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Clubhouse

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emojidex

Emojipedia Sample Images

Facebook

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Google Noto Color Emoji

Huawei

Icons8

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

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

A silver paper clip, as used to hold together sheets of paper&mdash;or remove a SIM card from a <a href="/mobile-phone/">mobile phone</a>. Shown positioned at various angles.

Occasionally used to represent school/office supplies. Also sometimes used as an icon before a <a href="/link/">hyperlink</a>. Displays as Microsoft mascot&nbsp;<a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clippy">Clippy</a>&nbsp;on Windows 11.

Not to be confused with <a href="/link/">🔗 Link</a>, <a href="/linked-paperclips/">🖇️ Linked Paperclips</a>, <a href="/chains/">⛓️ Chains</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="/safety-pin/">🧷 Safety Pin</a>.

Paperclip

A pair of scissors, as used to cut paper or <a href="/person-getting-haircut/">hair</a>. Generally shown open, blades down, with red handles. Commonly used for content concerning haircuts, fashion design, arts and crafts, and various senses of cutting.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s design features green handles with blades pointed up.

See the glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#black" title="📖 Glossary">black</a> in Unicode character names.

Black Scissors

A metal bolt with a nut threaded around it, as by a <a href="/wrench/">wrench</a>. Often positioned at a 45&deg; angle, the head of the bolt at the upper left. Commonly used for various content concerning tools, building, and construction. May also be used for other hardware, including screws.

Apple&rsquo;s bolt <a href="/apple/ios-9.0/nut-and-bolt/">previously resembled</a>&nbsp;a screw, <a href="/google/android-7.0/nut-and-bolt/">Google&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;a dumbbell; Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/nut-and-bolt/">previously featured</a> the nut and bolt separately.

Nut and Bolt

A <a href="/desktop-computer/">computer</a> printer, as at a home office. Generally depicted as a grayish device with a power button and paper loaded in its tray, sometimes printing out a document. May be used for various content concerning printing, including as a Print icon,&nbsp;as well as for office work and technology more generally.

Not to be confused with <a href="/fax-machine/">📠 Fax Machine</a>.

Printer

Two or more silver <a href="/paperclip/">paper clips</a> linked together, generally forming an inverted V.&nbsp;Microsoft&rsquo;s design displays three paper clips.

Occasionally used to represent school/office supplies or metaphorical connections. Also sometimes used as an icon before a <a href="/link/">hyperlink</a>.

Not to be confused with <a href="/link/">🔗 Link</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="/chains/">⛓️ Chains</a>.

Linked Paperclips

A silver safety pin or clip, as used to fasten fabric. Generally shown clasped at a 45&deg; angle, with its spring at the lower left.

May be used for various content concerning arts, crafts, and sewing. Not to be confused with <a href="/paperclip/">📎&nbsp;Paperclip</a>.

Safety Pin

A black or gray box with a label holder, containing <a href="/card-index/">card index dividers</a> with multicolored tabs, as used to organize and store files.&nbsp;Apple and Facebook&rsquo;s designs include a lid.

Commonly used for various content concerning paper or computer files, organization, and various types of data, information, and professional or academic work.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/card-file-box/">previously resembled</a> a shoebox.

Card File Box

Two links of a silver <a href="/chains/">chain</a>, positioned at a 45&deg; angle. Used as an icon for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink">hyperlink</a> on computers and the internet. May also be used for metaphorical connections.

Not to be confused with&nbsp;<a href="/chains/">⛓️Chains</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/paperclip/">📎 Paperclip</a>, <a href="/linked-paperclips/">🖇️ Linked Paperclips</a>, or <a href="/safety-pin/">🧷 Safety Pin</a>.

Link Symbol

A classic yellow pencil. Depicted as a graphite pencil, like a U.S. #2 or European HB, with a sharpened tip and pink eraser. Positioned at a 45&deg; angle, with its tip at the lower left or right. Commonly used for various content concerning writing, drawing, and schooling.

Samsung&rsquo;s pencil was <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/pencil/">previously red</a>, Google&rsquo;s <a href="/google/android-7.0/pencil/">green</a>.

Pencil

An orange safety vest with reflective lines across the chest and&nbsp;over the shoulders.

Used in the <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ sequence</a> <a href="/service-dog/">🐕&zwj;🦺 Service Dog</a>, which was approved at the same time.&nbsp;A safety vest can also be seen in the designs of <a href="/construction-worker/">👷 Construction Worker</a> on multiple&nbsp;platforms.

Safety Vest

A white piece of paper, curled up at the bottom to the left or right, with text printed on it, as a business letter. Commonly used for content concerning various types of documents and writing.

Most platforms indicate text with dark lines. Apple&rsquo;s design features an easter egg, addressed Dear Katie with text from its 1997&ndash;2002 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different">Crazy Ones/Think Different</a> ad campaign:

Here&rsquo;s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They&#39;re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can&#39;t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward&hellip;

Samsung&rsquo;s design is addressed Dear Samsung. <a href="/au-kddi/type-a-2/page-with-curl/">Early designs</a> from au by KDDI resemble <a href="/page-facing-up/">📄 Page Facing Up</a>, suggesting this emoji may have been originally intended to represent documents on a computer.

Not to be confused with <a href="/page-facing-up/">📄 Page Facing Up</a> or other emojis featuring sheets of paper.

Page with Curl

A white piece of paper, its top right corner curled or dog-eared, with text printed on it, as a business letter or icon for a document on a computer. Commonly used for content concerning various types of documents and writing.

