Curly tail and all, the pig emoji is the full-body version of the pig face, covering the same farmyard and food territory. It gets reached for when the whole animal makes more sense in context than just the snout.
What 🐖 means
The entire side-view of the stout, pink body of an adult pig standing on all fours, while facing left. Also seen are its sharp ears, snout, and on the other end, its curly tail.
This emoji signifies a sense of freedom that a (free) pig encapsulates while also suggesting its messy, unorganized characteristics. It also can hint at gluttony and obesity.
The various platforms vary in their depictions of this emoji. Some even show the pig looking straight ahead.
How and when to use it
- First things first. When the subject matter literally involves pigs or piglets, this emoji works absolutely fine.
- A person who has messy habits, or who just had displayed dirty behavior, can be represented with this 🐖 emoji.
- Obesity can also be (hurtfully) suggested by this emoji.
- Gluttony is probably a pig's most obvious trait and can be represented by 🐖.
- 🐖 can also replace a derogatory word if you want to offend someone.
- Pork products in the conversation can be accompanied by 🐖.
Other Names
- 🐖 Swine
- 🐖 Piglet
- 🐖 Piggy
- 🐖 Oink
- 🐖 Hog
- 🐖 Pork
- 🐖 Porker
- 🐖 Glutton
- 🐖 Fat
The lowdown
- Category
- Animals & Nature › animal-mammal
- Codepoints
U+1F416- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0
- Shortcodes
:pig2:- Keywords
- animal, bacon, farm, pig, pork, sow
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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🐖 Pig or 🅱️ B Button (blood Type)?
Runs with a crowd
🐖 keeps company in pink emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.