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🦔U+1F994

Hedgehog emoji

Covered in spines and sporting a pointed snout, this hedgehog is cute but prickly. People use it for hedgehogs, small spiky pets, cuteness, and prickly or defensive moods.

Unicode name
hedgehog
Category
Animals & nature, Mammals
Added
Emoji 5.0 in 2017
Code points
U+1F994
Shortcode
:hedgehog:
Keywords
animal, hedgehog, spiny

How it looks

🦔
Your device
Hedgehog emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Hedgehog emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Hedgehog emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🦔

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolerizoerizo, espinas, púas
Françaishérissonanimal, épines, épineux, hérisson, piquant, porc-épic
DeutschIgeligel, Igel, stachelig, stacheln, tier
Italianoriccioanimale, animali, riccio, spine, spinoso
Portuguêsporco-espinhoanimal, espinhoso, ouriço, porco-espinho
Nederlandsegeldier, egel, stekelig
Svenskaigelkottigelkott, taggig
Polskijeżjeż, jeżyk, kolce, zwierzę
Türkçekirpidiken, dikenli, hayvan, kirpi, şirin
Русскийежеж, ежик, животное, иголка, иголки, колючий, колючки
Українськаїжакголчастий, їжак, колючий, колючки
Ελληνικάσκαντζόχοιροςαγκαθωτός, ακανθώδης, σκαντζόχοιρος
العربيةقنفدحيوان, شائك, شوك, قنفد, قنفذ, قنفذة, مشوك
עבריתקיפודקוצים, קוצני, קיפוד
فارسیجوجه‌تیغیپرخار, تیغ‌دار, جوجه تیغی, جوجه‌تیغی, خارپشت, خارخاری, خاردار
हिन्दीसाहीकांटेदार, कांटेदार जंगली चूहा, साही
বাংলাশজারুকন্টকময়, কাঁটা, কাঁটাওয়ালা, পশু, পশুপাখি, শজারু, সজারু
Bahasa Indonesialandakberduri, binatang, hewan, landak
Tiếng Việtnhímcó gai, nhím
ไทยเฮดจ์ฮ็อกเม่น, สัตว์, หนาม, เฮดจ์ฮ็อก
日本語ハリネズミとげ, はりねずみ, ハリネズミ, ヤマアラシ, 動物
한국어고슴도치가시, 고슴도치, 뾰족뾰족
中文(简体)刺猬刺猬, 多刺
中文(繁體)刺蝟刺蝟, 多刺
Names in 96 more languages
Afrikaanskrimpvarkie
Akanapɛsɛ
Albanianiriq
Amharicአጥቢ እንስሳ
Aniigasǝnɩshɩnʊ
Armenianոզնի
Assameseকেটেলা পহু
Azerbaijanikirpi
Bashkirтерпе
Basquetriku
Belarusianвожык
Bosnianjež
Bretonheureuchin
Bulgarianтаралеж
Burmeseဖြူငယ်
Cantonese刺猬
Catalaneriçó
CherokeeᏚᏩᏱᏢᎡᎯᏏᏆ
Chuvashчӗрӗп
Croatianjež
Czechježek
Danishpindsvin
Estoniansiil
European Portugueseouriço-caixeiro
Faroesetindasvín
Filipinohedgehog
Finnishsiili
Galicianourizo
Georgianზღარბი
Gujaratiહેજહોગ
Hausadabbar hedgehog
Hungariansün
Icelandicbroddgöltur
Igbompama
Irishgráinneog
Javaneselandhak
Kannadaಹೆಡ್ಜ್‌ಹಾಗ್
Kazakhкірпі
Kazakh (Arabic)كىرپى
Khmerកាំប្រមា
Kinyarwandaikinyogote
Konkaniसाळींदर
Kyrgyzкирпи
Kʼicheʼpuk’cho
Laoເໝັ້ນ
Latvianezis
Lithuanianežys
Lower Sorbianjež
LuxembourgishKéiseker
Macedonianеж
Malaylandak kecil
Malayalamമുള്ളൻപന്നി
Malteseqanfud
Marathiसाळू
Mongolianзараа
Māorituatete
Nepaliदुम्सी
Nigerian PidginHẹ́jhọg
Northern Sothonoko
Norwegianpinnsvin
Norwegian Nynorskpiggsvin
Odiaଝିଙ୍କ
Oromoxaddee
Pashtoجږګی
Punjabiਸੇਹ
Punjabi (Arabic)جنگلی چوہا
Quechuaerizo
Romanianarici
Romansherizun
Sardinianeritzu
Scottish Gaelicgràineag
Serbianјеж
Serbian (Latin)jež
Shanမဵၼ်ႈ
Sindhiسيهڙ
Sinhalaඉත්තෑවා
Slovakjež
Slovenianjež
Somalixiddig-dhul
Swahilinungunungu
Tajikхорпушт
Tamilமுள்ளெலி
Teluguముండ్లపంది
Tigrinyaቅንፍዝ
Tonganpuakatalatala
Tswanahejehoko
Turkmenkirpi
Upper Sorbianjěž
Urduخار پشت
Uyghurكىرپە
Uzbektipratikan
Welshdraenog
Wolofsuñeel
Xhosai-hedgehog
Yorubahedgehog
Zuluinhloli

Codes

Code points
U+1F994
HTML
🦔
CSS
\1F994
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F994}
Python
\U0001F994
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A6 94
UTF-16
D83E DD94
URL encoded
%F0%9F%A6%94

Questions

What does the 🦔 hedgehog emoji mean?

Covered in spines and sporting a pointed snout, this hedgehog is cute but prickly. People use it for hedgehogs, small spiky pets, cuteness, and prickly or defensive moods.

How do I type the 🦔 emoji?

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

When was the 🦔 emoji added?

🦔 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

What is the Unicode code point for 🦔?

U+1F994. In HTML you can write 🦔, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F994}.

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