• eleventh of the signs of the Asian zodiac
The dog emoji is your digital "man's best friend," a full-body pupper that brings loyal, waggy energy to chats. People drop it to show wholesome vibes, announce walkies, or react with pure good-boi excitement—aka zoomies in Unicode form. It can also be playful shade, as in "you’re a dog" when someone’s down bad in the comments, or part of feral thirst reactions (BARK BARK) under a celebrity post. Sports fans spam it for Dawg culture (hello, Dawg Pound and UGA), and crypto folks pair it with rockets for Dogecoin moments—such wow, much moon.
On Apple/iOS, the dog appears in a clean side profile facing left: light tan fur, perked ears, a bright red collar, alert tail, and soft glossy shading that gives it that toy-figure vibe. It reads instantly as a friendly, medium-sized mutt—somewhere between a Shiba-esque silhouette and a golden-adjacent good boy. Use it with hearts to signal unconditional loyalty, with a leash or paw prints for "time for a walk," or after an oops to say "I am just a little guy." Not to be confused with the dog face emoji 🐶 or the hot dog 🌭—very different species, very different cravings.
A dog, also known as "man's best friend", is a four legged domesticated mammal related to a wolf. There are many different breeds of dogs with a wide variety of physical and behavior characteristics. Dogs are known for their loyalty and unparalleled companionship, which makes dogs the most popular pet choice.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 211 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 | :dog2: |
| Keywords | Dog, Puppy, Pet, Friend, Woof, Bark, Fido |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Animal Symbols |
Woof!
| 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) | 1f415 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F415 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 128021 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x95 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 90 95 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 220 225 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83D 0xDC15 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83ddc15 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55357 56341 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F415 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F415 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 128021 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F415" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x90\x95" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83D\uDC15" |
