Spouting Whale 🐳
🐳 (U+1F433) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Spouting Whale is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The SPOUTING WHALE depicts a whale emoji. It can illustrate ocean topics in messages and interfaces, or represent animals, wildlife, or big-scale ideas in a playful way. It supports discussions of nature, marine life, or environmental themes with a light touch. It works well in UI labels about sea life, travel ideas near the coast, or stories that involve dramatic natural scenes, where a moment of surprise is possible. Use it to add tone to casual chats or to reinforce a sea‑related topic without words. Remember that appearance varies across platforms and fonts, so designs may differ in color and detail. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning, and provide context if needed for clarity across devices and assistive tech.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F433 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F433 - General Category:
So - Age:
6.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 90 B3 - UTF-16:
D83D DC33 - UTF-32:
0001F433 - HTML dec:
🐳 - HTML hex:
🐳 - JS escape:
\u{1F433} - Python \N{}:
\N{SPOUTING WHALE} - Python \U:
\U0001F433 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%90%B3 - CSS escape:
\1F433
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F433 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🐳 (hex) or 🐳 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.