Emoji where did come from: Emoji were first created in Japan by a man named Shigetaka Kurita, who worked for a telephone organization. It inspired them to help people and show them stuff with pictures on their telephones.
List of some common emojis along with their names and descriptions:
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 😀 | Grinning Face | A yellow face with a big grin and wide, open eyes. | Conveys happiness, joy, or amusement. |
| 😃 | Grinning Face with Big Eyes | Similar to 😀 but with larger, more prominent eyes. | Represents extreme happiness or excitement. |
| 😄 | Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes | A yellow face with smiling eyes and a broad, open smile. | Conveys happiness, contentment, or satisfaction. |
| 😁 | Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes | A yellow face with smiling eyes and a broad, closed smile. | Conveys happiness, warm feelings, or good cheer. |
| 😆 | Grinning Squinting Face | A yellow face with a broad, open smile and tightly closed (squinting) eyes. | Expresses laughter or intense joy. |
| 😅 | Grinning Face with Sweat | A yellow face with a big grin and drops of sweat, as if overheated from laughing too hard. | Conveys relief, contentment, or laughter. |
| 😂 | Face with Tears of Joy | A yellow face with a big grin and scrunched, X-shaped eyes, tilted on its side, as if rolling on the floor laughing (the internet acronym ROFL). | Conveys hysterical laughter more intense than 😅. |
| 🤣 | Rolling on the Floor Laughing | A yellow face with a big grin and scrunched, X-shaped eyes, tilted on its side, as if rolling on the floor laughing (the internet acronym ROFL). | Conveys hysterical laughter more intense than 😂. |
| 🥲 | Smiling Face with Tear | A yellow face with smiling eyes and a tear streaming down one cheek, as if the person is laughing and crying simultaneously. | Conveys a complex emotional response, including happiness, relief, or gratitude mixed with sorrow, remorse, or disappointment. |
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥹 | Face Exhaling | A yellow face with closed eyes, mouth slightly open, and a single drop of sweat, as if exhausted and leaning on the side. | Represents relief, contentment, or gratitude. |
| ☺️ | Smiling Face | A yellow face with a gentle smile and closed eyes. | Conveys happiness, warmth, friendliness, or gratitude. |
| 😊 | Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes | A yellow face with smiling eyes and a broad, closed smile, turning up to cheeks. | Conveys happiness, contentment, or relief. |
| 😇 | Smiling Face with Halo | A yellow face with smiling eyes, a closed smile, and a halo above its head, indicating it's an angelic, good, or holy being. | Represents innocence, piety, or a good person or angel. |
| 🙂 | Slightly Smiling Face | A yellow face with a slight smile, blush, and gentle eyes. | Conveys politeness, contentment, or a light smile, especially to put someone at ease. |
| 🙃 | Upside-Down Face | A yellow face with a big grin and wide, white eyes, one larger than the other, and raised eyebrows, tilted up to the left. | Conveys a wide range of emotions, including sarcasm, irony, or a jokingly detached way of saying something. |
| 😉 | Winking Face | A yellow face with a slight smile and winking, mischievous eyes. | Conveys a secret, flirtatious, or playful mood. |
| 😌 | Relieved Face | A yellow face with soft, closed eyes, a slight smile, and relaxed eyebrows. | Conveys relief, relaxation, contentment, or gratitude, as after a close call or great news. |
| 😍 | Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes | A yellow face with smiling eyes, a broad, closed smile, and hearts for eyes. | Expresses a range of happy, affectionate feelings, especially being in love. |
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥰 | Smiling Face with Hearts | A yellow face with smiling eyes, a closed smile, and several hearts floating around its head. | Conveys various warm, positive feelings, including love, happiness, gratitude, and affection. |
| 😘 | Face Blowing a Kiss | A yellow face with smiling eyes, a closed smile, and a red heart floating between its lips. | Conveys sentiments of love, affection, or farewell. |
| 😗 | Kissing Face | A yellow face with puckered lips, closed eyes, and kissing lips. | Conveys sentiments of love, affection, or romance. |
| 😙 | Kissing Face with Smiling Eyes | A yellow face with puckered lips, smiling eyes, and a blush spreading across its cheeks. | Conveys sentiments of love, affection, or gratitude, especially in a warm and friendly manner. |
