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The Unicode 14.0 Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block contains 242 emoji, [3] [4] consisting of all the non-Typikon symbols except for the rifle and the pentathlon symbol.
Unicode 16.0 specifies a total of 3,790 emoji using 1,431 characters spread across 24 blocks, of which 26 are Regional indicator symbols that combine in pairs to form flag emoji, and 12 (#, * and 0–9) are base characters for keycap emoji sequences. [1] [2] [3] 33 of the 192 code points in the Dingbats block are considered emoji
Emoticons is a Unicode block containing emoticons or emoji. [3] [4] [5] Most of them are intended as representations of faces, although some of them include hand gestures or non-human characters (a horned "imp", monkeys, cartoon cats).
It sought to enable individuals to work together with Emojination to write emoji proposals for submission to the Unicode Consortium. [6] The first of these included working with Rayouf Alhumedhi to develop emoji's featuring people wearing headscarfs. [7] Emojination provided support to Florie Hutchinson in 2017 to help develop the ballet flat ...
Daniel, Jennifer (July 2019), Right Hand Gesturing Right and Right Hand Gesturing Left (+ related ZWJ sequence to create Multi-Skintoned Handshake Emoji) for Unicode 14.0 L2/19-370R Daniel, Jennifer (2020-01-03), Recommendations for Emoji ZWJ Sequences for multi-skintoned handshake for Unicode 14.0
With the release of iOS 15.4, Apple introduced new emojis, implementing Unicode 14 emoji recommendations. [50] [51] Release of iOS 16.4 added Unicode 15 emoji. [52] [53] Release of iOS 17.4 added Unicode 15.1 emoji. [54] [55] Emojis from iOS are added to the macOS version released at the same time as the iOS version. [citation needed]
Additional human emoji can be found in other Unicode blocks: Dingbats, Emoticons, Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs, Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A and Transport and Map Symbols.
Emoji became increasingly popular worldwide in the 2010s after Unicode began encoding emoji into the Unicode Standard. [7] [8] [9] They are now considered to be a large part of popular culture in the West and around the world. [10] [11] In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries named the Face with Tears of Joy emoji (😂) the word of the year. [12] [13]