Two hands placed firmly together, meaning please&nbsp;or&nbsp;thank you&nbsp;in Japanese culture.&nbsp;A common alternative use&nbsp;for this emoji is for prayer, using the same gesture as&nbsp;praying hands. It can also represent&nbsp;a respectful greeting or show of adoration many in Southeast Asian religions and cultures, such as the Hindu namaste or Buddhist a&ntilde;jali mudra.

Rarely used as&nbsp;a&nbsp;high-five, despite often being suggested as one by emoji keyboard search features. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-folded-hands/">More about this emoji and its possible meanings</a>.

A previous&nbsp;version of this&nbsp;emoji&nbsp;displayed a <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/folded-hands/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands on Apple iOS 6.0">yellow burst of light behind the two hands</a>&nbsp;on iOS. Android once&nbsp;showed a blob-character with <a href="/google/android-5.0/folded-hands/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands on Google Android 5.0">closed eyes and folded hands</a>.

Person with Folded Hands

A yellow face with smiling eyes, closed smile, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(religious_iconography)">halo</a>, usually blue, overhead. Often represents angels, <a href="/folded-hands/">prayers</a>, and blessings. May also convey angelic behavior, e.g., doing good deeds. See also <a href="/baby-angel/">👼&nbsp;Baby Angel</a>.

Several platforms, including Apple, feature&nbsp;an&nbsp;expression similar to their <a href="/smiling-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😊&nbsp;Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes.</a>

Smiling Face with Halo

A white heart emoji, used for love and affection. Also commonly <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-every-heart-emoji-really-means/">used to discuss&nbsp;someone passing away</a>.

An alternative character known as <a href="/white-heart-suit/">White Heart Suit</a>&nbsp;is also available, but not intended to have an emoji appearance.

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A fist raised in the air that may be used as a celebratory gesture: the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_pump">fist pump</a>.&nbsp;Can also be used to represent <a href="/keycap-digit-zero/" title="0⃣ Keycap 0">zero</a> items, due to a lack of any fingers being held up.

Sometimes used as a symbol of&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/the-resistance-will-be-emojified/">resistance</a>&nbsp;or defiance. Variations with darker skin tone are commonly used <a href="/raised-fist-dark-skin-tone/">to represent the #BlackLivesMatter movement</a>.

Raised Fist

Two hands raised in the air, celebrating success or another joyous event.

<a href="/au-kddi/type-d-2/raising-hands/">Originally&nbsp;animated</a> to show hands being raised, as might be done along with the the exclamation&nbsp;Banzai!&nbsp;in Japan. Now more commonly only shows the hands in the air.

Person Raising Both Hands in Celebration

A person bowing deeply which is known as&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogeza" target="_blank" title="Dogeza on Wikipedia">dogeza</a> in Japan. Used to express a sincere apology,&nbsp;or to request a large favour.

Many variations of this&nbsp;emoji are misinterpreted as a person doing push-ups, lying down to have&nbsp;a massage, or doing a cute &quot;head resting on hands&quot; gesture.

Person Bowing Deeply

A gesture showing the index finger and&nbsp;thumb touching&nbsp;to make an open circle. Represents &ldquo;I&rsquo;m okay&rdquo; or &ldquo;yes, that&rsquo;s correct / good&rdquo;.

In American Sign Language (ASL), the number nine is represented with this gesture. The same hand sign can be seen as offensive in some cultures, including in parts of Europe, the Middle East, and South America.

This can also be used as&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/no-the-ok-hand-is-not-a-symbol-of-white-power/">a&nbsp;symbol of White Supremacy</a>, depending on context.

OK Hand Sign

A string of beads, as used in prayer or&nbsp;meditation&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_beads">in many religious traditions</a>. Generally depicted as red, wooden beads with a gold, decorative center bead and tassel.

Commonly used to represent various religious sentiments, jewelry, and magic.

Samsung&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/prayer-beads/">previously featured</a> a <a href="/latin-cross/">Latin cross</a>, suggesting a Christian&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary">rosary</a>, though now joins other vendor designs in resembling an Islamic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misbaha">misbaha</a> or Buddhist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_prayer_beads">mala</a>.

