Hedgehog 🦔
History & usage: This emoji shows a small, friendly hedgehog with a cute face and spiky back, used to add warmth or playfulness to messages. In chats, people drop it to soften jokes, signal appreciation, or reference nature and animals in a lighthearted way. In social posts and captions, it can highlight a quirky moment, celebrate a small victory, or simply stand in for comfort and coziness. UI labels and reactions might use it to mark a friendly tip, a gentle reminder, or a fun status update. Accessibility note: alt text should convey a hedgehog image for screen readers, e.g., "hedgehog emoji". This keeps it inclusive for users who rely on assistive technology and helps describe the icon in everyday conversations.
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Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F994 - General Category:
So - Age:
10.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F A6 94 - UTF-16:
D83E DD94 - UTF-32:
0001F994 - HTML dec:
🦔 - HTML hex:
🦔 - JS escape:
\u{1F994} - Python \N{}:
\N{HEDGEHOG} - Python \U:
\U0001F994 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%A6%94 - CSS escape:
\1F994
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F994 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🦔 (hex) or 🦔 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.