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A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a tiger looking straight ahead. Generally depicted in yellowish-orange with black stripes on its forehead and cheeks, a white muzzle, and neutral expression.

Often used with a more affectionate tone than the full-bodied <a href="/tiger/">🐅 Tiger</a>.

Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Tiger Face

A tiger, a large cat with an orange coat and black stripes. Depicted in full profile on all fours facing left, with a long tail, its distinctive stripes, and, on some platforms, white patches.

See also <a href="/tiger-face/">🐯 Tiger Face</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/leopard/">🐆 Leopard</a>.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/" title="🐉 Chinese New Year">Chinese zodiac</a>.

Google&rsquo;s design is noticeably more cartoon-styled, as Facebook&rsquo;s <a href="/facebook/2.0/tiger/">previously</a> was. Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/tiger/">previously</a> featured a yellow, forward-facing tiger, as if on the prowl.

Tiger

A friendly, cartoon-styled faced of a fox, the cunning canine, looking straight ahead. Depicted as an orange fox&nbsp; face with a black nose, pointed ears, and shaggy, white cheeks.

Often used with an affectionate or playful tone (e.g., slang,&nbsp;foxy). Does not have a full-bodied fox emoji counterpart.

Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Fox Face

A friendly, cartoon-styled face of bear, looking straight ahead. Depicted as a brown bear with round ears and a tan muzzle.&nbsp;Resembles a <a href="/teddy-bear/">teddy bear</a>.

Often used with an affectionate tone. Does not have a full-bodied bear emoji counterpart.

Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Samsung&rsquo;s bear was <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/bear/">previously</a> golden brown.

Bear Face

A zebra, a horse-like mammal with black-and-white stripes. Variously depicted in full profile on all fours facing left or as a&nbsp;zebra head facing left with a short mane.

Not to be confused with <a href="/horse/">🐎 Horse</a>. Some vendors implement a similar face as their <a href="/horse-face/">🐴 Horse Face</a>.

Apple, Microsoft, WhatsApp, Samsung, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs feature the full animal; Google and Twitter&#39;s&nbsp;designs feature a head with a short mane and black muzzle. Facebook&rsquo;s design <a href="/facebook/2.1/zebra/">previously</a> featured only a zebra head, as did <a href="/samsung/one-ui-1.0/zebra/">Samsung&#39;s</a>.

Zebra Face

A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a panda&mdash;a bear-like mammal known for eating bamboo&mdash;looking straight ahead. Depicted as a white panda face with black ears and black circles around its eyes.

Often used with an affectionate tone and in association with <a href="/flag-china/">China</a>, where the animal is found. Sometimes&nbsp;used to represent a red panda. Does not have a full-bodied panda emoji counterpart.

Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Google and Facebook&rsquo;s pandas are shown smiling with an open mouth and tongue.

Panda Face

A domestic cat, beloved as a&nbsp;pet. Generally depicted as a light-orange cat with stripes, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby_cat">tabby</a>, in full profile on all fours facing left, with its long tell held upright.

See also <a href="/cat-face/">🐱 Cat Face</a>.

Google&rsquo;s cat is cartoon-styled, shown sitting on its hind legs with a friendly expression and whiskers. Facebook&rsquo;s cat is a gray tabby, though <a href="/google/android-7.0/cat/">previously</a> was orange. <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/cat/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/cat/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> cats were previously gray, <a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/cat/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a> brown.

A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a lion&mdash;the large cat and king of the jungle&mdash;looking straight ahead. Depicted as a golden-yellow lion face with a light- or dark-brown mane, white muzzle, and neutral expression.

Often used with an affectionate tone. Does not have a full-bodied lion emoji counterpart. A lion is represented as <a href="/leo/">♌ Leo</a> in the Western zodiac.

Available as an Apple&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Apple&#39;s lion <a href="/apple/ios-10.2/lion/">previously</a> featured a timid-looking expression.

Lion Face

A leopard, a large cat with a yellowish-brown coat and black-and-gold spots. Depicted in full profile on all fours facing left, with a long tail and its distinctive&nbsp;pattern.

Sometimes&nbsp;used to represent jaguars, panthers, cheetahs, and related cats. May also be used to indicate leopard prints in fashion. Not to be confused with <a href="/tiger/">🐅 Tiger</a>.

Google&rsquo;s design is noticeably more cartoon-styled. Microsoft&rsquo;s design was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/leopard/">previously</a> solid yellowish-brown in color, resembling a cougar or mountain lion.

Leopard

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">India</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;IN&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: India

The flag for Bangladesh, which may show as the letters&nbsp;BD&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Bangladesh

Meow! A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a cat, looking straight ahead. Generally depicted as a yellowish-orange cat face with pointed ears and whiskers.

May be used with a more affectionate tone than the full-bodied <a href="/cat/">🐈 Cat</a>, though their applications generally overlap.

Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Vendors implement the same or similar cat in their <a href="/cat/">🐈 Cat</a> as well as in their cat-faced variants of smileys:

<ul>
	<li><a href="/cat-with-wry-smile/">😼 Cat Face With Wry Smile</a></li>
	<li><a href="/cat-with-tears-of-joy/">😹 Cat Face With Tears of Joy</a></li>
	<li><a href="/weary-cat/">🙀 Weary Cat Face</a></li>
	<li><a href="/pouting-cat/">😾 Pouting Cat Face</a></li>
	<li><a href="/crying-cat/">😿 Crying Cat Face</a></li>
	<li><a href="/smiling-cat-with-heart-eyes/">😻 Smiling Cat Face With Heart-Eyes</a></li>
	<li><a href="/grinning-cat/">😺 Grinning Cat Face</a></li>
	<li><a href="/grinning-cat-with-smiling-eyes/">😸 Grinning Cat Face With Smiling Eyes</a></li>
	<li><a href="/kissing-cat/">😽 Kissing Cat Face</a></li>
</ul>

Google&rsquo;s cat face was <a href="/google/android-7.0/cat-face/">previously</a> orange, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/cat-face/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> gray, and <a href="/facebook/2.0/cat-face/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> once gray and white. Included in the earliest Japanese emoji sets from <a href="/cat-face/">Softbank</a>, <a href="/docomo/1999/cat-face/">Docomo</a>, and <a href="/au-kddi/type-c-2/cat-face/">au by KDDI</a>.

Cat Face

A friendly, cartoon-styled face of a rabbit, looking straight ahead. Generally depicted as a gray and/or white rabbit face with upright ears and pink ears and nose, often with whiskers and a buck tooth.

Often used with a more affectionate tone than the full-bodied <a href="/rabbit/">🐇 rabbit</a>. Also often used to represent the <a href="/easter/">Easter Bunny</a>.

Available as an Apple <a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

Microsoft&rsquo;s rabbit face was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/rabbit-face/">previously</a> pink-colored&nbsp;with one ear flopping down. Facebook&rsquo;s rabbit face was <a href="/facebook/1.0/rabbit-face/">previously</a> gray-colored&nbsp;with both ears flopping down.

Rabbit Face

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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.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

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.

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

The original color emoji set from SoftBank, which was known as J-Phone in 1999&nbsp;(later Vodafone, later SoftBank Mobile).

Note: Each&nbsp;emoji has been mapped to its modern Unicode codepoint, despite this set existing prior to Unicode emoji standardization.

🐯 Tiger Face on SoftBank 1997

🐯 Tiger Face on SoftBank 1997

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