The rhinoceros emoji shows a grey rhino with its signature horn. It's most often used in conservation and wildlife contexts, since rhinos remain heavily poached and endangered, and it lends itself to describing someone thick-skinned who doesn't rattle easily.
What 🦏 means
The full, grey body of a rhinoceros (rhino), distinctly showing its signature white curved horns protruding out of its snout. The rhino is seen facing left, standing on all fours, and also visible are its pointed ears and blank, black eyes.
The 🦏 Rhinoceros emoji suggest the might of these huge creatures as well as it ferocity, fierceness, strength, rage and aggression. The different platforms vary in their depictions of this emoji. Some even show just the face of a rhino.
How and when to use it
- Wildlife in general can be represented by the 🦏 emoji.
- Strength and danger can also be signified by the 🦏 emoji.
- Among friends, the 🦏 emoji is also sometimes used to depict obesity, albeit in a derogatory way. Make sure not to body-shame anyone.
- A person who's always ready to fight can be compared to a rhino through 🦏.
- Also, an unstoppable attitude can be represented through 🦏.
Other Names
- 🦏 Rhino
- 🦏 Nose Horn
- 🦏 Rhino Horn
- 🦏 Massive
- 🦏 Wildlife
- 🦏 Endangered
- 🦏 Horned
- 🦏 Unstoppable
- 🦏 Juggernaut
The lowdown
- Category
- Animals & Nature › animal-mammal
- Codepoints
U+1F98F- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0
- Shortcodes
:rhinoceros::rhino:Discord- Keywords
- animal, rhinoceros
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 — 🦏 Rhinoceros or 🪪 Identification Card?