EmojiMint
Emoji Picker
Animals & Nature

๐Ÿ‹ Whale Emoji

The ๐Ÿณ Whale emoji depicts a friendly spouting blue whale, commonly used for ocean scale, big ideas, whale watching, or marine life.

QUICK FACTS
Official name
Whale
Category
Animals & Nature
Subcategory
Animal Marine
Unicode
U+1F40B
Emoji version
Emoji 1.0
Unicode version
17.0

What Does Mean?

The ๐Ÿณ Whale emoji represents whales and giant sea creatures. It is used when posting about whale watching tours, massive ocean scale, or big ambitious projects ('whale-sized idea').

Tone
GrandGentleMarineOpen
Quick Meaning

The ๐Ÿณ Whale emoji depicts a friendly spouting blue whale, commonly used for ocean scale, big ideas, whale watching, or marine life.

Use Cases

How People Use ๐Ÿ‹

Common conversational contexts and messaging situations.

Sharing whale watching tour photos

Sharing whale watching tour photos.

Referencing giant scale or huge achievements

Referencing giant scale or huge achievements.

Posting about ocean pollution awareness

Posting about ocean pollution awareness.

Real Messages

๐Ÿ‹ Emoji Examples

Realistic message examples demonstrating natural placement for ๐Ÿ‹.

โ€œSpotted a humpback whale on the boat tour ๐Ÿณโ€

โ€œTaking on a whale of a project this month ๐Ÿณโ€

โ€œProtect our oceans and marine life ๐Ÿณ ๐ŸŒŠโ€

Comparisons

Similar Emojis

Compare close alternatives and choose the expression that best fits your message.

Lookup Data

Names, Keywords and Search Terms

Search terms, common aliases, and lookup keywords.

Official Name

Whale

Subcategory: Animal Marine

Aliases & Common Names

  • spouting whale
  • blue whale
  • whale

Keywords & Search Terms

  • whale
  • spouting whale
  • ocean
  • sea
  • marine
  • blowhole
  • water
  • giant
Developer Reference

๐Ÿ‹ Emoji Codes

Copy Unicode, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and programming escape values.

FormatCode ValueAction
Unicode
U+1F40B
Code points
U+1F40B
UTF-8 bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0x8B
UTF-16
\uD83D\uDC0B
HTML decimal entity
🐋
HTML hexadecimal entity
🐋
JavaScript escape
\u{1F40B}
CSS escape
\1F40B
Python string
\U0001F40B
Emoji Styles

See ๐Ÿ‹ in Different Styles

Compare licensed artwork side by side, then choose a style to use in Preview & Download.

Microsoft Fluent

MIT License
Whale emoji in Microsoft Fluent style

Google Noto

SIL Open Font License 1.1
Whale emoji in Google Noto style

Twemoji

CC BY 4.0
Whale emoji in Twemoji style

OpenMoji

CC BY-SA 4.0
Whale emoji in OpenMoji style

Why do emoji designs look different?

Unicode defines the emoji character or sequence, while each artwork set decides how it is drawn. That is why the same emoji can look different between devices, apps, and design systems.

Artwork sources & licenses โ†’
FAQ

Questions About ๐Ÿ‹

Frequently asked questions about meaning, copying, PNG export, and Unicode data.

The ๐Ÿณ Whale emoji depicts a friendly spouting blue whale, commonly used for ocean scale, big ideas, whale watching, or marine life.