🫏 Donkey

Meaning of 🫏 Donkey Emoji

The emoji 🫏 “Donkey” is an icon of a donkey in grey and black. The emoji was released in Unicode 15.0 in 2022 and completes the emoji line of ungulates from the 🐎 Horse family.

The 🫏 “Donkey” emoji stands for animal, wildlife and cargo. It is also associated with stubbornness, madness, bluntness, endurance and hard work. It can be used in topics around riding, transportation, farming and art.

Besides, donkey is the unofficial symbol of the Democratic Party in the 🇺🇸 USA. Hence, the animal emoji can be used in political correspondence.

Attach the emoji when you mention an animal in a literal sense. For example, when you recalling a holiday where you rode a friendly donkey through scenic areas, talking about the healing properties of donkey 🥛 Milk or describing the well-known statue of “Don Quixote” in a square in Madrid. Add themed emoji from 🌇 “Travels and Places” and 😂 “Smileys and emotion” categories to your text.

Also, you can use the emoji metaphorically in some common comparisons. These could be the ones such as “He’s as stubborn as a donkey,” “You’re as much as a donkey for a 🥕 Carrot“, “Why are you stubborn as a mule?” or “Even a donkey can figure this out!”. Finally, this emoji can be of help when discussing donkey-characters from your favorite cartoons. In particular the ones from the animated movies “Shrek” or “Winnie-the-Pooh”.

Interesting Fact:

• In the 🇨🇳 Chinese messaging app WeChat, the 🫏 “Donkey” emoji has been around since 2013, while in the Skype service since 2015.