Animals & Nature · Emoji 1.0
🐖Pig Emoji
Generally, the 🐖 emoji just means “pig.” People use it to represent the animal itself or to add a bit of humor to a message.
The 🐖 emoji represents a pig.
- Unicode
- U+1F416
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :pig2:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🐖 Pig emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
02 — Platforms
Pig emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+1F416 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your pig looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Pig emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :pig2:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F416.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🐖 Pig emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
Pig emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the pig as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
WhatsApp
06 — Combinations
Pig emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around pig 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
Who sent the pig and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
08 — Around the world
What 🐖 means in other countries
Off-limits in tone for Muslim and Jewish contacts given the religious taboo, and a genuine insult word in English too.
Pork and pigs are religiously off-limits, so the image can feel like a pointed jab rather than a neutral animal.
Calling someone a “pig” criticizes them as greedy, dirty, or, historically, as an insult toward police.
Plain, literal use in agriculture or bacon-related posts.
Before you send it: Avoid sending it as a reaction to a person; both the religious and slang meanings skew negative, not neutral.
09 — Apps
What 🐖 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the pig 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: Pig
Code: U+1F416 · added 2015
Shortcode: :pig2:
Generally, the 🐖 emoji just means “pig.”
Unicode name: Pig Face
Code: U+1F437 · added 2010
Shortcode: :pig:
Generally, it just means a pig.
12 — History
Where the 🐖 Pig emoji came from
When it was approved, which release it landed in, and how long phones have had it.
Same character every time — U+1F416 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.
Pig was approved as U+1F416 and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). 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