Entry
hippopotamus
The hippopotamus emoji depicts a hippopotamus and represents rivers and African wildlife. It is used for hippos, the zoo, and a cute but mighty animal.
It belongs to the animals & nature group.
Reviewed by Chad Solomon · Updated 8 June 2026
- Character
- Codepoint
- U+1F99B
- Version
- Emoji 11.0
- Year added
- 2018
- Category
- Animals & Nature
- Tags
- animalhippo
