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Unicode 17.0 is the presumed release of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a> for September 2025, with emojis added in this update expected to come to major platforms in late 2025 and throughout 2026.

There are currently eight draft candidates for new emoji codepoints for Unicode 17.0.

For the new emoji list coming to devices in 2024/2025, see&nbsp;<a href="/zh/emoji-16.0">Emoji 16.0</a>.

17.0

Unicode 16.0 is the version of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a> released on 10 September 2024, with the emojis added in this update expected to come to major platforms in late 2024 and throughout 2025.&nbsp;

Unicode 16.0&nbsp;introduced a total of 5,185 new characters, of which 7 were new emoji code points. This brought the total number of characters encoded within Unicode to&nbsp;154,998.

All the emojis recommended within Unicode 16.0 were also included within <a href="/emoji-16.0">Emoji 16.0</a>, which also featured one additional emoji sequence.

📝&nbsp;<a href="https://unicode.org/versions/Unicode16.0.0/">Unicode 16.0 details on Unicode.org</a>

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16.0

Unicode 15.1 is the version of the Unicode Standard released on September 12, 2023.

This update featured no new emoji code points, though <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a> did introduce 118 new emoji sequences,

A total of&nbsp;627 characters were recommended in this update,&nbsp;bringing the total number of characters encoded within Unicode to 149,813.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-15-1-and-emoji-15-1/">Learn more about Unicode 15.1 and Emoji 15.1.</a>

15.1

Unicode 15.0 is the version of the Unicode Standard&nbsp;released on&nbsp;September 13, 2022. 20&nbsp;new emoji&nbsp;code points were added in this release,&nbsp;with all 31 new emojis (including 11 sequences)&nbsp;listed under <a href="/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>.

Unicode 15.0 introduced a total of 5,185 new characters, including the 20 new emoji codepoints listed below. This brought the total number of characters encoded within Unicode to&nbsp;149,186 characters.

<ul>
	<li>📝&nbsp;<a href="https://unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/">Unicode 15.0 details on Unicode.org</a></li>
</ul>

15.0

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>.

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;

Unicode 14.0 introduced a total of 838&nbsp;new characters, including the 37 new emoji code points listed below. This brought the total number of characters encoded within Unicode to&nbsp;144,697.

<ul>
	<li>📝&nbsp;<a href="https://unicode.org/versions/Unicode14.0.0/">Unicode 14.0 details on Unicode.org</a></li>
</ul>

14.0

Unicode 13.0 is the version of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a>&nbsp;released on&nbsp;March 10, 2020. 55 new emoji&nbsp;code points were added in this release,&nbsp;with all 117 new emojis for 2020 (including sequences for gender and skin tone)&nbsp;listed under <a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>.

Unicode 13.0 introduced a total of 5,930&nbsp;new characters, including the 55 new emoji code points listed below. This brought the total number of characters encoded within Unicode to&nbsp;143,859.

More about <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-13-0/">what&#39;s new in Unicode 13.0</a>.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode13.0.0/">🔣 Unicode 13.0.0 Specification</a></li>
</ul>

13.0

Unicode 12.0 is the version of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a>&nbsp;released on March 5,&nbsp;2019.&nbsp;Emojis that require new code points for release are listed on this page. See&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a>&nbsp;for the full 2019&nbsp;emoji list.

Unicode 12.0 introduced a total of 554 new characters, including the 61 new emoji code points listed below. This brought the total number of characters encoded within Unicode to 137,928..

<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-12-0/">More about this update</a>.

12.0

Unicode 11.0 was released on June 5,&nbsp;2018.&nbsp;Emojis that require new code points for release are listed on this page&nbsp;but for the full 2018 emoji list&nbsp;see&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-11.0/">Emoji 11.0</a>.

Emoji 11.0 includes every new emoji, including variations for skin tone, gender and new emojis that don&#39;t require additional code points, such as the <a href="/chess-pawn/">chess pawn</a> or <a href="/pirate-flag/">pirate flag</a> which are not shown on this page.

11.0

Unicode 10.0 is the version of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a> released on June 20, 2017.&nbsp;8,518 new characters were included with this update, of which&nbsp;56 were emoji characters. This brought the total number of characters recommended by Unicode to 136,690 characters.

Only new emoji code points are listed on this page.&nbsp;For the full 2017 emoji list;&nbsp;see <a href="/emoji-5.0/">Emoji 5.0</a>&nbsp;which included&nbsp;all 239 emoji additions including sequences for skin tone and gender.