| 😚 | Kissing Face with Closed Eyes | A yellow face with closed eyes, puckered lips, and a small blush on its cheeks. | Conveys sentiments of love, affection, or romance. |
| 😋 | Face Savoring Food | A yellow face with smiling eyes, closed smile, and a tongue sticking out, as if licking lips in appetite or contentment. | Conveys a sense of deliciousness or enjoyment. |
| 😛 | Face with Tongue | A yellow face with a big grin, raised eyebrows, and eyes open wide, as if it's saying "Wow!" or "OMG!". | Conveys various positive sentiments, including love, happiness, laughter, and excitement. |
| 😝 | Squinting Face with Tongue | A yellow face with scrunched, X-shaped eyes, tilted on its side, sticking out its tongue, as if making a joke or teasing someone. | Conveys playful mischief or a joking tone, often used sarcastically or to convey laughter. |
| 😜 | Winking Face with Tongue | A yellow face with a slight smile, winking eye, and sticking out its tongue, as if making a joke or being playful. | Conveys a sense of humor, cheekiness, or playfulness, often used jokingly or to tease someone. |
| 🤪 | Zany Face | A yellow face with a big grin, wide, white eyes, raised eyebrows, and wild or crazed expression, often depicted with its tongue hanging out. | Conveys a sense of fun, silliness, or wackiness, sometimes suggesting intoxication or madness. |
| 🤨 | Face with Raised Eyebrow | A yellow face with a single, raised eyebrow, half-closed eyes, and a half frown, as if questioning or disapproving something. | Conveys skepticism, suspicion, disbelief, or disapproval. |
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🧐 | Face with Monocle | A yellow face with a single, focused eye with a monocle, often depicted with a slight frown or raised eyebrow, indicating examination or scrutiny. | Conveys the sentiment of studying or scrutinizing something, often with a sense of sophistication or seriousness. |
| 🤓 | Nerd Face | A yellow face with glasses, buck teeth, and a large, friendly smile, often depicted with a buck-toothed expression and goofy or playful demeanor. | Conveys intelligence, nerdiness, geekiness, or expertise, especially in academic or technical subjects. |
| 😎 | Smiling Face with Sunglasses | A yellow face with a broad, closed smile wearing black sunglasses, as if a cool cat, often depicted with its eyes closed as if relaxing on a sunny beach. | Conveys coolness, relaxation, or a carefree attitude, often used to express swag, confidence, or a sense of "I got this." |
| 🥸 | Disguised Face | A yellow face with raised eyebrows, a small smile, and a handlebar mustache, wearing a monocle. | Conveys the sentiment of being disguised, incognito, or under cover, often representing spies or detectives. |
| 🤩 | Star-Struck | A yellow face with a wide, broad smile, closed eyes, and several stars shining around its head, as if in a state of ecstasy or wonder. | Conveys overwhelming admiration, excitement, or being in love with someone or something. |
| 🥳 | Partying Face | A yellow face with a party hat, party horn, and confetti, blowing a party horn as if celebrating New Year's Eve or a birthday. | Conveys sentiments of celebration, excitement, or a festive mood, often used to express joy or happiness in party-related contexts. |
| 🙂↕️ | Face with Symbols on Mouth | A yellow face with a white exclamation mark or question mark, presented in various forms and arrangements, on its lips, as if swearing, swearing, or whistling. | Conveys various emotions, including cursing, swearing, or whistling, or to replace explicit language. |
| 😏 | Smirking Face | A yellow face with a half-smile, raised eyebrows, and a sly, smug, or suggestive expression, often with a hint of mischief or flirtation. | Conveys a sense of self-satisfaction, flirtation, or being clever or cool, often used to indicate satisfaction with one's own actions or attractiveness. |
| 😒 | Unamused Face | A yellow face with a flat, closed mouth and raised eyebrows, often depicted with its eyes closed or a frown, as if unimpressed, skeptical, or disdainful. | Conveys feelings of irritation, frustration, or disapproval, often used to express disagreement or dissatisfaction. |
| 🙂↔️ | Face with Hand Over Mouth | A yellow face with one eye closed, mouth slightly open, and a hand over its mouth, as if suppressing a giggle or gasping in shock or embarrassment. | Conveys various emotions, including surprise, excitement, embarrassment, or playfulness, often used to express playful secrecy or coy laughter. |
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 😞 | Disappointed Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, mouth slightly downturned, and a single bead of sweat, as if disappointed or ashamed. | Conveys various negative sentiments, including disappointment, frustration, sadness, or regret, often used to express genuine remorse or sorrow. |
