A hedgehog. A small, spiny mammal sometimes kept as a pet. Generally depicted in full profile on all fours facing left, with a round, brown body covered with spines and a light-brown face and underside.
Sometimes used to represent a porcupine or echidna.
Twitter's design has always been a hedgehog facing forward. Google's design originally featured a hedgehog facing forward, though it was changed to full profile with Android 11.0. Facebook’s design previously featured a hedgehog on its back, rolled up in a ball.
| Emoji | 🦔 |
| Unicode Name | Hedgehog |
| Apple Name | Hedgehog |
| Also Known As | |
| Codepoints | U+1F994 |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | শজর |
| Danish | pindsvin |
| German | igel |
| English | hedgehog |
| Spanish | erizo |
| French | hérisson |
| Hindi | सह |
| Italian | riccio |
| Japanese | ハリネズミ |
| Korean | 고슴도치 |
| Marathi | सळ |
| Malay | landak kecil |
| Dutch | egel |
| Norwegian | pinnsvin |
| Portuguese | porco espinho |
| Swedish | igelkott |
| Tamil | மளளல |
| Telugu | మడలపద |
| Chinese | 刺猬 |









































