# 🐡 Blowfish emoji

🐡 Blowfish is an emoji in the sea life set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal and fish.

- Emoji: 🐡
- Unicode name: blowfish
- Code points: U+1F421
- Category: Animals & nature, Sea life
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :blowfish:
- Keywords: animal, blowfish, fish
- Page: https://emojichart.com/blowfish-emoji

## What it means

Puffed up into a round, spiky ball, this pufferfish looks defensive. It is used for pufferfish, sea life, and anything round or prickly, including a puffed-up or grumpy mood.

## How to type 🐡

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “blowfish”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “blowfish”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “blowfish”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “blowfish”.
- GitHub: Type :blowfish: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | pez globo | globo, pez |
| Français (fr) | poisson-lune | animal, poisson, poisson-lune |
| Deutsch (de) | Kugelfisch | Fisch, Kugelfisch, kugelrund, Meer, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | pesce palla | animale, animali, mare, oceano, pesce, pesce palla, tropici |
| Português (pt) | baiacu | animal, baiacu, peixe |
| Nederlands (nl) | kogelvis | dier, kogelvis, vis |
| Svenska (sv) | blåsfisk | blåsfisk, djur, fisk |
| Polski (pl) | ryba rozdymka | morze, ocean, rozdymka, ryba, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | balon balığı | balık, balon balığı, hayvan |
| Русский (ru) | рыба-еж | еж, иголки, рыба, рыба-еж |
| Українська (uk) | риба-куля | риба, риба-їжак, риба-куля |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γουρουνόψαρο | γουρουνόψαρο, φούσκα, ψάρι |
| العربية (ar) | سمكة منتفخة | بحر, حيوان, سمك, سمكة, سمكة منتفخة, طبيعة, محيط |
| עברית (he) | אבו נפחא | אבו נפחא, בעל חיים, דג, קוצים |
| فارسی (fa) | ماهی بادکنکی | ماهی, ماهی بادکنکی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गुब्बारा मछली | गुब्बारा मछली, पशु, मछली |
| বাংলা (bn) | ব্লোফিশ | পটকা মাছ, পশুপাখি, প্রাণী, ব্লোফিশ, মাছ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | ikan gembung | binatang, hewan, ikan, ikan gembung |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | cá nóc | cá, cá bơn, cá nóc, động vật |
| ไทย (th) | ปลาปักเป้า | ปลา, ปลาปักเป้า, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | フグ | フグ, 動物, 魚 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 복어 | 동물, 물고기, 복어 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 河豚 | 河豚, 鱼 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 河豚 | 河豚, 魚 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): blaasoppie
- Akan (ak): Bolooapataa
- Albanian (sq): peshk tullumbace
- Amharic (am): ብሎውፊሽ
- Anii (blo): gaŋɔrɔfɩlɩ
- Armenian (hy): փքաձուկ
- Assamese (as): ব্লোফিছ
- Azerbaijani (az): iynəqarın balıq
- Bashkir (ba): энәбалыҡ
- Basque (eu): globo-arraina
- Belarusian (be): іголкабрухавая рыба
- Bosnian (bs): napuhača
- Breton (br): loar-vor
- Bulgarian (bg): риба балон
- Burmese (my): ငါးပူဖောင်း
- Canadian French (fr-CA): poisson-globe
- Cantonese (yue): 雞泡魚
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 鸡泡鱼
- Catalan (ca): peix globus
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏦᏔᏍᎩᎠᏣᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): чӗрӗп пулӑ
- Croatian (hr): riba napuhača
- Czech (cs): ježík
- Danish (da): kuglefisk
- Estonian (et): siilkala
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): peixe-balão
- Faroese (fo): ígulfiskur
- Filipino (fil): blowfish
- Finnish (fi): pallokala
- Galician (gl): peixe globo
- Georgian (ka): მუცელნემსა
- Gujarati (gu): બ્લોફિશ
- Hausa (ha): kifi mai kumbura
- Hungarian (hu): gömbhal
- Icelandic (is): blöðrufiskur
- Igbo (ig): azụ̀ nwere ike itóó abụba
- Irish (ga): iasc torcánach
- Javanese (jv): iwak buntal
- Kalaallisut (kl): kuglefisk
- Kannada (kn): ಉಬ್ಬುಮೀನು
- Kazakh (kk): кірпібалық
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كىرپىبالىق
- Khmer (km): ត្រីកំពត
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ifi imeze nka balo
- Konkani (kok): ब्लोफीश
- Kyrgyz (ky): үйлөнмө балык
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): K’ixkar
- Lao (lo): ປາເປົ້າ
- Latvian (lv): balonzivs
- Lithuanian (lt): fugu
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): kulowa ryba
- Luxembourgish (lb): Kugelfësch
- Macedonian (mk): риба со боцки
- Malay (ms): ikan buntal
- Malayalam (ml): ബ്ലോഫിഷ്
- Maltese (mt): blowfish
- Marathi (mr): ब्लोफिश
- Mongolian (mn): нохой загас
- Māori (mi): ikapupuhi
- Nepali (ne): ब्लो माछा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Blófish
- Northern Sotho (nso): hlapi ya go kokomoga
- Norwegian (no): kulefisk
- Odia (or): ବ୍ଲୋଫିଶ୍‍
- Oromo (om): qurxummii afuuftuu
- Pashto (ps): پړسیدونکی کب
- Punjabi (pa): ਬਲੋਫਿਸ਼
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): دھونک مچھی
- Quechua (qu): globo challwa
- Romanian (ro): pește balon
- Romansh (rm): pesch-ballun
- Sardinian (sc): pische botza
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): iasg-sèididh
- Serbian (sr): надувана риба
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): naduvana riba
- Shan (shn): ပႃပွင်းလူမ်း
- Sindhi (sd): بلوفش
- Sinhala (si): ඉහඳ මාළුවා
- Slovak (sk): štvorzubec
- Slovenian (sl): riba napihovalka
- Somali (so): kalluunka baaqa
- Swahili (sw): aina ya samaki
- Tajik (tg): сагмоҳӣ
- Tamil (ta): ஊதிப்பெருக்கமடையும் மீன்
- Telugu (te): ముళ్లచేప
- Tigrinya (ti): ብሎፊሽ
- Tongan (to): sokisoki
- Tswana (tn): tlhapi ya blowfish
- Turkmen (tk): çişýän balyk
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): kuloryba
- Urdu (ur): بلو مچھلی
- Uyghur (ug): توقماق بېلىق
- Uzbek (uz): qorni katta baliq
- Welsh (cy): chwydd bysgodyn
- Wolof (wo): bun fokkin
- Xhosa (xh): i-blowfish
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹja Awura
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛja Awura
- Zulu (zu): inhlanzi efuthekile

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F421` |
| HTML | `🐡` |
| CSS | `\1F421` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F421}` |
| Python | `\U0001F421` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 A1` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC21` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%A1` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐡 blowfish emoji mean?

Puffed up into a round, spiky ball, this pufferfish looks defensive. It is used for pufferfish, sea life, and anything round or prickly, including a puffed-up or grumpy mood.

### How do I type the 🐡 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “blowfish”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :blowfish:.

### When was the 🐡 emoji added?

🐡 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🐡?

U+1F421. In HTML you can write 🐡, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F421}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/blowfish-emoji