Previously displayed with&nbsp;a gendered appearance, now shown as <a href="/neutral/">gender neutral</a> on most platforms.

previously-gendered

A person shown in water with a ball,&nbsp;playing the sport of water polo.&nbsp;

Water Polo

Man Playing Water Polo

Woman Playing Water Polo

A wave of water, as breaks at the beach. Depicted as a blue wave with a foamy, white crest, curling to the right.

May be used to represent water in general, various bodies of water like oceans, and water activities, such as&nbsp;<a href="/person-swimming/">swimming</a>, <a href="/person-surfing/">surfing</a>, and <a href="/sailboat/">sailing</a>. May also&nbsp;be used to represent metaphorical waves.

Apple&rsquo;s design resembles the iconic wave in&nbsp;Japanese artist Hokusai&rsquo;s famous woodblock print, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa">The Great Wave off Kanagawa</a>&nbsp;(ca. 1830).

Water Wave

A person swimming in a pool, the <a href="/water-wave/" title="🌊 Water Wave">ocean</a>, or another body of water.&nbsp;Lacked goggles&nbsp;on prior versions of iOS.

Swims facing to the left of screen on all major platforms.

Swimmer

A person on a surfboard, riding&nbsp;on a wave in the ocean. Wears a wetsuit or&nbsp;board shorts in most versions.

Surfer

A volleyball emoji, showing the round ball used in the sport. Played as part of the <a title="🏊 Olympics" href="/olympics/">Summer Olympic Games</a>.

Volleyball

A goal net where players score points in competitive sporting events. Generally depicted as a goal net used in either <a href="/field-hockey">field hockey</a> or <a href="/ice-hockey">ice hockey</a>.

Goal Net

A person doing a cartwheel, representing the sport of gymnastics.

In June 2023 this emoji was at the center of a viral trend (Ba&rsquo;t 🤸 malungkot 🤸 ang 🤸 beshy 🤸 ko?) based on a scene from an episode of the Philippine television drama anthology show <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpakailanman">Magpakailanman</a>.

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Person Doing Cartwheel

A woman doing a cartwheel, representing the sport of gymnastics.

Woman Cartwheeling

A man doing a cartwheel, representing the sport of gymnastics.

Man Cartwheeling

A sporty one-piece swimsuit shown in a variety of colors and patterns across different platforms.

Related emojis include <a href="/bikini/">👙 Bikini</a>, <a href="/shorts/">🩳 Shorts</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/briefs/">🩲 Briefs</a>.

One-Piece Swimsuit

A single, light blue droplet, as of water, sweat, or tears.

May be used for various types of liquid. May also be used to expression sadness, as in <a href="/crying-face/">😢 Crying Face</a>,&nbsp;or for various liquid-based slang expressions (e.g., drip, &ldquo;exceptional style, swagger&quot;).

Not to be confused with <a href="/sweat-droplets/">💦 Sweat Droplets</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Droplet

Shorts or swimming trunks. This emoji is shown in different colors and styles across platforms. Most platforms depict this emoji in a casual sporty style.

Related emojis include <a href="/bikini/">👙 Bikini</a>, <a href="/briefs/">🩲 Briefs</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/one-piece-swimsuit/">🩱 One-Piece Swimsuit</a>.

Shorts

The female version of the <a href="/person-swimming/">🏊&nbsp;Swimmer</a> emoji.

Woman Swimming

Three, light blue droplets, as sweat beads, splashing down to the right. Resembles&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana">plewds</a>, stylized sweat droplets used in comics and animation to show characters working hard or feeling stressed.

May be used to represent various types of liquids, including sexual fluids. May also be used to represent various liquid-based slang expressions (e.g., drip, &ldquo;exceptional style, swagger&quot;).

Not to be confused with <a href="/droplet/">💧 Droplet</a>, though their applications may overlap.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/sweat-droplets/">Google</a>, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/sweat-droplets/">Microsoft</a>, and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/sweat-droplets/">Samsung&#39;s</a> design previously featured two, upwardly directed droplets.

Splashing Sweat Symbol

The male version of the <a href="/person-swimming/">🏊&nbsp;Swimmer</a> emoji. Currently identical in appearance to the non-gendered base emoji.

Man Swimming

A small rowboat suitable for&nbsp;a small number of people.&nbsp;<a href="/couple-with-heart/" title="💑 Couple With Heart">Couples</a>&nbsp;or <a href="/family/" title="👪 Family">families</a> sometimes hire these as an activity on calm waters.

Rowboat

A beach showing sand, and an umbrella for protection from the <a href="/sun/" title=" ☀️ Black Sun With Rays">sun</a>.

Beach with Umbrella

The female version of the <a href="/person-rowing-boat/">🚣&nbsp;Rowboat</a> emoji.

Woman Rowing Boat

The male version of the <a href="/person-rowing-boat/">🚣&nbsp;Rowboat</a> emoji.

Man Rowing Boat

A two-piece bikini, worn at the beach, pool, or on vacation at a <a href="/desert-island/" title="🏝 Desert Island">tropical destination</a>.

Shown in a variety of colors and patterns across different platforms.

Related emojis include <a href="/briefs/">🩲 Briefs</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/shorts/">🩳 Shorts</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/one-piece-swimsuit/">🩱 One-Piece Swimsuit</a>.

Bikini

The female version of the <a href="/person-surfing/">🏄&nbsp;Surfer</a> emoji.

Woman Surfing

The male version of the <a href="/person-surfing/">🏄&nbsp;Surfer</a> emoji.&nbsp;Currently identical in appearance to the non-gendered base emoji.

Man Surfing

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

Apple

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

Google Noto Color Emoji

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Samsung

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.

Microsoft 3D Fluent

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

Microsoft

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

WhatsApp

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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Twitter / X

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Facebook

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

Huawei

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.

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

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

Twitter Emoji Stickers

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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JoyPixels

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

Toss Face (토스페이스)

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

Sony Playstation

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

Noto Emoji Font

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

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

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Icons8

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

emojidex

Sample emoji designs developed by Emojipedia for illustrative purposes.

Emojipedia Sample Images

The Unicode Consortium accepted the following emoji 72 emojis&nbsp;for Unicode 9.0. This update&nbsp;was released&nbsp;on June 21, 2016. Most vendors added support for this update within the 2016 calendar year.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/unicode-9-0-released-with-72-new-emojis/">Sample images and more about Unicode 9.0</a>.

<a href="/emoji-4.0/">Emoji 4.0</a> was published in late 2016, which added additional emoji professions.

<h2>New in Unicode 9</h2>

Facebook&#39;s&nbsp;4.0 emoji set was released in August 2019 with support added for&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>. A number of designs were changed in this release.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/facebook-4-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

🤽 Person Playing Water Polo on undefined 4.0

🤽 Person Playing Water Polo on undefined 4.0

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