<ul>
	<li><a href="/emoji-5.0/">😃 Emoji 5.0 list</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode10.0.0/">🔣 Unicode 10.0.0 Specification</a></li>
</ul>

10.0

The Unicode Consortium accepted the following emoji 72 emojis&nbsp;for Unicode 9.0. This update&nbsp;was released&nbsp;on June 21, 2016. Most vendors added support for this update within the 2016 calendar year.&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/unicode-9-0-released-with-72-new-emojis/">Sample images and more about Unicode 9.0</a>.

<a href="/emoji-4.0/">Emoji 4.0</a> was published in late 2016, which added additional emoji professions.

<h2>New in Unicode 9</h2>

The Unicode Consortium has approved the following 41 emoji characters as part of <a href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode8.0.0/">Unicode 8.0</a>, released on June 17, 2015. This is comprised of 37 new emojis, plus five emoji modifiers. Find out <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/unicode-8-what-and-when">more about this update</a> on the Emojipedia Blog.

The Unicode Consortium approved the following characters as part of <a href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode7.0.0/">Unicode 7.0</a>, released on June 16, 2014.&nbsp;Support for these emoji characters rely on updates from platform vendors such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

Initially, 250&nbsp;new characters in Unicode 7.0 were approved for emoji presentation, however this was later reduced to 103 Standard Additions which are listed below. The other characters remain part of Unicode, but are not recommended&nbsp;to be included as emojis.

The exception to this was the <a href="/left-speech-bubble/" title="🗨 Left Speech Bubble">Left Speech Bubble</a>, and as such wasn&#39;t initially specified on other platforms as an emoji. A later-accepted&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/diverse-spy-proposal/">proposal</a>&nbsp;updated this.

A small update to the much larger Unicode 6.0. Unicode 6.1 included 13 new emoji characters.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode Standard</a> 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.

Unicode 5.2&nbsp;pre-dated emoji inclusion in Unicode by one&nbsp;year, and included many characters primarily sourced from the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07391-n3341.pdf">ARIB set of Japanese broadcasting symbols</a>.

The following characters were among those added to Unicode in 2009, several of which were given&nbsp;emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

The following characters were amongst those added to Unicode in 2008, the majority of which were given&nbsp;emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

The following characters were added to Unicode in 2006.

The following characters we added to Unicode in 2005 and&nbsp;given emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

The following characters we added to Unicode in 2003 and&nbsp;given emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

The following characters we added to <a href="/unicode-consortium">Unicode</a> in 2002, with many given emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

Those given emoji presentation status by <a href="/unicode-consortium">Unicode </a>were part of <a href="/emoji-1.0">Emoji 1.0</a> in 2015.

The following characters we added to Unicode in 2001.

The following characters we added to Unicode in 1999, with most being given emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

Unicode 1.1 were pre-dated emoji inclusion in Unicode by 17 years, and included many characters primarily sourced from the Zapf Dingbats font.

The following characters were added to Unicode in 1993 and many were given emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

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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Melting Face

A yellow face with&nbsp;open (non-smiling) eyes and a hand over the mouth, used to convey&nbsp;shock&nbsp;or surprise.

A disambiguation of&nbsp;<a href="/face-with-hand-over-mouth/">🤭&nbsp;Face with Hand Over Mouth</a> which appears to have smiling eyes on some platforms, and open/non-smiling eyes on others, <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojipedia-lookups-at-all-time-high/">creating confusion</a>.

Appearance is similar to <a href="/yawning-face/">🥱 Yawning Face</a>, though no mouth is visible.

Face with Open Eyes and Hand Over Mouth

A yellow face with its hands over its eyes and raised eyebrows. One wide eye is peeking through the fingers.

Can be used to express the duality of wanting to look away from something because it&#39;s frightening, disgusting, or embarrassing, but not being able to.

Face with Peeking Eye

A yellow face with its right hand saluting. Used as a sign of respect.

