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Represents the hippopotamus, seemingly docile but actually dangerous. Used for irony, or illustrating surprising power.
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:hippopotamus:🦛🦛\1F99B\u{1F99B}\uD83E\uDD9B%F0%9F%A6%9BQuick Reference FAQ
What does the 🦛 Hippopotamus emoji mean?
Represents the hippopotamus, seemingly docile but actually dangerous. Used for irony, or illustrating surprising power.
What is the Unicode and HTML entity for 🦛 Hippopotamus?
The Unicode codepoint for 🦛 is U+1F99B, its HTML hex entity is 🦛, and its shortcode is :hippopotamus:. It is part of Emoji 15.0.
How do you say the 🦛 Hippopotamus emoji in other languages?
Official localized names include: 한국어 "하마", 日本語 "カバ", 简体中文 "河马", 繁體中文 "河馬", Español "Hipopótamo".