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Emoji guides and explanations.

  • Emoji for Beginners

    Emoji are picture characters that help beginners add emotion, tone and meaning to digital messages.

  • Emoji Meanings by Context

    Emoji meanings change based on tone, platform, culture, surrounding text and the relationship between sender and reader.

  • How do I use emoji?

    Emoji keyboards are built into most phones and computers, and emoji can also be copied from websites like Emoji.ac.

  • Emoji in Social Media

    Emoji in social media help posts, captions, bios, comments and reactions feel more expressive and easier to scan.

  • Emoji in Text Messages

    Emoji in text messages add tone, emotion and clarity to short written replies.

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Unicode emoji release history.

  • Emoji 17.0 15 Aug 2025

    Emoji 17.0 added new emoji including distorted face, fight cloud, hairy creature, ballet dancer, orca, landslide, trombone and treasure chest, plus expanded skin tone variants.

  • Emoji 16.0 25 Aug 2024

    Emoji 16.0 added a small set of new emoji, including face with bags under eyes, fingerprint, leafless tree, root vegetable, harp, shovel, splatter and the Sark flag.

  • Emoji 15.1 28 Aug 2023

    Emoji 15.1 was a sequence-focused update, adding direction-facing people, gender-neutral family sequences, phoenix, lime, brown mushroom, broken chain and head shaking emoji.

  • Emoji 15.0 16 Aug 2022

    Emoji 15.0 added new emoji including hearts, animals, plants, objects, food, music symbols, shaking face, pushing hands and black bird.

  • Emoji 14.0 26 Aug 2021

    Emoji 14.0 added new emoji, including new faces, hand gestures, objects, symbols and mixed skin tone handshake variants.