Copy and paste the Dog Face emoji (🐶) in one click. Explore its Animals & Nature meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) developer codes (U+1F436).
Unicode Definition: A friendly cartoon dog face with floppy ears, wagging tongue, and endearing wide brown eyes.
Context & Expression: Expresses unconditional loyalty, playfulness, love for pets, and warm friendly canine companionship.
Context Tip: Pairing Dog Face (🐶) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.
Staple of puppy adoption announcements, dog park photos, and 'good boy' wholesome pet culture.
Combine 🐶 with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.
See how the Dog Face emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.
We just finalized adopting this sweet golden retriever mix from the shelter!
Look at that sweet face! 🐶 Congratulations, your home just gained so much joy
He's already claimed the softest spot on the living room rug!
Apple depicts a warm golden retriever face; Google features a beagle-like floppy-eared design; Microsoft renders an approachable cartoon pup with black nose.
High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'| Platform / Vendor | Glyph Preview | System Emoji Font | Rendering Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS / macOS | 🐶 | Apple Color Emoji | High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting |
| Google Android | 🐶 | Noto Color Emoji | Clean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry |
| Samsung One UI | 🐶 | Samsung Color Emoji | Vibrant high-contrast One UI color styling |
| Microsoft Windows | 🐶 | Segoe UI Emoji | Fluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags) |
| X / Discord (Twemoji) | 🐶 | Twitter Color Emoji | Flat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography |
Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.
| Character | 🐶 |
|---|---|
| Official Unicode Name | Dog Face |
| Unicode Code Point | U+1F436 |
| HTML Decimal Entity | 🐶 |
| HTML Hex Entity | 🐶 |
| CSS Escape Code | \01F436 |
| JavaScript / ES6 Escape | \u{1F436} |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 90 B6 |
| Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub) | :dog_face: |
| Emoji / Unicode Version | Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
| Category & Subgroup | Animals & Nature (mammals) |
Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.
Expresses unconditional loyalty, playfulness, love for pets, and warm friendly canine companionship. It belongs to the Animals & Nature category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).
Staple of puppy adoption announcements, dog park photos, and 'good boy' wholesome pet culture.
Click the "Copy Emoji (🐶)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.
The Unicode code point is U+1F436 (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use 🐶 or 🐶; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\01F436"; in JavaScript use "\u{1F436}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :dog_face:.
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