• twelfth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Japan
Information
The boar emoji is the internet’s bristly forest tank: all tusks, grit, and feral energy. People drop it when they’re charging into a tough task, embracing "goblin mode," or admitting they ate like a total gremlin at dinner. It doubles as a playful jab—"you’re such a boar"—for someone stubborn or, yes, delightfully boar-ing. Foodies use it for rustic vibes too (think Tuscan cinghiale ragù posts), and gamers wink at the eternal RPG tradition of farming XP on wild boars. It even sneaks into meme territory thanks to that viral Berlin wild boar that ran off with a laptop bag, becoming a mascot for chaotic neutral behavior.
On Apple/iOS, the boar is a left-facing, full-bodied brown wild hog with a bristly mane, pale curved tusks, a sturdy snout, and short legs—serious "don’t mess with me" posture. The look is earthy and realistic, with a small alert eye and a compact, no-frills tail, instantly telling you this isn’t the cute pink farm pig. You’ll see it in posts about hiking and nature, stubborn determination, or whenever someone goes full beast mode on a project. Culturally, it nods to the Japanese zodiac (Year of the Boar), and anime fans may think of Inosuke’s boar mask from Demon Slayer—pure chaotic vibes. In short: it’s the emoji you send when you’re feral, focused, or foraging for snacks like a woodland legend.
Definition
This boar is black because they ran out of colors. Large white fangs. *Twelfth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Japan
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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)
262 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
:boar:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Black Boar
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Names & Annotations
BOAR * twelfth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Japan
Symbol Information
U+1F417 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1D5
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[イノシシ]
KDDI
#722 うりぼう 「uribou」 U+EB24 SJIS-F3E5 JIS-7A67
Softbank
#118 #old470 いのしし 「inoshishi」 U+E52F SJIS-FBCF
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)
e52f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E52F
Decimal Code Point(s)
58671
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x94 0xAF
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 94 AF
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 224 257
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE52F
UTF-16 Hex
e52f
UTF-16 Dec
58671
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E52F
UTF-32 Hex
E52F
UTF-32 Dec
58671
Python Src
u"\uE52F"
PHP Src
"\xee\x94\xaf"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE52F"
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)
1f417
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F417
Decimal Code Point(s)
128023
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x97
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 90 97
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 220 227
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC17
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc17
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56343
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F417
UTF-32 Hex
01F417
UTF-32 Dec
128023
Python Src
u"\U0001F417"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x90\x97"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC17"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
