Cowboy emoji
🤠 is “yeehaw” and playful confidence, usually with a wink. Copy it here.
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What the cowboy emoji means
🤠 (cowboy hat face, Emoji 5.0) is a smiley in a hat and it means “yeehaw”: playful confidence, Western and country themes, and, since the country-music revival, a fair amount of irony. It is a fixture of rodeo and festival posts, Texas and Nashville trips, and the “howdy” greeting. It has no skin tones; it is a yellow face.
Unicode name: cowboy hat face · U+1F920 · Emoji 3.0 (2016) · group: Smileys & Emotion.
How people use it
- Country and Western: 🤠🐴🌵
- “Howdy”: a jokey greeting
- Confidence: “handled that 🤠”
- Irony: playing a character
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| cowboy hat faceU+1F920 | Yeehaw, playful, country | Often ironic | |
| smiling face with sunglassesU+1F60E | Cool | See the sunglasses emoji guide | |
| horse faceU+1F434 | Horse | Literal | |
| cactusU+1F335 | Cactus; desert | Scene-setter |
Getting the cowboy emoji as an image
This page shows a preview of 🤠, and you can copy the emoji itself and paste it into any text field, where it will scale with the font. If you need a high-resolution graphic for design work, you could take a screenshot of the preview, but be aware that emoji designs are proprietary to each platform and may have licensing restrictions. For most uses, copying the character is the simplest and most reliable method.
Chat examples
Real messages with 🤠, and a reply that fits.
yeehaw 🤠
🤠
rodeo tonight 🤠🐴
saddle up
howdy 🤠
howdy partner
Questions people ask
What does 🤠 mean in a text?
Playful, confident, “yeehaw” — often with a wink. It is not a serious cowboy reference.
Is there a cowboy without the face?
No. 🤠 is the only cowboy emoji; add 🐴 🌵 🔫 for the scene.
Is there a sad cowboy emoji?
There is no dedicated sad cowboy emoji. To convey a sombre yeehaw, pair 🤠 with a sad face such as 😢 or 😔, for example: “yeehaw but make it sad 🤠😢”.
Is there a sombrero emoji?
No sombrero emoji exists. The closest option is 🤠, the cowboy hat face, but it is not a sombrero; it’s a different style of hat.
Is there a cowgirl emoji?
There is no separate cowgirl emoji. 🤠 is ungendered and works for cowgirls and cowboys alike. To make a cowgirl context clearer, combine it with 👩 or 💃.
What is the cowboy eyes emoji?
The cowboy emoji 🤠 already includes eyes on its yellow face, so there is no separate “cowboy eyes” emoji. The eyes are part of the design and may look slightly different on each platform.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
