Dolphin Emoji

Animals

A cheerful, light blue dolphin leaping out of the water, shown mid-arc with its tail curved downward. It depicts the smooth, grey-blue skin and distinctive dorsal fin of a common dolphin.

Usage Context

Widely used to express excitement, a love for marine life, or to signal a trip to the beach. Because dolphins are often associated with playfulness and intelligence, it is frequently used alongside 🌊 or ☀️ to capture a fun summer mood.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the dolphin was part of a larger push to include more diverse wildlife in digital communication. It quickly gained traction in early mobile messaging as a way to replace text with expressive, aquatic imagery.

Details

Glyph

🐬

Unicode

U+1F42C

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f42c:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC2C;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-marine

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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