Prayer Beads

The glittering flashes of sparkles. One of the world&#39;s most popular emojis, it is generally depicted as a cluster of three, yellow&nbsp;four-point stars, with one large sparkle and two small ones to its left or right.

Commonly used to indicate various positive sentiments, including love, happiness, beauty, gratitude, and excitement, as well as&nbsp;newness or cleanliness.

May also be used as <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/its-not-just-you-the-sparkles-emoji-is-everywhere/">a form of ✨emphasis✨ or to convey sarcastic or mocking tones</a>.

As of late 2023, an icon similar to the sparkles emoji is also often used within tech platforms to represent a feature that utilizes&nbsp;artificial intelligence.

Both <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/sparkles/">Microsoft</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/sparkles/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;sparkles were&nbsp;previously&nbsp;multicolored, while&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s sparkles were previously depicted on a night sky, suggesting <a href="/sparkler/">firework sparklers</a>.&nbsp;

<a href="http://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1075074100412985345">Twitter&#39;s mobile app uses</a> ✨ Sparkles as a button users can tap to toggle between latest and top tweets on their timeline.

Similar emojis&nbsp;with less implied meaning include&nbsp;<a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a>, <a href="/glowing-star/">🌟 Glowing Star</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/dizzy/">💫 Dizzy</a>.

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Sparkles

Two hands performing a handshake gesture, indicating a&nbsp;cordial greeting between friends or associates.

As of late 2021&#39;s <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a> recommendations, this emoji design has multiple <a href="/emoji-modifier-sequence/">skin tone modifier</a> options. Certain platforms did, however, support a small number of single skin tone options for the handshake emoji prior to 2021 (e.g. both <a href="/google/android-7.1/new/">Google</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/new/">Samsung</a> in 2017).&nbsp;<a href="/handshakes/">View all handshake emojis</a>.

Handshake

A church building, generally associated with Christian denominations. In addition quiet&nbsp;<a href="/folded-hands/" title="🙏 Person With Folded Hands">prayer</a>, churches hold regular&nbsp;<a href="/raising-hands/" title="🙌 Person Raising Both Hands In Celebration">worship</a> services, <a href="/wedding/" title="💒 Wedding">weddings</a>, <a href="/baby/" title="👶 Baby">baptisms</a> and funerals.

Church

A burning candle, as lit when taking a <a href="/person-taking-bath/">bath</a> or the power is out. Depicted as a white, pillar-shaped candle with a <a href="/fire/">flame</a> and wax dripping down its sides.

Used for a wide array of content, such as various senses of light, <a href="/birthday/">birthdays</a>, remembrance, relaxation, and topics concerning religion and <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>. Notably featured in the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/summoning-circle">Summoning Circle</a> meme on Twitter.

Apple&#39;s&nbsp;candle&nbsp;is in a silver holder. Samsung&rsquo;s candle was <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.0/candle/">previously pink</a>, perhaps as in a <a href="/birthday-cake/">birthday cake</a>.

Candle

A cube-shaped building located at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba">centre</a> of the Al-Masjid al-Haram <a href="/mosque/" title="🕌 Mosque">Mosque</a> in Mecca.

Kaaba

A building used for worship by people of any faith or religion. Examples include a <a href="/church/" title="⛪ Church">church</a>, <a href="/mosque/" title="🕌 Mosque">mosque</a>, or <a href="/synagogue/" title="🕍 Synagogue">synagogue</a>. A person is shown on their knees praying, in this symbol.

Multi-faith places of worship are commonly found at <a href="/airplane/" title="✈️ Airplane">airports</a>.

Place of Worship

Two hands held out together with open palms facing up, in a slightly cupped manner.

May be used to represent an open book in American Sign Language (ASL), or the gesture used by&nbsp;followers&nbsp;of Islam when&nbsp;praying. This gesture also appears similarly to one used to beg for for money.

Palms Up Together

A person kneeling down on one or both knees. May be used to represent someone in prayer, or a&nbsp;person resting on the floor.

Kneeling Person

A latin cross, otherwise known as a Christian cross. This cross symbol is often used as a symbol of Christianity. Similar in appearance&nbsp;to the <a href="/orthodox-cross/">Orthodox cross</a>.

