• fifth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Persia
A big, friendly ocean unit. The whale emoji typically stands for massive scale, deep vibes, and gentle-giant energy—perfect for posts about beach trips, sea shanty phases, or when your to-do list feels the size of the Pacific. It also doubles as internet slang for a “whale” in gaming, casinos, and crypto: the high roller who drops heavy coin. People use it playfully for dramatic moods (“big feelings today”), self-deprecating food comas, or punny intros like “whale hello there.” Not to be confused with its splashy cousin, the Spouting Whale, this one’s just cruising—no geyser.
On Apple/iOS, the whale is a smooth, blue‑gray cutie in side profile facing left, with a tiny dot eye, a subtle smile, and a pale underside. The flukes curve upward, giving it a buoyant, mid-swim pose, and the soft gradients make it feel slightly 3D without harsh outlines. No water spout, no drama—just serene ocean wholesomeness. Culturally, it nods to “Save the Whales,” Moby-Dick references, and that eternal Finding Nemo meme of “speaking whale,” making it versatile for both activism and LOLs.
A whale is a mammal that lives in the ocean. The largest animal alive today is the blue whale. Famous whales: Herman Melville's Mobi Dick and the whale from Disney's Pinocchio. Whales are very big animals and need a lot of blubber (fat) to stay warm in icy waters. This emoji can be used to communicate when you feel bloated or when you were overindulgent and ate too much.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 290 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 | :whale2: |
| Keywords | Whale, Blubber, Bloated, Fat, Large, Massive |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Animal Symbols |
| 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) | 1f40b |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F40B |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128011 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x8B |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 90 8B |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 220 213 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC0B |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc0b |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56331 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F40B |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F40B |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128011 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F40B" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x90\x8b" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC0B" |
