Meaning
This emoji shows a cute, cartoonish pink pig's snout in close-up—just the nose and nostrils, often with a slight smile or neutral expression. The design emphasizes the distinctive round, split shape of a pig's nose with its characteristic two nostrils, rendered in a friendly, non-threatening way.
Beyond literal pig references, this emoji has become internet slang shorthand for "smell" or smelling something. People send it when they suspect something fishy (literally or figuratively), or when describing a bad odor. It's also used humorously to call out when someone is being nosy or prying into others' business—the "nose" becomes metaphorical. On social media, it sometimes appears in playful contexts, like when making a silly face or joking around.
The pig nose has gained modest popularity in meme culture and casual texting, though it's far less ubiquitous than emoji like 💯 or 😂. Different platforms render it slightly differently in color and cartoon style, but the core design remains recognizable. It's occasionally confused with the regular pig emoji, but the close-up snout format makes it distinctly different.
Common Uses
- • Detecting something suspicious or "smelly"
- • Calling out nosy behavior
- • Playful, silly messaging
- • Literal references to pigs or pig-related activities
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Did You Know?
Pig nose is one of the few emoji that zooms in on just a body part, making it feel more intimate and silly—this closeness is probably why it caught on for the 'smelling something fishy' slang.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:pig_nose: :pig_nose: :pig_nose: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🐽 |
| HTML (hex) | 🐽 |
| CSS | \1F43D |
| JavaScript | \uD83D\uDC3D |
| Python | \U0001F43D |
| Java | \uD83D\uDC3D |
| Perl | \x{1F43D} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F43D} |
| Punycode | xn--2qt9 |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%90%BD |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x90 0xBD |
🐽 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | শূকরের নাক |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 猪鼻子 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 豬鼻子 |
| Danish | grisetryne |
| Dutch | varkensneus |
| English | pig nose |
| English (UK) | pig nose |
| Estonian | sea kärss |
| Finnish | sian kärsä |
| French | groin |
| German | Schweinerüssel |
| Hindi | सुअर की नाक |
| Hungarian | malacorr |
| Italian | naso da maiale |
| Japanese | ブタ鼻 |
| Korean | 돼지코 |
| Lithuanian | kiaulės nosis |
| Malay | hidung khinzir |
| Norwegian | grisetryne |
| Polish | ryj świni |
| Portuguese | nariz de porco |
| Russian | свиной пятачок |
| Spanish | nariz de cerdo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | nariz de cerdo |
| Swedish | gristryne |
| Thai | จมูกหมู |
| Ukrainian | свинячий пʼятак |
| Vietnamese | mũi lợn |