The two-hump camel emoji is the internet’s Bactrian MVP—twice the storage, twice the drama. It signals endurance, epic road trips, and “I’m parched just reading this” vibes, but it also pops up when a group chat is bone-dry or someone is carrying the entire project on their back. People drop it on Wednesdays for hump day posts (yes, even though the dromedary is the classic—two humps means double the celebration). It can even be cheeky or flirty in captions about curves, glute day, or that “my humps” earworm living rent-free in your head.
On Apple devices, the emoji shows a left-facing, sandy-brown camel in clean side profile with two rounded domes on its back, slim legs, a tiny dark eye, and a calm, neutral face—no saddle, no background, just pure desert icon energy. Those twin peaks are instantly recognizable, making it great for “bumpy week ahead,” “I can haul more baggage,” or “hydration check, please” messages. You’ll see it paired with water drops or a cactus for extra dry humor, or ironically in skincare posts about dehydrated skin. Culturally, it nods to the Bactrian camels of Central Asia and old Silk Road caravans across the Gobi—perfect for wanderlust reels, desert safaris, or any post that screams dust, sun, and long-haul perseverance.
When your schedule is sandy, your humor is dry, and your commute feels like a caravan, this emoji says: keep trekking.
Definition
A camel with two humps from Central Asia. Bactrian camels have one hump and dromedary camels have one hump. Camels are mammals that are native to warm climates. The fatty hump of a camel helps it store and regulate its water needs, which allows it survive in the heat with long distances between watering holes.
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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)
504 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:camel:
Keywords
Bactrian, Camel, Hump, Desert, Central Asia, Heat, Hot, Water, Hump day, Wednesday, Sex
Previous Names:
Bactrian Camel
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Animal Symbols
Editorial Comment
This emoji is sometimes used to communicate smoking cigarette, after Joe Camel and the Camel brand cigarette. Can also be used on Wednesday as "hump day", the day in the middle of the work week, or as a synonym for sex or "hump."
