Emoji 1
water buffalo
Also known as animal, buffalo, water, zoo
A water buffalo, a large dark bovine with wide horns, shown standing and facing forward or left.
Meaning
The water buffalo emoji represents the domesticated water buffalo, an animal often associated with farming, rural life, and tropical regions. People use it to talk about animals, farms, nature, or the buffalo itself, sometimes in cultural or historical contexts.
Unicode name
The Unicode character for water buffalo is a pictograph of a water buffalo, part of the animals and nature category.
Platform designs
Apple
Apple's design shows a dark gray or black water buffalo with large, curved horns, standing in profile with a visible tail.
Google
Google's Noto design features a brownish-gray water buffalo with prominent swept-back horns, standing in a side profile.
Twitter
Twitter's Twemoji design depicts a dark gray water buffalo with large curved horns and a light muzzle, facing left.
Noto (Apache 2.0) · Twemoji (CC BY 4.0) · OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
Which category does 🐃 water buffalo belong to?
🐃 water buffalo belongs to the animals & nature category, which contains 161 emojis.
Which Unicode version added 🐃 water buffalo?
🐃 water buffalo was added in Emoji 1. Its codepoint is U+1F403, made up of 1 code points.
