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Emoji 17.0 is the presumed release which will provide new emojis alongside&nbsp;Unicode 17.0 in September 2025.

There are currently no draft candidates announced for Emoji 17.0.

For the new emoji list coming to devices in 2024/2025, see&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-16.0">Emoji 16.0</a>.

17.0

Emoji 16.0 is the set of emojis recommended for release on September 10 2024, alongside <a href="/unicode-16.0/">Unicode 16.0</a>.

Emoji 16.0 contained 8 new emojis, listed below.

16.0

Emoji 15.1 is the latest set of emojis recommended for release, approved September 12, 2023&nbsp;alongside Unicode 15.1.

As with 2019&#39;s <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a> and 2020&#39;s <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>, the emojis recommended within Emoji 15.1 are sequences combining existing emoji characters from up to September 2022&#39;s <a href="https://emojipedia.org/emoji-15.0/">Emoji 15.0</a>.

As of March 2024, these emojis are available on the <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/samsung-one-ui-6-0-emoji-changelog/">latest Samsung devices</a>, via Google&#39;s latest <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/googles-emoji-15-1-support-in-noto-color-emoji/">Noto Emoji font updates</a>, and within <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-17-4-emoji-changelog/">Apple iOS 17.4</a>. A subset of the designs are also available in WhatsApp.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-15-1-and-emoji-15-1/">Learn more about this update.</a>

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15.1

Emoji 15.0 is the set of emojis recommended for release on September 13,&nbsp;2022&nbsp;alongside <a href="/unicode-15.0/">Unicode 15.0</a>.

Emoji 15.0 contained 31 new emojis, including the long-requested plain <a href="/pink-heart">🩷 Pink Heart</a>.&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-15-0/">Learn more about this update.</a>

15.0

Emoji 14.0 is the set of emojis recommended for release on September 14,&nbsp;2021&nbsp;alongside <a href="/unicode-14.0/">Unicode 14.0</a>.

Additions&nbsp;include mixed skin tone support for&nbsp;<a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a>, which until now has been only default yellow on most major platforms. Other new emojis include&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="/saluting-face/">saluting face</a>, a&nbsp;<a href="/mirror-ball/">mirrored disco ball</a>,&nbsp;and <a href="/biting-lip/">biting lip</a>.

<ul>
	<li>🖥&nbsp;<a href="http://unicode.org/Public/emoji/14.0/">Unicode Emoji 14.0 Data Files</a></li>
	<li>📝&nbsp;<a href="https://unicode.org/emoji/future/emoji-candidates.html">Unicode Emoji 14.0 Chart with recommended CLDR Keywords</a></li>
</ul>

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14.0

Emoji 13.1&nbsp;is the set of emojis recommended for release in September 2020.&nbsp;Additions include mixed skin tone support for all variations of&nbsp;<a href="/kiss/">💏 Kiss</a> and <a href="/couple-with-heart/">💑 Couple with Heart</a>, which until this release were only available in default yellow on most major platforms.

13.1

Emoji 13.0 is the set of emojis approved for release in early 2020. The final list <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/117-new-emojis-in-final-list-for-2020/">was announced on 2020-01-29</a>, with 117 new emojis arriving on major platforms throughout 2020.

These new emojis are now&nbsp;available on all major platforms.&nbsp;For the emoji release for late 2021, see <a href="/emoji-13.1/">Emoji 13.1</a>. For the latest emoji release, see <a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>.&nbsp;

13.0

Emoji 12.1 was an update to <a href="/emoji-12.0/">Emoji 12.0</a> which brought forward a number of gender neutral and hand-holding sequences <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/unicode-brings-forward-gender-neutral-timeline/">originally drafted</a> for <a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a> in 2020.

Emoji 12.1 was <a href="http://blog.unicode.org/2019/10/emoji-121-release-168-emoji-added.html">released</a> on 2019-10-29, with the relevant&nbsp;<a href="http://www.unicode.org/Public/emoji/12.1/">data files</a>&nbsp;also published on this date.

12.1

Emoji 12.0 was the first set of new emojis approved for release in&nbsp;2019. <a href="/emojipedia/12.0/new/">Additions</a>&nbsp;included new colored&nbsp;<a href="/large-yellow-square/">squares</a>, <a href="/large-purple-circle/">circles</a>, and <a href="/white-heart/">hearts</a> as well as a <a href="/diving-mask/">diving mask</a>, <a href="/hindu-temple/">hindu temple</a>, and <a href="/flamingo/">flamingo</a>. Accessibility emojis <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-proposes-new-accessibility-emojis/">proposed by Apple in&nbsp;2018</a> are also included in this release, as well as a <a href="/people-holding-hands/">gender inclusive couple</a>&nbsp;with support for mixed skin tones for those holding hands.

See also: <a href="/emoji-12.1/">Emoji 12.1</a> which was a supplementary update in late 2019 and&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-13.0/">Emoji 13.0</a>&nbsp;which is the new emoji list for 2020.