| 😔 | Pensive Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, a slight frown, and a contemplative or disappointed expression, as if lost in thought or feeling troubled. | Conveys a range of emotions, including thoughtfulness, introspection, sadness, or disappointment, often used to express deep contemplation or concern. |
| 😟 | Worried Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, a furrowed brow, and a slightly downturned mouth, as if feeling worried, troubled, or anxious. | Conveys various negative emotions, including worry, concern, anxiety, or unease, often used to express genuine apprehension or fear. |
| 😕 | Confused Face | A yellow face with open eyes, raised or furrowed eyebrows, and a slightly downturned mouth, as if confused or puzzled by something. | Conveys a range of mixed or contradictory emotions, including confusion, puzzlement, skepticism, or bemusement, often used to express uncertainty or disbelief. |
| 🙁 | Slightly Frowning Face | A yellow face with a small, open frown, downcast eyes, and a slightly downturned mouth, as if saddened or disappointed by something. | Conveys a mild sense of sadness, disappointment, or unhappiness, often used to express sympathy or concern. |
| ☹️ | Frowning Face | A yellow face with a slight frown, downcast eyes, and a distinctly downward curve at the corners of the mouth, as if saddened or discouraged. | Conveys a stronger sense of sadness, disappointment, or unhappiness, often used to express sympathy or concern in a more serious or somber manner. |
| 😣 | Persevering Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a slightly downturned mouth, as if feeling troubled, pained, or determined to endure hardship. | Conveys a range of emotions, including determination, frustration, anguish, or resilience, often used to express determination or persistence in the face of adversity. |
| 😖 | Confounded Face | A yellow face with a furrowed brow, raised or furrowed eyebrows, and a slightly downturned mouth, as if feeling troubled, confused, or frustrated. | Conveys a sense of confusion, frustration, disbelief, or distress, often used to express bewilderment or irritation at something unexpected or unpleasant. |
| 😫 | Tired Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, a slightly open mouth, and a deeply furrowed brow, as if tired, weary, or in need of rest. | Conveys various negative emotions, including fatigue, exhaustion, frustration, or overwhelm, often used to express weariness or the need for a break. |
| 😩 | Weary Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, a slightly open mouth, and a deeply furrowed brow, as if tired, weary, or in need of rest. | Conveys various negative emotions, including fatigue, exhaustion, frustration, or overwhelm, often used to express weariness or the need for a break. |
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥺 | Pleading Face | A yellow face with large, moist eyes, a slightly open mouth, eyebrows raised, and a single, teardrop falling from one eye, as if begging or pleading. | Conveys a sense of pleading or begging, often used to express pleading for mercy, forgiveness, or sympathy, or to ask for a favor or help. |
| 😢 | Crying Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a single tear streaming down one cheek, as if saddened or disappointed by something. | Conveys a range of negative emotions, including sadness, sorrow, disappointment, or heartbreak, often used to express genuine sorrow or grief. |
| 😭 | Loudly Crying Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and several tears streaming down both cheeks, as if sobbing uncontrollably. | Conveys a high level of emotional distress, including intense sadness, grief, heartbreak, or despair, often used to express overwhelming sorrow or loss. |
| 😮💨 | Face Exhaling | A yellow face with closed eyes, a mouth open in a small, 'O' shape, and a cloud of air puffing out from its nose, as if sighing or exhaling in relief, exhaustion, or frustration. | Conveys a sense of relief, relaxation, or satisfaction, often used to express exhaustion, resignation, or frustration, similar to the gesture of sighing. |
| 😤 | Face with Steam from Nose | A yellow face with closed eyes and a slight frown, blowing off steam from its nose, as if to signal feelings of intense anger, frustration, or annoyance. | Conveys various negative emotions, including anger, frustration, irritation, or annoyance, often used to express feelings of indignation or superiority. |
