
๐ถ Dog face
๐ถ Emoji meaning
Affection, loyalty, playfulness, pet, sympathy.
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๐ถ Meaning
This cute dog face ๐ถ emoji radiates warmth and affection by showing a hanging tongue and cute floppy ears. It symbolizes unconditional loyalty, faithfulness and affection. It is often used to refer to one's pet (โI love my dogโ) or people who are smart or intelligent (โYou smart dog!โ). In chats, the emoji is used to express sympathy or compassion, especially when it comes to our beloved pets. It can also create a playful mood, embodying a desire for fun and joy. In some cases, it is an affectionate reference to a particularly devoted or loyal person. The dog face emoji is a less formal alternative to the full ๐ dog emoji, although their uses often overlap.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Dog face vs full dog; both generic dog representations.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji โDog faceโ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
Keywords removed
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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