# 🦛 Hippopotamus emoji

🦛 Hippopotamus is an emoji in the mammals set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: animal and hippo.

- Emoji: 🦛
- Unicode name: hippopotamus
- Code points: U+1F99B
- Category: Animals & nature, Mammals
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :hippopotamus:
- Keywords: animal, hippo, hippopotamus
- Page: https://emojichart.com/hippopotamus-emoji

## What it means

Big, round and wide-mouthed, this hippopotamus is a river giant that spends its days in and near the water. People use it for hippos, rivers and safaris, anything large and heavy, and goofy or cuddly humor.

## How to type 🦛

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | hipopótamo | hipopótamo, paquidermo |
| Français (fr) | hippopotame | animal, hippo, hippopotame |
| Deutsch (de) | Nilpferd | Flusspferd, Hippo, Nilpferd, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | ippopotamo | animale, ippo, ippopotamo |
| Português (pt) | hipopótamo | animal, hipopótamo |
| Nederlands (nl) | nijlpaard | dier, hippopotamus, nijlpaard |
| Svenska (sv) | flodhäst | flodhäst, hovdjur |
| Polski (pl) | hipopotam | hipcio, hipopotam, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | hipopotam | çamur, hayvan, hipo, hipopotam, mor hayvan, sevimli, su aygırı |
| Русский (ru) | гиппопотам | бегемот, гиппопотам, животное |
| Українська (uk) | бегемот | бегемот, гіпопотам, ссавець, тварина |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ιπποπόταμος | ζώο, ιπποπόταμος |
| العربية (ar) | فرس النهر | برنيق, جاموس البحر, حيوان, سيد قشطة, فرس النهر, هيبو |
| עברית (he) | היפופוטם | בעל חיים, היפו, היפופוטם |
| فارسی (fa) | اسب آبی | اسب آبی, اسب‌آبی, جاندار, جانور, حیوان |
| हिन्दी (hi) | दरियाई घोड़ा | जानवर, दरियाई घोड़ा, हिप्पो |
| বাংলা (bn) | হিপোপটেমাস | জলহস্তী, প্রাণী, লহস্তী, হিপোপটেমাস |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kuda nil | binatang, hewan, kuda nil, nil |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hà mã | động vật, hà mã |
| ไทย (th) | ฮิปโปโปเตมัส | สัตว์, ฮิปโป, ฮิปโปโปเตมัส |
| 日本語 (ja) | カバ | カバ, 動物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 하마 | 동물, 하마 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 河马 | 动物, 河马 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 河馬 | 動物, 河馬 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): seekoei
- Akan (ak): susono
- Albanian (sq): hipopotam
- Amharic (am): ጉማሬ
- Anii (blo): atubʊrʊ
- Armenian (hy): գետաձի
- Assamese (as): জলহস্তী
- Azerbaijani (az): hippopotam
- Bashkir (ba): гиппопотам
- Basque (eu): hipopotamo
- Belarusian (be): гіпапатам
- Bosnian (bs): nilski konj
- Breton (br): dourvarc’h
- Bulgarian (bg): хипопотам
- Burmese (my): ရေမြင်း
- Cantonese (yue): 河馬
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 河马
- Catalan (ca): hipopòtam
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏆᎴᏂ ᏏᏆᏳᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): гиппопотам
- Croatian (hr): vodenkonj
- Czech (cs): hroch
- Danish (da): flodhest
- Estonian (et): jõehobu
- Faroese (fo): áarross
- Filipino (fil): hippopotamus
- Finnish (fi): virtahepo
- Galician (gl): hipopótamo
- Georgian (ka): ბეჰემოთი
- Gujarati (gu): હિપ્પોપૉટેમસ
- Hausa (ha): dorina
- Hungarian (hu): víziló
- Icelandic (is): flóðhestur
- Igbo (ig): hipopotamos
- Irish (ga): dobhareach
- Javanese (jv): kuda nil
- Kannada (kn): ಹಿಪ್ಪೊಪೊಟೊಮಸ್
- Kazakh (kk): бегемот
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): بەگەموت
- Khmer (km): សត្វដំរីទឹក
- Konkani (kok): पाणघोडो
- Kyrgyz (ky): бегемот
- Lao (lo): ໂຕຮີໂປ
- Latvian (lv): nīlzirgs
- Lithuanian (lt): begemotas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wódny kóń
- Macedonian (mk): нилски коњ
- Malay (ms): badak air
- Malayalam (ml): നീർക്കുതിര
- Marathi (mr): पाणघोडे
- Mongolian (mn): усны үхэр
- Nepali (ne): गैडा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hípopotámọs
- Norwegian (no): flodhest
- Odia (or): ଜଳହସ୍ତୀ
- Oromo (om): roobii
- Pashto (ps): د اوبو آس
- Punjabi (pa): ਦਰਿਆਈ ਘੋੜਾ
- Quechua (qu): hipopotamo
- Romanian (ro): hipopotam
- Romansh (rm): ippopotam
- Sardinian (sc): ipopòtamu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): each-aibhne
- Serbian (sr): нилски коњ
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): nilski konj
- Shan (shn): မႃႉၼမ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): دريائي گهوڙو
- Sinhala (si): හිපපොටේමස්
- Slovak (sk): hroch
- Slovenian (sl): povodni konj
- Somali (so): jeer
- Swahili (sw): kiboko
- Tamil (ta): நீர்யானை
- Telugu (te): హిప్పోపొటామస్
- Tigrinya (ti): ጉማረ
- Tongan (to): hipopotama
- Turkmen (tk): begemot
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wodosłon
- Urdu (ur): دریائی گھوڑا
- Uzbek (uz): gippopotam
- Welsh (cy): afonfarch
- Yoruba (yo): hipopotámọ́ọ̀sì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): hipopotámɔ́ɔ̀sì
- Zulu (zu): hippopotamus

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F99B` |
| HTML | `🦛` |
| CSS | `\1F99B` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F99B}` |
| Python | `\U0001F99B` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A6 9B` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DD9B` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A6%9B` |

## Questions

### What does the 🦛 hippopotamus emoji mean?

Big, round and wide-mouthed, this hippopotamus is a river giant that spends its days in and near the water. People use it for hippos, rivers and safaris, anything large and heavy, and goofy or cuddly humor.

### How do I type the 🦛 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “hippopotamus”. 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 :hippopotamus:.

### When was the 🦛 emoji added?

🦛 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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

U+1F99B. In HTML you can write 🦛, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F99B}.

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