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A sneaker &ndash; a comfortable shoe used in sports such as <a href="/tennis/" title="🎾 Tennis Racquet And Ball">tennis</a> or <a href="/flag-in-hole/" title="⛳ Flag In Hole">golf</a>, or for&nbsp;fashion purposes.

An early Apple design&nbsp;was <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/running-shoe/">brown</a>.

Athletic Shoe

Denim jeans, worn by men&nbsp;or women. A popular form of casual&nbsp;trousers worn by the <a href="/person-running/" title="🏃 Runner">runner emoji</a> in Apple&#39;s emoji artwork

Jeans

Two human footsteps, &nbsp;showing the outline of both feet, including all five toes.

Footprints

A large department store, selling a range of products to the general public. Shown as a large building with a billboard.

Previously shown as a <a href="/shopping-bags/" title="🛍 Shopping Bags">shopping bag</a> on <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/department-store/">Windows</a>.

Department Store

A plain t-shirt, that can be worn by men or women. Displayed as a blue polo shirt on iOS, a&nbsp;light blue ringer t-shirt on Android, Samsung and Windows, or a standard green tee on other platforms.

The Facebook version of this emoji <a href="/facebook/1.0/t-shirt/">previously</a>&nbsp;had&nbsp;a capital H on the front.

T-Shirt

A pair of socks, generally used to keep one&#39;s feet warm and protected.

Generally depicted as two matching socks with a block color and one or more lines around where the socks would cover the wearer&#39;s ankles.

JoyPixel&#39;s design <a href="/joypixels/6.0/socks">previously</a> featured a&nbsp;<a href="/pile-of-poo">💩 Pile of Poo</a> emoji pattern.

Socks

A tall boot&nbsp;generally featuring a slight heel, shown in brown or red on most platforms.

Some platforms previously display this emoji as two boots (e.g. <a href="/google/android-7.0/womans-boot/">Google</a>, <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/womans-boot/">Samsung</a>),&nbsp;while today most display a single boot.

Womans Boots

A flat shoe, in a style generally worn by women. More practical than a <a href="/high-heeled-shoe/">high-heeled shoe</a>.

Flat Shoe

A style of boot commonly worn on long walks or for hiking. Generally distinct from other footwear-related emojis by the considerable grip on the sole of the shoe.

Hiking Boot

A human foot shown with five toes and may include part or all of the ankle. Shown on Apple platforms as the sole of a foot.

Foot

Brightly colored rope forming a knot. Knot type varies across platform, with most designs showing a square knot, a figure eight knot, or a carrick bend. Samsung&#39;s design appears to be a carrick bend, but upon closer inspection, it is not correctly tied and would fall apart with a gentle tug.&nbsp;

Used to talk about rope or knots in general. Sometimes used in the context of marriage alongside the idiom tying the knot.&nbsp;Also used in the kink community to talk about bondage. May be used as a stand-in for the word &#39;not&#39;&nbsp;in emoji rebus puzzles.

Knot

A single flip flop or thong sandal.&nbsp;Often worn to the beach and/or in warm weather. Can be used to talk about sandals, the beach, or warm weather in general.

Thong Sandal

A single vibrantly colored roller skate. Colors and styles vary across platform.

Roller Skate

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Emojipedia

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.

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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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.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

NTT Docomo (previously styled as DoCoMo) is a Japanese phone carrier known for launching&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode">i-mode</a>.

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

An updated version of the NTT Docomo emoji set <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070108235809/http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp:80/binary/pdf/service/imode/mail/imode_mail/emoji_convert/pictogram.pdf">first in use in 2006</a>&nbsp;and remaining in use <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080920215707/http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp:80/binary/pdf/service/mail/imode_mail/function/emoji_convert/pictogram.pdf">until at least 2008</a>. This is the version of the Docomo emoji set&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.moma.org/the-original-emoji-set-has-been-added-to-the-museum-of-modern-arts-collection-c6060e141f61">displayed</a> at the Museum of Modern Art.

2006

2002

2001

2000

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>.

👟 Running Shoe on Docomo 2002

👟 Running Shoe on Docomo 2002

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