Latin Cross

A cartoon-styled representation of a collision. Depicted as a star-like, orange-and-yellow fiery burst, generally with one point extending to the bottom right, as if from the source of the collision.

May be used to represent various types of bangs, explosions, or crashes. Like <a href="/fire/">🔥 Fire</a> and <a href="/hundred-points/">💯 Hundred Points</a>, commonly used to represent something is excellent or exciting in some way.

Apple implements a version of 💥 Collision in its <a href="/firecracker/">🧨 Firecracker</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/camera-with-flash/">📸 Camera With Flash</a>.

Collision Symbol

A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows, a small frown, and large, &ldquo;puppy dog&rdquo; eyes, as if begging, pleading, or yearning (possibly even in a&nbsp;<a href="/nsfw">NSFW</a> manner, depending on the context). May also represent adoration or feeling touched&nbsp;by a loving gesture.

Huawei&#39;s design for this emoji includes a pair of&nbsp;<a href="/folded-hands">🙏 Folded Hands</a>.

At its peak the Pleading Face was&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/a-new-king-pleading-face/">the&nbsp;third most popular emoji used on Twitter</a>, and was the most commonly found emoji <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-every-heart-emoji-really-means/">in tweets that include hearts</a>. Used in sequence with pointing hands to indicate a bashful or shy pose (🥺👉👈)&nbsp;<a href="/tiktok/">particularly on TikTok</a>.

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Face with Pleading Eyes

A yellow face with tears welling up at the bottom of its two large eyes.

May be used to express a range of emotions including sadness, anger, embarrassment, admiration, and gratitude.&nbsp;

<a href="/smiling-face-with-tear/">🥲 Smiling Face with Tear</a> and <a href="/pleading-face/">🥺 Pleading Face</a> can be used in some similar&nbsp;contexts.

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Folded Hands: Dark Skin Tone

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Apple

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Google Noto Color Emoji

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Samsung

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Microsoft 3D Fluent

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Microsoft

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

WhatsApp

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Twitter / X

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Facebook

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Huawei

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

Telegram

Animated versions of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs, used by Google Messenger.

Noto Color Emoji, Animated

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Skype

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Twitter Emoji Stickers

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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JoyPixels

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

SerenityOS

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Toss Face (토스페이스)

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

Sony Playstation

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

Noto Emoji Font

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

OpenMoji

A licensable emoji design set.

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Icons8

An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

emojidex

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Messenger

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

SoftBank

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Docomo

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

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Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Mozilla

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

A person running, with a large stride and arms outstretched.&nbsp;May be&nbsp;wearing a <a href="/running-shirt/" title="🎽 Running Shirt With Sash">running shirt</a>.

This emoji does not specify a gender, but is shown as a man on most platforms. See also:&nbsp;<a href="/woman-running/" title="🏃‍♀️ Woman Running">🏃&zwj;♀️&nbsp;Woman Running</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="/man-running/">🏃&zwj;♂️ Man Running</a>.

Runner

Zero Width Joiner (ZWJ) is a Unicode character that joins two or more other characters together in sequence to create a new emoji.

Zero Width Joiner, pronounced &quot;zwidge&quot;, is not an emoji and has no appearance by itself. This&nbsp;is an invisible character when used alone.

View&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/" title="Emoji ZWJ Sequences">Emoji ZWJ Sequences</a>&nbsp;that use this character.

Zero Width Joiner

A circle shown with a diagonal arrow pointing out the top-right, used as a representation for&nbsp;men.

Male Sign

The male version of the <a href="/person-running/">🏃&nbsp;Runner</a> emoji.

Man Running

Woman Running

The female version of the <a href="/person-running/">🏃&nbsp;Runner</a> emoji.

A singlet or running shirt. Shown with a sash.

Running Shirt with Sash

Man Running: Light Skin Tone

Man Running: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Man Running: Medium Skin Tone

Man Running: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Man Running: Dark Skin Tone

An animated subset of the licensable JoyPixels emoji set.

JoyPixels Animations

A yellow smiley face melting into a puddle.&nbsp;

The eyes and mouth slip down the face, yet still maintain a distorted smile. This quality lends this emoji to sarcasm.