| 😠 | Angry Face | A yellow face with a furrowed brow, closed, angry eyes, and a small, closed mouth, as if it's fuming with anger or rage. | Conveys strong negative emotions, including anger, frustration, hostility, or annoyance, often used to express intense displeasure or resentment. |
| 😡 | Pouting Face | A yellow face with a furrowed brow, angry eyes, and a mouth with turned-down corners, as if it's pouting or sulking with displeasure or annoyance. | Conveys strong negative emotions, including anger, frustration, resentment, or displeasure, often used to express petulance or sulking. |
| 🤬 | Face with Symbols on Mouth | A yellow face with a string of symbols covering its mouth, as if swearing or cursing, often depicted with angry eyes and a furrowed brow, as if to convey intense anger or frustration. | Conveys strong negative emotions, including anger, frustration, rage, or irritation, often used to express strong swearing or cursing. |
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🤯 | Exploding Head | A yellow face with a big, open mouth, eyes wide open, and a large explosion-like pattern, as if its head is exploding with the force of an explosion or realization. | Conveys a sense of mind-blowing amazement, shock, surprise, or disbelief, often used to express being overwhelmed or stunned by something incredible or unexpected. |
| 😳 | Flushed Face | A yellow face with wide, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and flushed cheeks, as if it's surprised, shocked, embarrassed, or feeling shy. | Conveys a range of emotions, including surprise, shock, embarrassment, or shyness, often used to express being caught off guard or feeling awkward. |
| 🥵 | Hot Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a drop of sweat on its forehead, as if overheated from high temperatures, spicy food, or intense physical activity. | Conveys various degrees of heat or discomfort, including being hot, overheated, sweating, or flushed with embarrassment, often used to express feeling hot or feverish. |
| 🥶 | Cold Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and blue icicles clinging to its cheeks or forehead, as if freezing from extreme cold weather or feeling chilly. | Conveys various degrees of cold or discomfort, including being cold, freezing, shivering, or feeling chilly, often used to express feeling cold or freezing. |
| 😱 | Fearful Face | A yellow face with wide, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and a small, open mouth, as if it's gasping in fear, shock, or surprise. | Conveys a sense of intense fear, terror, horror, or shock, often used to express being scared, startled, or alarmed by something unexpected or frightening. |
| 😨 | Fearful Face | A yellow face with wide, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and a small, open mouth, as if it's gasping in fear, shock, or surprise. | Conveys a sense of intense fear, terror, horror, or shock, often used to express being scared, startled, or alarmed by something unexpected or frightening. |
| 😰 | Anxious Face with Sweat | A yellow face with wide, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and bead of sweat on its forehead, as if it's worried, stressed, or anxious, but trying to stay calm. | Conveys a sense of anxiety, worry, stress, or nervousness, often used to express feeling uneasy or apprehensive about something. |
| 😥 | Disappointed Face with Relief | A yellow face with wide, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and a bead of sweat dripping from its forehead, as if it's relieved or thankful for something. | Conveys a mixed emotion of disappointment and relief, often used to express feeling both let down and grateful at the same time. |
| 😓 | Downcast Face with Sweat | A yellow face with closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and bead of sweat on its forehead, as if it's tired, exhausted, or struggling to keep going. | Conveys a sense of exhaustion, tiredness, fatigue, or struggle, often used to express feeling worn out or overwhelmed by something. |
| 🫣 | Face Holding Back Tears | A yellow face with closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and clenched teeth, as if it's holding back tears or suppressing emotions, particularly sadness or frustration. | Conveys a sense of suppressing or holding back emotions, particularly sadness or frustration, often used to express feeling overwhelmed or struggling to cope. |
| 🤗 | Hugging Face | A yellow face with open hands, hugging its chest, as if giving oneself a hug, often depicted with wide, shimmering eyes to indicate a warm, affectionate, or loving embrace. | Conveys a range of emotions, including love, care, comfort, or gratitude, often used to express a warm, affectionate, or comforting gesture or sentiment. |
