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The male version of <a href="/person/">🧑 Person</a>.

A dark brown&nbsp;skin tone modifier, which can be applied to a range of human emoji characters.

Type 5 on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale" target="_blank">Fitzpatrick Scale</a>&nbsp;of skin tones is described as:&nbsp;&nbsp;Dark brown; Middle Eastern skin types

Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-5

Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) is a Unicode character that joins two or more other characters together in sequence to create a new emoji.

Zero Width Joiner, pronounced &quot;zwidge&quot;, is not an emoji and has no appearance by itself. This&nbsp;is an invisible character when used alone.

View&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/" title="Emoji ZWJ Sequences">Emoji ZWJ Sequences</a>&nbsp;that use this character.

Zero Width Joiner

A classic red love heart emoji, used for expressions of love and romance.&nbsp;This is&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-every-heart-emoji-really-means/">the most popular heart emoji</a>&nbsp;A similar&nbsp;emoji exists&nbsp;for the&nbsp;<a href="/heart-suit/" title="♥️️ Heart Suit">heart suit</a> in a deck of playing cards.

On <a href="/snapchat/" title="👻 Snapchat Emoji Meanings">Snapchat</a>, this emoji displays next to a friend&nbsp;when you have been #1 BFs with each other for two consecutive weeks.

Note: the Unicode Character Database (UCD)&nbsp;name &ldquo;Heavy Black Heart&rdquo;&nbsp;pre-dates color emoji, when the term referred to a solid, black ❤︎ heart character. See the glossary for information on the term&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#black" title="📖 Glossary">black</a> in Unicode character names.

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Heavy Black Heart

The mark left after a firm kiss is placed with bright lipstick. Used in place of &lsquo;xxx&rsquo; (kisses), or to send a kiss to someone. More seductive than the <a href="/kiss/" title="💏 Kiss">kiss</a>&nbsp;emoji.

Kiss Mark

An adult&nbsp;with no gender specified.&nbsp;This emoji may be used to talk about adults in a gender-inclusive way.

Variants include <a href="/woman/">👩 Woman</a> and <a href="/man/">👨 Man</a>.

Person

A black&nbsp;skin tone modifier, which can be applied to a range of human emoji characters.

Type 6 on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale" target="_blank">Fitzpatrick Scale</a>&nbsp;of skin tones is described as:&nbsp;Deeply pigmented dark brown to black

Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-6

Kiss: Man, Person, Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

New emojis from Apple for 2023&nbsp;available as part of iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS 13.3.

iOS 16.4

New emojis from Apple for 2022&nbsp;available as part of&nbsp;iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5, and macOS 12.3.

Released on 14&nbsp;March 2022, this was the first version of iOS to support the 112 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>, including various multiple skin tone versions of the <a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a> emoji.

This Apple emoji update changed the appearance of the <a href="/face-with-hand-over-mouth/">🤭&nbsp;Face with Hand Over Mouth</a>&nbsp;emoji to be more consistent with the designs of other vendors, with this emoji&#39;s originaly design being given to the new <a href="/emoji-14.0/">🫢 Face with Open Eyes and Hand Over Mouth</a>&nbsp;emoji.

Taking into account a series of additional&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#non-rgi">non-RGI</a>&nbsp;<a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a> emoji sequences, there are 123 new emojis in this release.

iOS 15.4

Released on 2021-05-24, this update changed the appearance&nbsp;of the various&nbsp;<a href="/person-climbing/">🧗 Person Climbing</a> emojis to have the person wearing a safety helmet.

iOS 14.6

New emojis from Apple for 2021 available as part of&nbsp;iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, and macOS 11.3.

This Apple emoji update changed the appearance of the&nbsp;<a href="/syringe/">💉&nbsp;Syringe</a>&nbsp;emoji&nbsp;to remove the blood, and added mixed skin tone support to&nbsp;<a href="/kiss/">💏&nbsp;Kiss</a> and <a href="/couple-with-heart/">💑&nbsp;Couple with Heart</a>.

