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Microsoft 3D Fluent

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

Mozilla

MSN Messenger

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Noto Color Emoji, Animated

Noto Emoji Font

OpenMoji

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Roblox

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SerenityOS

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Signal

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Skype

Slack

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Toss Face (토스페이스)

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Twitter Emoji Stickers

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Emoji Movie

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Super Bowl

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Winter Olympics

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World Emoji Day

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Flags

A triangle or set square, as used by engineers or architects to draw <a href="/straight-ruler/">straight lines</a> at angles. Variously depicted as a metal, wood, or plastic right triangle with length markings, its hypotenuse to the right.

Commonly applied to a range of disciplines, including art, design, building, architecture, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). May also represent various concepts of angles and measurement.

Triangular Ruler

A man who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences. Generally depicted wearing safety goggles and a white lab coat while holding a test tube filled with colorful liquid.

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Man Scientist

A woman who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences. Generally depicted wearing safety goggles and a white lab coat while holding a test tube filled with colorful liquid.

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Woman Scientist

A man engaged in the visual art of painting, shown holding a <a href="/artist-palette">palette</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/paintbrush">paintbrush</a>.

Man Artist

A woman engaged in the visual art of painting, shown holding a <a href="/artist-palette">palette</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/paintbrush">paintbrush</a>.

Woman Artist

A construction worker wearing a hard-hat (safety helmet). Has a high visibility vest or <a href="/hammer/" title="🔨 Hammer">hammer</a> in some variations.

Some platforms display a green cross on the <a href="/rescue-workers-helmet/" title="⛑ Helmet With White Cross">helmet</a> which is used in Japan as a safety reminder in <a href="/construction/" title="🚧 Construction Sign">construction</a> zones. It is also commonly seen on the <a href="http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Met">Met</a>&nbsp;helmet in the game&nbsp;Mega Man.

Construction Worker

A construction site generally depicted as a tower crane shown lifting steel or other building materials.

Building Construction

A school building with multiple storeys, and a clock on the front. A place that children or teenagers attend for their education.

This emoji tends to spike in use in September when many Northern Hemisphere countries&#39; schools reopen after their&nbsp;<a href="/summer">summer</a> holidays.

Previously displayed&nbsp;on <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/school/">Windows </a>as&nbsp;a collection of school-related items: an <a href="/red-apple/" title="🍎 Red Apple">apple</a>, <a href="/straight-ruler/" title="📏 Straight Ruler">ruler</a>, and <a href="/pencil/" title="✏ Pencil">pencil</a>.

School

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette_(painting)">palette</a> used by an artist when painting, to store and mix paint colors.

Artist Palette

A school bag Emoji (also called a satchel) used by children attending school to carry books, lunch, and other personal belongings.

School Satchel

A classic yellow pencil. Depicted as a graphite pencil, like a U.S. #2 or European HB, with a sharpened tip and pink eraser. Positioned at a 45&deg; angle, with its tip at the lower left or right. Commonly used for various content concerning writing, drawing, and schooling.

Samsung&rsquo;s pencil was <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/pencil/">previously red</a>, Google&rsquo;s <a href="/google/android-7.0/pencil/">green</a>.

Pencil

A spiral-bound, flip-style notepad or notebook of lined paper, as used for everyday note-taking. Commonly used for content concerning various types of documents and writing.

Most platforms depict a notepad opened to an empty, white page, sometimes shown curled at the bottom. Microsoft&rsquo;s design is shown closed, with a yellow cover.

Spiral Note Pad

Two or more silver <a href="/paperclip/">paper clips</a> linked together, generally forming an inverted V.&nbsp;Microsoft&rsquo;s design displays three paper clips.

Occasionally used to represent school/office supplies or metaphorical connections. Also sometimes used as an icon before a <a href="/link/">hyperlink</a>.

Not to be confused with <a href="/link/">🔗 Link</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="/chains/">⛓️ Chains</a>.

Linked Paperclips

A ruler, as used to draw straight lines and measure distances. Variously depicted as a metal, wood, or plastic straightedge with length markings at a 45&deg; angle.

