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Microsoft 3D Fluent

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

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Noto Color Emoji, Animated

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Flags

A checkbox showing a <a href="/check-mark/" title="✔️ Heavy Check Mark">check mark</a>&nbsp;inside the box. Not to be confused with the similarly named&nbsp;<a href="/ballot-box-with-ballot/" title="🗳 Ballot Box With Ballot">Ballot Box With Ballot</a> emoji.

This emoji is not supported in Twitter names, possibly in an attempt to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark.

Ballot Box with Check

A hand holding a <a href="/pen/" title="🖊 Lower Left Ballpoint Pen">pen</a> or <a href="/pencil/" title="✏️ Pencil">pencil</a> and writing. Most often shown as holding either a blue or black pen, though Microsoft&#39;s design has a red pen. LG&#39;s design displays a left hand, while all other platforms show&nbsp;a right hand. Used broadly to represent writing.

Also used between words to show that a lesson is being learned and to indicate someone is taking notes. For example, ✍️look✍️both✍️ways✍️before✍️you✍️cross✍️the✍️street. This use&nbsp;was popularized in <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-happens-in-the-tiktok-comments/">TikTok comments</a>. It uses the established practice of placing emojis between words for emphasis. Possibly influenced by the emphatic use of <a href="/clapping-hands/">👏 Clapping Hands</a>, which reflects speech-gesture pairings in Black English in the United States.

Writing Hand

A person wearing a suit, hovering above the ground with a shadow displayed beneath them. Generally shown wearing a fedora or similar style of hat.

This character was originally <a href="https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Blog/2013/10/whats-new-in-unicode-70.html">introduced</a> into the Webdings font as an &ldquo;exclamation mark in the style of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rude_boy" title="Wikipedia : Rude boy">rude boy</a> logo found on records by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Specials" title="Wikipedia : The Specials">The Specials</a>&quot;.&nbsp;This&nbsp;levitating&nbsp;man was known as Walt Jabsco.

Man in Business Suit Levitating

A paper tray with an <a href="/up-arrow/">up arrow</a> on top, as a symbol for an <a href="/e-mail/">email</a> outbox. Generally depicted as a white or wooden tray with a red arrow pointing upwards. Facebook&#39;s design contains paper.

May be used for various digital activity, including uploading, messaging, emailing, ordering, and sharing.

Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-8.0/outbox-tray/">previously</a> featured&nbsp;a blue arrow and contained&nbsp;paper.&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s arrow was <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/outbox-tray/">previously green</a>.

Compare <a href="/inbox-tray/">📥 Inbox Tray</a>.

Outbox Tray

A paper tray with a <a href="/down-arrow/">down arrow</a> on top, as a symbol for an <a href="/e-mail/">email</a> inbox. Generally depicted as a white or wooden try with a red arrow. Samsung and Twitter&#39;s&nbsp;arrows are&nbsp;green,&nbsp;WhatsApp&#39;s gray.

May be used for various digital activity, including downloading, messaging, and emailing.

Facebook&#39;s design contains paper, as did an earlier&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-8.0/inbox-tray/">Google</a>&nbsp;design.&nbsp;

See also <a href="/outbox-tray/">📤 Outbox Tray</a>.

Inbox Tray

A ballot box, as used to cast votes in an election. Depicted as a box, generally blue or gray, with a slot on top through which a paper ballot is being inserted. Many platforms display a&nbsp;<a href="/cross-mark/">cross mark</a>&nbsp;or <a href="/check-mark/">check mark</a> on the ballot to indicate a vote, though Apple and Facebook leave theirs blank.

Commonly used for various content concerning voting and elections, especially in politics and government.

Ballot Box with Ballot

A white piece of paper with text written on it by a yellow <a href="/pencil/">pencil</a>, positioned over the sheet, tip down, at a 45&deg; angle. Commonly used for content concerning various types of documents and writing, including signing (in sports).

WhatsApp and Facebook&rsquo;s designs depict an old-fashioned office <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorandum">memorandum</a> on pink paper. Apple&rsquo;s suggests an informal note with the easter egg of handwritten text from its 1997&ndash;2002 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different">Crazy Ones/Think Different</a> ad campaign: Here&rsquo;s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes&hellip;

Not to be confused with <a href="/page-facing-up/">📄 Page Facing Up</a> or other emojis featuring sheets of paper.

Memo

A sign on a post, commonly used to promote ideas, causes, or make announcements. Often used used in the context of politics to represent a lawn sign or a poster brought to a protest. Also seen in commercial advertising.

Shown with indiscernible writing or not writing at all, this emoji is flexible in its use. WhatsApp shows a peace sign, which tilts the meaning away from commercial use.

Placard

A <a href="/check-mark/" title="✔️ Heavy Check Mark">check mark</a> that displays with a white outlined appearance. Shows&nbsp;on most platforms with a bright green rounded rectangle or circle surrounding it.

Android <a href="/google/android-4.4/check-mark-button/" title="✅ White Heavy Check Mark on Google Android 4.4">previously</a> displayed this as an outlined blue check mark / blue tick.

This emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names, possibly in an attempt to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark.

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White Heavy Check Mark

A thick&nbsp;check mark / tick&nbsp;displayed on some platforms in a handwritten style.&nbsp;Generally displayed in black. Commonly used in lists to signify completed tasks&nbsp;or verification of a statement of fact.

Previously shown in <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/check-mark/">red on&nbsp;Samsung</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-8.0/check-mark/">green on Google</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/check-mark/">Microsoft</a>.&nbsp;

Note: this emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names,&nbsp;to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-you-cant-use-these-emojis-in-your-twitter-name/">Learn more here</a>.

See also:&nbsp;<a href="/check-mark-button/">✅&nbsp;Check Mark Button</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/check-box-with-check/">☑️&nbsp;Check Box with Check</a>.

Heavy Check Mark

The letters&nbsp;OK, shown enclosed&nbsp;in a square.&nbsp;Meaning <a href="/ok-hand/" title="👌 Ok Hand Sign">Okay</a>, denoting approval. The opposite of the <a href="/ng-button/" title="🆖 Squared NG">Squared NG Emoji</a>.

Squared OK

A radio button user interface element, used in form fields with two or more choices. Differs from a <a href="/check-box-with-check/" title="☑️ Ballot Box With Check">checkbox</a>, in that only one response can be selected.

This emoji generally shows the on/enabled state for the radio button, with a smaller circle inside a larger outer circle.

Note: this emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names,&nbsp;to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-you-cant-use-these-emojis-in-your-twitter-name/">Learn more here</a>.

Radio Button

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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.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

☑️ Check Box with Check on Docomo 2013

☑️ Check Box with Check on Docomo 2013

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