Can be used literally to talk about extreme heat. Can also be used metaphorically to talk about embarrassment, shame, a slowly sinking sense of dread, or feeling overwhelmed in some way.

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A classic smiley, turned upside down. Implemented as a flipped version of&nbsp;<a href="/slightly-smiling-face/">🙂 Slightly Smiling Face</a>&nbsp;on most platforms.

Commonly used to convey&nbsp;irony, sarcasm, joking, or a sense of goofiness or silliness.&nbsp;Its intent can be&nbsp;similar to the bemused Oh well! of <a href="/person-shrugging/">🤷&nbsp;Person Shrugging</a> or the shruggie emoticon, &macr;\_(ツ)_/&macr;.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/upside-down-face/">previously featured</a> a full-toothed grin.

Upside-Down Face

A yellow face with simple, open eyes and a thin, closed smile. Conveys a wide range of positive, happy, and friendly sentiments. Its tone can&nbsp;also be patronizing, passive-aggressive, or ironic, as if saying This is fine when it&rsquo;s really not.

Slightly Smiling Face

A flame, as produced when something is on fire. Depicted as a red, orange, and yellow flickering flame.

Commonly used for various metaphorical expressions related to fire, including the slang hot (&ldquo;attractive&rdquo;) and <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/its-lit/">lit</a> (&ldquo;excellent&rdquo;).

<a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>&nbsp;displays&nbsp;🔥 Fire&nbsp;next to two users who are on a&nbsp;snapstreak, or have been messaging for more than three consecutive days.

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A yellow face with simple, open eyes and a flat, closed mouth. Intended to depict a neutral sentiment but often used to convey mild irritation and concern or a deadpan sense of humor.

Neutral Face

A yellow face with flat, closed eyes and mouth. May convey a sense of frustration or annoyance more intense than suggested by&nbsp;<a href="/neutral-face/">😐 Neutral Face</a>,&nbsp;as if taking a moment to collect itself.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.1/expressionless-face/">previously</a> displayed this emoji with its eyes open, while Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/expressionless-face/">previously</a> had eyebrows.

Expressionless Face

A yellow face with simple, open eyes and no mouth, as if at a loss for words. Meaning widely varies, but commonly conveys speechlessness, humility, and silence.&nbsp;May also convey moderately negative emotions, such as disappointment, frustration, or sadness.&nbsp;

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/face-without-mouth/">previously featured</a> raised eyebrows and blushing cheeks.

Face Without Mouth

A muted yellow neutral face with a dotted or dashed outline.

An established comic book trope, dotted lines around a character can represent someone that is invisible or hidden. It can also represent smallness, submissiveness, isolation, and depression.

This emoji has the same expression&nbsp;as&nbsp;<a href="/neutral-face/">😐 Neutral Face</a>.

Dotted Line Face

A whitish-gray, cartoon-styled human skull with large, black eye sockets. Commonly expresses figurative death, e.g., dying from extreme laughter, frustration, or affection.

Popular around <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/skull-and-crossbones/">☠️&nbsp;Skull and Crossbones</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Available as an Apple&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>.

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A yellow face with a big&nbsp;grin, uplifted eyebrows, and smiling eyes, each shedding a tear from laughing so hard. Widely used to show something is funny or pleasing.&nbsp;

Named the Oxford Dictionaries 2015 <a href="https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2015/">Word of the Year</a>, and the most used emoji on all platforms <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-becomes-top-tier-emoji/">from 2011-2021</a>. Briefly <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/loudly-crying-becomes-top-tier-emoji/">overtaken</a> as the top emoji on <a href="/twitter/">Twitter</a> in 2021 by&nbsp;<a href="/loudly-crying-face/">😭 Loudly Crying Face</a>, though as of January 2022 it has <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/tears-of-joy-just-about-returns-as-twitters-top-emoji/">reclaimed its top position on the platform</a>.

See also:&nbsp;<a href="/rolling-on-the-floor-laughing/">🤣&nbsp;Rolling on the Floor Laughing</a>&nbsp;which expresses more intense laughter;&nbsp;or cat&nbsp;variant:&nbsp;<a href="/cat-with-tears-of-joy/">😹&nbsp;Cat Face With Tears of Joy</a>.

