🦛U+1F99B
Hippopotamus emoji
Big, round and wide-mouthed, this hippopotamus is a river giant that spends its days in and near the water. People use it for hippos, rivers and safaris, anything large and heavy, and goofy or cuddly humor.
- Unicode name
- hippopotamus
- Category
- Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added
- Emoji 11.0 in 2018
- Code points
- U+1F99B
- Shortcode
:hippopotamus:- Keywords
- animal, hippo, hippopotamus
How it looks
How to type 🦛
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “hippopotamus”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “hippopotamus”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “hippopotamus”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “hippopotamus”.
- GitHub
- Type :hippopotamus: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | hipopótamo | hipopótamo, paquidermo |
| Français | hippopotame | animal, hippo, hippopotame |
| Deutsch | Nilpferd | Flusspferd, Hippo, Nilpferd, Tier |
| Italiano | ippopotamo | animale, ippo, ippopotamo |
| Português | hipopótamo | animal, hipopótamo |
| Nederlands | nijlpaard | dier, hippopotamus, nijlpaard |
| Svenska | flodhäst | flodhäst, hovdjur |
| Polski | hipopotam | hipcio, hipopotam, zwierzę |
| Türkçe | hipopotam | çamur, hayvan, hipo, hipopotam, mor hayvan, sevimli, su aygırı |
| Русский | гиппопотам | бегемот, гиппопотам, животное |
| Українська | бегемот | бегемот, гіпопотам, ссавець, тварина |
| Ελληνικά | ιπποπόταμος | ζώο, ιπποπόταμος |
| العربية | فرس النهر | برنيق, جاموس البحر, حيوان, سيد قشطة, فرس النهر, هيبو |
| עברית | היפופוטם | בעל חיים, היפו, היפופוטם |
| فارسی | اسب آبی | اسب آبی, اسبآبی, جاندار, جانور, حیوان |
| हिन्दी | दरियाई घोड़ा | जानवर, दरियाई घोड़ा, हिप्पो |
| বাংলা | হিপোপটেমাস | জলহস্তী, প্রাণী, লহস্তী, হিপোপটেমাস |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kuda nil | binatang, hewan, kuda nil, nil |
| Tiếng Việt | hà mã | động vật, hà mã |
| ไทย | ฮิปโปโปเตมัส | สัตว์, ฮิปโป, ฮิปโปโปเตมัส |
| 日本語 | カバ | カバ, 動物 |
| 한국어 | 하마 | 동물, 하마 |
| 中文（简体） | 河马 | 动物, 河马 |
| 中文（繁體） | 河馬 | 動物, 河馬 |
Names in 84 more languages
| Afrikaans | seekoei |
|---|---|
| Akan | susono |
| Albanian | hipopotam |
| Amharic | ጉማሬ |
| Anii | atubʊrʊ |
| Armenian | գետաձի |
| Assamese | জলহস্তী |
| Azerbaijani | hippopotam |
| Bashkir | гиппопотам |
| Basque | hipopotamo |
| Belarusian | гіпапатам |
| Bosnian | nilski konj |
| Breton | dourvarc’h |
| Bulgarian | хипопотам |
| Burmese | ရေမြင်း |
| Cantonese | 河馬 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 河马 |
| Catalan | hipopòtam |
| Cherokee | ᏗᏆᎴᏂ ᏏᏆᏳᏍᏗ |
| Chuvash | гиппопотам |
| Croatian | vodenkonj |
| Czech | hroch |
| Danish | flodhest |
| Estonian | jõehobu |
| Faroese | áarross |
| Filipino | hippopotamus |
| Finnish | virtahepo |
| Galician | hipopótamo |
| Georgian | ბეჰემოთი |
| Gujarati | હિપ્પોપૉટેમસ |
| Hausa | dorina |
| Hungarian | víziló |
| Icelandic | flóðhestur |
| Igbo | hipopotamos |
| Irish | dobhareach |
| Javanese | kuda nil |
| Kannada | ಹಿಪ್ಪೊಪೊಟೊಮಸ್ |
| Kazakh | бегемот |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | بەگەموت |
| Khmer | សត្វដំរីទឹក |
| Konkani | पाणघोडो |
| Kyrgyz | бегемот |
| Lao | ໂຕຮີໂປ |
| Latvian | nīlzirgs |
| Lithuanian | begemotas |
| Lower Sorbian | wódny kóń |
| Macedonian | нилски коњ |
| Malay | badak air |
| Malayalam | നീർക്കുതിര |
| Marathi | पाणघोडे |
| Mongolian | усны үхэр |
| Nepali | गैडा |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Hípopotámọs |
| Norwegian | flodhest |
| Odia | ଜଳହସ୍ତୀ |
| Oromo | roobii |
| Pashto | د اوبو آس |
| Punjabi | ਦਰਿਆਈ ਘੋੜਾ |
| Quechua | hipopotamo |
| Romanian | hipopotam |
| Romansh | ippopotam |
| Sardinian | ipopòtamu |
| Scottish Gaelic | each-aibhne |
| Serbian | нилски коњ |
| Serbian (Latin) | nilski konj |
| Shan | မႃႉၼမ်ႉ |
| Sindhi | دريائي گهوڙو |
| Sinhala | හිපපොටේමස් |
| Slovak | hroch |
| Slovenian | povodni konj |
| Somali | jeer |
| Swahili | kiboko |
| Tamil | நீர்யானை |
| Telugu | హిప్పోపొటామస్ |
| Tigrinya | ጉማረ |
| Tongan | hipopotama |
| Turkmen | begemot |
| Upper Sorbian | wodosłon |
| Urdu | دریائی گھوڑا |
| Uzbek | gippopotam |
| Welsh | afonfarch |
| Yoruba | hipopotámọ́ọ̀sì |
| Yoruba (Benin) | hipopotámɔ́ɔ̀sì |
| Zulu | hippopotamus |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F99B- HTML
🦛- CSS
\1F99B- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F99B}- Python
\U0001F99B- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F A6 9B- UTF-16
D83E DD9B- URL encoded
%F0%9F%A6%9B
Questions
What does the 🦛 hippopotamus emoji mean?
Big, round and wide-mouthed, this hippopotamus is a river giant that spends its days in and near the water. People use it for hippos, rivers and safaris, anything large and heavy, and goofy or cuddly humor.
How do I type the 🦛 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “hippopotamus”. 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 :hippopotamus:.
When was the 🦛 emoji added?
🦛 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.
What is the Unicode code point for 🦛?
U+1F99B. In HTML you can write 🦛, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F99B}.