The letter&nbsp;I, which can be used as part of a regional indicator pair&nbsp;to create <a href="/flags/">emoji flags</a> for various countries.

Regional Indicator Symbol Letter I

The letter&nbsp;T, which can be used as part of a regional indicator pair&nbsp;to create <a href="/flags/">emoji flags</a> for various countries.

Regional Indicator Symbol Letter T

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy">Italy</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;IT&nbsp;on some platforms.

An emoji showing the fingers held together in a vertical orientation, often referred to as the Italian hand gesture ma che vuoi, sometimes called the &quot;finger purse.&quot;&nbsp;In Italy this gesture tends to be used in disagreement, frustration, or disbelief and can mean &ldquo;What do you want?&rdquo; or &ldquo;What are you saying?&rdquo; Outside Italy anyone performing a caricature of an Italian person, regardless of context or tone, might use this gesture.

Pinched Fingers has a variety of other culturally specific uses. In Israeli culture it can mean &ldquo;hold on,&rdquo; &ldquo;relax,&rdquo; or &ldquo;be patient.&rdquo; The K-Pop star <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwon_Yu-ri">Yuri</a> uses it as a signature gesture to represent a <a href="/dumpling/">dumpling</a> and a general warm sentiment. It can also be used to represent the act of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisting">fisting</a>.

Not to be confused with <a href="/pinching-hand/">🤏 Pinching Hand</a>, which has overlapping senses. Both are used to represent <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/the-pinching-hand-emoji-is-a-lot/">precision</a> when someone is making a sharp point with accompanying speech.

Pinched Fingers

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 plump, red garden tomato topped with a leafy green stem. May resemble the&nbsp;<a href="/red-apple/" title="🍎 Red Apple">red apple</a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;small sizes.

Tomato

A wedge of yellow-orange cheese with holes, like a Swiss, but used for the food in general. May be used for various cheese-related slang expressions (e.g., &ldquo;cheesy,&rdquo; &ldquo;say cheese,&rdquo; &ldquo;big cheese&rdquo;).

Cheese Wedge

A slice of pepperoni pizza, previously also topped with black olives on Google. WhatsApp adds green pepper, Samsung white onion.

Slice of Pizza

A plate of Italian spaghetti with&nbsp;<a href="/tomato/">tomato&nbsp;</a>sauce, as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolognese_sauce">bolognese</a>, with a fork twirling its long, thin noodles. Garnished with a green herb, as parsley, on some platforms.

Spaghetti

A cup of a steaming-hot beverage, usually taken as coffee or&nbsp;<a href="/teacup-without-handle/">tea</a>. Sometimes shown on a saucer.

Samsung&#39;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/hot-beverage/">previously featured</a>&nbsp;a foamy-white tulip latte art design.

May be paired with the&nbsp;<a href="/frog/">Frog Face&nbsp;</a>to represent the snarky&nbsp;<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/but-thats-none-of-my-business">But That&#39;s None of My Business meme</a>. Relatedly, can also be used alone to represent&nbsp;&quot;tea&quot; as per the slang phrase &quot;spill the tea&quot;,&nbsp;used to request the sharing of gossip,&nbsp;news, or personal information. More recently, it can also be used to refer to a person&#39;s physical attractiveness, as per the slang phrase &quot;your body is tea.&quot;

Hot Beverage

Red wine served in a stemmed glass.&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-5.0/wine-glass/">Google previously displayed&nbsp;</a>an orange-colored drink that resembled cognac.

Wine Glass

A globe, showing the continents of Europe and Africa in green against blue ocean.

May be used to represent various content concerning the European, African, and Atlantic regions. May also be used to represent Earth and international&nbsp;affairs more generally.

See also <a href="/globe-showing-americas/">🌎 Globe Showing Americas</a> and <a href="/globe-showing-asia-australia/">🌏 Globe Showing Asia-Australia</a>.

Earth Globe Europe-Africa

A banded stack of euro banknotes, the paper currency of the <a href="/flag-european-union/">European Union</a> (EU). Color and detail vary across platforms, but shown with the euro sign, &euro;. Commonly used for various content concerning wealth and money, not restricted to the EU.

Some vendors, including Apple and Samsung, depict green &euro;100 bills; others, including Google, WhatsApp, and Facebook, depict blue &euro;20 bills. Facebook additionally features the <a href="/flag-european-union/">EU flag</a>.

Banknote with Euro Sign

The flag for Albania, which may show as the letters AL on some platforms.

Flag: Albania

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union">European Union</a>,&nbsp;which may show as the letters&nbsp;EU&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: European Union

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece">Greece</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;GR&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Greece

The flag for Croatia, which may show as the letters&nbsp;HR&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Croatia

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;LI&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Liechtenstein

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta">Malta</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;MT&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Malta

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia">Slovenia</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;SI&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Slovenia

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino">San Marino</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;SM&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: San Marino

The flag for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City">Vatican City</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;VA&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: Vatican City

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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

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, Roblox, 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

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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JoyPixels

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 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

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 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.

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