Two hands held out together with open palms facing up, in a slightly cupped manner.

May be used to represent an open book in American Sign Language (ASL), or the gesture used by&nbsp;followers&nbsp;of Islam when&nbsp;praying. This gesture also appears similarly to one used to beg for for money.

Palmas Hacia Arriba Juntas

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

Tono De Piel Oscuro Medio

Emojipedia

Discord

Palmas Hacia Arriba Juntas: Tono De Piel Claro

Palmas Hacia Arriba Juntas: Tono De Piel Claro Medio

Palmas Hacia Arriba Juntas: Tono De Piel Medio

Palmas Hacia Arriba Juntas: Tono De Piel Oscuro

Palmas Hacia Arriba Juntas: Tono De Piel Oscuro Medio

Utilizado por dispositivos de Apple (iPhone, iPad y Mac) cuando se muestran los emojis.&nbsp; Tambi&eacute;n utilizado por el servicio de mensajer&iacute;a Telegram.

Apple

Conjunto de emojis predeterminado para dispositivos Android creado por Google y usado en dispositivos de Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony y muchos otros

Google Noto Color Emoji

Conjunto de emojis personalizados utilizado en tel&eacute;fonos y tabletas Samsung.

Samsung

Utilizado en los PC de Microsoft. Windows 11 usa el conjunto Fluent. La &uacute;ltima actualizaci&oacute;n de Windows 10 fue en mayo de 2019.

Microsoft

Utilizado en WhatsApp para Android y PC. WhatsApp en iOS/MacOS utiliza dise&ntilde;os de Apple.

WhatsApp

Usado en Twitter para Android y PC. Tambi&eacute;n usado por Discord y Mastodon. Twitter en iOS/MacOS usa dise&ntilde;os de Apple.

&nbsp;

Twitter / X

Utilizado en Facebook para Android y PC. No se usa en las plataformas WhatsApp e Instagram de Meta. Facebook en iOS/MacOS usa dise&ntilde;os de Apple.

Facebook

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Huawei

Conjunto de emojis personalizado utilizado en dispositivos LG. Discontinuado entre 2017 y 2020, fue reemplazado por Noto Color Emoji, pero luego revivi&oacute; en 2021 para el dispositivo final de m&oacute;vil de LG.

Versiones animadas en 3D del conjunto de emojis Fluent de Microsoft, usado en Microsoft Teams para PC y Android

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Conjuntos de emojis muy detallados utilizados por la funci&oacute;n de estados de Twitter y dentro del editor de im&aacute;genes de tweets en dispositivos Android

Twitter Emoji Stickers

Un conjunto de dise&ntilde;o de emojis con licencia. Anteriormente llamado EmojiOne.

&nbsp;

JoyPixels

Un conjunto de dise&ntilde;o de emojis personalizado utilizado por la plataforma de fintech coreana Toss

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Usado en PlayStation 5 y PlayStation 4 dentro de la funcionalidad de mensajer&iacute;a del dispositivo

Sony Playstation

Un conjunto de dise&ntilde;o de c&oacute;digo abierto por la HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Universidad de dise&ntilde;o) en Alemania

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

&nbsp;

Icons8

This update to Google&#39;s Noto Color Emoji set introduced support for 2023&#39;s Emoji 15.1 recommendations.

Additionally, the family emojis have been changed to have a silhouette icon design, matching the new non-gender-specifying family emojis from&nbsp;Emoji 15.1.

First made available via Github on 2023-11-17, this update is expected to be&nbsp;released progressively across different Google platforms such as Chrome OS, Gmail, YouTube, and various Android devices.

15.1

First released as a&nbsp;color vector&nbsp;font file on 2022-09-14, this update to Google&#39;s Noto Color Emoji set introduced support for <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a> emoji such as <a href="https://emojipedia.org/shaking-face/">Shaking Face</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/pink-heart/">Pink Heart</a>.

This update also included minor revisions to select emoji designs,&nbsp;including all of the hand gestures.

