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A large department store, selling a range of products to the general public. Shown as a large building with a billboard.

Previously shown as a <a href="/shopping-bags/" title="🛍 Shopping Bags">shopping bag</a> on <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/department-store/">Windows</a>.

Department Store

A small pouch with a clasp, generally used to hold coins. Sometimes called a &ldquo;coin purse.&rdquo;

Color varies by platform, though most platforms have a pink, blue, or turquoise bag with a silver or gold (gray or yellow) clasp.

Not to be confused with <a href="/clutch-bag/">👝 Clutch Bag</a>, which can look like a coin person on some platforms, due to lack of relative scale in emoji designs.

Purse

A shoe worn by a man, to work, dinner, or another occasion that requires footwear. Unlike womens shoes, this shoe is likely to be comfortable.

Mans Shoe

A sneaker &ndash; a comfortable shoe used in sports such as <a href="/tennis/" title="🎾 Tennis Racquet And Ball">tennis</a> or <a href="/flag-in-hole/" title="⛳ Flag In Hole">golf</a>, or for&nbsp;fashion purposes.

An early Apple design&nbsp;was <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/running-shoe/">brown</a>.

Athletic Shoe

A high-heeled shoe, primarily worn by&nbsp;women. Generally found in a context which requires formal dress, such&nbsp;as&nbsp;social occasions, or some work places.

Displayed in red on most platforms, though the color may vary.

High-Heeled Shoe

A hat worn by women for sun protection, or for fashion.

The Apple version of this hat is made of straw and has a green bow on the front.&nbsp;Google shows a straw hat with a purple ribbon, though this ribbon was previously <a href="/google/android-8.0/womans-hat/">red</a>. Twitter&#39;s design&nbsp;features a&nbsp;flower on the front of the&nbsp;hat, as did an <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/womans-hat/">early</a> Microsoft design.

Womans Hat

A top hat, worn in traditional <a href="/flag-united-kingdom/" title="🇬🇧 Flag For Great Britain">British</a> weddings and other formal occasions. This is also a popular playing piece in the game of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)">Monopoly</a>.

Top Hat

A necktie commonly worn&nbsp;at work or formal occasions, usually shown being worn with a shirt.

Colors and patterns for both the necktie and the shirt&nbsp;vary by platform.

Previous designs from <a href="/google/android-7.0/necktie/">Google</a>, <a href="/facebook/1.0/necktie/">Facebook</a>, and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/necktie/">Samsung</a> displayed a necktie on its own.

Necktie

A plain t-shirt, that can be worn by men or women. Displayed as a blue polo shirt on iOS, a&nbsp;light blue ringer t-shirt on Android, Samsung and Windows, or a standard green tee on other platforms.

The Facebook version of this emoji <a href="/facebook/1.0/t-shirt/">previously</a>&nbsp;had&nbsp;a capital H on the front.

T-Shirt

A pretty dress, suitable for a ball, party or other similar occasion.

Dress

A small pouch, somewhere between the size of a <a title="👜 Handbag" href="/handbag/">handbag</a>, and a <a title="👛 Purse" href="/purse/">purse</a>.

Pouch

Two colorful shopping bags, as contain&nbsp;consumer items bought at a <a href="/department-store/">department store</a>. Depicted as gift bags in various bright colors, patterns, sizes, and positions across platforms. Apple&#39;s design, for instance, features a pink bag with light-pink dots in front of a gold bag with yellow stripes.

Commonly used for various content concerning retail shopping, stores, goods, and <a href="/wrapped-gift/">gifts or presents</a>. May also convey a sense of indulgence or self-care, &agrave; la retail therapy.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/shopping-bags/">previously</a> included&nbsp;tissue paper, and was depicted as&nbsp;a <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/shopping-bags/">bag of groceries</a> prior to that.

Shopping Bags

A bag or purse, used to carry personal items, often doubling as a fashion accessory.

The design of this emoji varies, with most platforms opting for leather-looking styles in brown or orange. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/handbag/">used to be pink</a>, but is now light brown. Twitter&rsquo;s purple design stands out among the other platforms.

