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An adult&nbsp;with no gender specified.&nbsp;This emoji may be used to talk about adults in a gender-inclusive way.

Variants include <a href="/woman/">👩 Woman</a> and <a href="/man/">👨 Man</a>.

Person

Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) is a Unicode character that joins two or more other characters together in sequence to create a new emoji.

Zero Width Joiner, pronounced &quot;zwidge&quot;, is not an emoji and has no appearance by itself. This&nbsp;is an invisible character when used alone.

View&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/" title="Emoji ZWJ Sequences">Emoji ZWJ Sequences</a>&nbsp;that use this character.

Zero Width Joiner

A balance scale, as historically used to measure weight. A symbol of justice, as held by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Justice#Scales">Lady Justice</a>, and of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libra_(astrology)">zodiac sign</a> of <a href="/libra/">Libra</a>, the Scales. Depicted as two silver or gold pans suspended from a beam and supported on a base.

Commonly used for various content concerning law and justice as well as various senses of balance and weight.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/balance-scale/">previously featured</a> a stylized, white balance scale on a green square, as an icon or symbol of legal matters or institutions.

Scales

A person who presides over court proceedings, wearing the traditional black gown and wielding a&nbsp;gavel.

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Man Judge

Woman Judge

A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows looking upwards with thumb and index finger resting on its chin. Intended to show a person pondering or deep in thought.&nbsp;Often used to question or scorn something or someone,&nbsp;as if saying Hmm, I don&#39;t know about that. Tone varies, including earnest, playful, puzzled, skeptical, and mocking.

May be paired with <a href="/thought-balloon/">💭 Thought Balloon</a> or <a href="/light-bulb/">💡 Light Bulb</a> to represent&nbsp;thinking, (having) ideas, and learning.

Joins <a href="/hugging-face/">🤗&nbsp;Hugging Face</a>, <a href="/shushing-face/">🤫&nbsp;Shushing Face</a>, and <a href="/face-with-hand-over-mouth/">🤭&nbsp;Face With Hand Over Mouth</a> as one of the few smileys featuring a hand.

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Thinking Face

A large cloud-like shape more commonly known as a thought bubble.

Used to represent thinking, or thoughts, and commonly used in&nbsp;comics to display the thoughts of a drawn character. May also be used to represent a dream, or daydream.

Thought Balloon

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 business attire. This may include items such as a shirt, tie, jacket, or headset.

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Office Worker

A man wearing business attire. This may include items such as a shirt, tie, jacket, or headset.

Man Office Worker

A woman wearing business attire. This may include items such as a shirt, blouse, tie, jacket, or headset.

Woman Office Worker

A person behind a computer screen, working in the field of technology.

Usually shown working on a <a href="/laptop">laptop</a>, though Google&#39;s design appears to be using a <a href="/desktop-computer">desktop computer</a>&nbsp;instead.

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Technologist

A man behind a computer screen, working in the field of technology.

See also:&nbsp;<a href="/woman-technologist/" title="👩‍💻 Female Technologist">👩&zwj;💻&nbsp;Female Technologist</a>

Man Technologist

A woman behind a computer screen, working in the field of technology.

See also:&nbsp;👨&zwj;💻<a href="/man-technologist/" title="👨‍💻 Male Technologist">&nbsp;Male Technologist</a>

Woman Technologist

A police officer wearing&nbsp;a blue hat&nbsp;with a gold badge or shield in the middle.

See also <a href="/woman-police-officer/">👮&zwj;♀️ Woman Police Officer</a> or&nbsp;<a href="/man-police-officer/">👮&zwj;♂️ Man Police Officer</a>

Police Officer

The male version of the <a href="/police-officer/">👮&nbsp;Police Officer</a> emoji. Currently identical in appearance to the non-gendered base emoji.

Man Police Officer

The female version of the <a href="/police-officer/">👮&nbsp;Police Officer</a> emoji.

Woman Police Officer

An undercover investigator,&nbsp;wearing a hat, and sometimes using a <a href="/magnifying-glass-tilted-right/" title=" 🔎 Right-Pointing Magnifying Glass">magnifying glass</a> to closely inspect evidence. This emoji did not originally recommend emoji modifiers, but a <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/diverse-spy-proposal/">proposal</a> was created&nbsp;to address this.

Sleuth or Spy

The male version of the <a href="/detective/">🕵&nbsp;Sleuth or Spy</a>&nbsp;emoji.&nbsp;Currently identical in appearance to the non-gendered base emoji.

Man Detective

The female version of the <a href="/detective/">🕵&nbsp;Sleuth or Spy</a> emoji.

Woman Detective

A building shown with columns in a classical style, sometimes used to represent a courthouse, town hall, post office or stock exchange.

Classical Building

A <a title="👮 Police Officer" href="/police-officer/">police</a> car, shown with an <a title="🚨 Police Cars Revolving Light" href="/police-car-light/">emergency light</a> on the top.
This emoji is displayed from the side, as opposed to the <a title="🚔 Oncoming Police Car" href="/oncoming-police-car/">oncoming police car</a> emoji, which is shown from the front.