The update was released progressively across different Google platforms such as Chrome OS, Gmail, and YouTube between September 2022 and their release within&nbsp;Android 13 in March 2023.&nbsp;

15.0

First made available via as a&nbsp;Developer Preview on&nbsp;2021-10-27, Android 12L was&nbsp;the first vendor update to&nbsp;include support for 2021&rsquo;s <a href="/es/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> recommendations. Devices running Android 12&nbsp;also began to receive this emoji update via subsequent security updates.&nbsp;

A total of 107 new emojis were introduced in this update, including <a href="/es/cara-derretida/">Melting Face</a>, <a href="/es/manos-que-forman-un-coraz%C3%B3n/">Heart Hands</a>, and mixed skin tone support for <a href="/es/apret%C3%B3n-de-manos/">🤝 Handshake</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-emoji-14-0-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Android 12L

Released to eligible Pixel devices on&nbsp;2021-10-04, Android 12.0 updated the designs of almost one thousand previously available emojis.&nbsp;

The emoji design revised included in this update rolled out across a variety of Google platforms such as Gmail, Chrome OS, and YouTube Live Chat from July 2021. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-emoji-changelog-july-2021/">Read more about this update.</a>

Android 12.0

A&nbsp;feature drop&nbsp;exclusive to Google Pixel devices which added support for&nbsp;<a href="/es/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>. Not available as part of a regular Android release, these updates began rolling out to Pixel users on 2020-12-09. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-emoji-13-1-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

Android 11.0 December 2020 Feature Drop

Android 11.0&nbsp;was released on 2020-09-08.&nbsp;Updates in this release include full support for <a href="/es/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>&nbsp;as well as a significant number of design changes across the entire emoji set. These additions are included in <a href="https://itsfoss.com/fedora-33/">Fedora 33</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-11-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

Android 11.0

A&nbsp;feature drop&nbsp;exclusive to Google Pixel devices which added support for&nbsp;<a href="/es/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>. Not available as part of a regular Android release, these updates began rolling out to Pixel users on 2020-03-02. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-march-2020-pixel-feature-drop-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Android 10.0 March 2020 Feature Drop

Android 10.0&nbsp;was released on 2018-09-03. Updates in this release include full support for <a href="/es/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>&nbsp;and a number of design changes, including gender-neutral versions of many emojis. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-10-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

Android 10.0

Android 9.0 &ldquo;Pie&rdquo; was released on 2018-08-06 and was the first Android release to support <a href="/es/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a>.

Design changes include&nbsp;the <a href="/es/pistola-de-agua/">pistol emoji</a>&nbsp;switching&nbsp;from&nbsp;a weapon to an orange water pistol / squirt gun, gender-inclusive designs being used for the <a href="/es/familia/">family emoji</a> where no gender is specified, and the removal of egg from the <a href="/es/ensalada/">green salad</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-9-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Android 9.0

Google Android 8.1 was released on December 5, 2017 without a gradual rollout to supported devices. This release <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/google-fixes-burger-emoji/">fixes the burger emoji issue</a> from&nbsp;<a href="/es/google/android-8.0/">Android 8.0</a>, as well as the emojis for <a href="/es/cu%C3%B1a-de-queso/">cheese</a>, <a href="/es/jarra-de-cerveza/">beer</a>, and <a href="/es/jarras-de-cerveza-brindando/">beers</a>.

Android 8.1

Android 8.0 &quot;Oreo&quot; was released on August 21, 2017. This update included a complete redesign of every emoji, including a transformation of all &quot;blob&quot;&nbsp;smileys into a more common circle shape.

This release also added support for <a href="/es/emoji-5.0/">Emoji 5.0</a> including all new code points and&nbsp;subdivision flags for <a href="/es/bandera-inglaterra/">England</a>, <a href="/es/bandera-escocia/">Scotland</a>, and <a href="/es/bandera-gales/">Wales</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/android-8-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Android 8.0

A police officer wearing&nbsp;a blue hat&nbsp;with a gold badge or shield in the middle.

See also <a href="/woman-police-officer/">👮&zwj;♀️ Woman Police Officer</a> or&nbsp;<a href="/man-police-officer/">👮&zwj;♂️ Man Police Officer</a>

Police Officer

A&nbsp;pale skin tone modifier, which can be applied to a range of human emoji characters.

<ul>
	<li>Type 1 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;Pale white; blond or red hair; blue eyes; freckles</li>
	<li>Type 2 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;White; fair; blond or red hair; blue, green, or hazel eyes</li>
</ul>

This is a combination of type 1&nbsp;(pale white) and type 2 (white). Despite the descriptions, Apple&rsquo;s artwork tends to display this type-1-2 skin tone modifier with dark hair.

Emoji Modifier Fitzpatrick Type-1-2

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 circle shown with a crossed vertical line beneath it, used as a representation for&nbsp;women. Often used on <a href="/international-womens-day/">International Women&#39;s Day</a>.

Female Sign

Man Police Officer: Light Skin Tone

Police Officer: Light Skin Tone

Woman Police Officer

Woman Police Officer: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Woman Police Officer: Medium Skin Tone

Woman Police Officer: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Woman Police Officer: Dark Skin Tone

Woman Police Officer: Light Skin Tone

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.

Microsoft 3D Fluent

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.

&nbsp;

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 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.

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.

