Cow

Unicode lists 🐄 Cow among the mammals in the Animals & Nature group. In practice it comes up around animal, animals, farm and milk. Unicode also files it under moo, which shows how widely it is read.

🐄 works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Emotions and Feelings. The character has been part of the standard since 2015 (Emoji 1.0). Its code point is U+1F404.

• 🐄 on its own already flags the topic: animal.
• Fits messages about animal, animals, farm and milk.
• Often seen near 🐷 Pig Face, 🐂 Ox and 🐃 Water Buffalo.

In India, Hinduism holds the cow to be sacred; slaughtering one is illegal in most states, and cows move freely through traffic in many cities. The animal stands for motherliness and non-violence.

In Europe the cow is above all a farm animal, and calling someone a cow is an insult. Anyone sending the emoji does well to keep that range in mind.

• 🐄🐏 – Cow and Ram
• 🐄🐑 – Cow with Ewe
• 🐄🦬 – Cow plus Bison
• 🐄🐽 – Cow and Pig Nose
• 🐄🦌 – Cow with Deer
• 🐄🐗 – Cow plus Boar
• 🐄🐷 – Cow and Pig Face
• 🐄🐖 – Cow with Pig

Easy to mix up with 🐷 Pig Face, 🐂 Ox or 🐃 Water Buffalo. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.