Commonly used for content concerning schooling,&nbsp;building, and&nbsp;measurement&nbsp;in various disciplines. May also represent various concepts of straightness and size.

Straight Ruler

A pair of scissors, as used to cut paper or <a href="/person-getting-haircut/">hair</a>. Generally shown open, blades down, with red handles. Commonly used for content concerning haircuts, fashion design, arts and crafts, and various senses of cutting.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s design features green handles with blades pointed up.

See the glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#black" title="📖 Glossary">black</a> in Unicode character names.

Black Scissors

A claw hammer, as used for driving or removing nails. Generally depicted with a metal head and wooden&nbsp;handle, positioned at a 45&deg; angle with the head at the upper left.

Commonly used for content concerning tools, building, and construction as well as various senses of breaking or smashing. May also represent hard work or be applied to hammer-related expressions, e.g., nailed it.

<a href="/apple/ios-5.1/hammer/">Apple</a> and <a href="/facebook/1.0/hammer/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> designs previously displayed a gavel, <a href="/softbank/2006/hammer/">Softbank&rsquo;s</a> a mallet. Not to be confused with <a href="/pick/">⛏️&nbsp;Pick</a> or <a href="/axe/">🪓&nbsp;Axe</a>.

Hammer

A shield, as blocks swords in close combat. Color and style varies across platforms, but generally depicted in a <a href="/kite/">kite</a> shape with a metal border and simple pattern.

Commonly used to represent various content concerning battle, defense, security, and protection.

Apple and Microsoft&rsquo;s designs feature a red and white sawtooth pattern, Facebook and WhatsApp&rsquo;s blue and white checkers.

May be paired with (or fending off) <a href="/crossed-swords/">⚔️&nbsp;Crossed Swords</a> or <a href="/dagger/">🗡️&nbsp;Dagger</a>.&nbsp;Not to be confused with <a href="/japanese-symbol-for-beginner/">🔰&nbsp;Japanese Symbol for Beginner</a>.

Shield

A round metal gear with teeth.

Used to talk about tools and engineering (both hardware and software). Also commonly used to indicate settings on user interfaces.&nbsp;May also represent hard work, e.g., grinding in sports.

Samsung&rsquo;s design originally&nbsp;featured a white gear icon on a green square.

Gear

A metal clamp or vice, as screwed to hold or compress materials like wood or metal. Depicted as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-clamp">C-clamp</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-clamp">F-clamp</a>, its screw in various positions.

Commonly used for various content concerning tools, equipment, and technology. May also represent file compression in computer science. An image of a clamp, for example,&nbsp;is featured in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinZip">WinZip</a> icon.

Twitter&rsquo;s clamp is red.&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/clamp/">previously featured</a> a clamp around a cardboard box.

Compression

A red box for holding and transporting tools, such as a <a href="/hammer/">hammer</a> and <a href="/wrench/">wrench</a>. Generally depicted as latched shut with silver hardware and a black handle.

Commonly used for literal or metaphorical tools, toolkits, and building.

WhatsApp&#39;s design includes a hammer in front. Google&rsquo;s design was <a href="/google/android-9.0/toolbox/">previously shown</a> as open with two wrenches and a pair of pliers.

Toolbox

A triangle-shaped arrow, pointing right.&nbsp;Commonly used as a symbol for&nbsp;play.

See the glossary for information on the term&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#black" title="📖 Glossary">black</a>&nbsp;in unicode character names.

Black Right-Pointing Triangle

A triangle-shaped arrow, pointing left.

See the glossary for information on the term&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#black" title="📖 Glossary">black</a>&nbsp;in unicode character names.

Black Left-Pointing Triangle

A small red equilateral triangle, pointing upwards.

Up-Pointing Red Triangle

A small red equilateral triangle, pointing downwards.

During 2024 this emoji was <a href="https://mashable.com/article/meta-facebook-instagram-red-triangle-hamas-ban?test_uuid=01iI2GpryXngy77uIpA3Y4B&amp;test_variant=b">restricted</a> on Meta platforms <a href="/facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/instagram">Instagram</a>, and <a href="/whatsapp">WhatsApp</a>.

Down-Pointing Red Triangle

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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.

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 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.

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