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The female version of <a href="/person/">🧑 Person</a>.

Woman

A black&nbsp;skin tone modifier, which can be applied to a range of human emoji characters.

Type 6 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;Deeply pigmented dark brown to black

Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-6

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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette_(painting)">palette</a> used by an artist when painting, to store and mix paint colors.

Artist Palette

Artist: Dark Skin Tone

Man Artist: Dark Skin Tone

Woman Artist: Dark Skin Tone

A yellow face with an open smile, sometimes showing teeth, and red, cartoon-styled hearts for eyes. Often conveys enthusiastic feelings of love, infatuation, and adoration, e.g., I love/am in love with this person or thing.

This emoji has a cat variant, <a href="/smiling-cat-with-heart-eyes/">😻 Smiling Cat Face With Heart-Eyes</a>.

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Smiling Face with Heart-Shaped Eyes

A yellow face with a broad, open smile, showing upper teeth on most platforms, with stars for eyes, as if seeing a beloved celebrity. Color of stars widely varies by platform, though commonly gold or red. May express that someone or something is amazing, fascinating, impressive, or exciting.

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Grinning Face with Star Eyes

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.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">The <a href="/laptop">laptop</a> in Apple&#39;s design includes the Apple logo, as per a Macbook. Samsung and Huawei&#39;s designs include their company&#39;s logotype, while the designs from Microsoft, WhatsApp, Telegram, and JoyPixels show their logomark.</div>

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 singer or rock star&nbsp;generally displayed with a <a href="/microphone/">microphone</a>, and sometimes <a href="/musical-notes/">musical notes</a>.

iOS and Android display this emoji as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie">Bowie</a>-esque figure while&nbsp;WhatsApp appears heavily inspired by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)">Prince</a>.

Singer

A man singer or rock star&nbsp;generally displayed with a <a href="/microphone/">microphone</a>, and sometimes <a href="/musical-notes/">musical notes</a>.

iOS and Android display this emoji as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie">Bowie</a>-esque figure while&nbsp;WhatsApp appears heavily inspired by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)">Prince</a>.

Man Singer

A woman singer or rock star&nbsp;generally displayed with a <a href="/microphone/">microphone</a>, and sometimes <a href="/musical-notes/">musical notes</a>.

iOS and Android display this emoji as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie">Bowie</a>-esque figure while&nbsp;WhatsApp appears heavily inspired by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)">Prince</a>.

Woman Singer

A person dancing, most&nbsp;commonly displayed as&nbsp;woman with one arm raised&nbsp;wearing a red dress,&nbsp;while dancing the salsa or flamenco. Often used to represent a sense of fun or as a positive affirmation, e.g. &quot;great! 💃&quot;

This emoji did not originally specify a gender, but was canonically deemed&nbsp;a woman&nbsp;when the&nbsp;<a href="/man-dancing/">🕺 Man Dancing</a>&nbsp;emoji was <a href="/emoji-3.0/">approved</a>. Google previously displayed this emoji <a href="/google/android-4.4/woman-dancing/">as a man</a>, then <a href="/google/android-5.0/woman-dancing/">a gender-neutral blob</a>&nbsp;character (in keeping with guidelines at the time).

Microsoft previously displayed this emoji&nbsp;as&nbsp;<a href="/microsoft/windows-10/woman-dancing/">stick figure</a>, and Samsung has displayed this over various releases as a&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/touchwiz-2.0/woman-dancing/">white boy</a>, <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-5.1/woman-dancing/">black boy</a>, and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/woman-dancing/">white girl</a>.

Dancer

A man dancing, added as a gender pair for the <a href="/woman-dancing/">💃 Woman Dancing</a>. Shown on most platforms in a 70s-era suit, and one hand in the air in a disco-dancing style.

Man Dancing

A bouquet of brightly colored flowers. Generally depicted as a collection of pink and yellow flowers with green stems tied together. Positioned at various angles across platforms.

Commonly used for <a href="/valentines-day/">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>, <a href="/mothers-day/">Mother&rsquo;s Day</a>, and other special occasions. May also be more generally used to express such sentiments as love, appreciation, and happiness.

Google&rsquo;s flowers were <a href="/google/android-7.0/bouquet/">previously</a> all yellow, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/bouquet/">Microsoft&rsquo;s</a> roses, and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/bouquet/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> pink and white.

Bouquet

A rosette, a stylized, flower-shaped <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette_(design)">decoration</a>&nbsp;often presented as an award with a ribbon or <a href="/military-medal/">(military) medal</a>. Appears&nbsp;as a motif in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette_(design)">ancient cultures</a>. Generally depicted as a circular, yellow-and-orange flower.

Commonly used for <a href="/valentines-day/">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>, <a href="/mothers-day/">Mother&rsquo;s Day</a>, and other special occasions. May be more generally used to express such ideas as love, happiness, and beauty.&nbsp;Also used as a yellow accent color.

Not to be confused with <a href="/blossom/">🌼 Blossom</a>, though their applications may overlap.

WhatsApp&#39;s rosette is orange, white, and purple; Twitter&#39;s is purple and blue. Samsung&#39;s was <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/rosette/">previously</a> pink. A non-emoji Unicode character&nbsp;<a href="/black-rosette/">🏶&nbsp;Black Rosette</a> was once shown as an emoji on LG phones.

Rosette

A red rose. Depicted as a single, vertical red rose on a green stem.

Commonly used for <a href="/valentines-day/">Valentine&rsquo;s Day</a>, <a href="/mothers-day/">Mother&rsquo;s Day</a>, and other special occasions. May be more generally used to express such sentiments as love and romance. Also used as a symbol of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_(symbolism)#Socialism_and_social_democracy">socialism</a>&nbsp;or as a red accent color.

