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Emojipedia Sample Images

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Microsoft 3D Fluent

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Noto Color Emoji, Animated

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Toss Face (토스페이스)

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A single finger pointing upward,&nbsp;which could be used to represent the number one, or to&nbsp;ask a question.

White Up Pointing Index

An arrow, pointing&nbsp;up.

See the glossary for information on the term&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#black" title="📖 Glossary">black</a>&nbsp;in unicode character names.

Upwards Black Arrow

A triangle-shaped arrow, pointing up. Styled similarly to the <a href="/reverse-button/" title="◀ Black Left-Pointing Triangle">left</a> and <a href="/play-button/" title="▶ Black Right-Pointing Triangle">right</a> triangles and colored as either gray or blue,&nbsp;but shown in orange on Android.

Previously displayed as red on <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/upwards-button/">Windows</a>.

Up-Pointing Small Red Triangle

Arrow Pointing Rightwards Then Curving Upwards

A yellow face with raised eyebrows, enlarged eyes, slight frown, and long nose,&nbsp;indicating&nbsp;it&rsquo;s telling a lie in the manner of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio">Pinocchio</a>. Like that character, Facebook&#39;s design features a wooden nose.&nbsp;

May represent lying, a liar, and other concepts of deceit and dishonesty to varying degrees of intensity. Sometimes used to convey disbelief (e.g., You must be kidding) or feeling abashed (e.g., as if&nbsp;caught in the act of lying).

Lying Face

The speak no evil monkey, called Iwazaru (Japanese for &ldquo;say not&rdquo;), one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_wise_monkeys">Three Wise Monkeys</a>. Depicted as the brown <a href="/monkey-face/">🐵 Monkey Face</a> with hands covering its mouth.

The Three Wise Monkeys represent the proverb see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, frequently interpreted as&nbsp;a call for discretion or willful ignorance.

Often used as a playful way to convey I can&rsquo;t believe what I just said!, express a mischievous Oops!, or communicate a secret-keeping I won&rsquo;t say a word. May be used to similar effect as <a href="/face-with-hand-over-mouth/">🤭 Face With Hand Over Mouth</a> or <a href="/zipper-mouth-face/">🤐 Zipper Mouth</a>.

See also <a href="/see-no-evil-monkey/">🙈 See-No-Evil Monkey</a> and <a href="/hear-no-evil-monkey/">🙉 Hear-No-Evil Monkey</a>.

This emoji is considered <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/how-the-monkey-emoji-is-racist/">racist in some contexts</a>, particularly when used to disparage, insult, and abuse people with dark skin, especially Black people.

Speak-No-Evil Monkey

Index finger pointing to the left.

White Left Pointing Backhand Index

Index finger pointing to the right.

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White Right Pointing Backhand Index

Index finger pointing upward, showing the back of the hand while doing so.

White Up Pointing Backhand Index

White Down Pointing Backhand Index

A middle finger emoji, used in some western cultures as a rude or insulting&nbsp;gesture. The back of the hand is shown with the middle finger raised.

Reversed Hand with Middle Finger Extended

A&nbsp;fingers crossed emoji which&nbsp;displays&nbsp;the&nbsp;index (first) finger crossed over the&nbsp;middle (second)&nbsp;finger. Commonly used as a gesture indicating&nbsp;luck, or to show&nbsp;desire of a favorable outcome.

This emoji was <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/crossed-fingers/">previously</a> displayed with an additional finger on Samsung devices.

Hand with Index and Middle Fingers Crossed

A person gesturing with their index finger between ear and mouth, used as a deaf sign&nbsp;in American Sign Language (ASL) and a number of other global sign languages. See also <a href="/ear-with-hearing-aid/">🦻 Ear With Hearing Aid</a>.

Deaf Person

A hand with the index finger pointing straight forward at the person viewing the emoji. Used to represent the word and concept of &#39;you,&#39; the second-person singular and plural pronoun.

This symbol is seen in art, advertisements, and military recruitment posters as a way to draw the viewer into the image they&#39;re looking at.

This hand shape is also used in multiple sign languages from around the world.

Index Pointing at the Viewer

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Index Pointing Up: Light Skin Tone

Index Pointing Up: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Index Pointing Up: Medium Skin Tone

Index Pointing Up: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Index Pointing Up: Dark Skin Tone

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

Animated versions of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs, used by Google Messenger.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Unicode 1.1 were pre-dated emoji inclusion in Unicode by 17 years, and included many characters primarily sourced from the Zapf Dingbats font.

The following characters were added to Unicode in 1993 and many were given emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

NTT Docomo (previously styled as DoCoMo) is a Japanese mobile phone carrier known for launching the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>&nbsp;mobile internet service in early 1999.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>&nbsp;contained one of the earliest emoji sets, designed by&nbsp;interface designer&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita">Shigetaka Kurita</a>. While Kurita&#39;s 1999 emoji set is commonly cited as the first emoji set, it is more accurate to deem this <a href="/softbank/1997/">one of the first emoji sets</a>&nbsp;as earlier examples have been located, albeit on less-popular platforms than Docomo&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>.

Notably in 1995, Docomo produced a popular <a href="/pocket-bell">Pocket Bell</a> pager that allowed users to send each other&nbsp;simple pixel <a href="/red-heart">heart</a>&nbsp;(❤) and&nbsp;<a href="/telephone">telephone</a> (☎) symbols.&nbsp;The popularity of this feature amongst Japan&#39;s youth has consistently been cited by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita">Shigetaka Kurita</a>&nbsp;as a direct source of inspiration when creating <a href="/docomo/1999">Docomo&#39;s 1999</a> emoji set.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji design within every pre-2010 emoji set has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite these sets existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

Early emoji sets from Japanese carrier Docomo, including the often-cited 1999 emoji set designed by Shigetaka Kurita.

NTT Docomo

The final original emoji set from NTT Docomo. Initially installed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/service/docomo_mail/appli/deco/pictograph/index.html">on carrier handsets running&nbsp;Android 4.3 and 4.4</a>&nbsp;and later discontinued&nbsp;and replaced with <a href="/google/">standard Google emoji designs</a> on&nbsp;phones from NTT Docomo in Japan.

2013

The first emoji set from Japanese carrier Docomo (styled NTT DoCoMo in 1999). One of the most successful early emoji sets due to its use on multiple devices. Designed by Japanese interface designer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigetaka_Kurita">Shigetaka Kurita</a>, these minimalistic graphics were used on multiple devices, and evolved to <a href="/docomo/2013/">a vector graphic implementaiton in 2013</a>.

Commonly cited as the first emoji set, it is more accurate to deem this one of the first emoji sets. An emoji implementation from competing Japanese carrier <a href="/softbank/1997/">Softbank predated this set with a 1997 emoji release</a>.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

☝️ Index Pointing Up on Docomo 1999

☝️ Index Pointing Up on Docomo 1999

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