A blowfish (), which puffs up and becomes spiky when alarmed. Depicted as an orange or brown blowfish in full profile facing left, with small fins, a white underside, and a round, spiky body, as if inflated.
Called in Japan, where it’s consumed as a delicacy.
May be to represent a variety of fish (saltwater or freshwater), , metaphorical senses of fish, and fish as food, as consumed in the form of . Not to be confused with or , though their applications may overlap. See also .
Google’s blowfish was blue, yellow, and white.
| Emoji | 🐡 |
| Unicode Name | Blowfish |
| Apple Name | Blowfish |
| Also Known As | Fugu, Pufferfish |
| Codepoints | U+1F421 |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | বলফশ |
| Danish | kuglefisk |
| German | kugelfisch |
| English | blowfish |
| Spanish | pez globo |
| French | poisson lune |
| Hindi | गबबर मछल |
| Italian | pesce palla |
| Japanese | フグ |
| Korean | 복어 |
| Marathi | बलफश |
| Malay | ikan buntal |
| Dutch | kogelvis |
| Norwegian | kulefisk |
| Portuguese | baiacu |
| Swedish | blåsfisk |
| Tamil | ஊதபபரககமடயம மன |
| Telugu | మళలచప |
| Chinese | 河豚 |