# 🦔 Hedgehog emoji

🦔 Hedgehog is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017. Related words: animal and spiny.

- Emoji: 🦔
- Unicode name: hedgehog
- Code points: U+1F994
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- GitHub shortcode: :hedgehog:
- Keywords: animal, hedgehog, spiny
- Page: https://emojichart.com/hedgehog-emoji

## What it means

Covered in spines and sporting a pointed snout, this hedgehog is cute but prickly. People use it for hedgehogs, small spiky pets, cuteness, and prickly or defensive moods.

## How to type 🦔

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “hedgehog”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “hedgehog”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “hedgehog”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “hedgehog”.
- GitHub: Type :hedgehog: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | erizo | erizo, espinas, púas |
| Français (fr) | hérisson | animal, épines, épineux, hérisson, piquant, porc-épic |
| Deutsch (de) | Igel | igel, Igel, stachelig, stacheln, tier |
| Italiano (it) | riccio | animale, animali, riccio, spine, spinoso |
| Português (pt) | porco-espinho | animal, espinhoso, ouriço, porco-espinho |
| Nederlands (nl) | egel | dier, egel, stekelig |
| Svenska (sv) | igelkott | igelkott, taggig |
| Polski (pl) | jeż | jeż, jeżyk, kolce, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | kirpi | diken, dikenli, hayvan, kirpi, şirin |
| Русский (ru) | еж | еж, ежик, животное, иголка, иголки, колючий, колючки |
| Українська (uk) | їжак | голчастий, їжак, колючий, колючки |
| Ελληνικά (el) | σκαντζόχοιρος | αγκαθωτός, ακανθώδης, σκαντζόχοιρος |
| العربية (ar) | قنفد | حيوان, شائك, شوك, قنفد, قنفذ, قنفذة, مشوك |
| עברית (he) | קיפוד | קוצים, קוצני, קיפוד |
| فارسی (fa) | جوجه‌تیغی | پرخار, تیغ‌دار, جوجه تیغی, جوجه‌تیغی, خارپشت, خارخاری, خاردار |
| हिन्दी (hi) | साही | कांटेदार, कांटेदार जंगली चूहा, साही |
| বাংলা (bn) | শজারু | কন্টকময়, কাঁটা, কাঁটাওয়ালা, পশু, পশুপাখি, শজারু, সজারু |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | landak | berduri, binatang, hewan, landak |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nhím | có gai, nhím |
| ไทย (th) | เฮดจ์ฮ็อก | เม่น, สัตว์, หนาม, เฮดจ์ฮ็อก |
| 日本語 (ja) | ハリネズミ | とげ, はりねずみ, ハリネズミ, ヤマアラシ, 動物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 고슴도치 | 가시, 고슴도치, 뾰족뾰족 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 刺猬 | 刺猬, 多刺 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 刺蝟 | 刺蝟, 多刺 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): krimpvarkie
- Akan (ak): apɛsɛ
- Albanian (sq): iriq
- Amharic (am): አጥቢ እንስሳ
- Anii (blo): gasǝnɩshɩnʊ
- Armenian (hy): ոզնի
- Assamese (as): কেটেলা পহু
- Azerbaijani (az): kirpi
- Bashkir (ba): терпе
- Basque (eu): triku
- Belarusian (be): вожык
- Bosnian (bs): jež
- Breton (br): heureuchin
- Bulgarian (bg): таралеж
- Burmese (my): ဖြူငယ်
- Cantonese (yue): 刺猬
- Catalan (ca): eriçó
- Cherokee (chr): ᏚᏩᏱᏢᎡᎯᏏᏆ
- Chuvash (cv): чӗрӗп
- Croatian (hr): jež
- Czech (cs): ježek
- Danish (da): pindsvin
- Estonian (et): siil
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): ouriço-caixeiro
- Faroese (fo): tindasvín
- Filipino (fil): hedgehog
- Finnish (fi): siili
- Galician (gl): ourizo
- Georgian (ka): ზღარბი
- Gujarati (gu): હેજહોગ
- Hausa (ha): dabbar hedgehog
- Hungarian (hu): sün
- Icelandic (is): broddgöltur
- Igbo (ig): mpama
- Irish (ga): gráinneog
- Javanese (jv): landhak
- Kannada (kn): ಹೆಡ್ಜ್‌ಹಾಗ್
- Kazakh (kk): кірпі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كىرپى
- Khmer (km): កាំប្រមា
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ikinyogote
- Konkani (kok): साळींदर
- Kyrgyz (ky): кирпи
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): puk’cho
- Lao (lo): ເໝັ້ນ
- Latvian (lv): ezis
- Lithuanian (lt): ežys
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): jež
- Luxembourgish (lb): Kéiseker
- Macedonian (mk): еж
- Malay (ms): landak kecil
- Malayalam (ml): മുള്ളൻപന്നി
- Maltese (mt): qanfud
- Marathi (mr): साळू
- Mongolian (mn): зараа
- Māori (mi): tuatete
- Nepali (ne): दुम्सी
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hẹ́jhọg
- Northern Sotho (nso): noko
- Norwegian (no): pinnsvin
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): piggsvin
- Odia (or): ଝିଙ୍କ
- Oromo (om): xaddee
- Pashto (ps): جږګی
- Punjabi (pa): ਸੇਹ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): جنگلی چوہا
- Quechua (qu): erizo
- Romanian (ro): arici
- Romansh (rm): erizun
- Sardinian (sc): eritzu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): gràineag
- Serbian (sr): јеж
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): jež
- Shan (shn): မဵၼ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): سيهڙ
- Sinhala (si): ඉත්තෑවා
- Slovak (sk): jež
- Slovenian (sl): jež
- Somali (so): xiddig-dhul
- Swahili (sw): nungunungu
- Tajik (tg): хорпушт
- Tamil (ta): முள்ளெலி
- Telugu (te): ముండ్లపంది
- Tigrinya (ti): ቅንፍዝ
- Tongan (to): puakatalatala
- Tswana (tn): hejehoko
- Turkmen (tk): kirpi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): jěž
- Urdu (ur): خار پشت
- Uyghur (ug): كىرپە
- Uzbek (uz): tipratikan
- Welsh (cy): draenog
- Wolof (wo): suñeel
- Xhosa (xh): i-hedgehog
- Yoruba (yo): hedgehog
- Zulu (zu): inhloli

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F994` |
| HTML | `🦔` |
| CSS | `\1F994` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F994}` |
| Python | `\U0001F994` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 94` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD94` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%94` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦔 hedgehog emoji mean?

Covered in spines and sporting a pointed snout, this hedgehog is cute but prickly. People use it for hedgehogs, small spiky pets, cuteness, and prickly or defensive moods.

### How do I type the 🦔 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “hedgehog”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :hedgehog:.

### When was the 🦔 emoji added?

🦔 was added in Emoji 5.0, released in 2017.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🦔?

U+1F994. In HTML you can write 🦔, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F994}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/hedgehog-emoji