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Emoji meaning

Every emoji is, underneath, a Unicode character with a fixed code — the look (rounder face, squarer face, etc.) varies by app and system, but the code is always the same everywhere in the world.

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How to copy

Click the emoji on the pages below to copy it straight to your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere.

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Where this comes from

Each emoji's code and name come from the Unicode Character Database, the international standard used by every OS and app.

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Unicode code point

The unique number the Unicode standard assigns to every character or emoji, written as U+ followed by hex digits.

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Emoji

A Unicode character with its own picture (face, object, flag), whose look varies by app and system but whose code stays fixed.

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