Apple

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Clubhouse

Discord

Docomo

Dropbox

emojidex

Emojipedia Sample Images

Facebook

GitHub

Google Noto Color Emoji

Huawei

Icons8

Instagram

JoyPixels

JoyPixels Animations

LinkedIn

Mastodon

Messenger

Microsoft

Microsoft 3D Fluent

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Mozilla

MSN Messenger

Nintendo

Noto Color Emoji, Animated

Noto Emoji Font

OpenMoji

Roblox

Samsung

SerenityOS

Signal

Sina Weibo

Skype

Slack

Snapchat

SoftBank

Sony Playstation

Telegram

TikTok

Tinder

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Twitch

Twitter Emoji Stickers

Twitter / X

Viber

VinSmart

WeChat

WhatsApp

Yahoo! Messenger

Yo Status

YouTube

Zoom

Australia Day

Bastille Day

Birthday

Black Friday

Black Lives Matter

Canada Day

Carnaval

Chinese New Year

Christmas

Cinco de Mayo

Coronavirus

Couples With Hearts

Diwali

Dragon Boat Festival

Earth Day

Easter

Emoji Movie

Fall / Autumn

Families

Father’s Day

Festivus

Four Twenty / 420

Gestures

Graduation

Guy Fawkes

Halloween

Handshakes

Hanukkah

Happy

Hearts

Holi

Independence Day

International Women's Day

Jobs & Roles

Juneteenth

Kisses

Laughing

LGBT Pride

Love

Mardi Gras

MLB World Series

Mother’s Day

Music

New Year’s Eve

NSFW

Olympics

People Holding Hands

Pets

Purim

Queen’s Birthday

Ramadan

Spring

St Patrick’s Day

Summer

Super Bowl

Thanksgiving

Valentine’s Day

Veterans Day

Wedding / Marriage

Winter

Winter Olympics

Working From Home

World Book Day

World Cup

World Emoji Day

Smileys

People

Animals & Nature

Food & Drink

Activity

Travel & Places

Objects

Symbols

Flags

Index finger pointing to the left.

White Left Pointing Backhand Index

A moderate brown&nbsp;skin tone modifier, which can be applied to a range of human emoji characters.

Type 4 on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale" target="_blank">Fitzpatrick Scale</a>&nbsp;of skin tones is described as:&nbsp;Moderate brown; typical Mediterranean skin tone &mdash; Rarely burns, always tans well

Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-4

Emojipedia

Backhand Index Pointing Left: Light Skin Tone

Backhand Index Pointing Left: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Backhand Index Pointing Left: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Backhand Index Pointing Left: Dark Skin Tone

Backhand Index Pointing Left: Medium Skin Tone

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.

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.

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 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.

<a href="https://openmoji.org/about/">OpenMoji</a> is a free and open source emoji library which can be used for a variety of purposes.

Available with a Creative Commons (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International</a>) license.

Completed in late October 2023, OpenMoji 15.0 provided support for <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0">Emoji 15.0</a> within the open-source emoji set.&nbsp;

15.0

Released 2022-07-05, OpenMoji 14.0&nbsp;debuted support for <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>&nbsp;within the open source emoji set. This update also modified&nbsp;several existing emoji designs.

<a href="https://github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji/releases/tag/14.0.0">More about this update.</a>

14.0

Released 2021-06-29, OpenMoji 13.1&nbsp;included support for Emoji 13.1&nbsp;emojis. <a href="https://github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji/releases/tag/13.1.0">More about this update.</a>

13.1

Released 2020-11-13, OpenMoji 13.0 included support for Emoji 13.0 emojis. It also updated several previously released designs to have a new gender-inclusive appearance. <a href="https://github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji/tree/13.0.0">More about this update</a>.

13.0

Released 2020-05-22, OpenMoji 12.3 <a href="https://github.com/hfg-gmuend/openmoji/releases/tag/12.3.0">increased</a> partial&nbsp;support for&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>. A total of 17 new emojis were added to the set, while 4 designs were modified.

12.3

12.2

The second release of OpenMoji released on 2019-05-15, with full support for <a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>.

12.0

A bald eagle, the majestic bird of prey with brown feathers and distinctive white head. Generally depicted facing left, with its wings outspread and talons out, as if swooping down to seize prey.

Commonly associated with the <a href="/flag-united-states/">United States</a>, whose national emblem is the bald eagle. May be used for other eagles and birds of prey (e.g., hawks).

Google&rsquo;s eagle used to have its wings tucked in, as if perched on a branch. Twitter&rsquo;s design shows only the bust of an eagle. Apple&rsquo;s <a href="/newspaper/">📰 Newspaper</a> features its eagle on its masthead.

Eagle

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty">Statue of Liberty</a>, often used as a depiction&nbsp;of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City">New York City</a>.

Statue of Liberty

A yellow baby chicken (chick). Variously depicted as a chick in full profile, standing on its legs, or as a chick head. Both designs show the bird facing left, with an orange beak and feet.