Not to be confused with the smaller and handleless pouch emoji sometimes referred to as <a href="/clutch-bag/">👝 Clutch Bag</a>.

Handbag

A retail bank branch, where people can perform <a href="/money-bag/" title="💰 Money Bag">money</a>-related tasks. Also a common location to find an <a href="/atm-sign/" title="🏧 Automated Teller Machine">ATM</a>.

This emoji came to also mean &quot;slacking off&quot; or&nbsp;evading responsibility&nbsp;in Japan, due to the BK letters&nbsp;being associated with the slang term <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ばっくれる">bakkureru</a>.

Bank

A white paper receipt, as proof of payment, and shown flat or curled. May be used for other financial documents (e.g., invoice, tax form). May also be used for the slang receipts, or &quot;evidence&rdquo; or &ldquo;confirmation&rdquo; of some feat or controversy.

Some vendors feature easter eggs. Apple&rsquo;s design, for instance, displays the date of <a href="/calendar/">July 17</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://worldemojiday.com">World Emoji Day</a>);&nbsp;items referencing its 1997&ndash;2002 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different">Crazy Ones/Think Different</a> ad campaign (misfits, square pegs, round holes);&nbsp;and a balance $0.00.

Receipt

A symbol showing two or three people standing in a square with up and down arrows above them. Most platforms feature a simple blue and white design.

Mostly used to talk about elevators. Also used metaphorically to talk about moving or leveling&nbsp;up or down.

Elevator

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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.

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.

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.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

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

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.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

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="/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.

SoftBank&nbsp;is a Japanese carrier&nbsp;which had its own emoji set for the years 1997&mdash;2016. SoftBank (known as J-Phone at the time) created the&nbsp;first known&nbsp;emoji set. The SoftBank emoji designs&nbsp;heavily influenced&nbsp;<a href="/apple/iphone-os-2.2/">Apple&#39;s original emoji font</a>&nbsp;which was&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/apples-emoji-evolution-1997-2018/">designed to be compatible with this set</a>&nbsp;when launching in Japan, due&nbsp;to iPhone being a SoftBank-exclusive phone when first released.

SoftBank&nbsp;<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.softbank.jp%2Fmobile%2Finfo%2Fpersonal%2Fsoftware%2F20170120-02%2F&amp;edit-text=">announced</a> it would switch to using Google emoji designs from 2016, for&nbsp;phones supporting <a href="/google/android-7.0/">Android 7.0</a> or above. SoftBank no longer releases&nbsp;updates to this emoji set.

📲 SoftBank Emoji List — Original Emojis from SoftBank in Japan

The last update to SoftBank&#39;s emoji set was released in 2014 and discontinued in 2016. This release added 277 new characters

A minor update to this set removed regional indicators in 2016, but otherwise delivered no new changes.

2014

A higher resolution, non-animated emoji set released by SoftBank 2010 and in use until 2012-2013.

2010

An update to the SoftBank emoji set&nbsp;<a href="https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.softbank.jp%2Fcorp%2Fgroup%2Fsbm%2Fnews%2Fpress%2F2008%2F20080603_03%2F&amp;edit-text=&amp;act=url">released at the end of&nbsp;June 2008</a>, sometimes referred to as&nbsp;SoftBank 3G.

This version added more detail to each character and was the first SoftBank release to show the majority of smileys as round characters rather than square edge-to-edge designs.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

2008

Updated in 2006, this version of Softbank&#39;s emoji set is largely the same as the prior release, but with additional detail or shading on a number of emoji designs. Used throughout 2006&mdash;2007.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

2006

An increased resolution and a number of design changes. This was the first release to switch the <a href="/person-tipping-hand/">💁&nbsp;Person Tipping Hand</a> (nee Information Desk Person) from a <a href="/softbank/2001/person-tipping-hand/">Man</a> to a <a href="/softbank/2004/person-tipping-hand/">Woman</a>, and many emojis were redesigned with additional detail.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

🏬 Department Store on SoftBank 1997

🏬 Department Store on SoftBank 1997

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