Animals & Nature · Emoji 0.7
🐕Dog Emoji
Generally, the 🐕 emoji just means “dog.” People use it to represent dogs in texts, just like they would use the word.
The 🐕 emoji represents a dog.
- Unicode
- U+1F415
- Released
- 2014
- Shortcode
- :dog2:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🐕 Dog emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 4.
02 — Platforms
Dog emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+1F415. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Dog emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :dog2:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+1F415.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🐕 Dog emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Dog emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Dog emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around dog for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What 🐕 means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Around the world
What 🐕 means in other countries
Warm and affectionate in most Western pet culture, but “dog” is a sharp insult and dogs carry mixed status elsewhere.
Almost always warm and affectionate, tied to pet culture and loyalty.
Dogs carry a more mixed or negative association, and “dog” is used as a sharp insult in several languages.
Views on dogs vary widely by region and school of thought, from neutral to considering them ritually unclean.
Before you send it: Fine among pet lovers; don't assume the warm pet meaning translates everywhere before sending it about a person.
09 — Apps
What 🐕 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the dog lands changes how it is taken.
11 — Difference
🐕 vs 🐶 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Dog
Code: U+1F415 · added 2014
Shortcode: :dog2:
Generally, the 🐕 emoji just means “dog.”
Unicode name: Dog Face
Code: U+1F436 · added 2010
Shortcode: :dog:
Generally, the 🐶 emoji just means “dog.”
12 — History
Where the 🐕 Dog emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 0.7, the dog has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 12.
Same character every time — U+1F415 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Dog was approved as U+1F415 and shipped in Emoji 0.7 (2014). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🐕 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