
Emojis have become an integral part of our conversations, whether on WhatsApp or other messaging platforms. They are often used to describe the feelings of the sender without saying a word. You don’t need to type so many words to describe your feelings instead an emoji will do that. With so many emojis out there, it is hard to remember which emoji is used for what purposes. Therefore, we have detailed this guide for you in which we are going to talk about emojis and what they exactly mean? Without any further ado, let’s get started.
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What are Emojis?
An emoji is a graphic representation of the emotions embedded in the text. It can be a pictogram, logogram, ideogram, or smiley. Most of the time, it’s a smiley that you use on your Android devices. Your phone, laptop or tablets come with a keyboard that has a dedicated emoji library. You can find hundreds of faces, icons, and objects, these visual representations are known as emojis. These emojis are further divided into different categories such as food and drinking, facial expressions, animals, flags, etc.
Types of Emojis and Their Meaning
Emojis are available in big numbers and hence they are divided into various categories and each category has a different meaning. This helps you to find the emoji you want easier. Here’re the different types of emojis and their meaning.
Smileys and people
These emojis are used to expression feelings and more. Check out the full list her:
EMOJI | EMOJI NAME | EMOJI
MEANINGS |
😀 |
Grinning | Conveys cheerfulness and joy towards something positive |
😃 |
Smiley | It refers to happiness and positive feelings |
😄 |
Smile | The smile emoji depicts a person’s happiness when sending a greeting text or simply used to compliment something or the other |
😁 |
Grin | The grin emoji represents mischievousness but can be used to give away excitement and enjoyment |
😆 |
Laughing | The emoji depicts laughter often used to react towards something hilarious |
😅 |
Sweat smile | Used to depict a close call but is also often used in awkward situations during a chat |
🤣 |
Rolling on the floor laughing | Used when someone cracks a hilarious joke |
😂 |
Joy | Shedding tears because of laughing so hard |
🙂 |
Slightly smiling face | An emoji which can have two or more meanings to it such as being positive, happy or patronizing and being ironic |
🙃 |
Upside down face | The emoji depicts being silly and sarcastic |
😉 |
Wink | This emoji signals a joke or a hidden meaning which when used won’t be understood by many |
😊 |
Blush | This emoji expresses extreme happiness and positive feelings |
😇 |
Innocent | This emoji means being as innocent and pure as an angel |
😍 |
Heart eyes | Taken straight from cartoons, the hearted eyes emoji is used to convey feeling of love and attraction |
😘 |
Kissing heart | The emoji is used to convey a goodbye to a very close one |
😚 |
Kissing closed eyes | The pink cheeks and puckered lips on this emoji convey sentiments of love and affection |
😙 |
Kissing smiling eyes | This emoji is also used to convey sentiments of love and affection but in a lighter way |
😋 |
Yum | Used when one is about to have a delicious meal, or already had one |
😛 |
Stuck out tongue | This conveys a sense of excitement, fun and cuteness |
😜 |
Stuck out tongue winking eye | Used when just casually kidding around with jokes and funny conversations |
😐️ |
Neutral face | When the other person doesn’t get the joke but can also be used in context to concern for someone |
😑 |
Expressionless | The flat eyes and mouth convey a sense of frustration or disappointment |
🤔 |
Thinking face | Depicts going into a deep state of thinking |
🤫 |
Shushing face | When the chat has gone with loads of messages and you want to make everyone quiet |
🤗 |
Hugging face | This emoji depicts a sense of affection for someone |
🤐 |
Zipper mouth face | Used when secrets and promises are to be kept among only certain number of people |
🤑 |
Money mouth face | This emoji conveys the feeling of getting a good sum of money |
😶 |
No mouth | This conveys the situations when one has no words to speak due to being disappointment in a positive or negative way |
😏 |
Smirk | The emoji to use when you’ve achieved something great and can’t wait to boast around it |
😒 |
Unamused face | Generally related to negative emotions. This emoji conveys grumpiness or irritation towards someone or something |
🙄 |
Face with rolling eyes | Used when the other person says something obvious or too dumb |
😬 |
Grimacing face | The wide-open mouth and clenched teeth depict awkwardness or nervousness |
🤥 |
Lying face | taken straight from the fictional character Pinocchio, this emoji depicts lying |
😌 |
Relieved face | This emoji depicts a sense of calmness, peace or satisfaction |
😔 |
Pensive face | An emoji used to describe a state of pain and sorrow |
😴 |
Sleeping face | One can use this emoji to convey “good night” to a chat |
😪 |
Sleepy face | The emoji depicts the feeling of exhaustion after a long tiring day |
