U+1F40B ยท emoji since 2015
The whale is a massive, graceful creature of the open ocean. It means the deep sea, marine life, and gentle, enormous beauty.
It headlines ocean conservation, whale watching, and a calm, awe-struck love of the sea's biggest residents.
In texting, ๐ does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and ๐ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Whale emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the whale emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The ๐ leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.