Often used with an affectionate tone. May be used to represent various types of baby birds. May also be used to represent&nbsp;chicken foods (e.g., <a href="/poultry-leg/">poultry</a>, <a href="/egg/">eggs</a>), <a href="/spring/">spring</a>, <a href="/easter/">Easter</a>, or slang senses of chick.

Not to be confused with <a href="/hatching-chick/">🐣 Hatching Chick</a> or <a href="/front-facing-baby-chick/">🐥Front-Facing Baby Chick</a>, though their applications overlap. See also <a href="/chicken/">🐔 Chicken</a> and <a href="/rooster/">🐓 Rooster</a>.

Apple, WhatsApp, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs feature a chick head;&nbsp;other major platforms display a full-bodied chick.

Baby Chick

A baby chicken (chick), shown as if&nbsp;flapping its wings.&nbsp;Depicted as a yellow chick with an orange beak in full profile standing on its legs, generally with&nbsp;its wings raised.

Often used with an affectionate tone. May be used to represent various types of baby birds. May also be used to represent&nbsp;chicken foods (e.g., <a href="/poultry-leg/">poultry</a>, <a href="/egg/">eggs</a>), <a href="/spring/">spring</a>, <a href="/easter/">Easter</a>, or slang senses of chick.

Not to be confused with <a href="/baby-chick/">🐤 Baby Chick</a> or <a href="/hatching-chick/">🐣 Hatching Chick</a>&nbsp;(still in its egg), though their applications overlap. See also <a href="/chicken/">🐔 Chicken</a> and <a href="/rooster/">🐓 Rooster</a>.

Facebook&#39;s design <a href="/facebook/1.0/front-facing-baby-chick/">previously</a> featured only a chick head facing forward.

Front-Facing Baby Chick

A generic bird. Variously depicted as a blue or red bird, as a bluebird or cardinal, shown standing in full profile, or as a bird head.&nbsp;Both designs&nbsp;show the bird facing left.

May be used for a variety of wild and pet birds as well as for metaphorical senses of bird (e.g., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par_(score)#Birdie">birdie</a> in <a href="/flag-in-hole/">golf</a>).

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs feature a grayish bird head. Google, Samsung, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs suggest a bluebird, Microsoft and Twitter&rsquo;s a cardinal. Google&rsquo;s bird <a href="/google/android-4.4/bird/">previously</a> resembled a canary, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/bird/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> was previously green, and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/bird/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/twitter/twemoji-2.0/bird/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a> birds were once blue.

Bird

A penguin, a flightless bird adapted to water and ice. Variously depicted as a full, black-bodied penguin with a white belly and orange bill or as a penguin head.

Often used with an affectionate or playful tone or in association with the cold. Occasionally used to represent a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin">puffin</a>.

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs feature a penguin head, with Apple&rsquo;s bearing a yellow patch on its head, as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_penguin">emperor penguin</a>. Other major platforms feature a penguin standing in full profile, facing forward or left.

Penguin

Used&nbsp;either as a literal airplane, to represent an overseas vacation, or sometimes as a proxy for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane_mode">airplane mode</a> on a <a href="/mobile-phone/" title="📱 Mobile Phone">phone</a> or tablet.

Use of this emoji <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-use-in-the-new-normal/">declined in April 2020</a>, potentially as a result of global air travel limitations.

Airplane

An owl, the hooting, large-eyed bird. Depicted as a brown owl with its head&nbsp;facing forward.&nbsp;Shown with large, round, gold-rimmed eyes, talons, tucked wings, and&nbsp;horn-like tufts of feathers.

May be used to represent wisdom. Once popularly used in connection with the hip-hop artist <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2014/02/dont-challenge-drake-on-ancient-egypt.html">Drake</a>.

Microsoft&rsquo;s owl <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/owl/">previously</a> resembled a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl">barn owl</a>, Samsung&rsquo;s was <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/owl/">purple</a>.

A butterfly, a beautiful winged insect whose larva is a <a href="/bug/">caterpillar</a>. Depicted with its wings outspread, as a blue-and-black <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpho">morpho butterfly</a> or orange-and-black <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_butterfly">monarch butterfly</a>.

May be used to represent a moth and ideas of beauty and happiness.

Samsung&rsquo;s butterfly <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/butterfly/">previously</a> resembled a monarch.

Butterfly

The flag for the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</a>&nbsp;of America (USA), which may show as the letters&nbsp;US&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: United States

A baby chicken (chick), hatching from an egg and seeing the world for the first time. Depicted as a yellow chick with an orange beak facing forward in the cracked, bottom half of a white egg, generally shown flapping its wings with a cute facial expression.

Often used with an affectionate tone. May be used to represent various types of baby birds. May also be used to represent&nbsp;chicken foods (e.g., <a href="/poultry-leg/">poultry</a>, <a href="/egg/">eggs</a>), <a href="/spring/">spring</a>, <a href="/easter/">Easter</a>, or slang senses of chick.

