Camel emoji ๐ช ๐ซ
๐ช is the dromedary camel with one hump and ๐ซ the two-hump (Bactrian) camel. They mean camels, deserts and the Middle East and North Africa โ Sahara trips, Dubaiโฆ
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What the camel ๐ช ๐ซ emoji means
๐ช is the dromedary camel with one hump and ๐ซ the two-hump (Bactrian) camel. They mean camels, deserts and the Middle East and North Africa โ Sahara trips, Dubai, Morocco โ and, in the English-speaking office, Hump Day: Wednesday, the hump of the week, from the GEICO camel advert. Both are original 2010 emoji. The desert set: ๐๏ธ desert, ๐ต cactus, โ๏ธ; the South American cousin is ๐ฆ llama.
Unicode name: camel ยท U+1F42A ยท Emoji 1.0 (2015) ยท group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Hump Day: Wednesday posts
- Deserts: Sahara, Dubai, Morocco
- Travel: camel rides
- Endurance: going without water
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| camelU+1F42A | One hump, dromedary | |
| two-hump camelU+1F42B | Bactrian | |
| llamaU+1F999 | South American cousin | |
| desertU+1F3DC U+FE0F | The desert | |
| cactusU+1F335 | Desert plant |
Questions people ask
What does ๐ช mean?
A camel โ deserts, travel, or Hump Day (Wednesday).
What is the difference between ๐ช and ๐ซ?
The humps: ๐ช has one (dromedary), ๐ซ has two (Bactrian).
Why camel for Wednesday?
Wednesday is the โhumpโ of the working week; a 2013 GEICO advert with a camel made the joke famous.
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