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The sun, the star at the center of our solar system. Generally depicted as a golden-yellow disc radiating eight triangular rays, representing the sun&rsquo;s heat and light.

Commonly used to represent sunny, warm, or hot weather, light, heat, energy, life, outer space, astronomy, and various positive and happy (sunny) feelings.

See also <a href="/sun-with-face/">🌞&nbsp;Sun With Face</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/bright-button/">🔆&nbsp;Bright Button</a> or <a href="/dim-button/">🔅&nbsp;</a>Dim&nbsp;Button.

Google&rsquo;s sun was <a href="/google/gmail/sun/">once</a> red, Samsung&rsquo;s <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/sun/">previously</a> gray. See the glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#black">black</a> in Unicode character names.

Black Sun with Rays

A yellow face with a broad, closed smile wearing black <a href="/sunglasses/">sunglasses</a>, as if a pair of classic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray-Ban_Wayfarer">Wayfarers</a>. Often used to convey the slang&nbsp;sense of <a href="/cool-button/">cool</a>. May also express a confident, carefree attitude or that something is excellent.

<a href="/nerd-face/">🤓&nbsp;Nerd Face</a> wears similarly shaped <a href="/glasses/">eyeglasses</a>.

On <a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>, this emoji next to a contact denotes that you have best friends in common with this person.

Smiling Face with Sunglasses

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). Sheds&nbsp;two tears and tilts right on most platforms. Often conveys hysterical laughter&nbsp;more intense than <a href="/face-with-tears-of-joy/">😂 Face With Tears of Joy</a>.

Using shown tilted leftwards, though WhatsApp&#39;s design tilts to the right.

Microsoft&#39;s design <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/rolling-on-the-floor-laughing/">previously featured</a> a smiley with hands and feet.

Rolling on the Floor Laughing

A reddish-orange face with furrowed eyebrows, tongue stuck out, and beads of sweat, as if overheated from high temperatures. Number and position of sweat droplets vary by platforms. May also represent physical attractiveness (slang, hot).

Most platforms feature expressions that are variations on <a href="/anxious-face-with-sweat/">😰 Anxious Face With Sweat</a> or <a href="/sad-but-relieved-face/">😥 Sad but Relieved Face</a>. &nbsp;

Overheated Face

A sun with a smiling face, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_of_May">Sun of May</a>. Generally depicted as a golden-yellow disc with a smiling, often human face with a nose, radiating triangular&nbsp;rays, representing the sun&#39;s heat and light.

May be used to represent the sun more generally. Also used to represent sunny, warm, or hot weather and various positive and happy (sunny) feelings.

See also <a href="/sun/">☀️&nbsp;Sun</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/bright-button/">🔆&nbsp;Bright Button</a> or <a href="/dim-button/">🔅&nbsp;Dim&nbsp;Button</a>.

Apple, WhatsApp, and Facebook&#39;s suns feature human faces. Other platforms, including Twitter, feature a simple smiley, as <a href="/slightly-smiling-face/">🙂&nbsp;Slightly Smiling Face</a>.

Microsoft&#39;s eyes <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/sun-with-face/">previously</a> appeared open, though they were also closed in the platform&#39;s <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.0/sun-with-face/">early designs</a>.&nbsp;<a href="/facebook/2.0/sun-with-face/">Facebook&#39;s</a> expression previously resembled <a href="/grinning-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😁&nbsp;Beaming Face With Smiling Eyes</a>.

Sun with Face

A sun rising, early in the morning.&nbsp;Can be difficult to&nbsp;distinguish from a sunset in some versions of this artwork.

Sunrise

A single, light blue droplet, as of water, sweat, or tears.

May be used for various types of liquid. May also be used to expression sadness, as in <a href="/crying-face/">😢 Crying Face</a>,&nbsp;or for various liquid-based slang expressions (e.g., drip, &ldquo;exceptional style, swagger&quot;).

Not to be confused with <a href="/sweat-droplets/">💦 Sweat Droplets</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Droplet

Three, light blue droplets, as sweat beads, splashing down to the right. Resembles&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana">plewds</a>, stylized sweat droplets used in comics and animation to show characters working hard or feeling stressed.

