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Flags

A jewel or gem, as set into a <a href="/ring/">ring</a>. Depicted in the shape of a classic diamond but in the bright blue color of an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl#Aquamarine_and_maxixe">aquamarine</a>.

Commonly used for various content concerning jewelry, as upon an engagement or <a href="/wedding-marriage/">marriage</a>. May also convey various literal and figurative senses of beauty, wealth, sophistication, preciousness, and sparkling.

Note: this emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names,&nbsp;to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-you-cant-use-these-emojis-in-your-twitter-name/">Learn more here</a>.

Gem Stone

A pink love heart with stars around it, making it look like it is sparkling or shimmering.

This emoji tends to spike in popularity on <a href="/valentines-day">Valentine&#39;s Day</a>.

Sparkling Heart

The female version of <a href="/person/">🧑 Person</a>.

Woman

Male royalty, intended as a gender pair for the <a href="/princess/" title="👸 Princess">princess emoji</a>. Shown as a <a href="/man/" title="👨 Man">man</a> with a crown.

Not a reference to the musician Prince, however the <a href="/man-singer/">man singer emoji on WhatsApp</a> does show a character that bears a heavy resemblance to this artist.

Prince

The face of a princess; a girl or woman wearing a small <a href="/crown/" title="👑 Crown">crown</a> or tiara. Could also be used to represent a Queen or other royalty.

Princess

A person dressed for a formal occasion, wearing a tuxedo. No gender is specified for this emoji. See also <a href="/woman-in-tuxedo/">Woman in Tuxedo</a> and <a href="/man-in-tuxedo/">Man in Tuxedo</a>.

Man in Tuxedo

A person in traditional western <a href="/wedding-marriage/" title="👰 Wedding / Marriage">wedding</a> dress with a veil over their head.

Bride with Veil

A wristwatch, as used for telling time. Appearance varies across platforms, but widely depicted as an analog timepiece with a white face and brown or black straps.

Used for various content concerning time, including watches as accessories. Apple&#39;s design is an Apple Watch, though <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/watch/">previously featured</a> a traditional watch before the product&rsquo;s release.

Watch

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>.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">This emoji predates emojis inclusion within <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode</a>. The earliest incarnation of this emoji could be found in Japanese emoji keyboards in <a href="/docomo/1999/sparkles">1999</a>, specifically within the <a href="/docomo">Docomo</a> emoji set designed by&nbsp;Shigetaka Kurita.</div>

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Sparkles

A diamond symbol emoji, which is used in card games for the diamonds&nbsp;suit.

Apple&#39;s design <a href="/apple/ios-5.1/diamond-suit/">previously</a> displayed the red diamond symbol on a white playing card.

See the glossary for information on the term&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#black" title="📖 Glossary">black</a> in unicode character names.

Black Diamond Suit

A pretty dress, suitable for a ball, party or other similar occasion.

Dress

A high-heeled shoe, primarily worn by&nbsp;women. Generally found in a context which requires formal dress, such&nbsp;as&nbsp;social occasions, or some work places.

Displayed in red on most platforms, though the color may vary.

High-Heeled Shoe

A gold crown with jewels on the sides. Representative of a King, Queen, or other form of Royalty.

Crown

A hat worn by women for sun protection, or for fashion.

The Apple version of this hat is made of straw and has a green bow on the front.&nbsp;Google shows a straw hat with a purple ribbon, though this ribbon was previously <a href="/google/android-8.0/womans-hat/">red</a>. Twitter&#39;s design&nbsp;features a&nbsp;flower on the front of the&nbsp;hat, as did an <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/womans-hat/">early</a> Microsoft design.

Womans Hat

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

A ring with displaying a&nbsp;<a href="/gem-stone/" title=" 💎 Gem Stone">gem stone</a> of some kind on the top, most likely a diamond. This piece of jewellery is often&nbsp;associated with a proposal and subsequent&nbsp;engagement&nbsp;to be <a href="/wedding-marriage/">married</a>.

Ring

A pickaxe, a tool with a curved spike for breaking up rocks in mining. Generally depicted with a metal head and wooden handle, positioned at a 45&deg; angle with the head at the upper left.

