• twelfth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Thailand
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The elephant emoji is the internet’s gentle giant: perfect for calling out the “elephant in the room,” flexing a “never forget” memory moment, or delivering big, wholesome energy. It’s a go-to when you want to hint at a huge topic, a massive task, or a thicc mood without writing a whole essay. Paired with side-eye or a thinking face, it becomes deliciously sarcastic—like, yes, we all see the gigantic issue tromping through this chat. People also drop it in sweet contexts to symbolize loyalty, wisdom, and protective, herd-like friendship.
On Apple/iOS, this emoji shows a calm, full-body elephant in side profile, facing left, shaded in soft gray with a small white tusk, a rounded ear, and a gently curved trunk. The pose feels relaxed—four sturdy legs, tiny dot eye, neat tail—and the silhouette is instantly recognizable even at tiny sizes. No circus frills, no drama; just a dignified, realistic cartoon styling that reads as steady and kind.
Culturally, it pops up in safari posts, zoo pics, and conservation messages (World Elephant Day shout-outs), and it sometimes stands in for the GOP elephant or the Alabama Crimson Tide mascot in sports chatter. You’ll also see it nodding to elephant lore—from Dumbo and Babar nostalgia to Ganesha-adjacent references about wisdom and removing obstacles. Internet-wise, it’s meme-ready for “chonky unit” jokes, “big mood” reactions, and “this problem is stomping me” work rants—bonus points if you toss in a peanut joke for the cartoon vibes.
Definition
Cute grey baby elephant with trunk. * Twelfth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Thailand
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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)
176 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
:elephant:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Baby Elephant
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
ELEPHANT * twelfth of the signs of the Asian zodiac, used in Thailand
Symbol Information
U+1F418 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-1CC
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ゾウ]
KDDI
#717 象 U+EB1F SJIS-F3E0 JIS-7A62
Softbank
#122 #old461 ぞう 「zou」 U+E526 SJIS-FBC6
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)
e526
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E526
Decimal Code Point(s)
58662
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x94 0xA6
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 94 A6
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 224 246
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE526
UTF-16 Hex
e526
UTF-16 Dec
58662
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E526
UTF-32 Hex
E526
UTF-32 Dec
58662
Python Src
u"\uE526"
PHP Src
"\xee\x94\xa6"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE526"
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)
1f418
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F418
Decimal Code Point(s)
128024
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x98
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 90 98
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 220 230
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC18
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc18
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56344
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F418
UTF-32 Hex
01F418
UTF-32 Dec
128024
Python Src
u"\U0001F418"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x90\x98"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC18"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
