🐪 Camel

Emoji Meaning

A dromedary camel, a long-necked mammal with one large hump on its back. Depicted in light or yellowish brown in full profile on all fours facing left.

Not to be confused with 🐫 Two-Hump Camel (Bactrian), though their applications generally overlap.

May be used in association with deserts, the Middle East, and Wednesday (Hump Day).

Samsung’s design features a camel with a shaggy head of hair and slight smile. Google’s design previously featured a blanket on its back, as for transport.

Camel was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 under the name “Dromedary Camel” and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.