Most platforms indicate text with dark lines. Apple&rsquo;s design features an easter egg, addressed Dear Katie and signed Take care from <a href="https://www.mactrast.com/2017/05/who-exactly-is-john-appleseed/">John Appleseed</a> with the text of its 1997&ndash;2002 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different">Crazy Ones/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different">Think Different</a> ad campaign:

Here&rsquo;s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They&rsquo;re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can&rsquo;t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

<a href="/au-kddi/type-a-2/page-facing-up/">Early designs</a> from au by KDDI show a slanted document, suggesting this emoji may have been originally intended to represent a&nbsp;digital document being sent electronically.

Not to be confused with <a href="/page-with-curl/">📃 Page With Curl</a> or other emojis featuring sheets of paper.

Page Facing Up

A school building with multiple storeys, and a clock on the front. A place that children, or teenagers attend for their education.

Previoiusly displayed&nbsp;on <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/school/">Windows </a>as&nbsp;a collection of school-related items: an <a href="/red-apple/" title="🍎 Red Apple">apple</a>, <a href="/straight-ruler/" title="📏 Straight Ruler">ruler</a>, and <a href="/pencil/" title="✏ Pencil">pencil</a>.

School

A set of tabbed dividers or file guides, as used to organize a <a href="/card-index/">card index</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="/card-file-box/">file box</a>. Depicted with three or more multicolored tabs on manila paper.

Commonly used for various content concerning paper or computer files, organization, and various types of data, information, and professional or academic work.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s design features tabbed index cards. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/card-index-dividers/">previously suggested</a> a blue, multi-tabbed file folder.

Card Index Dividers

A round metal gear with teeth.

Used to talk about tools and engineering (both hardware and software). Also commonly used to indicate settings on user interfaces.&nbsp;May also represent hard work, e.g., grinding in sports.

Samsung&rsquo;s design originally&nbsp;featured a white gear icon on a green square.

Gear

A spiral-bound, flip-style notepad or notebook of lined paper, as used for everyday note-taking. Commonly used for content concerning various types of documents and writing.

Most platforms depict a notepad opened to an empty, white page, sometimes shown curled at the bottom. Microsoft&rsquo;s design is shown closed, with a yellow cover.

Spiral Note Pad

Two parallel lengths of silver chain. Occasionally used as an icon before a <a href="/link/">hyperlink</a> or for metaphorical connections or chains, e.g., slang&nbsp;off the chains.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/chains/">previously featured</a> stylized, white chains in a blue square, as a sign or icon for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_chains">snow chains</a> for winter driving.

Not to be confused with&nbsp;<a href="/link/">🔗 Link</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/paperclip/">📎 Paperclip</a>, <a href="/linked-paperclips/">🖇️ Linked Paperclips</a>, or <a href="/safety-pin/">🧷 Safety Pin</a>.

Chains

A ruler, as used to draw straight lines and measure distances. Variously depicted as a metal, wood, or plastic straightedge with length markings at a 45&deg; angle.

Commonly used for content concerning schooling,&nbsp;building, and&nbsp;measurement&nbsp;in various disciplines. May also represent various concepts of straightness and size.

Straight Ruler

A metal filing cabinet, as used to organize and store&nbsp;<a href="/file-folder/">file folders</a> at an <a href="/office-building/">office</a>. Depicted in black or gray with two drawers, handles, and label holders.

Commonly used for various content concerning paper or computer files; filing and organization;&nbsp;various types of data, information, and archives; and&nbsp;office work.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/file-cabinet/">Google&rsquo;s design</a> was previously blue, <a href="/facebook/2.0/file-cabinet/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> had its bottom drawer open.

File Cabinet

A generic, high-rise office building. Generally found in cities, and most active during business hours.

The office building shown in Twemoji 2.0 is of <a href="https://foursquare.com/v/twitter-hq/4ee0ecde29c2c6e332924109?openPhotoId=506e210ae4b06f9dbabdd728">Twitter HQ</a> in San Fransisco.

Office Building

A thumbtack (drawing pin), as used to pin documents on a bulletin (notice) board. Depicted at a 45&deg; angle with its red, flat head to the upper right.

Often used as an icon for Pinterest or metaphorically pinning content online. Not to be confused with <a href="/round-pushpin/">📍 Round Pushpin</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Pushpin

A pushpin, as used to indicate a location on a <a href="/world-map/">map</a>. Generally depicted as an upright pin with a red, round head.

Commonly used to indicate locations and notably featured in the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pushpin-emoji-detour">Pushpin Emoji Detour</a> and <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/distance-between">Distance Between</a> memes on Twitter. Also used unofficially as an icon for Pinterest or Google Maps.

Facebook&rsquo;s pin is oriented at a 45&deg; angle, as were previous designs on several other platforms.

Not to be confused with <a href="/pushpin/">📌 Pushpin</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Round Pushpin

A white piece of paper secured by a silver clip on a brown clipboard, as used as a writing surface when standing. Commonly used for content concerning various types of documents and writing, especially in sports.

Many platforms indicate text with dark lines. WhatsApp&rsquo;s design shows lined paper. Facebook&rsquo;s features the easter egg of a table with first names and numbers, perhaps as birthdates:

Matt 3/28 
Louie 4/30 
Alexa 6/17 
Brian 8/06

Apple&rsquo;s design also features an easter egg, addressed Dear Katie and signed Take care from <a href="https://www.mactrast.com/2017/05/who-exactly-is-john-appleseed/">John Appleseed</a> with the text of its 1997&ndash;2002 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different">Crazy Ones/Think Different</a> ad campaign:

Here&rsquo;s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They&rsquo;re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can&rsquo;t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

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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.

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.

📎 Paperclip on SoftBank 1998

📎 Paperclip on SoftBank 1998

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