| 🫡 | Saluting Face | A yellow face with its right hand saluting. Used as a sign of respect. | It's commonly used to convey respect, honor, or gratitude, particularly in contexts related to military service, patriotism, or formal occasions. It can also express a sense of acknowledgment or appreciation. |
| 🤔 | Thinking Face | A yellow face with a serious, closed mouth, raised eyebrows, and a single hand raised to its chin, as if it's pondering or deeply considering a matter. | Conveys a sense of thoughtfulness, introspection, reflection, or contemplation, often used to indicate thinking deeply about something or trying to come up with a solution. |
| 🫢 | Face with Raised Eyebrow | A yellow face with a single, raised eyebrow, half-closed eyes, and a half frown, as if questioning or disapproving something. | Conveys skepticism, suspicion, disbelief, or disapproval. |
| 🤭 | Face with Hand Over Mouth | A yellow face with a wide, open mouth and wide, white eyes, with one hand raised to its lips, as if it's gasping, shocked, or covering a giggle. | Conveys various emotions, including surprise, shock, embarrassment, or playfulness, often used to express being caught off guard or feeling amused or embarrassed. |
| 🤫 | Shushing Face | A yellow face with a finger over its closed lips, shushing or quietly hushing someone, as if asking for silence or secrecy. | Conveys a sense of quietness, silence, secrecy, or confidentiality, often used to ask someone to keep quiet or not reveal something. |
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🤥 | Lying Face | A yellow face with a long nose, a sly, shifty expression, and a finger held to its mouth, as if it's telling a lie or being deceitful. | Conveys the sentiment of lying, dishonesty, or deceit, often used humorously or sarcastically to call someone out for being untruthful or manipulative. |
| 😶 | Face Without Mouth | A yellow face with no mouth, only large, open eyes, giving a blank or deadpan expression, as if it's devoid of any emotion or speechless. | Conveys a sense of speechlessness, silence, or neutrality, often used to express feeling at a loss for words or unable to express emotions. |
| 😶🌫️ | Face in Clouds | A yellow face with no mouth, only large, open eyes, half-hidden by a cloud of smoke or vapor, as if it's disappearing or becoming invisible. | Conveys a sense of disappearing, becoming invisible, or feeling disconnected from reality, often used to express feeling detached, spaced out, or lost in thought. |
| 😐 | Neutral Face | A yellow face with flat, closed eyes and a small, closed mouth, giving a blank or deadpan expression, as if it's devoid of any emotion or expression. | Conveys a sense of neutrality, indifference, boredom, or apathy, often used to express feeling uninterested or unconcerned about something. |
| 😑 | Expressionless Face | A yellow face with flat, closed eyes and a small, closed mouth, giving a blank or deadpan expression, as if it's devoid of any emotion or expression. | Conveys a sense of neutrality, indifference, boredom, or apathy, often used to express feeling uninterested or unconcerned about something. |
| 😬 | Grimacing Face | A yellow face with a slight frown, closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and a wide, white grin with clenched teeth, as if grimacing in pain, disgust, or awkwardness. | Conveys a sense of discomfort, awkwardness, or disgust, often used to express feeling embarrassed, awkward, or cringing at something unpleasant or awkward. |
| 😵💫 | Face with Spiral Eyes | A yellow face with spiraling eyes, raised eyebrows, and a small, open mouth, as if dizzy or disoriented, often depicted with a twirling pattern around its head. | Conveys a sense of being dizzy, disoriented, or confused, often used to express feeling overwhelmed, woozy, or spaced out. |
| 🫠 | Face with Spiral Eyes | A yellow face with spiraling eyes, raised eyebrows, and a small, open mouth, as if dizzy or disoriented, often depicted with a twirling pattern around its head. | Conveys a sense of being dizzy, disoriented, or confused, often used to express feeling overwhelmed, woozy, or spaced out. |
| 🙄 | Face with Rolling Eyes | A yellow face with a small, closed mouth, flat, closed eyes, and raised eyebrows, as if rolling its eyes upwards or sideways in exasperation. | Conveys a sense of annoyance, exasperation, or disbelief, often used to express feeling unimpressed, frustrated, or tired of someone's behavior or comments. |
| 😯 | Hushed Face | A yellow face with large, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and a small, open mouth, as if it's saying "Wow!" or "OMG!". | Conveys various positive sentiments, including love, happiness, laughter, and excitement. |