Released on 26&nbsp;April 2021, this was the first version of iOS to support the 217 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>. Taking into account <a href="/glossary/#non-rgi">non-RGI</a> emoji sequences, there&nbsp;there are 669 new emojis in this release.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-14-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

iOS 14.5

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 volleyball emoji, showing the round ball used in the sport. Played as part of the <a title="🏊 Olympics" href="/olympics/">Summer Olympic Games</a>.

Volleyball

A paper ticket, which may be for a theatre show, sporting event, or other ticketed performance. Shown in blue, yellow or grey on most platforms.

Ticket

A round, black and white ball used in the game of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football">soccer</a>, which is known as football in much of the world. See also: <a href="/world-cup/">emojis for the World Cup</a>.

Soccer Ball

A white baseball, with regulation red stitching. Used in the game of the same name, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball">baseball</a>.

Baseball

The oval-shaped ball used in the game of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football">rugby</a>. Varies slightly in shape&nbsp;in the two main versions of the game: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union">rugby union</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league">rugby league</a>.

The appearance of this emoji varies, with a brown leather appearance&nbsp;in Apple and Google&rsquo;s imagery,&nbsp;but a more popular&nbsp;white-with-highlight color in Twitter&rsquo;s&nbsp;design.

Rugby Football

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

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

A person with a ball, which is generally displayed as a basketballer running and dribbling (bouncing) the <a href="/basketball/" title="🏀 Basketball and Hoop">basketball</a>.

Person with Ball

The male version of the <a href="/person-bouncing-ball/">⛹&nbsp;Person With Ball</a> emoji.&nbsp;Currently identical in appearance to the non-gendered base emoji.

Man Bouncing Ball

A softball, which is differentiated from a baseball by size (it is larger, though hard to tell in emoji form) and color (yellow, not white).

Softball

A wastebasket, as used to discard trash in an office. Generally depicted as a silver, wire-mesh container. Also known as a wastepaper basket, trash/garbage can, or rubbish bin.

Commonly used for various content concerning literal and figurative waste. May also be used in the context of <a href="/basketball/">basketball</a>. Sometimes paired with <a href="/fire/">🔥&nbsp;Fire</a> as a <a href="https://www.americandialect.org/dumpster-fire-is-2016-american-dialect-society-word-of-the-year">visual representation</a> of the slang expression dumpster fire (&quot;chatoic situation&quot;).

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/wastebasket/">previously depicted</a>&nbsp;a&nbsp;metal can/bin with a lid, as used for outdoor garbage&mdash;or lived in by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_the_Grouch">Oscar the Grouch</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/basket/">🧺&nbsp;Basket</a>.

Wastebasket

A basket, as used for storing or carrying such things as food or clothes. Appearance widely varies across platforms but generally depicted as woven from wicker with one or more handles. Commonly used to represent doing laundry or having a picnic.

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs, featuring a white cloth, suggest a <a href="/bread/">bread</a> or picnic basket. Samsung&rsquo;s design displays green fabric, as knitted from <a href="/yarn/">yarn</a>.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-11/basket/">previously</a> suggested&nbsp;a laundry basket by holding a blue garment or cloth.

Not to be confused with <a href="/wastebasket/">🗑️&nbsp;Wastebasket</a>.

Basket

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.

Clipboard

A goat, a sturdy,&nbsp;hoofed animal raised for its meat and milk. Depicted as a light brown, white, or multicored goat in full profile on all fours facing left, a scraggly beard,&nbsp;upright tail,&nbsp;and brown or yellow horns curving back.

Frequently used as a visual shorthand for the slang expression <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/g-o-a-t/">GOAT</a>, or the Great of All Time, often said of athletes and in particular&nbsp;the late&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a>.

Often considered one of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>. Also often used to represent <a href="/capricorn/">♑ Capricorn</a> in the Western zodiac.

<a href="/apple/ios-6.0/goat/">Apple</a>, <a href="/google/android-7.0/goat/">Google</a>, and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/goat/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> goats were previously white, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saanen_goat">Saanen goat</a>. Facebook&rsquo;s design previously featured only a goat face.

Goat

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

Flag: Lithuania

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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 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.

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🏀 Basketball on SoftBank 2004

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