<ul>
	<li><a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/230-new-emojis-in-final-list-for-2019/">📰&nbsp;More About Emoji 12.0</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://youtu.be/4HJhBUIVul8">▶️ All 230 New Emojis For 2019 (video,&nbsp;sample images)</a></li>
	<li><a href="http://www.unicode.org/Public/emoji/12.0/">📋 Unicode Emoji 12.0 Data Files</a></li>
</ul>

12.0

Emoji 11.0 is the emoji release that&nbsp;followed&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-5.0/">Emoji 5.0</a>.&nbsp;This&nbsp;new&nbsp;emoji list&nbsp;was <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/157-new-emojis-in-the-final-2018-emoji-list/">confirmed</a>&nbsp;on 2018-02-07&nbsp;and the specification was released on 2018-06-05.

Note: There were no version of Emoji 6.0-10.0. A&nbsp;decision was made in 2017 to align Emoji version numbers with their respective Unicode versions, starting with version 11.0.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://www.unicode.org/Public/emoji/11.0/">📋 Unicode Emoji 11.0 Data Files</a></li>
</ul>

11.0

Emoji 5.0 is the list of emojis finalized&nbsp;in March 2017 and released on&nbsp;May 18, 2017.&nbsp;This update&nbsp;included&nbsp;56 new emojis from <a href="/unicode-10.0/">Unicode 10.0</a>, as well as 183 emoji sequences used for gender and skin-tone variants and&nbsp;subdivision flags.

Emoji 5.0 added support&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-tag-sequence/">subdivision flags</a>&nbsp;and listed&nbsp;<a href="/flag-england/">England</a>, <a href="/flag-scotland/">Scotland</a> and <a href="/flag-wales/">Wales</a>&nbsp;as <a href="/glossary/#rgi">Recommended for General Interchange</a>&nbsp;(RGI).

<a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/final-2017-emoji-list/">Learn more about this update</a>.

Emoji 4.0 was released on November 28, 2016 and&nbsp;added&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">Emoji ZWJ Sequences</a> for gendered emojis, 16 new emoji professions (32 when including female and male versions), <a href="/rainbow-flag/" title="🏳️‍🌈 Rainbow Flag">Rainbow Flag</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/flag-united-nations/" title="🇺🇳 Flag for United Nations">United Nations Flag</a>.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://unicode.org/Public/emoji/4.0/emoji-data.txt">🔣 Emoji Data 4.0&nbsp;Source File</a></li>
</ul>

Released in June 2016, this this&nbsp;emoji version&nbsp;coincided&nbsp;with the release of <a href="/unicode-9.0/">Unicode 9.0</a>. This release recmomended which of the Unicode 9 emojis should support skin tones, and documented emoji-presentation combined keycaps.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://unicode.org/Public/emoji/3.0/emoji-data.txt">🔣 Emoji Data 3.0&nbsp;Source File</a></li>
</ul>

Published in November 2015, just&nbsp;three months after <a href="/emoji-1.0/">Emoji 1.0</a>,&nbsp;this update was the first to specify which emojis were recommended for skin tone <a href="/emoji-modifier-sequence/">modifier</a> support, and to support a range of family combinations as <a href="/emoji-zwj-sequence/">Emoji ZWJ Sequences</a>.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://unicode.org/Public/emoji/2.0/emoji-data.txt">🔣 Emoji Data 2.0&nbsp;Source File</a></li>
</ul>

The first release of emoji documentation&nbsp;from Unicode, which includes all emojis approved between 2010&mdash;2015.&nbsp;

Published in August 2015, this primarily includes emojis from <a href="/unicode-6.0/">Unicode 6.0</a>, <a href="/unicode-6.1/">Unicode 6.1</a>, and clarified which of the&nbsp;new pictographic characters from <a href="/unicode-7.0/">Unicode 7.0</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/unicode-8.0/">Unicode 8.0</a> would be recommended for emoji presentation.

Until this release, no major vendors supported emojis from Unicode 7.0 or above.

<ul>
	<li><a href="http://unicode.org/Public/emoji/1.0/emoji-data.txt">🔣 Emoji Data 1.0 Source File</a></li>
</ul>

A face that appears to be shaking from side to side with its eyes and mouth open wide.

This emoji finds its origins in the comic book and cartoon trope of a shaking face. It can be used to express shaking from external forces like earthquakes, loud noises, or dinosaurs walking nearby. It can also be used to express shaking caused by strong emotions such as shock, fear, confusion, disbelief, anticipation, and excitement. Additionally it can represent dizziness, double takes,&nbsp;or double vision.

Shaking Face

A plain pink heart, expected to be&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-every-heart-emoji-really-means/">frequently used alongside other hearts</a>. Used to represent love, friendship, and feelings of warmth, and the color pink.

For many years before its introduction in <a href="/emoji-15.0">2022</a>, the plain pink heart was one of the world&#39;s <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/top-emoji-requests-2016/">most frequently requested</a> emojis.

On several platforms, pink hearts are used in the design of other emojis. These emoji include: <a href="/sparkling-heart/">Sparkling Heart 💖</a>, <a href="/two-hearts/">Two Hearts 💕</a>, <a href="/growing-heart/">Growing Heart 💗</a>, <a href="/beating-heart/">Beating Heart 💓</a>, <a href="/revolving-hearts/">Revolving Heart 💞</a>, <a href="/heart-with-arrow/">Heart with Arrow 💘</a>, <a href="/heart-with-ribbon/">Heart with Ribbon 💝</a>, and <a href="/kiss/">Kiss 💏</a>.

