Appearance historically differs greatly&nbsp;cross-platform. Use with caution.

designs-historically-different

A yellow face wearing a white surgical mask, as used by <a href="/nl/gezondheidsmedewerker/">health workers</a> in <a href="/nl/ziekenhuis/">hospitals</a>&nbsp;as well as the general public during a <a href="/nl/coronavirus/">pandemic</a>. May be worn&nbsp;to avoid <a href="/nl/gezicht-met-thermometer/">sickness</a> or spreading airborne diseases.

Displayed with closed eyes on most platforms. Google,&nbsp;and WhatsApp show&nbsp;this emoji with neutral eyes.&nbsp;Apple changed this emoji to show with smiling eyes&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/mask-wearing-emoji-now-smiles/">in iOS 14.2 and above</a>, as did Microsoft in their <a href="/nl/microsoft/windows-11-november-2021-update/">Windows 11 November 2021</a> update.

In 2020, this emoji became <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/spread-of-the-coronavirus-emoji/">primarily used</a> in reference to <a href="/nl/coronavirus/">Coronavirus / COVID-19</a>.

Gezicht Met Doktersmasker

A yellow face with raised or furrowed eyebrows and a <a href="/nl/thermometer/">thermometer</a> in its mouth. Often depicted with red cheeks, as if feverish. May be used to represent a <a href="/nl/ziekenhuis/">hospital</a> patient or person with a cold or flu.

Differs from other smileys conveying illness, such as <a href="/nl/misselijk-gezicht/">🤢 Nauseated Face</a> (appearing as if it&#39;s&nbsp;going to vomit) or <a href="/nl/gezicht-met-een-verband-om-het-hoofd/">🤕 Face With Head-Bandage</a> (physical injury).

Can also be used figuratively to express finding something &#39;hot&#39;, i.e. attractive or arousing.

Gezicht Met Thermometer

A yellow face with a half-frown and white bandage wrapped around its head, often depicted partially over one eye. May represent physical injury or pain but also emotional hurting, sometimes for ironic effect.

Differs from other smileys conveying illness, such as <a href="/nl/misselijk-gezicht/">🤢 Nauseated Face</a> (appearing as if it&rsquo;s going to vomit) or <a href="/nl/gezicht-met-thermometer/">🤒 Face With Thermometer</a> (used especially for colds and flus).

Huawei&#39;s design for this emoji has a heavily bruised eye as well as a head bandage.

Gezicht Met Een Verband Om Het Hoofd

A sickly-green face with concerned eyes and puffed, often red cheeks, as if holding back vomit. May represent physical illness or general disgust. Not to be confused with <a href="/nl/brakend-gezicht/">🤮 Face Vomiting</a>.

Differs from other smileys conveying sickness, including <a href="/nl/gezicht-met-thermometer/">🤒 Face With Thermometer</a> (used especially for colds and flus) and <a href="/nl/gezicht-met-een-verband-om-het-hoofd/">🤕 Face With Head-Bandage</a> (physical injury).

Misselijk Gezicht

A yellow face with scrunched, X-shaped eyes spewing bright-green vomit. May represent physical illness or disgust, more intensely so than <a href="/nl/misselijk-gezicht/">🤢 Nauseated Face</a>.

Brakend Gezicht

A yellow face with scrunched, X-shaped eyes sneezing or blowing its nose into a white tissue, as if from a cold or allergies. Often depicted with a crumpled-looking mouth.

May also represent someone in an emotional state wiping away tears, as at a <a href="/nl/bruiloft/">wedding</a>.

Niezend Gezicht

A person working in the field of health care. This may be used to represent a doctor, nurse, or pharmacist.

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Gezondheidsmedewerker

A construction worker wearing a hard-hat (safety helmet). Has a high visibility vest or <a href="/nl/hamer/" title="🔨 Hammer">hammer</a> in some variations.

Some platforms display a green cross on the <a href="/nl/helm-van-reddingswerker/" title="⛑ Helmet With White Cross">helmet</a> which is used in Japan as a safety reminder in <a href="/nl/bouwwerkzaamheden/" title="🚧 Construction Sign">construction</a> zones. It is also commonly seen on the <a href="http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Met">Met</a>&nbsp;helmet in the game&nbsp;Mega Man.

