🐶

Dog Face Emoji 🐶

Floppy ears, a friendly expression, and tongue sometimes out mark the dog face emoji, the internet's default way to say dog. It covers new puppies, walks, and general good-boy energy, and it's become near-universal shorthand for loyalty and unconditional love.

What 🐶 means

A cute face of a dog with a brown eye patch on one of the eyes, tiny floppy ears of the same color, puppy eyes (no pun intended) and a pink tongue sticking out of the mouth.

The 🐶 Dog Face emoji signifies a sense of being cute, adorable, friendly, loyal and happy. It conveys a playful vibe along with an undying excitement for adventure. Various platforms have chosen different breeds to depict the 🐶 emoji , those of which vary in color, type of ears, and face structure.

How and when to use it

When you're in a playful mood, use the 🐶 emoji to convey that.
Dogs can also be dangerous, but the one depicted here 🐶 seems totally harmless. Therefore 🐶 can be used to give out a sense of harmless innocence.
If the subject matter is about a dog, the 🐶 emoji fits in perfectly.
Dogs are known to make loyal friendships which can be represented with 🐶 perfectly.
If you're craving a cuddle from someone, this 🐶 happy dog emoji hints that for you.
Use 🐶 when you're trying to look innocent, cute, even pleading for something or for someone's attention.

Other Names

🐶 Canine
🐶 Pooch
🐶 Doggo
🐶 Pup
🐶 Puppy
🐶 Woof
🐶 Puppy Eyes
🐶 Puppy Face
🐶 Cute Dog

🐶 in real conversations

What does 🐶 mean in a pet post?

Almost always literal — a new puppy, a dog somebody's obsessed with, or general loyal, floppy-eared good-boy energy. "Meet the newest member of the family 🐶" lands instantly; it's one of the more straightforward animal emoji out there, doing exactly the job the picture next to it is already doing.

Is 🐶 different from 🐕?

🐶 is just the face, floppy ears and a friendly expression, while 🐕 shows the whole dog standing on all fours. 🐶 gets used far more often since it doubles as cute shorthand for "dog" generally, while 🐕 tends to show up when an actual full animal is being pictured or described.

Why do people call someone a 🐶 as a compliment?

It borrows the loyal, devoted, endlessly-happy-to-see-you reputation dogs have earned over thousands of years as companions. "Total 🐶 energy" describes someone affectionate and easy to be around — different from the "puppy dog eyes" version of the phrase, which is more about someone looking smitten or a little desperate.

The lowdown

Category: Animals & Nature › animal-mammal
Codepoints: U+1F436
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :dog::dog_face: Discord
Keywords: adorbs, animal, dog, face, pet, puppies, puppy

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.