# 🐘 Elephant emoji

🐘 Elephant is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal.

- Emoji: 🐘
- Unicode name: elephant
- Code points: U+1F418
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :elephant:
- Keywords: animal, elephant
- Page: https://emojichart.com/elephant-emoji

## What it means

Large ears and a long trunk define this gray elephant. It is used for elephants and wildlife, size and strength, good memory, as in the saying that elephants never forget, and the Republican Party in American politics.

## How to type 🐘

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | elefante | elefante, paquidermo |
| Français (fr) | éléphant | animal, éléphant, pachyderme, trompe |
| Deutsch (de) | Elefant | Elefant, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | elefante | animale, elefante, savana, selvatico |
| Português (pt) | elefante | animal, elefante |
| Nederlands (nl) | olifant | dier, olifant |
| Svenska (sv) | elefant | djur, elefant |
| Polski (pl) | słoń | słoń, trąba, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | fil | fil, hayvan, safari |
| Русский (ru) | слон | животное, слон, хобот |
| Українська (uk) | слон | слон, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ελέφαντας | ελέφαντας, ζώο |
| العربية (ar) | فيل | افريقيا, حيوان, خرطوم, ضخم, فيل |
| עברית (he) | פיל | בעל חיים, פיל |
| فارسی (fa) | فیل | جانور, حیوان, فیل |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हाथी | पशु, हाथी |
| বাংলা (bn) | হাতি | পশুপাখি, প্রাণী, হাতি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | gajah | binatang, gajah, hewan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | voi | động vật, voi |
| ไทย (th) | ช้าง | ช้าง, สัตว์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ゾウ | ゾウ, 動物, 象 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 코끼리 | 동물, 코끼리 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 大象 | 动物, 大象, 象 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 大象 | 大象, 象 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): olifant
- Akan (ak): ͻsono
- Albanian (sq): elefant
- Amharic (am): ዝሆን
- Anii (blo): abʊrʊ
- Armenian (hy): փիղ
- Assamese (as): হাতী
- Azerbaijani (az): fil
- Bashkir (ba): фил
- Basque (eu): elefantea
- Belarusian (be): слон
- Bosnian (bs): slon
- Breton (br): olifant
- Bulgarian (bg): слон
- Burmese (my): ဆင်
- Cantonese (yue): 大象
- Catalan (ca): elefant
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏔᎾ ᎧᎹᎹ
- Chuvash (cv): слон
- Croatian (hr): slon
- Czech (cs): slon
- Danish (da): elefant
- Estonian (et): elevant
- Faroese (fo): fílur
- Filipino (fil): elepante
- Finnish (fi): elefantti
- Fula (Adlam) (ff-Adlm): 𞤥𞤢𞤱𞤦𞤢
- Galician (gl): elefante
- Georgian (ka): სპილო
- Gujarati (gu): હાથી
- Hausa (ha): giwa
- Hungarian (hu): elefánt
- Icelandic (is): fíll
- Igbo (ig): enyi
- Irish (ga): eilifint
- Javanese (jv): gajah
- Kalaallisut (kl): elefant
- Kannada (kn): ಆನೆ
- Kazakh (kk): піл
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ءپىل
- Khmer (km): ដំរី
- Kinyarwanda (rw): inzovu
- Konkani (kok): हत्ती
- Kurdish (ku): fîl
- Kyrgyz (ky): пил
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Tix
- Lao (lo): ຊ້າງ
- Latvian (lv): zilonis
- Lithuanian (lt): dramblys
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): elefant
- Luxembourgish (lb): Elefant
- Macedonian (mk): слон
- Malay (ms): gajah
- Malayalam (ml): ആന
- Maltese (mt): iljunfant
- Marathi (mr): हत्ती
- Mongolian (mn): заан
- Māori (mi): erewhana
- Nepali (ne): हात्ती
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Ẹ́lẹ́fant
- Northern Sotho (nso): tlou
- Norwegian (no): elefant
- Odia (or): ହାତୀ
- Oromo (om): arba
- Pashto (ps): فیل
- Punjabi (pa): ਹਾਥੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہاتھی
- Quechua (qu): elefante
- Romanian (ro): elefant
- Romansh (rm): elefant
- Sardinian (sc): elefante
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ailbhean
- Serbian (sr): слон
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): slon
- Shan (shn): ၸၢင်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): هاٿي
- Sinhala (si): අලියා
- Slovak (sk): slon
- Slovenian (sl): slon
- Somali (so): maroodi
- Swahili (sw): ndovu
- Tajik (tg): фил
- Tamil (ta): யானை
- Telugu (te): ఏనుగు
- Tigrinya (ti): ሓርማዝ
- Tongan (to): ʻelefānite
- Tswana (tn): tlou
- Turkmen (tk): pil
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): elefant
- Urdu (ur): ہاتھی
- Uyghur (ug): پىل
- Uzbek (uz): fil
- Welsh (cy): eliffant
- Wolof (wo): ñay
- Xhosa (xh): indlovu
- Yoruba (yo): Erin
- Zulu (zu): indlovu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F418` |
| HTML | `🐘` |
| CSS | `\1F418` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F418}` |
| Python | `\U0001F418` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 90 98` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DC18` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%90%98` |

## Questions

### What does the 🐘 elephant emoji mean?

Large ears and a long trunk define this gray elephant. It is used for elephants and wildlife, size and strength, good memory, as in the saying that elephants never forget, and the Republican Party in American politics.

### How do I type the 🐘 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “elephant”. 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 :elephant:.

### When was the 🐘 emoji added?

🐘 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F418. In HTML you can write 🐘, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F418}.

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