Not to be confused with <a href="/tulip/">🌷 Tulip</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Samsung&rsquo;s rose was <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/rose/">previously</a> pink.

Rose

A sunflower, a tall, round&nbsp;flower with large yellow petals. Depicted as a single, vertical sunflower with a large, dark-brown center on a green stem.

Commonly used for <a href="/mothers-day/">Mother&rsquo;s Day</a>&nbsp;and other special occasions. May be more generally used to convey such sentiments happiness and love. Also used as a yellow accent color and in association with summer and farming.

Not to be confused with <a href="/blossom/">🌼 Blossom</a>, which is yellow on many platforms.

Sunflower

An evergreen tree, which keeps green leaves all year round. Depicted as a tall, dark green, cone-shaped tree with shaggy, layered leaves, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine">pine</a>&nbsp;or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fir">fir</a>, showing a brown trunk.

May be decorated in the form of a <a href="/christmas-tree/">🎄 Christmas Tree</a>. May also be used to represent various types of trees, forests, northern climates, nature, winter, and the <a href="/christmas/">Christmas season</a>.

Evergreen Tree

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous">deciduous</a> tree, whose leaves change color before shedding, as <a href="/fallen-leaf/">🍂 Fallen Leave</a>, in the <a href="/fall-autumn/">fall/autumn</a>. Depicted as a generic tree with a round, lush, leafy top and brown trunk.

May be used to represent various types of trees, forests, temperate climates, nature, and the seasons of <a href="/spring/">spring</a> and <a href="/summer/">summer</a>.

Deciduous Tree

A classic red apple, shown with a stem and single, green leaf on major platforms. Commonly associated with&nbsp;<a href="/woman-health-worker/">doctors</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/man-teacher/">teachers</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/statue-of-liberty/">New York</a>.

Red Apple

A common green apple, tarter counterpart to the&nbsp;<a href="/red-apple/">Red Apple</a>.&nbsp;Displayed with a stem and single, green leaf on major platforms.

Green Apple

The fleshy, pinkish-orange fruit of the fuzzy peach, shown with green leaves and sometimes a stem.

Thanks to its distinctive cleft, the emoji is most&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/how-we-really-use-the-peach/">commonly used</a> for &ldquo;buttocks.&rdquo; In certain contexts, the <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2019/09/peach-emoji-meaning-butt-impeachment.html">peach emoji may refer to&nbsp;impeachment</a>.

In 2016 Apple unveiled a <a href="https://x.com/Emojipedia/status/799291515285610500">new design</a> for the peach emoji during the iOS 10.2 beta period. This change would have deemphasized its&nbsp;distinctive cleft, leading to criticism from Apple users. Ultimately this change was not implemented.

Peach

Red wine served in a stemmed glass.&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-5.0/wine-glass/">Google previously displayed&nbsp;</a>an orange-colored drink that resembled cognac.

Wine Glass

A mountain with snow resting at higher altitudes. Similar in appearance to the <a href="/mount-fuji/" title="🗻 Mount Fuji">Mount Fuji</a> emoji.

Snow Capped Mountain

A mountain shown with two peaks and blue sky. Similar to the <a href="/snow-capped-mountain/" title="🏔 Snow Capped Mountain">snow capped mountain emoji</a>.

Mountain

A national park, generally displayed with <a href="/mountain/" title="⛰ Mountain">mountains</a>, a river or stream, and <a href="/evergreen-tree/" title="🌲 Evergreen Tree">trees</a>.

National Park

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

Classical Building

The sun rising over a mountain range, early in the morning.

Sunrise Over Mountains

A sun rising, early in the morning.&nbsp;Can be difficult to&nbsp;distinguish from a sunset in some versions of this artwork.

Sunrise

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

The glittering flashes of sparkles. One of the world&#39;s most popular emojis, it is generally depicted as a cluster of three, yellow&nbsp;four-point stars, with one large sparkle and two small ones to its left or right.

Commonly used to indicate various positive sentiments, including love, happiness, beauty, gratitude, and excitement, as well as&nbsp;newness or cleanliness.

May also be used as <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/its-not-just-you-the-sparkles-emoji-is-everywhere/">a form of ✨emphasis✨ or to convey sarcastic or mocking tones</a>.

As of late 2023, an icon similar to the sparkles emoji is also often used within tech platforms to represent a feature that utilizes&nbsp;artificial intelligence.

Both <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/sparkles/">Microsoft</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/sparkles/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;sparkles were&nbsp;previously&nbsp;multicolored, while&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s sparkles were previously depicted on a night sky, suggesting <a href="/sparkler/">firework sparklers</a>.&nbsp;

<a href="http://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1075074100412985345">Twitter&#39;s mobile app uses</a> ✨ Sparkles as a button users can tap to toggle between latest and top tweets on their timeline.

Similar emojis&nbsp;with less implied meaning include&nbsp;<a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a>, <a href="/glowing-star/">🌟 Glowing Star</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/dizzy/">💫 Dizzy</a>.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">This emoji predates emojis inclusion within <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode</a>. The earliest incarnation of this emoji could be found in Japanese emoji keyboards in <a href="/docomo/1999/sparkles">1999</a>, specifically within the <a href="/docomo">Docomo</a> emoji set designed by&nbsp;Shigetaka Kurita.</div>

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Sparkles

👩🏿‍🎨 Woman Artist: Dark Skin Tone on OpenMoji 12.3

👩🏿‍🎨 Woman Artist: Dark Skin Tone on OpenMoji 12.3

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