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A giraffe, the tallest animal on Earth, with spots and a long neck. Generally depicted in yellow or tan in full profile on all fours facing left, with distinctive brown spots and small, horn-like structures.

Samsung&rsquo;s designs feature a giraffe face looking straight ahead. Facebook&rsquo;s design <a href="/facebook/2.1/giraffe/">previously</a> featured only a giraffe face, as did <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-fall-creators-update/giraffe/">Microsoft&#39;s</a>.

Giraffe Face

A hippopotamus, a squat&nbsp;water mammal with huge jaws. Generally depicted in gray or tan in full profile facing left.

Google&rsquo;s design used to&nbsp;feature&nbsp;a purple, cartoon-styled hippopotamus face. Facebook&rsquo;s hippopotamus is opening massive jaws, revealing tusks.

Hippopotamus

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 rhinoceros, a large mammal with one or two massive horns on its nose. Generally shown in light gray with two horns, depicted in full profile on all fours or as a rhinoceros head looking left.

Resembles the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_rhinoceros">white</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rhinoceros">black rhinoceros</a>.

Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs feature the full animal, while&nbsp;Samsung&nbsp;and Twitter&rsquo;s designs feature only the&nbsp;rhinoceros&#39; head.

Facebook&rsquo;s design <a href="/facebook/2.0/rhinoceros/">previously</a> featured just&nbsp;the&nbsp;rhinoceros&#39; head, as did <a href="/google/android-8.0/rhinoceros/">Google&#39;s</a>.

Rhinoceros

A globe, showing the continents of Europe and Africa in green against blue ocean.

May be used to represent various content concerning the European, African, and Atlantic regions. May also be used to represent Earth and international&nbsp;affairs more generally.

See also <a href="/globe-showing-americas/">🌎 Globe Showing Americas</a> and <a href="/globe-showing-asia-australia/">🌏 Globe Showing Asia-Australia</a>.

Earth Globe Europe-Africa

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 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 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

A llama, a long-necked, <a href="/camel/">camel</a>-like animal, native to South America and&nbsp;used for transport and wool. Depicted as a shaggy white, light-brown, or multicolored llama in full profile on all fours facing left.

May be used to represent an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca">alpaca</a> or related animals.

Llama

A crocodile, a stealthy reptile with massive jaws. Generally depicted as a light-green crocodile on all fours, with its long tail curving down to its toothed jaws, facing left.

May resemble and be used for an alligator.

Facebook&#39;s crocodile is opening its jaws. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/crocodile/">previously</a> resembled a kind of cartoon dinosaur.

Crocodile

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromedary">dromedary</a> camel, a long-necked mammal with one large hump on its back. Depicted in light&nbsp;or yellowish brown in full profile on all fours facing left.

Not to be confused with <a href="/two-hump-camel/">🐫&nbsp;Two-Hump Camel</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactrian_camel">Bactrian</a>), though their applications generally overlap.

May be used in association with deserts, the Middle East, and Wednesday (Hump Day).

Samsung&rsquo;s design features a camel with a shaggy head of hair and slight smile. Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-7.0/camel/">previously</a> featured a blanket on its back, as for transport.

Dromedary Camel

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactrian_camel">Bactrian</a> camel, a long-necked mammal with two large humps on its back. Depicted in light or yellowish brown, sometimes with a shaggy mane and humps, in full profile on all fours facing left.

Not to be confused with <a href="/camel/">🐪 Camel</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromedary">dromedary</a>), though their applications generally overlap.

May be used in association with deserts, the Middle East and Central Asia, and Wednesday (Hump Day).

Samsung&rsquo;s design features a camel with a shaggy head of hair and slight smile. Google&rsquo;s design <a href="/google/android-7.0/two-hump-camel/">previously</a> featured a blanket on its back, as for transport.

Bactrian Camel

An elephant, the largest land animal on Earth,&nbsp;with a long trunk and, often, tusks. Generally depicted in gray in full profile on all fours facing left, with tusks and prominent ears, as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_elephant">African</a> (vs. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_elephant">Asian</a>) elephant.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/elephant/">Google</a> and <a href="/facebook/2.0/elephant/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> elephants were previously blue in color. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/elephant/">previously</a> featured a cartoon-styled elephant with a red blanket&nbsp;on its back and blowing a <a href="/red-heart/">red heart</a> from its trunk.

Elephant

A gorilla, the powerful, black-haired great ape. Variously depicted in full profile on all fours facing left or as a friendly, cartoon-styled gorilla face looking straight ahead.

Most platforms&#39; designs&nbsp;depict&nbsp;a full gorilla, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorilla">silverback</a>, with strong shoulders and reddish forehead. Twitter&rsquo;s designs feature a black and gray gorilla face with a neutral expression and prominent forehead and jaw.

<a href="/google/android-8.0/gorilla/">Google</a>, <a href="/samsung/one-ui-1.0/gorilla/">Samsung</a>, and <a href="/facebook/2.0/gorilla/">Facebook&rsquo;s&nbsp;</a>designs&nbsp;previously featured only a gorilla face.

This emoji is considered <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/how-the-monkey-emoji-is-racist/">racist in some contexts</a>, particularly when used to disparage, insult, and abuse people with dark skin, especially Black people.

Gorilla

A monkey, a small primate with long limbs and tail for climbing trees. Generally depicted as a cartoon-styled, brown monkey with a cheeky facial expression, shown in full profile facing&nbsp;left, sitting on its hind legs with a long, curled tail and round ears.