Police Car

A <a title="👮 Police Officer" href="/police-officer/">police</a> car, shown with an <a title="🚨 Police Cars Revolving Light" href="/police-car-light/">emergency light</a> on the top.
This emoji is displayed from the front, as opposed to the <a title="🚓 Police Car" href="/police-car/">police car</a> emoji, which is shown from the side.

Oncoming Police Car

A revolving red light seen on top of a <a title="🚓 Police Car" href="/police-car/">police car</a>. Often used in emergency circumstances in addition to a siren making a loud <a title="📯 Postal Horn" href="/postal-horn/">warning sound</a>.

Police Cars Revolving Light

A classic magnifying glass, as used to view small objects, with its lens pointed left.&nbsp;Generally depicted at a 45&deg; angle with a black handle and a clear or blue, silver-framed lens titled to the upper left.

Associated with <a href="/detective/">detectives</a> and search or zoom icons on computers.&nbsp;Like <a href="/magnifying-glass-tilted-right/">🔎 Magnifying Glass Titled Right</a>, commonly used for various senses of searching, looking, inspecting, etc.

Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass

A classic magnifying glass, as used to view small objects, with its lens pointed right.&nbsp;Generally depicted at a 45&deg; angle with a black handle and a clear or blue, silver-framed lens titled to the upper right.

Associated with <a href="/detective/">detectives</a> and search or zoom icons on computers.&nbsp;Like <a href="/magnifying-glass-tilted-left/">🔍 Magnifying Glass Titled Left</a>, commonly used for various senses of searching, looking, inspecting, etc.

Right-Pointing Magnifying Glass

A closed, hardcover notebook, as used for journaling or sketching. Appearance varies across platforms, with most designs featuring relatively plain covers. Commonly used for content concerning writing and schooling.

Apple&#39;s cover is tan and labelled Notes.&nbsp;Facebook&rsquo;s design is most decorative, pink with a flower pattern.

Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-8.0/notebook-with-decorative-cover/">was previously</a>&nbsp;gray and features different-colored <a href="/card-index-dividers/">tabs</a>, while Samsung&#39;s <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/notebook-with-decorative-cover/">previously displayed</a> the <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsungs-biggest-ever-emoji-update/">easter&nbsp;egg</a> initials SJST.

Notebook with Decorative Cover

A loose stack of three of more different-colored, hardcover books. Commonly used for various content concerning reading and schooling. Color and orientation vary across platforms, but often shown with red, green, and blue covers.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/books/">previously</a>&nbsp;featured&nbsp;the <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsungs-biggest-ever-emoji-update/">easter egg</a> initials MJ printed on the pages of its bottom book.

Books

A dark-colored, hardcover&nbsp;notebook, as used to write or take notes in school. Commonly used for various content concerning writing and schooling.

Several platforms, including Apple, feature a cover with black-and-white marbling, evoking a classic <a href="https://www.format.com/magazine/features/design/who-designed-composition-notebook-history">composition book</a> used in the U.S. Apple&#39;s design displays Notes on its cover. <a href="/google/android-7.0/notebook/">Google</a>, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/notebook/">Microsoft</a>, and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/notebook/">Samsung&rsquo;s covers</a> were previously yellow or brown.

Notebook

A spiral-bound, yellow, hardcover notebook. Intended to depict a financial ledger, as used in accounting.

Commonly used for various content concerning writing, drawing, reading, and schooling. May also be used as a yellow accent color.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/ledger/">Google</a> and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/ledger/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> designs were previously blue.

Ledger

An ancient scroll, unrolled to reveal text on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus">papyrus</a> or parchment paper. May be used to represent the study of history or official documents, such as a diploma.

Many platforms indicate text with dark lines. WhatsApp&rsquo;s design includes wooden rollers. Apple&rsquo;s design features an easter egg, script of text from its 1997&ndash;2002 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Different">Crazy Ones/Think Different</a> ad campaign:

&hellip;rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They&#39;re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can&#39;t do is ignore&hellip;

Scroll

A place to store notes and other office materials. Primarily used by older people.

Generally&nbsp;shown as a brown case with a handle on top, and a silver or gold colored clasp on the front. Facebook shows two leather straps on the front.

Briefcase

A claw hammer, as used for driving or removing nails. Generally depicted with a metal head and wooden&nbsp;handle, positioned at a 45&deg; angle with the head at the upper left.

Commonly used for content concerning tools, building, and construction as well as various senses of breaking or smashing. May also represent hard work or be applied to hammer-related expressions, e.g., nailed it.

<a href="/apple/ios-5.1/hammer/">Apple</a> and <a href="/facebook/1.0/hammer/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> designs previously displayed a gavel, <a href="/softbank/2006/hammer/">Softbank&rsquo;s</a> a mallet. Not to be confused with <a href="/pick/">⛏️&nbsp;Pick</a> or <a href="/axe/">🪓&nbsp;Axe</a>.

Hammer

A single length of metal chain that has had one of its links forcefully broken apart. Usually displayed with emphasis marks around the fracture point.

Can be used to discuss freedom and liberty, as well as various types of malfunction.

Broken Chain

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