May be used for various content concerning building, construction, digging, mining, or rock climbing.&nbsp;Not to be confused with <a href="/hammer/">🔨&nbsp;Hammer</a> or <a href="/axe/">Axe</a>.

Pick

A hammer and pick, as used for breaking up rocks in mining, crossed in an X shape. Generally depicted as metal, mallet- and chisel-styled hammers with wooden handles. The heads of the tools face up, with the pick usually at the right. Often used for various content concerning tools, building, and construction.

Facebook implements the same designs as for its <a href="/hammer/">🔨&nbsp;Hammer</a> and <a href="/pick/">⛏️&nbsp;Pick</a>. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-2.0/">previously featured</a> stylized, white tools on a green square, as a sign or icon of a mine.

Hammer and Pick

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazar_(amulet)#Amulet">nazar</a>, an eye-shaped amulet believed to protect against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye">evil eye</a>, especially in Turkish culture. Depicted as a rich blue, circular bead with a black dot in the center ringed with white and light blue, resembling an <a href="/eye/">eye</a>.

Commonly used to represent eyes, various senses of looking, various senses of&nbsp;charms, envy and jealousy, and&nbsp;<a href="/flag-turkey/">Turkey</a> and Turkish culture. Also used for its blue color more generally.

WhatsApp, Facebook, and Huawei&#39;s designs include a small hole, as for threading the amulet on a string or chain.

Note: this emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names,&nbsp;to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-you-cant-use-these-emojis-in-your-twitter-name/">Learn more here</a>.

Nazar Amulet

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai">moai</a>, one of the famed, giant stone statues of human figures&nbsp;on Easter Island. Depicted as a gray&nbsp;stone carving of a stylized human head with a prominent brow and nose, most often facing left.

Sometimes used for various idiosyncratic purposes, such as conveying a stoic, deadpan, or silly expression. For example, this emoji is often used to represent various &quot;sigma&quot; or &quot;chad&quot; memes due to its chiselled emotionaless features.

Its official Unicode name of Moyai&nbsp;and inclusion in early Japanese emoji sets, such as from au by KDDI, suggest&nbsp;the emoji may represent the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g1066456-d1953259-Reviews-Moyai_Statue-Shibuya_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html">Moyai Statue</a> near Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan; previous designs from <a href="/google/android-4.3/moai/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.0/moai/">Microsoft</a>&nbsp;resemble the Tokyo statue. Other Tokyo landmarks are represented in&nbsp;<a href="/tokyo-tower/">🗼&nbsp;Tokyo Tower</a> and, formerly, <a href="/shibuya/">Shibuya 109</a>.

Moyai

Often used as a decorative bullet-point, the sparkle has both a ❇︎ text and ❇️ emoji presentation available on most&nbsp;platforms.

Like with the&nbsp;<a href="/sparkles">✨ Sparkles</a>&nbsp;emoji,&nbsp;an icon similar to the four-point star design used to represent this emoji by several vendors (e.g. Apple, Microsoft) is often used within tech platforms to represent a feature that utilizes&nbsp;artificial intelligence.

Sparkle

A large version of the <a href="/small-blue-diamond">small blue diamond</a> emoji.

Note: this emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names,&nbsp;to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-you-cant-use-these-emojis-in-your-twitter-name/">Learn more here</a>.

Large Blue Diamond

A small version of the <a href="/large-blue-diamond">large&nbsp;blue diamond</a> emoji.

Note: this emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names,&nbsp;to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-you-cant-use-these-emojis-in-your-twitter-name/">Learn more here</a>.

Small Blue Diamond

A glyph that is used for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawaii">kawaii</a> in Japan, resembling&nbsp;the shape of a&nbsp;flower.

Google&#39;s design previously resembled a <a href="/google/android-4.4/diamond-with-a-dot/">flower</a>, while Samsung&#39;s <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/diamond-with-a-dot/">previously displayed</a> a white symbol on a blue square.

Note: this emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names,&nbsp;to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-you-cant-use-these-emojis-in-your-twitter-name/">Learn more here</a>.

Diamond Shape with a Dot Inside

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

Flag: Botswana

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

Flag: Central African Republic

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

Flag: Colombia

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

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

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

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.

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

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

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

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