&nbsp;

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 open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

emojidex

Rolled out on 2023-07-23, this minor update to the Twemoji emoji set revised the designs of the <a href="https://emojipedia.org/face-with-medical-mask">😷 Face with Medical Mask</a>, <a href="https://emojipedia.org/pleading-face">🥺 Pleading Face</a>, and <a href="https://emojipedia.org/face-holding-back-tears">🥹 Face Holding Back Tears</a> emojis.

These three emoji designs had previously been updated within the Twitter web application&#39;s emoji picker tool, but not within tweets themselves prior to this update.

Twemoji 15.0.1

Rolling out globally from 2023-06-13, Twemoji 15.0 introduced support for September 2022&#39;s Emoji 15.0 recommendation to Twitter&#39;s classic block color emoji set.

Prior to their official rollout, these new emoji designs were initially visible within the Twitter web app&#39;s emoji picker tool.

Twemoji 15.0

Rolling out globally from 2022-03-08, Twemoji 14.0 introduced support for 2021&#39;s <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> recommendations. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-14-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 14.0

Twemoji 13.1.1 updated the designs of a handful of emojis, including <a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/battery/">🔋 Battery</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/rainbow-flag/">🏳️&zwj;🌈 Rainbow Flag</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-13-1-1-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 13.1.1

Released on 2021-05-28,&nbsp;Twemoji 13.1&nbsp;added support for 217 new emojis from&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-13-1-emoji-changelog/">More about this update.</a>

Twemoji 13.1

Released on 2021-03-12,&nbsp;Twemoji 13.0.2&nbsp;updated the designs of 14 emojis, including the syringe emoji which had its contents and two blood drops removed.

Twemoji 13.0.2

Released on 2020-07-13, Twemoji 13.0.1 updated the designs of 28&nbsp;emojis, including changing both&nbsp;<a href="/calendar/">Calendar </a>and&nbsp;<a href="/tear-off-calendar/">Tear-Off Calendar&nbsp;</a>to display the date of <a href="https://worldemojiday.com/">World Emoji Day</a> and to show all <a href="/person-kneeling/">Person Kneeling</a> emojis using&nbsp;a single knee.

Twemoji 13.0.1

Twemoji 13.0&nbsp;was the first Twemoji release to provide full support for <a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>.&nbsp;Released on 2020-05-11, this update added 103&nbsp;new emojis. Prior to this update Twitter did support select Emoji 13.0 designs:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="/transgender-flag/">🏳️&zwj;⚧️ Transgender Flag</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/transgender-symbol/">⚧ Transgender Symbol</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/woman-in-tuxedo/">🤵&zwj;♀️ Woman in Tuxedo</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-13-0-emoji-changelog/">More on this update.&nbsp;</a>

Twemoji 13.0

A minor update to Twemoji that began rolling out to users on&nbsp;2020-04-17. A total of 36&nbsp;emoji designs were modified.

Twemoji 12.1.6

Twemoji 12.1.5 was the first Twemoji release to provide support for <a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>. Released on 2020-01-27, this update added&nbsp;178 new emojis which primarily added new gender neutral sequences.&nbsp;This update followed <a href="/twitter/twemoji-12.1.4/changed/">Twemoji 12.1.4</a> which changed existing emojis to use a gender inclusive design where no gender was specified. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-12-1-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 12.1.5

An update to Twemoji began rolling out to users on 2019-11-06 and was<a href="https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/releases/tag/v12.1.4"> added to the open source repository</a> on 2019-11-13. This release&nbsp;gave a gender-inclusive appearance to most human emojis when a gender isn&#39;t specified.

Note: this did not add support for additional gender-neutral sequences approved in <a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>&nbsp;- instead it changed the appearance of existing neutral emojis.

<a href="/discord/">Discord</a> updated its emoji support to Twemoji 12.1.4 in November 2019, in the first emoji update on the platform since 2016.

Twemoji 12.1.4

Twemoji 12.1.3

Released 2019-06-25, this update to Twemoji added support for the <a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a> draft candidate&nbsp;<a href="/transgender-flag/">🏳️&zwj;⚧️&nbsp;Blue, Pink, and White Flag</a> (aka Transgender Flag).

Twemoji 12.1

An update to Twemoji which added support for all 230 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-12-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 12.0

A minor update to Twemoji which <a href="/twitter/twemoji-11.4/changed/">changed the appearance of three emojis only</a>.

Twemoji 11.4

A minor design up date to&nbsp;Twemoji, released January 24, 2019. Primarily focussed on people participating in&nbsp;activities&nbsp;(e.g, running, handball, dancing, etc), as well as some animals. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-11-3-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 11.3

A minor update to Twemoji which&nbsp;adjusted black shades&nbsp;for better contrast when shown on dark backgrounds such as those used in&nbsp;night mode.