May be used to represent various types of liquids, including sexual fluids. May also be used to represent various liquid-based slang expressions (e.g., drip, &ldquo;exceptional style, swagger&quot;).

Not to be confused with <a href="/droplet/">💧 Droplet</a>, though their applications may overlap.

<a href="/google/android-7.0/sweat-droplets/">Google</a>, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/sweat-droplets/">Microsoft</a>, and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/sweat-droplets/">Samsung&#39;s</a> design previously featured two, upwardly directed droplets.

Splashing Sweat Symbol

A dry sand-covered desert. Generally depicted via a <a href="/cactus">cactus</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;a large rock formation. Often also features a depiction of a blistering <a href="/sun">sun</a>.

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Desert

A small sand-covered island with a central&nbsp;<a href="/palm-tree">palm tree</a>. Occasionally also features a <a href="/coconut">coconut </a>or two.

Desert Island

A phoenix, a mythical immortal&nbsp;bird with flame-like feathers found in the folklore of many global cultures. Often used to symbolize renewal or rebirth.

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Phoenix

A fire extinguisher, as used to put out small <a href="/fire/">fires</a>. Depicted as a red tank with a black hose and pressure gauge. Most platforms include an image of a flame on a white label.

Commonly used for various content concerning fire safety, emergencies, and literal and figurative fires.

Fire Extinguisher

A heart shown on fire, for extreme or passionate forms of love or lust. Most representative of&nbsp;desire or lust, this emoji&nbsp;may also indicate&nbsp;a sense of burning a past love and moving on.

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Heart on Fire

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Unicode 14.0 is the version of the Unicode Standard&nbsp;released on&nbsp;September 14, 2021.&nbsp;37 new emoji&nbsp;code points were added in this release,&nbsp;with all 112 new emojis (including sequences for skin tones)&nbsp;listed under <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>.

New emojis&nbsp;added in this release are update expected to come to major platforms in either late 2021 or early&nbsp;2022.

This release of this Unicode Standard was&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.unicode.org/2020/04/unicode-140-delayed-for-6-months.html">delayed from March 2021</a> due to COVID-19.&nbsp;

<ul>
	<li>📝&nbsp;<a href="https://unicode.org/versions/Unicode14.0.0/">Unicode 14.0 details on Unicode.org</a></li>
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The face of a baby with a small tuft of hair on top of its head. Some platforms show the baby sucking on a pacifier, and some platforms show a single tooth in the baby&rsquo;s open mouth. Android <a href="/es/google/android-5.0/beb%C3%A9/">previously displayed</a> this emoji as a swaddled baby.

On <a href="/es/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>, the baby emoji signifies a new friend on the service. This emoji can also be used in the context of the meme <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-baby">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m baby.&rdquo;</a>

See also <a href="/es/beb%C3%A9-%C3%A1ngel/">👼 Baby Angel</a>.

Bebé

The face of a boy, smiling.

Previously differentiated from&nbsp;<a href="/es/hombre/">👨 Man</a>&nbsp;on <a href="/es/google/android-5.0/ni%C3%B1o/">Android</a>&nbsp;by wearing a cap, and on iOS by the lack of&nbsp;any facial hair.

Variants include&nbsp;<a href="/es/infante/">👦 Child</a> and <a href="/es/ni%C3%B1a/">👧 Girl</a>.

Niño

The face of a girl, smiling. Most platforms feature the girl&#39;s hair in&nbsp;pigtails.

Variants include <a href="/es/infante/">👦 Child</a> and <a href="/es/ni%C3%B1o/">👦 Boy</a>.

Niña

A yellow baby chicken (chick). Variously depicted as a chick in full profile, standing on its legs, or as a chick head. Both designs show the bird facing left, with an orange beak and feet.

Often used with an affectionate tone. May be used to represent various types of baby birds. May also be used to represent&nbsp;chicken foods (e.g., <a href="/es/muslo-de-pollo/">poultry</a>, <a href="/es/huevo/">eggs</a>), <a href="/es/primavera/">spring</a>, <a href="/es/pascua/">Easter</a>, or slang senses of chick.

