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Flags

A symbol for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_voltage">high voltage</a>, as warns against injury from electricity. Depicted as a jagged yellow bolt.

Commonly used to represent <a href="/cloud-with-lightning/">lightning</a>, electricity, and various flashes. Also used to represent metaphorical energy and signal attention online.

Samsung&rsquo;s bolt was <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/high-voltage/">previously</a> white on a blue square, as an icon for high voltage.

High Voltage Sign

A yellow face with furrowed eyebrows looking upwards with thumb and index finger resting on its chin. Intended to show a person pondering or deep in thought.&nbsp;Often used to question or scorn something or someone,&nbsp;as if saying Hmm, I don&#39;t know about that. Tone varies, including earnest, playful, puzzled, skeptical, and mocking.

May be paired with <a href="/thought-balloon/">💭 Thought Balloon</a> or <a href="/light-bulb/">💡 Light Bulb</a> to represent&nbsp;thinking, (having) ideas, and learning.

Joins <a href="/hugging-face/">🤗&nbsp;Hugging Face</a>, <a href="/shushing-face/">🤫&nbsp;Shushing Face</a>, and <a href="/face-with-hand-over-mouth/">🤭&nbsp;Face With Hand Over Mouth</a> as one of the few smileys featuring a hand.

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Thinking Face

A cartoon human <a href="/skull/">skull</a> atop an X-shaped pair of <a href="/bone/">bones</a>, as on a <a href="/pirate-flag/">pirate flag</a> or poison symbol. Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.0/skull-and-crossbones/">previously displayed</a>&nbsp;a skull and crossbones on a yellow triangle, indicating a hazardous material.

May represent various ideas of death or danger, e.g., dying from laughter or killing it with great skill. May also represent various pirate characters or mascots.

Popular around <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/skull/">💀&nbsp;Skull</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Skull and Crossbones

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 cartoon-styled representation of <a href="/dizzy-face/">dizziness</a>. Generally depicted as one or more yellow stars swirling in a yellow or blue circle.

Resembles <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana">squeans</a>, stylized stars and circles over the heads of characters in comics and animation to show they are dizzy, <a href="/woozy-face/">disoriented</a>, intoxicated, or <a href="/nauseated-face/">sick</a>.

Commonly used for emphasis and flair or to indicate various positive sentiments. Like <a href="/shooting-star/">🌠 Shooting Star</a>, sometimes used as a visual reference to NBC&rsquo;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_More_You_Know">More You Know</a> public service announcement, popular in the 1990s and featuring a&nbsp;shooting star logo.

Not to be confused with <a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a>, <a href="/glowing-star/">🌟 Glowing Star</a>, and <a href="/sparkles/">✨ Sparkles</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Facebook&rsquo;s design features two stars spinning along two intersecting purple circles, though it <a href="/facebook/2.0/dizzy/">previously</a> only featured one&nbsp;yellow ring. <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/dizzy/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> design previously displayed several yellow circles and stars.

Dizzy Symbol

A cartoon-styled gust of air. Depicted as a small, gray <a href="/cloud/">cloud</a> with motion lines, rushing to the left.

Resembles <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana">briffits</a>, a stylized cloud of dust used in comics and animation to indicate someone or something has dashed away (e.g., leaving someone in the dust).

May be used to represent speed, smoking, and various types of wind, blown or broken. May precede&nbsp;other emoji, such as <a href="/person-running/">🏃Runner</a> or <a href="/automobile/">🚗 Automobile</a>, to indicate something is fast or fleeing:&nbsp;🏃💨, 🚗💨.

Not to be confused <a href="/wind-face/">🌬️ Wind Face</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Dash Symbol

A form of <a href="/speech-balloon/" title="💬 Speech Balloon">speech balloon</a> used with angular edges, used to denote angry speech in comics.

Right Anger Bubble

Generic profile of two people. Often used in interface design to represent users.

Busts in Silhouette

A fluffy, white cloud, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulus_cloud">cumulus</a>. May be used as a weather icon to represent a cloudy or overcast day.

