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Emojipedia Sample Images

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Microsoft 3D Fluent

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Noto Color Emoji, Animated

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Toss Face (토스페이스)

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Twitter Emoji Stickers

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Flags

A triangular red flag on a post.&nbsp;Most commonly associated with <a href="/person-golfing/" title="🏌 Golfer">golf</a>, as shown&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href="/flag-in-hole/" title="⛳ Flag In Hole">flag in hole emoji</a>. Can also be used to represent the term red flag, signaling&nbsp;a problem or issue.

Triangular Flag on Post

A circular &lsquo;big top&rsquo; circus tent, with a <a href="/triangular-flag/" title="🚩 Triangular Flag On Post">triangle flag</a> on top.

Circus Tent

A red, triangular&nbsp;flag shown sitting&nbsp;in the <a href="/hole/" title="🕳 Hole">hole</a> of a golf course green. Some versions of this emoji also include golf balls, with an <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/flag-in-hole/">early iOS design</a> simply depicting a single golf ball.

Android <a href="/google/android-4.4/flag-in-hole/" title="⛳ Flag in Hole on Google Android 4.4">previously displayed this emoji</a> as the head of a&nbsp;putter (golf club) hitting a golf ball, while <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/triangular-flag/">Microsoft</a> used to show a single <a href="/triangular-flag/">triangular flag</a>.

Not to be confused with the&nbsp;<a href="/triangular-flag/" title="🚩 Triangular Flag on Post">Triangular Flag on Post emoji</a>.

Flag in Hole

A circle shown in the color of red. May be used to represent anything red.

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Large Red Circle

A person swinging a golf club, attempting to hit a golf ball toward the flag on the&nbsp;<a href="/flag-in-hole/" title="⛳ Flag In Hole">green</a>.

Golfer

SOS is the description for the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS">distress signal in Morse Code</a>.&nbsp;This emoji means SOS or &ldquo;emergency&rdquo;.

Squared SOS

A small red equilateral triangle, pointing upwards.

Up-Pointing Red Triangle

A small red equilateral triangle, pointing downwards.

Down-Pointing Red Triangle

A flag with black and white squares shown in a checkerboard pattern.&nbsp;Used to signal the start or end of a motor car race, though most often used to indicate&nbsp;that the first vehicle within a race has crossed the finish line.

Chequered Flag

A white flag, most often shown waving on a post. Traditionally used as a sign of surrender, the meaning of this flag as an emoji is less defined.

Waving White Flag

Two <a href="/flag-japan/" title="🇯🇵 Flag for Japan">Japanese Flags</a>, crossed at the base. Except on some Samsung devices, which have <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-6.0/crossed-flags/">previously displayed</a>&nbsp;two <a href="/flag-south-korea/" title="🇰🇷 Flag for South Korea">South Korean flags</a>.

Crossed Flags

A black-colored flag, shown waving on a post.

Waving Black Flag

A flag with six colors of the rainbow, generally including red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Commonly used by the LGBT movement as a gay pride flag, or simply&nbsp;pride flag and seen at <a href="/pride/">Pride events</a>.

In February 2019 misinformation was spread about a <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90309797/no-theres-not-a-new-anti-lgbt-emoji">so-called</a> &quot;anti-lgbt emoji&quot; which can be created using a combining character to show a black and white glyph like&nbsp;🚫 <a href="https://twitter.com/Emojipedia/status/1097962057071095809">on top of the rainbow flag</a>. This is <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/fun-emoji-hacks/">possible with any emoji</a> on supported platforms, in the same way keycaps are combining characters.

Rainbow Flag

An open, curbside mailbox (letterbox, <a href="/postbox/">postbox</a>) with its signal flag raised and a letter in its open slot. Generally depicted in blue or gray with a red flag and <a href="/envelope/">white envelope</a>, though Google&#39;s envelope was <a href="/google/android-8.0/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">previously</a> yellow. Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>.

Indicates in the <a href="/flag-united-states/">United States</a> that there is outgoing mail (post) for pickup. May also indicate that incoming mail has been delivered.

Compare <a href="/closed-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📫 Closed Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/closed-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📪&nbsp;Closed Mailbox With Lowered Flag</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/open-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📭 Open Mailbox With Lowered&nbsp;Flag</a>.

Open Mailbox with Raised Flag

A curbside mailbox (letterbox, <a href="/postbox/">postbox</a>) with its door latched shut and signal flag raised. Generally depicted in blue or gray with a red flag.&nbsp;Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>.

Indicates in the United States that incoming mail (post) has been delivered. May also indicate that there is outgoing mail for pickup.

An early Apple design showed <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/closed-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">an open&nbsp;mailbox</a> with an envelope, similar to its <a href="/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📬 Open Mailbox With Raised Flag</a> design.

Compare&nbsp;<a href="/closed-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📪&nbsp;Closed Mailbox With Lowered Flag</a>, <a href="/open-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📭 Open Mailbox With Lowered&nbsp;Flag</a>, and <a href="/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📬 Open Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>.

Closed Mailbox with Raised Flag

A curbside mailbox (letterbox, <a href="/postbox/">postbox</a>) with its door latched shut and signal flag lowered. Generally depicted in blue or gray with a red flag. Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>.

Indicates in the United States that no incoming mail (post) has been delivered. May also indicate that outgoing mail has been picked up.

Compare <a href="/closed-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📫 Closed Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>, <a href="/open-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📭 Open Mailbox With Lowered&nbsp;Flag</a>, and <a href="/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📬 Open Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>.

Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag

A curbside mailbox (letterbox, <a href="/postbox/">postbox</a>) with its signal flag lowered and its slot empty. Generally depicted in blue or gray with a red flag.&nbsp;Used for various content concerning postal deliveries and <a href="/e-mail/">email</a>.

Indicates in the United States that outgoing mail has been picked up. May also indicate&nbsp;that no incoming mail has been delivered.

Compare <a href="/closed-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📫 Closed Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/closed-mailbox-with-lowered-flag/">📪&nbsp;Closed Mailbox With Lowered Flag</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/open-mailbox-with-raised-flag/">📬&nbsp;Open Mailbox With Raised Flag</a>.

Open Mailbox with Lowered Flag

Japanese koinobori, decorative, carp-shaped windsocks flown in celebration of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Day_(Japan)">Children&rsquo;s Day</a>&nbsp;on May 5 in Japan. Generally depicted as a blue and red stylized carp fish on a golden pole.

When not applied to Children&rsquo;s Day, used for various idiosyncratic purposes. SoftBank&rsquo;s design resembles more traditional <a href="http://www.koinobori-japan.jp/koinobori.html">koinobori</a>.

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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.

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 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

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>.

🚩 Triangular Flag on SoftBank 1997

🚩 Triangular Flag on SoftBank 1997

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