Bouwvakker

A mosquito, a type of bloodsucking fly. Depicted as a brown or black mosquito on its six, long legs, with wings, long abdomen, and needle-like mouth. Variously shown from above or facing left.

May be used to represent various insects, other <a href="/nl/insect/">bugs</a> and bug bites, and insect-borne diseases (e.g., <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/malaria/index.html">malaria</a>). May also be used for metaphorical pests.

Facebook&rsquo;s mosquito&nbsp;has a red abdomen, as if filled with <a href="/nl/bloeddruppel/">blood</a>.

A microbe, as a bacterium grown in a <a href="/nl/petrischaal/">🧫 Petri Dish</a> or observed under a <a href="/nl/microscoop/">🔬 Microscope</a>. Generally depicted as a squiggly, single-celled microorganism with prominent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilium">cilia</a>. Color, shape, and position vary across platforms.&nbsp;Commonly used to represent bacteria, viruses, and germs and disease more generally.

In 2020, this emoji became <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/spread-of-the-coronavirus-emoji/">primarily used</a> in reference to <a href="/nl/coronavirus/">Coronavirus / COVID-19</a>.

Apple&#39;s version of this emoji most closely represents a virus, while others from&nbsp;Samsung, Microsoft and&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;appear as bright green bacteria. Other versions of this emoji also appear mainly as bacteria:&nbsp;Facebook&#39;s is&nbsp;indigo, and WhatsApp&rsquo;s purple. Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/nl/google/android-9.0/microbe/">previously displayed</a> five microbes in&nbsp;different, bright colors.

Microbe

A place where people are taken to receive medical care. This hospital has a large red cross on the front, often used as a symbol for health care.

Ziekenhuis

An ambulance, used to transport <a href="/nl/gezicht-met-doktersmasker/" title="😷 Face With Medical Mask">patients</a> between their <a href="/nl/huis/" title="🏠 House Building">home</a> and the <a href="/nl/ziekenhuis/" title="🏥 Hospital">hospital</a>.

Ambulance

Two masks often used on maps to indicate a theatre, these originate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_ancient_Greece">Greek Theatre</a> as masks of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragicomedy#mediaviewer/File:TragicComicMasksHadriansVillamosaic.jpg">tragedy and comedy</a>.

One mask&nbsp;frowns, the other smiles.

Toneelkunsten

Clear safety goggles. When this emoji was approved in 2018 it was&nbsp;implied to be safety goggles rather than swimming goggles. A year later&nbsp;<a href="/nl/duikbril/">🤿&nbsp;Diving Mask</a>, which is&nbsp;similar in design&nbsp;but used&nbsp;to represent swimming goggles rather than safety goggles,&nbsp;was approved.

Oogscherm

A medical syringe, as used to administer a vaccine&nbsp;or draw <a href="/nl/bloeddruppel/">blood</a>. Generally depicted at a 45&deg; angle with a needle to the upper right.

Commonly used for content concerning health, medicine, and related professions as well as various senses of needles, drugs, tattoos, blood, or more recently&nbsp;&ndash; <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/vaccine-emoji-comes-to-life/">coronavirus vaccination</a>.

Originally used for the representation of blood donation, and displayed with blood in the barrel. In 2021 many platforms are switching to a more general-purpose empty syringe.&nbsp;<a href="/nl/google/android-7.0/injectiespuit/">Google</a> and <a href="/nl/facebook/1.0/injectiespuit/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> designs previously featured green liquids.

Injectiespuit

A capsule of medicine. Generally depicted at a 45&deg; angle, half red, half yellow. Commonly used for content concerning health, medicine, and related professions as well various types of drugs.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/nl/samsung/experience-9.0/pil/">previously featured</a> a blue-and-white capsule with two round pills, one orange, the other white. <a href="/nl/google/android-6.0.1/pil/">Google</a> and <a href="/nl/microsoft/windows-10/pil/">Microsoft&rsquo;s</a> designs previously featured blue in their capsules.

A basic crutch made of metal and rubber.

Kruk

A stethoscope with a round resonator and two earpieces. Shown in black, blue, green, or red, depending on the platform.

