🐖 pig Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the pig Emoji 🐖 Mean?

The full-body pig, shown standing or walking in profile — pinker and more anatomically realistic than the cartoon pig face. Added in Unicode 6.0 to round out the farm animal lineup. It works for posts that need the whole animal, like pet pig content (yes, pet pigs are a thing), pig farming and pork production discussions, and references to the Year of the Pig in the Chinese zodiac.

People also use it in literary contexts — Charlotte's Web, Animal Farm, Babe — where the full pig is the right visual. Choose this over the pig-face emoji when you want realism or when the post isn't about cuteness specifically. Pair with mud, a barn, or a piglet for full farm scene.

Some accounts that focus on rescued farm animals use it specifically to show the dignity of pigs as the social, smart creatures they are. Pigs are sometimes called 'the dogs of the farm' for how much personality they show.