| 😦 | Frowning Face with Open Mouth | A yellow face with wide, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and a large, open frown with the corners of its mouth pointing downwards, as if startled, surprised, or shocked by bad news. | Conveys a sense of being startled, surprised, or shocked by something unexpected or upsetting, often used to express feeling dismayed or disheartened. |
| 😧 | Anguished Face | A yellow face with large, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and a small, open frown with the corners of its mouth pointing downwards, as if in shock, pain, or grief. | Conveys a sense of intense distress, anguish, pain, or sorrow, often used to express being devastated, heartbroken, or deeply troubled by something. |
| 😮 | Face with Open Mouth | A yellow face with large, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and a gaping mouth with the corners of its mouth pointing downwards, as if astonished, surprised, or shocked by something. | Conveys various levels of surprise, awe, or shock, often used to express amazement, disbelief, or admiration, sometimes in response to something unexpected or extraordinary. |
| 😲 | Stunned Face | A yellow face with large, open eyes, raised eyebrows, and a gaping mouth with the corners of its mouth pointing downwards, as if astonished, surprised, or shocked by something. | Conveys various levels of surprise, awe, or shock, often used to express amazement, disbelief, or admiration, sometimes in response to something unexpected or extraordinary. |
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥱 | Yawning Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and a wide, open mouth, as if yawning in tiredness or boredom. | Conveys a sense of tiredness, exhaustion, or boredom, often used to express feeling tired, sleepy, or uninterested in what's going on. |
| 😴 | Sleeping Face | A yellow face with eyes closed, raised eyebrows, and a small, open frown with the corners of its mouth pointing downwards, as if sleeping or resting. | Conveys various degrees of sleepiness, tiredness, or boredom, often used to express feeling tired, sleepy, or in need of rest or sleep. |
| 🤤 | Drooling Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and a drooling mouth, often depicted with the tongue hanging out, as if it's savoring delicious food or smelling something mouth-watering. | Conveys a sense of hunger or craving, often used to express desire, longing, or appreciation for food or something desirable. |
| 😪 | Sleepy Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and a small, open frown with the corners of its mouth pointing downwards, as if sleeping or resting. | Conveys various degrees of sleepiness, tiredness, or boredom, often used to express feeling tired, sleepy, or in need of rest or sleep. |
| 😵 | Dizzy Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, raised eyebrows, and a small, open frown with the corners of its mouth pointing downwards, as if feeling dizzy, disoriented, or confused. | Conveys a sense of dizziness, disorientation, or confusion, often used to express feeling overwhelmed or struggling to cope, or to indicate feeling lightheaded or woozy. |
| 😵💫 | Face with Spiral Eyes | A yellow face with spiraling eyes, raised eyebrows, and a small, open mouth, as if dizzy or disoriented, often depicted with a twirling pattern around its head. | Conveys a sense of being dizzy, disoriented, or confused, often used to express feeling overwhelmed, woozy, or spaced out. |
| 😷 | Face with Medical Mask | A yellow face with closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a closed mouth, with a medical mask over its mouth and nose, often depicted in blue. | Conveys a sense of illness or concern about disease, especially as a symbol for COVID-19, or safety, security, and protection, often used to encourage mask-wearing or indicate medical care. |
| 🤐 | Zipper-Mouth Face | A yellow face with closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a closed mouth, with a silver zipper across its lips, indicating it's unable to speak or express its thoughts. | Conveys a sense of secrecy, silence, or confidentiality, often used humorously or sarcastically to suggest keeping quiet or not revealing information. |
| 🥴 | Woozy Face | A yellow face with a half-closed eyes, raised or furrowed eyebrows, and a half frown, half smile expression, as if it's feeling dizzy, disoriented, or intoxicated. | Conveys a sense of dizziness, disorientation, or intoxication, often used to indicate feeling lightheaded or unsteady, or to represent being drunk or intoxicated. |