Twemoji 11.2

A minor update which increased the saturation of the color&nbsp;red in a number of emojis&nbsp;and updated&nbsp;the <a href="/person-gesturing-no/">person gesturing no</a> variations&nbsp;to&nbsp;appear less like they are pushing against two walls.

Twemoji 11.1

Twemoji 11.0 was released on June 5&nbsp;2018 for&nbsp;Twitter.com, TweetDeck, and other Twemoji platforms. This release&nbsp;added&nbsp;support for 156 of the 157 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a>. Twemoj&nbsp;supported&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="/pirate-flag/">Pirate Flag emoji</a> prior to this&nbsp;release.

Twemoji 11.0 is the release that follows <a href="/twitter/twemoji-2.7/">version 2.7 of Twemoji</a>, bringing the version numbers in line with the Unicode Emoji documentation version that it supports.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-11-0-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 11.0

Twemoji 2.7

A minor update to Twemoji, released on April 11, 2018. The most notable change in this release is the switchover from a realistic looking <a href="/pistol/">pistol</a>&nbsp;to a colored toy design. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-2-6-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 2.6

Twemoji 2.5 was&nbsp;a minor update released in February 2018 that added no new emojis, but updated the appearance of a number of designs. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-2-5-emoji-changelog/">More about this update</a>.

Twemoji 2.5

Twemoji 2.4 makes a number of changes to <a href="/emoji-5.0/">Emoji 5.0</a>&nbsp;additions to bring these more in line with other vendors.

Twemoji 2.4

Twemoji 2.3 added support for <a href="/emoji-5.0/">Emoji 5.0</a> and <a href="/twitter/twemoji-2.3/changed/">modified</a> a number of existing emojis.

Twemoji 2.3

Hand gestures in Twemoji 2.2.3 were changed to <a href="https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/releases/tag/v2.2.3">right-handed display</a>; and&nbsp;<a href="/menorah/" title="🕎 Menorah With Nine Branches">Menorah</a> fixed to display nine candles.

Twemoji 2.2.3

Twemoji&nbsp;2.2.2&nbsp;removed skin&nbsp;tone support from the following&nbsp;multi-person emojis (and their associated gendered ZWJ sequences)&nbsp;as per <a href="http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16332-remove-multi-emb.pdf">Unicode recommendation</a>.

<ul>
	<li><a href="/family/" title="👪 Family">👪&nbsp;Family</a></li>
	<li><a href="/woman-and-man-holding-hands/" title="👫 Man And Woman Holding Hands">👫&nbsp;Man And Woman Holding Hands</a></li>
	<li><a href="/men-holding-hands/" title="👬 Two Men Holding Hands">👬&nbsp;Two Men Holding Hands</a></li>
	<li><a href="/women-holding-hands/" title="👭 Two Women Holding Hands">👭&nbsp;Two Women Holding Hands</a></li>
	<li><a href="/people-with-bunny-ears/" title="👯 Woman With Bunny Ears">👯&nbsp;Woman With Bunny Ears</a></li>
	<li><a href="/people-wrestling/" title="🤼 Wrestlers">🤼&nbsp;Wrestlers</a></li>
	<li><a href="/people-wrestling/" title="🤝 Handshake">🤝 Handshake</a></li>
</ul>

Find out <a href="https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/releases/tag/v2.2.2">more about this update</a>.

Twemoji 2.2.2

A minor update which <a href="https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/commit/04377eae67db2e38a357e5f840fd3721fe28417e">changed</a>&nbsp;the direction of&nbsp;<a href="/pouting-cat/" title="😾 Pouting Cat Face">😾 Pouting Cat Face</a> to face forward, and increased the size of the star on the&nbsp;<a href="/flag-vietnam/">🇻🇳&nbsp;Flag for Vietnam</a>&nbsp;to &quot;better match the official flag&quot;.

Twemoji 2.2.1

Twemoji 2.2 was released on September 20, 2016 and includes gendered emojis, new&nbsp;emoji professions, skin tone modifiers for multiple-person emojis, as well as design changes to more closely match <a href="/apple/ios-10.0/">Apple&#39;s iOS 10</a> update.&nbsp;This update added support for <a href="/emoji-4.0/">Emoji 4.0</a> during the draft period. More <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/twemoji-2-2-emoji-changelog/">about this update</a>.

👮🏻‍♀️ Woman Police Officer: Light Skin Tone on undefined Twemoji 12.1.5

👮🏻‍♀️ Woman Police Officer: Light Skin Tone on undefined Twemoji 12.1.5

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