The expression of the face of this emoji can vary across platforms, with some designs featuring a <a href="/neutral-face">neutral</a> face while others are shown smiling to various degrees.&nbsp;

Apple and Huewai&#39;s designs notably only display half a face, likely to make the saluting hand more prominent when this emoji is viewed in smaller sizes.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">This emoji went viral across Twitter in late 2022 following the&nbsp;news that the platform would be dramatically reducing its staff numbers as part of a company-wide restructuring following its acquisition by Elon Musk. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/10-years-of-viral-emoji-moments/">Learn more here.</a></div>

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Saluting Face

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 yellow face with a closed slanted mouth. Can be used to express skepticism,&nbsp;confusion, or&nbsp;frustration.&nbsp;

Face with Diagonal Mouth

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.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">Unlike other vendors, Huawei&#39;s design shows this emoji holding its hands expectantly against its cheeks.&nbsp;</div>

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Face Holding Back Tears

An open&nbsp;right hand facing right, so as to show the back of the hand with the thumb on the top and the pinky on the bottom.

This emoji was developed along with <a href="/leftwards-hand/">🫲 Leftwards Hand</a> to allow for the creation of <a href="/zero-width-joiner/">ZWJ Sequences</a> that depict <a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a>&nbsp;with two different skin tone modifiers applied, one to each hand.

Rightwards Hand

An open right hand facing left, so as to show the palm of the hand with the thumb on the top and the pinky on the bottom.

This emoji was developed along with <a href="/rightwards-hand/">🫱 Rightwards Hand</a> to allow for the creation of <a href="/zero-width-joiner/">ZWJ Sequences</a> that depict <a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a> with two different skin tone modifiers applied, one to each hand.

Leftwards Hand

A hand in profile with the palm facing down.

Can be used to represent the action of dropping or reaching for something. May also be used in a variety of culture-specific contexts including dismissal, negotiation, or as a beckoning gesture.

The design is a mirror image of <a href="/palm-up-hand/">🫴 Palm Up Hand</a>.

Palm Down Hand

A hand in profile with the palm facing up.

Can be used to represent the action of lifting, offering, demanding, or beckoning. May also be used to express a question or lack of knowledge.

The design is a mirror image of <a href="/palm-down-hand/">🫴 Palm Down Hand</a>. The hand position is similar to the one in&nbsp;<a href="/person-tipping-hand/">💁 Person Tipping Hand</a>.

Palm Up Hand

A hand with the index finger and thumb crossed and the rest of the fingers making a fist. Can be used in various contexts&nbsp;to&nbsp;represent the fingers snapping, love, or money.

In this emoji, the index finger and the thumb form a small heart shape. This gesture, used to express love or affection,&nbsp;is known as a finger heart&nbsp;and was popularized in the 2010s by South Korean celebrities, including actors, K-pop stars, and comedians.

The same gesture may be used in the context of money to indicate a luxury or an expensive item, a lack of money, or a request to be paid.

Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed

A hand with the index finger pointing straight forward at the person viewing the emoji. Used to represent the word and concept of &#39;you,&#39; the second-person singular and plural pronoun.

This symbol is seen in art, advertisements, and military recruitment posters as a way to draw the viewer into the image they&#39;re looking at.

This hand shape is also used in multiple sign languages from around the world.

Index Pointing at the Viewer

Two hands forming a heart shape. Used to express love and support.

This emoji currently showns the heart being made through two hands being curved into a C-shape with their thumbs touching. This is stereotypically referred to as the &quot;Millennial Hand Heart&quot;.

Heart Hands

A mouth with the top teeth biting down on one side of the lower lip.

Used in romantic contexts to express flirtation or arousal. Can be used to express anticipation or excitement in general. Also may be used to express anxiety, pain, worry, or insecurity.

Biting Lip

A person wearing a crown.

<a href="/princess/">👸 Princess</a> and <a href="/prince/">🤴 Prince</a> were added in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Person With Crown was created to represent royalty without being overly specific about gender.&nbsp;

Person with Crown

A pregnant man holding his round stomach. Sometimes used in jest to represent feeling too full after overeating, as in a &quot;food baby.&quot;

Variants include <a href="/pregnant-person/">🫄 Pregnant Person</a> and <a href="/pregnant-woman/">🫃 Pregnant Woman</a>.

This emoji was approved to make the emoji keyboard more <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-is-there-a-pregnant-man-emoji/">consistent and gender inclusive</a>.

Pregnant Man

A pregnant person holding their round stomach. Sometimes used in jest to represent feeling too full after overeating, as in a &quot;food baby.&quot;

Variants include <a href="/pregnant-woman/">🫄 Pregnant Woman</a> and <a href="/pregnant-man/">🫃 Pregnant Man</a>.

This emoji was approved to make the emoji keyboard more <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-is-there-a-pregnant-man-emoji/">consistent and gender inclusive</a>.

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