| 🤢 | Nauseated Face | A yellow face with scrunched, closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a green or sickly hue, as if it's going to vomit or feels nauseous. | Conveys a sense of nausea, illness, or disgust, often used to express feelings of sickness, revulsion, or repulsion, particularly towards something unpleasant or disgusting. |
| 🤮 | Face Vomiting | A yellow face with scrunched, closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a green or sickly hue, as if it's going to vomit or feels nauseous. | Conveys a sense of nausea, illness, or disgust, often used to express feelings of sickness, revulsion, or repulsion, particularly towards something unpleasant or disgusting. |
| 🤧 | Sneezing Face | A yellow face with scrunched, closed eyes, raised or furrowed eyebrows, and a small, open mouth, with a tissue held up to its nose, as if sneezing or blowing its nose. | Conveys a sense of sneezing, coughing, or illness, often used to express having a cold, allergies, or being sick, or to convey emotional 'achoo!'s. |
| 😷 | Face with Medical Mask | A yellow face with closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a closed mouth, with a medical mask over its mouth and nose, often depicted in blue. | Conveys a sense of illness or concern about disease, especially as a symbol for COVID-19, or safety, security, and protection, often used to encourage mask-wearing or indicate medical care. |
| 🤒 | Face with Thermometer | A yellow face with closed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a thermometer inserted into its open mouth, as if feeling sick or feverish. | Conveys various degrees of sickness or illness, including being feverish or having a cold, often used to represent feeling unwell or being under the weather. |
| Emoji | Name | Description | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🤕 | Face with Head-Bandage | A yellow face with a small, closed mouth, furrowed eyebrows, and a white bandage wrapped around its head, covering one eye, as if injured or in pain. | Conveys a sense of being injured, hurt, or in pain, often used to represent physical injuries or ailments, or to express sympathy or concern for someone who is hurt or unwell. |
| 🤑 | Money-Mouth Face | A yellow face with a big grin and eyes tightly closed with dollar signs for pupils, as if rolling in dough or laughing at a joke that costs money. | Conveys a sense of wealth, success, or good fortune, often used humorously or sarcastically to convey a feeling of being rich or greedy, or to express a desire for money or material possessions. |
| 🤠 | Cowboy Hat Face | A yellow face with a wide, open smile, wearing a brown cowboy hat and a bandana, often depicted with its tongue hanging out and a playful expression, as if it's having a great time. | Conveys a sense of fun, excitement, playfulness, or wild west adventure, often used to represent cowboys, rodeos, or the American southwest, or to express a carefree, adventurous spirit. |
| 😈 | Smiling Face with Horns | A yellow face with a devilish smile, a pair of devil horns, and often a pair of frowning eyes, as if it's mischievously plotting or planning something naughty. | Conveys a sense of mischief, playfulness, or devilishness, often used to indicate being up to no good, teasing, or playing pranks on others. |
| 👿 | Angry Face with Horns | A yellow face with a frowning mouth and eyes and a pair of devil horns, as if it's angry, annoyed, or frustrated, and potentially mischievous or evil. | Conveys a sense of anger, annoyance, or frustration, often used to express intense displeasure or to indicate being in a bad mood, or in association with mischievous or evil intentions. |
| 👹 | Ogre | A red, ogre-like face with prominent eyebrows, fangs, and horns, representing a mythical Japanese creature called an "oni". | Conveys a sense of evil, mischief, or naughtiness, often used to represent ogres, demons, monsters, or supernatural beings in Japanese folklore, or to indicate mischievous or evil intentions. |
| 👺 | Goblin | A red, goblin-like face with pointy ears, a large nose, and a wide, mischievous grin, often depicted wearing a tattered red hat or hood. | Conveys a sense of mischief, playfulness, or trickery, often used to represent goblins, mythical creatures, or mischievous spirits in Japanese folklore, or to indicate playful or mischievous behavior. |
| 🤡 | Clown Face | A yellow face with a big, red nose, exaggerated eyes, and a wide, colorful smile, often depicted with white face paint and a curly, red wig. | Conveys a sense of fun, silliness, or goofiness, often used to represent clowns, circuses, jesters, or playful behavior, or to indicate that something is silly or ridiculous. |