Twitter&rsquo;s design features two clouds.&nbsp;Google&rsquo;s cloud was <a href="/google/android-8.0/cloud/">previously</a>&nbsp;bluish.

Cloud

Blue raindrops falling from a white cloud with a lightning bolt flashing.

May be used as a weather icon to represent thundershowers.

Not to be confused with <a href="/cloud-with-lightning/">🌩️ Cloud With Lightning</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Thunder Cloud and Rain

A thundercloud. Depicted as a yellow <a href="/high-voltage/" title="⚡ High Voltage Sign">lightning bolt</a>&nbsp;flashing from a white cloud.

May be used as a weather icon to represent thunderstorms.

Not to be confused with <a href="/cloud-with-lightning-and-rain/">⛈️ Cloud With Lightning and Rain</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Samsung&rsquo;s cloud was previously bluish with two lightning bolts.

Cloud with Lightning

A tornado, a&nbsp;destructive column of air. Depicted as a gray, funnel-shaped cloud, rotating in contact with the ground.

May be used as a weather icon to represent a tornado. May also be used to represent a metaphorical tornado (e.g., a powerful force or violent outburst).

Google&rsquo;s tornado was <a href="/google/android-6.0.1/tornado/">previously</a> blue and white. <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/tornado/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/tornado/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> designs previously depicted tornadoes defending from a <a href="/cloud/">cumulus cloud</a>.

Cloud with Tornado

An icon used to&nbsp;represent a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone">cyclone</a>.&nbsp;Some versions of this emoji&nbsp;show&nbsp;a&nbsp;spiral shape, which may be used for decorative purposes.

This emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names, possibly in an attempt 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>.

Cyclone

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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Fire

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

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

An electric battery, as used to power such devices as a <a href="/flashlight/">flashlight</a>. Generally depicted as an upright, green cylinder, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AA_battery">AA</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_battery">D cell</a>, with white indicators for its positive (facing up) and negative terminals.

Commonly used for various content concerning electricity, charging, energy, and power, especially in figurative senses. Its green color also suggests the icon for battery power on&nbsp;a cell/<a href="/mobile-phone/">mobile phone</a>.

Apple&rsquo;s design includes a <a href="/high-voltage/">voltage symbol</a>; WhatsApp&rsquo;s battery is blue.

Battery

An electric plug, as inserted into socket to power a device. Depicted as a black, two-pronged plug at various angles at the end of a cable. Prongs are silver or gold.

Commonly used for various literal and figurative content concerning electricity and power. May also be used for various slang senses of plug, e.g., a connection or hookup.

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs suggest a plug used in North America and Japan while other platforms, including Google and Samsung, suggest one used in Europe and many other parts of the world.

Electric Plug

A light bulb, as screwed into a <a href="/couch-and-lamp/">lamp</a> to light a room. Depicted as an incandescent bulb with a silver base, often shown with filament and a soft, yellow-white glow.

Commonly used to represent ideas (as over a head in a cartoon), thinking, and learning, often as paired with <a href="/thinking-face/">🤔 Thinking Face</a> or <a href="/thought-balloon/">💭 Thought Balloon</a>. May also represent various&nbsp;senses of light and brightness.

Electric Light Bulb

An everyday flashlight (electric torch), as used when the power goes out,&nbsp;<a href="/camping/">camping</a>, or telling scary stories. Generally depicted at a 45&deg; angle as a gray and black device with a switch, shown illuminated on many platforms.

Used for various content concerning and senses of&nbsp;light and lighting (e.g., spotlight).

Google&rsquo;s flashlight was <a href="/google/android-11.0/flashlight/">previously</a>&nbsp;orange.

Electric Torch

A horseshoe magnet, as used to pick up&nbsp;iron.&nbsp;Depicted at various angles in red with silver-tipped poles.

Commonly used for various content concerning literal and figurative magnetism and attraction. May also be used in various science-related contexts more generally.

Twitter&rsquo;s design features two <a href="/high-voltage/">electric bolts</a> coming from its poles. WhatsApp&rsquo;s horseshoe is half blue, denoting an opposite magnetic pole.

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

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.

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

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.

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

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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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.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

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

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

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

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

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

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

A licensable emoji design set.

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