Cowboy hat face Emoji

Smileys

A yellow smiley face wearing a wide-brimmed, brown leather cowboy hat. The expression is a wide, toothy grin that suggests a friendly, carefree, or adventurous attitude.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to convey a 'yee-haw' sentiment, a laid-back western vibe, or to play along with country-themed humor. It is often paired with emojis like 🐎 or 🌵 to set a ranch-hand or desert scene, and sometimes used ironically to express a sense of bold confidence.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of the Emoji 1.0 update, this character was developed to fill the gap for western-themed iconography. It quickly gained popularity as internet users sought out ways to represent 'Howdy' culture and rural personality types in digital messaging.

Details

Glyph

🤠

Unicode

U+1F920

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f920:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD20;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Smileys

Subcategory face-hat

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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