U+1F403 · emoji since 2015
The water buffalo is a sturdy horned beast that works the fields and wallows in mud. It means farms, strength, and rural life.
It marks the countryside in many parts of the world, the dependable powerhouse of the rice paddy.
In texting, 🐃 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 🐃 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Water Buffalo emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the water buffalo emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 🐃 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.
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