJIS-FBD1
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)
e531
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E531
Decimal Code Point(s)
58673
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x94 0xB1
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 94 B1
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 224 261
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE531
UTF-16 Hex
e531
UTF-16 Dec
58673
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E531
UTF-32 Hex
E531
UTF-32 Dec
58673
Python Src
u"\uE531"
PHP Src
"\xee\x94\xb1"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE531"
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)
1f438
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F438
Decimal Code Point(s)
128056
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0xB8
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 90 B8
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 220 270
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC38
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc38
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56376
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F438
UTF-32 Hex
01F438
UTF-32 Dec
128056
Python Src
u"\U0001F438"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x90\xb8"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC38"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