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Pink Heart

A light blue heart, <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-every-heart-emoji-really-means/">frequently used alongside other hearts</a>. Used to represent love, friendship, feelings of warmth, and the color blue.

Light Blue Heart

A grey heart, <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/what-every-heart-emoji-really-means/">frequently used alongside other hearts</a>. Used to represent love, friendship, feelings of warmth, and the color grey.

Grey Heart

A profile of an open hand pushing or positioned with the palm toward the left.&nbsp;

May be used to show a hand pushing something away or to represent rejection of something in general. May also be used with with <a href="https://emojipedia.org/rightwards-pushing-hand/">🫸 Rightwards Pushing Hand</a> to show hands high fiving or holding, pressing, or squishing something.&nbsp;

Leftwards Pushing Hand

Leftwards Pushing Hand: Light Skin Tone

Leftwards Pushing Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Leftwards Pushing Hand: Medium Skin Tone

Leftwards Pushing Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Leftwards Pushing Hand: Dark Skin Tone

A profile of an open hand pushing or positioned with the palm toward the right.&nbsp;

May be used to show a hand pushing something away or to represent rejection of something in general. May also be used with with <a href="https://emojipedia.org/leftwards-pushing-hand/">🫷 Leftwards Pushing Hand</a> to show hands high fiving or holding, pressing, or squishing something.

Rightwards Pushing Hand

Rightwards Pushing Hand: Light Skin Tone

Rightwards Pushing Hand: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Rightwards Pushing Hand: Medium Skin Tone

Rightwards Pushing Hand: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Rightwards Pushing Hand: Dark Skin Tone

A moose head with large antlers.

Can be used to talk about the actual animal. Can also be used to represent countries including Canada and Sweden, where the moose is considered a national symbol. Can also be used alongside the phrase &quot;cool as a moose.&quot;

Google&rsquo;s Moose is facing left, while Twitter displays a full-bodied moose

Moose

A grey donkey or mule, shown in full profile, sometimes with its hind legs kicking into the air.

Can be used literally to represent the pack animal. Can also be used metaphorically to call someone a jackass&nbsp;or to say that someone is stubborn as a mule.

Because the donkey is a symbol of the Democratic Party of the United States, it may be used in political contexts. Additionally, the term mule&nbsp;can refer to someone who carries illegal drugs across borders, so this emoji may be used to talk about smugglers and the act of smuggling.

Donkey

A single white wing with feathers.&nbsp;

Can be used to talk about flying, both literally and metaphorical. May be used in phrases such as when pigs fly&nbsp;or time flies. May also be used to talk about angels or to say that someone or something is angelic.

Wing

A <a href="/bird">bird</a> with black feathers,&nbsp;shown either standing in full profile or as a bird head. Can be used to represent various black-feathered birds, such as crows, ravens, blackbirds, and more.

Black-feathered birds have been associated with magic and the occult across many global cultures, often as an omen of bad tidings.

Black Bird

A white goose in full profile.&nbsp;

Can be used to talk about the actual animal. Can also be used in the context of idioms including silly goose,&nbsp;wild goose chase,&nbsp;or what&#39;s good for the goose is good for the gander.&nbsp;Can also be used to talk about goosebumps&nbsp;or goose pimples.&nbsp;

Might be used in reference to the children&#39;s game duck duck goose.

Goose

A brightly colored jellyfish with a domed bell and dangling tentacles.

Jellyfish

A hyacinth with purple blossoms and&nbsp;a green stem.

Can be used to talk about the actual flower, flowers in general, or the color purple. Can also be used&nbsp;in reference to springtime. May be used as part of the symbolic table setting for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz">Nowruz</a>, the Persian New Year.

Hyacinth

A segment of ginger root with light brown skin and a yellowish core.

Can be used to talk about ginger root or roots in general. Can also be used to talk about spice, flavor, cooking, or baking.&nbsp;May also be also be used to talk redheads.

Ginger

A green pea pod split to reveal a row of peas inside.

Can be used to talk about actual pea pods or peas, pods or vegetables&nbsp;in general, or the color green. May be used along with the phrase two peas in a pod.

Pea Pod

A brightly colored folding hand fan.

Can be used to talk about fans, both manual and electric. Can also&nbsp;be used to reference various dances involving fans including the Korean dance of Buchaechum, the Japanese dance of Nihon-buyō, and the Maranao dance of the Singkil.

May be used to refer to a person who is a fan (or admirer) of someone or something.

May also be used along with the phrases fan the flames or when shit hits the fan.

Folding Hand Fan

A hair pick with a handle and several long teeth. Used to style hair, especially thick, curly hair. May be used as a symbol of Black culture or Black pride.&nbsp;

May also be used to talk about grooming or self-care in general.

May be used metaphorically to refer to the verb comb, meaning &quot;to carefully search.&quot;

Hair Pick

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