Stethoscoop

An x-ray image. May be used to talk about x-rays or medicine in general. &nbsp;

Röntgenfoto

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Emojipedia

GitHub

Slack

Discord

Gebruikt door Apple-apparaten (iPhone, iPad, Mac) als er emoji&#39;s worden vertoond.&nbsp; Wordt ook gebruikt door Telegram-messenger

Apple

Standaard emoji-set voor Android-apparaten gemaakt door Google en gebruikt op apparaten van Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony en vele anderen

Google Noto Color Emoji

Aangepaste emoji-set gebruikt op Samsung telefoons en 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

Gebruikt op Microsoft PC&#39;s. Windows 11 gebruikt de Fluent-set. De laatste update voor Windows 10 was in mei 2019.

Microsoft

Gebruikt op WhatsApp voor Android en PC. WhatsApp op iOS/MacOS gebruikt Apple-ontwerpen.

WhatsApp

Gebruikt op Twitter voor Android en PC. Ook gebruikt door Discord en Mastodon. Twitter op iOS/MacOS gebruikt Apple-ontwerpen.

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Twitter / X

Gebruikt op Facebook voor Android en PC. Niet gebruikt op Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp en Instagram-platforms. Facebook op iOS/MacOS gebruikt Apple-ontwerpen.

Facebook

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

Huawei

Aangepaste emoj- set gebruikt op LG-apparaten. Gestopt tussen 2017 en 2020, vervangen door Noto Color Emoji, maar dan opnieuw opgepakt in 2021 voor LG&rsquo;s laatste mobiele apparaat.

Geanimeerde versies van Apple&rsquo;s emoji-set, speciaal ontworpen door het berichtenplatform van Telegram

Telegram

Geanimeerde versies van Google&rsquo;s Noto Color emoji-ontwerpen, gebruikt door Google Messenger

Noto Color Emoji, Animated

Geanimeerde 3D-versies van Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji-set, gebruikt door Microsoft Teams voor PC en Android

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Geanimeerde emoji-nabije ontwerpen gebruikt door het Skype-platform

Skype

Zeer gedetailleerde emoji-set gebruitk door Twitter&rsquo;s Statusfunctie en binnen de tweet afbeeldings-editor op Android devices

Twitter Emoji Stickers

Een licentieerbare emoji-ontwerpset. Vroeger EmojiOne genaamd.

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JoyPixels

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

SerenityOS

Een aangepaste emoji ontwerpset gebruikt door Koreaans fintech-platform Toss

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Gebruikt op PlayStation 5 en PlayStation 4 binnen de berichtenfunctie van de apparaten

Sony Playstation

Een minimalistische, monochrome versie van Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji-ontwerpen

Noto Emoji Font

Een open-source emoji ontwerpset door de HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Ontwerpuniversiteit) in Duitsland

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

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Icons8

Een open-source emoji ontwerpset bestaande uit emoji-ontwerpen ingediend door gebruikers

emojidex

Voormalig gebruikt door Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger-platform. Gestopt in 2017, vervangen door de vlaggenschip Facebook emoji-set.

Messenger

Aangepaste emoji-set voormalig gebruikt op HTC-apparaten. Gestopt in 2016, vervangen door Noto Color Emoji.

Japanse mobiele telefoonprovider die de eerst gedocumenteerde emoji-set heeft gemaakt. Gestopt in 2016, in opvolging van de update uit 2014, vervangen door Noto Color Emoji.

SoftBank

Japanse mobiele telefoonprovider verantwoordelijk voor de allerberoemste vroege emoji-set uit 1999. Gestopt in 2013, vervangen door Noto Color Emoji.

Docomo

Pengilang peranti mudah alih Jepun dengan reka bentuk emoji awal tersendiri. Dihentikan pada 2013, digantikan oleh Noto Color Emoji

au by KDDI

Open-source emoji-set ontwerpen gemaakt voor 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, maar nooit toegepast.

Mozilla

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="/nl/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.

A minor emoji update that changed the <a href="/nl/raceauto">🏎️ Racing Car</a> emoji as part of a campaign by WhatsApp and the&nbsp;Mercedes-Benz F1 team.

2.24.8.85

Beginning rollout on 2024-02-02, WhatsApp&nbsp;2.23.2.72 debut support for a subset of 2023&#39;s <a href="/nl/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a> recommendations.

