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Horse Emoji 🐎

Mane flying mid-gallop, the horse emoji is built for speed, used for riding, racing, and farm life. It represents freedom more broadly too, and it's one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.

What 🐎 means

A horse running and facing left, characterized by its signature mane on the back of its long head and neck, and on the other end with its supple tail being played around by the wind.

This emoji signifies the freedom of a horse not bound by the weight of a saddle and a rider on top. It also suggests speed and power (and horse-power). Platforms vary in their design of this emoji. Some even show the horse as just trotting.

How and when to use it

If the subject matter literally involves a horse, 🐎 emoji can effortlessly find its place there.
You can use 🐎 to highlight the swift speed of any process or action.
Those who live with more of a free spirit can be described using 🐎.
If the message to be conveyed is "running away", 🐎 emoji works just fine.
🐎 can also be used to describe someone who displays considerably impressive strength.

Other Names

🐎 Horse Body
🐎 Stallion
🐎 Steed
🐎 Pony
🐎 Wild Horse
🐎 Galloping Horse
🐎 Racehorse
🐎 Horsing Around
🐎 Running Horse

The lowdown

Category: Animals & Nature › animal-mammal
Codepoints: U+1F40E
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :racehorse:
Keywords: animal, equestrian, farm, horse, racehorse, racing

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.