What does ๐ฉ mean?
Pile of poo: humour, something bad or rubbish, a childish joke.
Its official Unicode name is PILE OF POO and its CLDR short name is "pile of poo" (in Hungarian: "kakihalom"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- bs
- comic
- doo
- dung
- face
- fml
- monster
- pile
- poo
- poop
In Hungarian: arc, bรผdi, bรผdรถs, kaka, kaki, kakiarc, kรฉpregรฉny
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ๐ฉ 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+1F4A9. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- PILE OF POO
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- kakihalom
- English name (CLDR)
- pile of poo
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion ยท face costume
- Length
- 1 code point ยท 4 bytes in UTF-8 ยท 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :hankey: :poop: :shit:
Related emojis
- Clown face
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- Ogre
- Goblin
- Alien monster
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Frequently asked questions
What does the ๐ฉ emoji mean?
Pile of poo: humour, something bad or rubbish, a childish joke.
How do I type the ๐ฉ 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 "bs".
When was the ๐ฉ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), 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.