Not to be confused with <a href="/baby-chick/">🐤 Baby Chick</a> or <a href="/front-facing-baby-chick/">🐥Front-Facing Baby Chick</a>&nbsp;(out of its egg), though their applications overlap. See also <a href="/chicken/">🐔 Chicken</a> and <a href="/rooster/">🐓 Rooster</a>.

Twitter and Facebook&#39;s designs do not include wings. Google&#39;s design <a href="/google/android-7.0/hatching-chick/">previously</a> featured motion lines around the chick&#39;s wings, indicating flapping.&nbsp;Facebook&#39;s design <a href="/facebook/2.0/hatching-chick/">previously</a> showed part of the egg atop the chick&#39;s head.

Hatching Chick

A chicken, a bird used for its meat and <a href="/egg/">eggs</a>. Generally depicted as the white head of&nbsp;a chicken (hen or rooster) looking left, with a yellow beak, red <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_(anatomy)">comb</a> on its head, and red wattle on its neck.

May be consumed in the form of <a href="/poultry-leg/">🍗&nbsp;Poultry Leg</a>. Not to be confused with the full-bodied <a href="/rooster/">🐓 Rooster,</a> though their applications overlap. Also may be used for metaphorical senses of chicken (e.g., &ldquo;coward&rdquo;).

See also <a href="/hatching-chick/">🐣 Hatching Chick</a>, <a href="/baby-chick/">🐤 Baby Chick</a>, and <a href="/front-facing-baby-chick/">🐥 Front-Facing Baby Chick</a>.

Available as an Apple&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Twitter&rsquo;s chicken head is looking straight ahead. Microsoft&rsquo;s chicken was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/chicken/">previously</a> yellow, while&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/chicken/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> faced&nbsp;forward;&nbsp;Facebook&rsquo;s design <a href="/facebook/2.0/chicken/">once featured</a> a full, brown bird, while&nbsp;<a href="/chicken/">Google&rsquo;s </a>design previously featured&nbsp;a full bodied chicken.

Chicken

The front page of a newspaper, as people once read the news before the internet. Commonly used for various content concerning news, media, and journalism as well as personal news.

Most platforms depict a nondescript masthead, images, and columns of text. Apple&rsquo;s newspaper is called The Apple Times, featuring a logo based on its&nbsp;<a href="/eagle/">🦅 Eagle</a> and a picture of its <a href="/volcano/">🌋 Volcano</a>. Facebook&rsquo;s is called Daily Feed, with a headline &ldquo;El Capitan&rdquo; and picture of that famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Capitan">rock formation in Yosemite National Park</a>. WhatsApp&rsquo;s paper reads Daily News with a picture of a <a href="/world-map/">map</a>.

See also <a href="/rolled-up-newspaper/">🗞️ Rolled-Up Newspaper</a>.

Newspaper

A parrot, a brightly colored bird known for its ability to mimic speech. Depicted in full profile facing left. Resembles&nbsp;a green <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovebird">lovebird</a> with red&nbsp;and yellow&nbsp;wings on some platforms&nbsp;and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_macaw">scarlet macaw</a> with blue&nbsp;and yellow&nbsp;wings on others.

Can be used to represent various parrots or&nbsp;birds in general. May also be used to talk about mimicking.

Facebook&rsquo;s parrot is orange with blue-tipped wings. Google&#39;s&nbsp;parrot&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-9.0/parrot/">was previously</a>&nbsp;a scarlet macaw perched on a branch.

Parrot

A flamingo, a waterbird with pink feathers and long neck and legs. Depicted as a flamingo in full profile facing left, standing on one leg, usually with a long, black beak.

May be used to represent summer fun or as a pink accent color.

Flamingo

Eek! A mouse, a small rodent with large ears and a long tail. Generally depicted in white in full profile on all fours facing left, with pink ears, feet, and tail, often with reddish eyes.

See also <a href="/mouse-face/">🐭 Mouse Face</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/rat/">🐀 Rat</a>&nbsp;or <a href="/computer-mouse/">🖱️ Computer Mouse</a>.

Facebook&rsquo;s mouse is sitting on its hind legs. Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-8.0/mouse/">was&nbsp;previously</a> more cartoon-styled, standing on its hind legs and facing forward with a buck tooth. Microsoft&rsquo;s mouse was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/mouse/">previously</a> brown.

Mouse

A dove carrying an olive branch, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doves_as_symbols">symbol</a> of <a href="/peace-symbol/">peace</a> in Western and Judeo-Christian culture. Depicted as a white bird in full profile facing left, flying as it holds a green sprig in its beak.

Commonly used to represent such sentiments as peace, love, hope, and reconciliation.

Microsoft&rsquo;s dove was previously flying right, without an olive branch.

👈🏽 Backhand Index Pointing Left: Medium Skin Tone on OpenMoji 12.0

👈🏽 Backhand Index Pointing Left: Medium Skin Tone on OpenMoji 12.0

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