cow face Emoji
🐮 · U+1F42E · Emoji 0.6
What does the cow face emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
Farmers and animal lovers often use the 🐮 emoji to represent cattle in a more adorable and approachable way, while its literal definition refers to the face of an adult cow, typically used to signify dairy farming or milk production, and figuratively to describe something as udderly ridiculous or to make a moo-related pun, with some users employing it as a slang symbol for a person who is being stubborn or bull-headed.
How the cow face emoji is used
Texting and social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok are where the 🐮 emoji is most frequently used, often in a lighthearted or humorous tone, with younger generations favoring its use in memes and jokes, while older users tend to employ it in more straightforward references to farming or livestock, and its tone can range from playful to sarcastic depending on the context and audience.
cow face emoji examples
- just saw a cow face to face at the petting zoo 🐮
- stop being such a cow and give me the last slice of pizza 🐮
How to copy the cow face emoji
To use the cow face 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+1F42E), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
cow face emoji on different platforms
How the cow face emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
cow face Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🐮 |
| Name | cow face |
| Category | Animals & Nature |
| Codepoints | U+1F42E |
| Shortcode | :cow_face: |
| Emoji version | 0.6 |
| Unicode version | 0.6 |
cow face Emoji FAQ
Farmers and animal lovers often use the 🐮 emoji to represent cattle in a more adorable and approachable way, while its literal definition refers to the face of an adult cow, typically used to signify dairy farming or milk production, and figuratively to describe something as udderly ridiculous or to make a moo-related pun, with some users employing it as a slang symbol for a person who is being stubborn or bull-headed.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 🐮 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F42E, introduced in Emoji version 0.6 (Unicode 0.6). Its shortcode is :cow_face:.
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