Not to be confused with <a href="/es/pollito-rompiendo-el-cascar%C3%B3n/">🐣 Hatching Chick</a> or <a href="/es/pollito-de-frente/">🐥Front-Facing Baby Chick</a>, though their applications overlap. See also <a href="/es/gallina/">🐔 Chicken</a> and <a href="/es/gallo/">🐓 Rooster</a>.

Apple, WhatsApp, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs feature a chick head;&nbsp;other major platforms display a full-bodied chick.

Pollito

A baby chicken (chick), shown as if&nbsp;flapping its wings.&nbsp;Depicted as a yellow chick with an orange beak in full profile standing on its legs, generally with&nbsp;its wings raised.

Often used with an affectionate tone. May be used to represent various types of baby birds. May also be used to represent&nbsp;chicken foods (e.g., <a href="/es/muslo-de-pollo/">poultry</a>, <a href="/es/huevo/">eggs</a>), <a href="/es/primavera/">spring</a>, <a href="/es/pascua/">Easter</a>, or slang senses of chick.

Not to be confused with <a href="/es/pollito/">🐤 Baby Chick</a> or <a href="/es/pollito-rompiendo-el-cascar%C3%B3n/">🐣 Hatching Chick</a>&nbsp;(still in its egg), though their applications overlap. See also <a href="/es/gallina/">🐔 Chicken</a> and <a href="/es/gallo/">🐓 Rooster</a>.

Facebook&#39;s design <a href="/es/facebook/1.0/pollito-de-frente/">previously</a> featured only a chick head facing forward.

Pollito De Frente

A family unit shown with two <a href="/es/persona-adulta/">adults</a> and one <a href="/es/infante/">child</a>. Previously displayed with the same design as&nbsp;<a href="/es/familia-hombre-mujer-ni%C3%B1o/">👨&zwj;👩&zwj;👦 Family: Man, Woman, Boy</a> on most platforms, but now has its own gender inclusive appearance.

Familia

The symbol for a baby, usually used to indicate a room that is suitable to change a baby in. Often located in or near public restrooms.

Señal De Bebé

A pregnant woman holding her round stomach. Sometimes used in jest to represent feeling too full after overeating, as in a &quot;food baby.&quot;

Variants include <a href="/es/persona-embarazada/">🫄 Pregnant Person</a> and <a href="/es/hombre-embarazado/">🫃 Pregnant Man</a>.

Twelve modified versions of Apple&#39;s pregnant woman emoji design are featured in English artist Damien Hirst&#39;s design for the cover artwork of hip-hop artist Drake&#39;s 2021 album&nbsp;Certified Lover Boy.

Mujer Embarazada

A bottle of&nbsp;<a href="/es/vaso-de-leche/">milk&nbsp;</a>or&nbsp;formula,&nbsp;as or fed to a&nbsp;<a href="/es/beb%C3%A9/">baby</a>, with a bluish cap and rubber nipple or teat. Positioned upright or at a 45&deg; angle, and filled to various levels, sometimes showing fill lines. Often used for newborns&nbsp;and childrearing. See also <a href="/es/lactancia-materna/">Breast-Feeding</a>.

Biberón

A baby with a halo and wings. Can represent a sweet baby, a biblical cherub, a mythological cupid, a decorative putto, or an angel as a supernatural being in general. This emoji can&nbsp;be used earnestly or&nbsp;in a tongue-in-cheek way to talk about goodness or innocence.

It is often used to express affection for people, especially children at birth or, more sadly, after death. This emoji pops up in <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojiology-baby-angel/">a large variety&nbsp;of contexts</a> ranging from innocence, love, Valentine&#39;s Day, positive feelings like gratitude, and the Christian faith, especially during Christmas.

See also <a href="/es/beb%C3%A9/">👶 Baby</a>.

Bebé Ángel

A woman shown breastfeeding a baby, sometimes looking down to the infant and smiling.

This emoji supports skin tone modifiers, which apply to&nbsp;the mother.&nbsp;The head of the baby is <a href="https://unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Multi_Person_Groupings">recommended to be hidden</a> to avoid a situation where the skin tone of the baby would only correlate to the skin tone of the mother.

See&nbsp;<a href="/es/persona-alimentando-a-beb%C3%A9/">🧑&zwj;🍼 Person Feeding Baby</a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;bottle feeding instead of breastfeeding.

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