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🐃U+1F403

Water buffalo emoji

A large dark animal with long swept-back horns, this water buffalo is raised as a farm animal in many parts of Asia. Messages use it for buffalo, farm and rural scenes, and wildlife.

Unicode name
water buffalo
Category
Animals & nature, Mammals
Added
Emoji 1.0 in 2015
Code points
U+1F403
Shortcode
:water_buffalo:
Keywords
animal, buffalo, water, zoo

How it looks

🐃
Your device
Water buffalo emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Water buffalo emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Water buffalo emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🐃

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

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolbúfalo de aguaagua, búfalo, búfalo de agua
Françaisbuffleanimal, buffle, corne, zoo
DeutschWasserbüffelBüffel, Tier, Wasser, Wasserbüffel
Italianobufalo d’acquaanimale, animali, animali selvatici, bufalo, bufalo d’acqua
Portuguêsbúfalo-asiáticoágua, animal, búfalo, búfalo-asiático
Nederlandswaterbuffelbuffel, dier, dierentuin, water
Svenskavattenbuffeldjur, vattenbuffel
Polskiwół domowybawół, wół, zwierzę
Türkçemandabuffalo, hayvan, manda, su
Русскийбуйволбуйвол, животное, зверь, зоопарк, рога
Українськабуйвілбуйвіл, тварина
Ελληνικάνεροβούβαλοςβουβάλι, ζώα, ζώο, ζωολογικός κήπος, νερό, νεροβούβαλος
العربيةجاموس مائيجاموس, جاموس مائي, جاموسة, حديقة الحيوانات, حيوان, فدان
עבריתתאו המיםבאפלו, בעל חיים, מים, תאו, תאו המים
فارسیبوفالوی آبیآب, بوفالو, بوفالوی آبی
हिन्दीभैंसजलभैंस, पशु, पानी, भैंस
বাংলাজলহস্তীজল, জলহস্তী, পশুপাখি, প্রাণী, মহিষ
Bahasa Indonesiakerbauair, binatang, hewan, kerbau
Tiếng Việttrâu nướcđộng vật, nước, trâu nước, vườn thú
ไทยควายควาย, สัตว์
日本語水牛バッファロー, 動物, 水牛, 牛
한국어물소동물, 동물원, 물소, 버팔로, 소
中文(简体)水牛水牛
中文(繁體)水牛動物, 水牛, 牛
Names in 98 more languages
Afrikaanswaterbuffel
Akannsuo mu ɛkoͻ
Albanianbuall indian
Amharicየውሃ አውራሪስ
Aniiʊkó
Armenianջրագոմեշ
Assameseপানী ম’হ
Azerbaijanisu camışı
Bashkirазия буйволы
Basqueur-bufaloa
Belarusianвадзяны буйвал
Bosnianbivo
Bretonbual
Bulgarianводен бивол
Burmeseကျွဲ
Cantonese水牛
Catalanbúfal aquàtic
CherokeeᏯᎾᏏ ᎠᎹ
Chuvashбуйвол
Croatianvodeni bivol
Czechbuvol domácí
Danishvandbøffel
Estonianvesipühvel
European Portuguesebúfalo
Faroesebúffil
Filipinokalabaw
Finnishvesipuhveli
Galicianbúfalo acuático
Georgianკამეჩი
Gujaratiભેંસ
Hausaɓaunan ruwa
Hungarianvízibölény
Icelandicvatnabuffall
Igboehi ọhịa mmiri
Irishbuabhall uisce
Javanesekebo
Kalaallisutvandbøffel
Kannadaನೀರೆಮ್ಮೆ
Kazakhенеке
Kazakh (Arabic)ەنەكە
Khmerក្របីទឹក
Kinyarwandaimbogo yo mu mazi
Konkaniउदकातली म्हस
Kyrgyzазия буйволу
KʼicheʼWakax rech ja’
Laoຄວາຍ
Latvianbifelis
Lithuanianazijinis buivolas
Lower Sorbianwódny buwoł
LuxembourgishWaasserbüffel
Macedonianбивол
Malaykerbau
Malayalamപോത്ത്
Maltesebuflu tal-ilma
Marathiपाणम्हैस
Mongolianбух
Māoripūru wai
Nepaliअर्ना
Nigerian PidginWọ́ta Búfálo
Northern Sothonare ya ka meetseng
Norwegianvannbøffel
Norwegian Nynorskvassbøffel
Odiaଜଳ ମଇଁଷି
Oromogafarsa bishaanii
Pashtoد اوبو مېږه
Punjabiਪਾਣੀ ਵਾਲੀ ਮੱਝ
Punjabi (Arabic)پانی دا سنڈا
Quechuabufalo yakumanta
Romanianbivol
Romanshbiffel da l’aua
Sardinianbùfalu de abba
Scottish Gaelicbuabhall-uisge
Serbianводени биво
Serbian (Latin)vodeni bivo
Shanၵႂၢႆး
Sindhiپاڻي واري مينهن
Sinhalaදිය මීහරකා
Slovakbyvol
Slovenianvodni bivol
Somalilo’ gisida biyaha
Swahilinyati
Tajikговмеши обӣ
Tamilநீர் எருமை
Teluguనీటి గేదె
Tigrinyaጎባይ ማይ
Tonganpafalō
Tswananare ya metsi
Turkmengäwmiş ýüz
Upper Sorbianwódny buwoł
Urduپانی کی بھینس
Uyghurسۇ كالىسى
Uzbekbuyvol
Welshbyfflo dwr
Wolofnagu ndox
Xhosainyathi yamanzi
YorubaẸfọn Omi
Yoruba (Benin)Ɛfɔn Omi
Zuluinkomo yehlathi yamanzi

Codes

Code points
U+1F403
HTML
🐃
CSS
\1F403
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F403}
Python
\U0001F403
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 90 83
UTF-16
D83D DC03
URL encoded
%F0%9F%90%83

Questions

What does the 🐃 water buffalo emoji mean?

A large dark animal with long swept-back horns, this water buffalo is raised as a farm animal in many parts of Asia. Messages use it for buffalo, farm and rural scenes, and wildlife.

How do I type the 🐃 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “water buffalo”. 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 :water_buffalo:.

When was the 🐃 emoji added?

🐃 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

What is the Unicode code point for 🐃?

U+1F403. In HTML you can write 🐃, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F403}.

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