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An emoji (/ ɪ ˈ m oʊ dʒ iː / ih-MOH-jee; plural emoji or emojis; [1] Japanese: 絵文字, Japanese pronunciation:) is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram, or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages.
The emoji keyboard was first available in Japan with the release of iPhone OS version 2.2 in 2008. [36] The emoji keyboard was not officially made available outside of Japan until iOS version 5.0. [37] From iPhone OS 2.2 through to iOS 4.3.5 (2011), those outside Japan could access the keyboard but had to use a third party app to enable it.
In general terms, emoji development dates back to the late 1990s in Japan. By 2010, when the Unicode Consortium was compiling a unified collection of characters from the Japanese cellular emoji sets, which would be included with the October 2010 release of Unicode 6.0, [1] a face with tears of joy was included in the au by KDDI and SoftBank Mobile emoji sets.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Pictorial representation of a facial expression using punctuation marks, numbers and letters Not to be confused with Emoji, Sticker (messaging), or Enotikon. "O.O" redirects here. For other uses, see O.O (song) and OO (disambiguation). This article contains Unicode emoticons or emojis ...
The smiley face of Sabritas named Oscar, having an open mouth.. The earliest known use of "smiley" as an adjective for "having a smile" or "smiling" in print was in 1848. [18] [19] James Russell Lowell used the line "All kin' o' smily roun' the lips" in his poem The Courtin’.
Apple Color Emoji (stylized as AppleColorEmoji) is a color typeface used on Apple platforms such as iOS and macOS to display Emoji characters. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The inclusion of emoji in the iPhone and in the Unicode standard has been credited with promoting the spreading use of emoji outside Japan.
An emoji version of the gesture The OK gesture , OK sign or ring gesture is a gesture performed by joining the thumb and index finger in a circle, and holding the other fingers straight or relaxed away from the palm.
The eggplant emoji as it appears on X. The Eggplant emoji (🍆), also known in English, French and its Unicode name as Aubergine, is an emoji featuring a purple eggplant. Social media users have noted the emoji's phallic appearance and often use it as a euphemistic or suggestive icon during sexting conversations in order to represent a penis.