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Emojipedia Sample Images

Facebook

GitHub

Google Noto Color Emoji

Huawei

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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

Fantasy & Magic

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

This emoji displays the black 8 ball on most platforms, which looks similar to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_8-Ball">Magic 8-Ball</a> toy. This is despite the fact that emoji was originally created intending to represent game of billiards,&nbsp;of which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_(cue_sports)">pool</a> is a common version.

Samsung <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/pool-8-ball/">previously</a> displayed&nbsp;this emoji with a cue and triangular arrangement of&nbsp;colored balls, as did <a href="/google/android-4.4/pool-8-ball/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/pool-8-ball/">Microsoft </a>(sans cue).

Billiards

An orange-colored basketball. Originally intended to display as a basketball and a hoop, as per previous designs by <a href="/google/android-7.0/basketball/">Google</a>, <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/basketball/">Samsung</a>, and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/basketball/">Microsoft</a>.

This emoji can be sent on Facebook Messenger to unlock a <a href="http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2016/03/17/messenger-basketball/">hidden&nbsp;basketball game</a>.

Basketball and Hoop

A tennis racket (racquet) with a tennis ball. Only a ball is shown on certain platforms, including Apple, Twitter, and WhatsApp.

Tennis Racquet and Ball

A cricket bat, with a cricket ball also shown. May be displayed with a wicket present.

Cricket Bat and Ball

A <a href="/money-with-wings/" title="💸 Money With Wings">gambling</a> machine generally found in casinos. Shows three wheels with a lever to the side. Most platforms display three 7 digits on this emoji.

Slot Machine

A paddle and ping pong ball used in the sport of table tennis.

Table Tennis Paddle and Ball

Two frosty mugs of&nbsp;<a href="/beer-mug/">beer&nbsp;</a>with frothy heads being clinked together, as done at a celebratory or convivial&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(honor)">toast</a>&nbsp;(&ldquo;Cheers!&rdquo;). Several platforms include stylized lines to mark the clinking. See also&nbsp;<a href="/clinking-glasses/">🥂 Clinking Glasses</a>.

Clinking Beer Mugs

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_ball">crystal ball</a>, as a <a href="/mage/">fortune teller or clairvoyant</a> gazes into to tell the future. Depicted as a&nbsp;<a href="/sparkles/">sparkling</a>, purple or blue crystal orb&nbsp;resting on a stand.

Commonly used for various content concerning magic, alternative spirituality, and (predicting) the future. May also be used for its shape or color more generally.

Crystal Ball

A wand with sparkles (✨magic✨) coming out of its end. Most platforms show a classic magician-style magic wand that&#39;s black with white tips. WhatsApp shows a golden magic wand tipped with a star, similar to the wand that Glenda the Good Witch uses in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

Magic Wand

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Emojipedia

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 used on the open-source SerenityOS.

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.

2004

Changes in this release include an increased pixel count for each emoji, resulting in more detail and smoother curves and gradients.

This set was commonly in use on SoftBank devices during 2001 and 2002, and records show it first existing as early as July 2000.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

2001

Builds on the <a href="/softbank/1999/">original SoftBank emoji set</a>, with additional characters and&nbsp;design changes including many&nbsp;smileys switching from circular red faces to yellow faces which fill the entire square.

This release was first available in&nbsp;1999, but in comon&nbsp;use from&nbsp;early 2000.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

2000

First launched 1997-11-01 on the&nbsp;SkyWalker service which was&nbsp;launched in Japan on the&nbsp;DP-211SW mobile phone.&nbsp;May have been the first emoji set in existence. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/correcting-the-record-on-the-first-emoji-set/">More about this set</a>.

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

🎱 Pool 8 Ball on SoftBank 1997

🎱 Pool 8 Ball on SoftBank 1997

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