Additionally, this update introduced gender-neutral designs for a series of people emojis that previously displayed a gendered appearance on the platform.&nbsp;

2.24.2.76

Beginning rollout on 2023-01-11, WhatsApp 2.23.2.72&nbsp;debuted support for the 31 emojis recommended in September 2022&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/nl/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>.&nbsp;

2.23.2.72

Released 2022-04-19, this update for WhatsApp on Android devices introduced support for <a href="/nl/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> emojis such as <a href="/nl/smeltend-gezicht/">🫠&nbsp;Melting Face</a>, as well as&nbsp;multiple skin tone versions of the&nbsp;<a href="/nl/handdruk/">🤝 Handshake</a>&nbsp;emoji.

2.22.8.79

Released 2021-11-25, this update introduced&nbsp;additional skin tone combinations&nbsp;for the<a href="/nl/personen-hand-in-hand/">🧑&zwj;🤝&zwj;🧑 People Holding Hands</a>&nbsp;emoji from late 2019&#39;s <a href="/nl/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>, as well as many different &nbsp;<a href="/nl/kus/">💏 Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/nl/stel-met-hart/">💑 Couple with Heart</a> skin tone combinations from late 2020&#39;s <a href="/nl/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>.

However, this release did not update WhatsApp&#39;s native emoji keyboard to allow for access&nbsp;to these new emojis.

2.21.23.23

Released 2021-08-18,&nbsp;this update included partial support for <a href="/nl/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>, with&nbsp;three&nbsp;new smiley emoji and two new heart emojis.

The update also introduced <a href="/nl/vrouw-baard/">🧔&zwj;♀️&nbsp;Woman: Beard</a> and updated the design of&nbsp;<a href="/nl/persoon-baard/">🧔 Person: Beard</a> to be more gender neutral. The update did not, however, provide support for&nbsp;<a href="/nl/man-baard/">🧔&zwj;♂️ Man: Beard</a>&nbsp;or the new variations of&nbsp;<a href="/nl/kus/">💏&nbsp;Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/nl/stel-met-hart/">💑&nbsp;Couple with Heart</a>&nbsp;recommended in&nbsp;<a href="/nl/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>.

2.21.16.20

Released 2021-06-08, this update included a single new emoji: the <a href="/nl/refugee-nation-flag/">Refugee Nation flag</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapps-new-refugee-nation-flag/">More about this new flag emoji.</a>

2.21.11.17

Released early December 2020, this update included 115&nbsp;new emojis from <a href="/nl/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>.

2.20.206.24

Released early September&nbsp;2020, this update&nbsp;included 138&nbsp;new emojis. While all of these new emojis were from&nbsp;<a href="/nl/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>, this update&nbsp;did not include the 30&nbsp;people holding hands emoji variants also included within&nbsp;<a href="/nl/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>.

2.20.198.15

WhatApp&#39;s major emoji update of 2019 which included support for <a href="/nl/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>. Included 230 <a href="/nl/whatsapp/2.19.352/new/">new</a> emojis, plus some very minor tweaks to <a href="/nl/whatsapp/2.19.352/changed/">three existing designs</a>.

2.19.352

2.19.244

2.19.175

The first WhatsApp release to include a <a href="/nl/transgendervlag/">Transgender Flag</a>; as well as giving emoji presentation to the <a href="/nl/transgendersymbool/">Transgender Sign</a> Unicode character. Also includes minor design changes to a number of emojis. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapp-2-19-62-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

2.19.62

Released on January 15&nbsp;2019, this update includes a number of design changes. <a href="/nl/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a> support came out <a href="/nl/whatsapp/2.18.379/new/">one month prior to this release</a>, and as such no new emojis are included in this version. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapp-2-19-7-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

2.19.7

The first update from WhatsApp to include new <a href="/nl/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a> support. These changes <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whatsapp-windows-test-new-emoji-support/">first entered beta</a> in November 2018, and made the final release of WhatsApp 2.18.379 on December 16, 2018.

2.18.379

WhatsApp 2.17.386 was released on October 23, 2017 and was the first (non-beta) release to include the new WhatsApp emoji designs for Android users.

Previous releases of WhatsApp used <a href="/nl/apple/">Apple emojis</a> on all platforms.

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