blowfish Emoji
๐ก ยท U+1F421 ยท Emoji 0.6
What does the blowfish emoji mean?
When discussing a unique or exotic aquatic creature, people reach for the ๐ก emoji to represent a blowfish, also known as a pufferfish or fugu, which is a type of marine fish that inflates its body for defense, and is often used figuratively to convey something or someone is inflated or puffed up, or in slang to express a situation is precarious or potentially explosive, as the fish can be poisonous if not prepared correctly.
blowfish emoji examples
- just saw a blowfish at the aquarium and it was so cool ๐ก
- be careful with that investment it's a blowfish ๐ก waiting to happen
How to copy the blowfish emoji
To use the blowfish emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F421), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
blowfish emoji on different platforms
How the blowfish emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.



blowfish Emoji Details
| Emoji | ๐ก |
| Name | blowfish |
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Codepoints | U+1F421 |
| Shortcode | :blowfish: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list ยท codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 0.6 (2010) |
blowfish Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F421, added in Emoji 0.6 (2010). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :blowfish:.
People also search for the blowfish emoji as animal, fish.