Horse face Emoji

Animals

A cartoon-style depiction of a brown horse’s head facing left, featuring a white patch on its snout, a dark brown mane, and upright ears.

Usage Context

Used to discuss horseback riding, equestrian sports, or farm animals in general. It frequently appears alongside 🐎 to represent a full horse or 🤠 to imply a cowboy theme or Western lifestyle.

History

This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0. It draws inspiration from the long tradition of animal icons in early Japanese mobile phone sets, which prioritized recognizable creatures for quick text messaging.

Details

Glyph

🐴

Unicode

U+1F434

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f434:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDC34;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.

Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.

MIT License Fluent Emoji Repository