What does 🤠 mean?
Cowboy hat face: the Wild West, country vibes, easy-going fun, 'yeehaw'.
Its official Unicode name is FACE WITH COWBOY HAT and its CLDR short name is "cowboy hat face" (in Hungarian: "cowboykalapos fej"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 3.0 in 2016.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- cowboy
- cowgirl
- face
- hat
In Hungarian: arc, boldog, cowboy, cowboy kalapos fej, fej, kalap, nevet, szmájli
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🤠 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F920. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- FACE WITH COWBOY HAT
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- cowboykalapos fej
- English name (CLDR)
- cowboy hat face
- Emoji version
- Emoji 3.0 (2016)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face hat
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :cowboy_hat_face:
Related emojis
- Partying face
- Disguised face
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🤠 emoji mean?
Cowboy hat face: the Wild West, country vibes, easy-going fun, 'yeehaw'.
How do I type the 🤠 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "cowboy".
When was the 🤠 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 3.0 (2016), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.