📖 Emojipedix

Pig Nose 🐽

Added in Emoji 0.6 · Animals & Nature Mammals

Codepoint U+1F43D
Shortcode :pig_nose:
Version Emoji 0.6

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

Popular Combos

🐽💨 🐽😏 🐽🤔

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.

Keywords

animal face farm nose pig smell snout

Appears in Topics

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :pig_nose:
Slack :pig_nose:
Discord :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