As with <a href="/monkey-face/">🐵 Monkey Face</a>, often used with a playful tone or for metaphorical senses of monkey.

One of the 12 animals of the <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese zodiac</a>.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s monkey is facing right, Facebook&rsquo;s has shaggy hair.

This emoji is considered <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/how-the-monkey-emoji-is-racist/">racist in some contexts</a>, particularly when used to disparage, insult, and abuse people with dark skin, especially Black people.

Monkey

A deer, a fleet-footed, hoofed mammal whose males (bucks, stags) generally have antlers. Variously depicted as a light-brown deer in full profile on all fours facing left or as a&nbsp;deer face looking straight head;&nbsp;both depictions feature large, branched antlers.

May be used to represent elk, moose, antelope, or reindeer, especially in connection with <a href="/christmas/">Christmas</a>.&nbsp;Most platforms display a deer in full profile.&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;shows a deer face.

Google&rsquo;s deer <a href="/google/android-8.0/deer/">previously</a> had a red nose, as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer">Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer</a>. Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s deers are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer">white-tailed</a>.

Deer

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

Flag: Zambia

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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.

Sample emoji designs developed by Emojipedia for illustrative purposes.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

Unicode 10.0 is the version of the Unicode Standard released on June 20, 2017.&nbsp;8,518 new characters were included with this update, of which&nbsp;56 were emoji characters.

Only new emoji code points are listed on this page.&nbsp;For the full 2017 emoji list;&nbsp;see <a href="/emoji-5.0/">Emoji 5.0</a>&nbsp;which included&nbsp;all 239 emoji additions including sequences for skin tone and gender.

<ul>
	<li><a href="/emoji-5.0/">😃 Emoji 5.0 list</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode10.0.0/">🔣 Unicode 10.0.0 Specification</a></li>
</ul>

10.0

WhatsApp has its own emoji designs which are displayed on all WhatsApp for Android and WhatsApp Web.

One emoji supported by WhatsApp but no other platform is the&nbsp;<a href="/flag-for-texas-ustx/">Texas Flag emoji</a>. This is a valid subdivision flag supported by Unicode, but not listed within any Unicode emoji release and as of 2019 is not supported by any other major vendors.

In 2021 WhatsApp introduced a&nbsp;<a href="/refugee-nation-flag/">Refugee Nation Flag</a> as a <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">ZWJ sequence</a>. Like the <a href="/flag-for-texas-ustx/">Texas Flag emoji</a>, this&nbsp;flag is&nbsp;not supported by any other major vendors.

<img alt="" src="https://em-content.zobj.net/content/2017/12/13/whatsapp-web-emojis-2017.jpg" style="width: 100%;" />

Names and meanings of all the emojis in WhatsApp for iPhone, Web, Android and Windows and new WhatsApp emojis for Android. Browse the list of WhatsApp emojis here.

💬 WhatsApp Emoji Meanings — Emojis for WhatsApp on iPhone, Android and Web (Updated: February 2024)

Beginning rollout on 2024-02-02, WhatsApp&nbsp;2.23.2.72 debut support for a subset of 2023&#39;s <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a> recommendations.

Additionally, this update introduced gender-neutral designs for a series of people emojis that previously displayed a gendered appearance on the platform.&nbsp;

&nbsp;

2.24.2.76

Beginning rollout on 2023-01-11, WhatsApp 2.23.2.72&nbsp;debuted support for the 31 emojis recommended in September 2022&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>.

This update also changed the designs of the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/nerd-face/">🤓&nbsp;Nerd Face</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/pleading-face/">🥺&nbsp;Pleading Face</a>, and the&nbsp;<a href="https://emojipedia.org/face-holding-back-tears/">🥹&nbsp;Face Holding Back Tears</a>&nbsp;emojis.

2.23.2.72

Released 2022-04-19, this update for WhatsApp on Android devices introduced support for <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> emojis such as <a href="/melting-face/">🫠&nbsp;Melting Face</a>, as well as&nbsp;multiple skin tone versions of the&nbsp;<a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a>&nbsp;emoji.

2.22.8.79

Released 2021-11-25, this update introduced&nbsp;additional skin tone combinations&nbsp;for the<a href="/people-holding-hands/">🧑&zwj;🤝&zwj;🧑 People Holding Hands</a>&nbsp;emoji from late 2019&#39;s <a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a>, as well as many different &nbsp;<a href="/kiss/">💏 Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/couple-with-heart/">💑 Couple with Heart</a> skin tone combinations from late 2020&#39;s <a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>.

However, this release did not update WhatsApp&#39;s native emoji keyboard to allow for access&nbsp;to these new emojis.

2.21.23.23

Released 2021-08-18,&nbsp;this update included partial support for <a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>, with&nbsp;three&nbsp;new smiley emoji and two new heart emojis.

The update also introduced <a href="/woman-beard/">🧔&zwj;♀️&nbsp;Woman: Beard</a> and updated the design of&nbsp;<a href="/person-beard/">🧔 Person: Beard</a> to be more gender neutral. The update did not, however, provide support for&nbsp;<a href="/man-beard/">🧔&zwj;♂️ Man: Beard</a>&nbsp;or the new variations of&nbsp;<a href="/kiss/">💏&nbsp;Kiss</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/couple-with-heart/">💑&nbsp;Couple with Heart</a>&nbsp;recommended in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>.

🦒 Giraffe on WhatsApp 2.19.7

🦒 Giraffe on WhatsApp 2.19.7

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