| 💩 | Pile of Poo | A smiling pile of feces with eyes. | Often used humorously or to express disdain. |
| 👻 | Ghost | A white, cartoon ghost making a silly face. | Represents Halloween, fun, and silliness. |
| 💀 | Skull | A human skull, with a sinister grin. | Represents death, danger, or evil. |
| ☠️ | Crossbones | A pair of crossed bones, indicating poison or danger. | Often used to represent death or warning. |
| 👽 | Alien | A classic green alien with a round head and big black eyes. | Represents extraterrestrial life or sci-fi themes. |
| 👾 | Alien Monster | A pixelated, purple alien monster from a retro video game. | Represents gaming, nerdiness, or retro culture. |
| 🤖 | Robot Face | A classic robot face with a square head and antenna. | Represents technology, artificial intelligence, or robotics. |
| 🎃 | Jack-O-Lantern | A carved pumpkin with a candle inside, typically used as a Halloween decoration. | Symbolizes Halloween, autumn, and spookiness. |
| 😺 | Smiling Cat Face with Open Mouth | A smiling cat face with open eyes and an open mouth. | Conveys happiness, playfulness, or excitement. |
| 😸 | Grinning Cat Face with Smiling Eyes | A smiling cat face with smiling eyes. | Represents happiness, contentment, or amusement. |
| 😹 | Laughing Cat Face | A cat face with tears of joy streaming down its face. | Indicates uncontrollable laughter or amusement. |
| 😻 | Smiling Cat Face with Heart-Eyes | A smiling cat face with heart-shaped eyes. | Expresses love, affection, or admiration. |
| 😼 | Cat Face with Wry Smile | A cat face with a sly, smirking expression. | Indicates mischief, playfulness, or teasing. |
| 😽 | Kissing Cat Face with Closed Eyes | A cat face with closed eyes and pursed lips, as if kissing. | Expresses affection, love, or kissing. |
| 🙀 | Weary Cat Face | A cat face with wide, startled eyes and an open mouth, as if it's shocked or frightened. | Expresses shock, surprise, or fear. |
| 😿 | Crying Cat Face | A cat face with closed eyes and tears streaming down its face. | Indicates sadness, disappointment, or distress. |
| 😾 | Pouting Cat Face | A cat face with a pouting expression and furrowed eyebrows. | Conveys annoyance, dissatisfaction, or anger. |
Who controls emojis: There’s a group called the Unicode Consortium that makes decisions about what types of emojis are. They believe that emojis should look the same on every telephone and PC.
Different colors: Emojis currently come in different skin tones so that everyone can feel addressed. It’s about making sure everyone feels included.
Most Famous Emojis: The emojis that laugh so hard they cry (🔥) are the emojis that people use the most. It has been used billions of times!
The huge impact of emojis: Emojis are important to such an extent that one of them was even chosen as the expression of the year by a major word reference in 2015!
Emoji Day: The Seventeenth of July is a daily solely for praising emojis. That’s because that date is displayed on one of the emoji (📅).
Where does “emoji” come from: “Emojis” comes from Japan. It stands for “picture character” because emojis resemble the small pictures we use to talk.
Emoji Legal Content: Many times organizations create problems because of emojis. They may use emojis that someone else has created without asking, and this can cause some problems.
New emojis keep coming: People keep creating new emojis to show new things. Like when something new becomes popular, there may soon be an emoji for it!
Different persons, different implications: Emojis can have different meanings to different persons. What is interesting to one person may not be interesting to another person.
Saving Endangered Emojis: Some individuals need to use emojis to help the creatures and nature. They want to create emojis of creatures that need help so that people will remember them.
Emoji craftsmanship: Some experts use emojis to create great illustrations. They create really beautiful and interesting things using only emojis!
World Emoji Day is celebrated every year on 17 July. It’s a day dedicated to the fun and expressive world of emojis. The date was chosen because the emoji 📅 appears on the calendar on July 17, which is commonly used on various platforms.
On World Emoji Day, people celebrate by sharing their favorite emojis, discussing the history and impact of emojis, and even participating in emoji-themed events and activities. It’s a light-hearted occasion that highlights the role of emojis in modern communication and celebrates their ability to convey emotions, thoughts and messages in a fun and creative way.