🤤 |
Drooling face | This emoji denotes the irresistibility over a yummy food |
😷 |
Face with medical mask | This describes the wearing of a mask to protect from viruses and airborne diseases |
🤒 |
Face with thermometer | This emoji depicts a sick person |
🤕 |
Face with head bandage | The emoji denotes a bad head injury |
🤢 |
Nauseated Face | The face depicting ‘about to throw up’ |
🤮 |
Face vomiting | This represents disgust or an actual food illness |
🤧 |
Sneezing face | The emoji to use when someone has fallen sick and caught cold |
🥵 |
Hot face | When the temperature is rising |
🥶 |
Cold face | When temperature touches rock bottom. Extremely cold |
🥴 |
Woozy face | When you had too much booze |
😵 |
Face with crossed-out eyes | This emoji denotes disbelief or in some cases even death |
🤯 |
Exploding head | Read, heard or saw something extremely shocking and amusing |
🤠 |
Cowboy hat face | A simple smiley emoji with a cowboy hat |
🥳 |
Partying face | Party time! |
🥸 |
Disguised face | Sneaking into solving a particular case or matter |
😎 |
Smiling face with sunglasses | Feeling overachieved and cool |
🤓 |
Nerd face | Depicting a mind loaded with theoretical knowledge |
🧐 |
Face with Monocle | This emoji depicts taking a closer into something |
😕 |
Confused face | An emoji giving a look of uncertainty |
☹️ |
Frowning face | This emoji denotes a deeply saddened state |
😮 |
Face with Open mouth | A round mouth emoji describing a shock which makes one go ‘wow!’ |
😯 |
Hushed face | The emoji depicts mild amusement or surprise |
😲 |
Astonished face | Used when one comes across something amusing or shocking in both positive or negative way |
😳 |
Flushed face | A surprised emoji with eyes wide opened |
🥺 |
Pleading face | Depicts wanting of something so bad that eyes become full of tears |
😧 |
Anguished face | Depicting sadness and disappointment at the same time |
😨 |
Fearful face | This emoji intends to depict fear from someone or something |
😥 |
Sad but relieved face | Sad and relieved at the same time as things could’ve gone much worst |
😭 |
Loudly crying face | This emoji conveys inconsolable grief but is also used in fun ways such as laughter or over the top joy |
😱 |
Face screaming in fear | This emoji depicts a high degree of shock which can be both positive and negative |
😖 |
Confounded face | The zig-zag mouth with crossed eyes on this emoji convey irritation, sadness and rather all kinds of negative feelings |
😞 |
Disappointed face | This emoji conveys an unhappy and sad face due to some recent events |
😓 |
Downcast face with sweat | This emoji conveys a certain degree of sadness, pain or disappointment |
😫 |
Tired face | When you’ve had a rough and tiring day at work |
🥱 |
Yawning face | Used when someone’s feeling sleepy |
😤 |
Face with steam from nose | Taken inspiration from manga or anime, this emoji depicts angriness and frustration |
🤬 |
Face with symbols on the mouth | This emoji depicts vulgar behaviour due to being too much furious at someone or something |
👿 |
Angry face with horns | When the sender of this emoji becomes so angry that they turn into devils with horns |
😈 |
Smiling face with horns | When the sender of this emoji is onto something mischievous or wicked |
💀 |
Skull | This emoji represents death from extreme laughter or frustration |
💩 |
Pile of poo | One of the most popular emojis. a poo emoji can be used to describe something as silly or funny but in a disgusting way |
🤡 |
Clown face | A circus clown can be used to describe something as creepy or haunted |
👹 |
Japanese ogre | A kind of hideous ogre in Japanese folklore |
👺 |
Goblin | The goblin emoji denotes evil, anger, cruel behaviour |
👻 |
Ghost | The ghost emoji can be used to convey someone or something as goofy and strange |
👽 |
Alien | A spooky face of an alien from outer space |
👾 |
Alien monster | An alien monster from a video game of some sort |
🤖 |
Robot face | The head of a classic vintage robot |
🐱 |
Cat face | A yellow cat face emoji |
🙈 |
See no evil monkey | A monkey covering its eyes |
🙉 |
Hear no evil monkey | A monkey covering its ears |
🙊 |
Speak no evil monkey | A monkey covering its mouth |
👦 |
Boy face | A simple emoji portraying a boy’s face |
👧 |
Girl face | A simple emoji portraying a girl’s face |
👀 |
Eyes | Huge eyes emoji with the pupil pointing to the left |
✍️ |
Writing hands | An emoji depicting the action of writing with a pen or pencil |
👋 |
Waving hand | Used either at the start or at the end of the conversation |
🦾 |
Mechanical arm | A robotic artificial arm |
🤳 |
Selfie | A human arm depicting the action of taking a selfie from a mobile phone |
Animal and nature
There are several emojis that depict animal kingdom and nature. Following is the list of animal and nature-related emojis.
EMOJI | EMOJI NAME | EMOJI
MEANING |
🐵 |
Monkeyface | A monkeyface emoji with wide-open eyes |
🐒 |
Monkey | A small primate with long limbs |
🦍 |
Gorilla | An emoji of a grey haired gorilla |
🦧 |
Orangutan | The orange-haired ape emoji with long arms |
🐶 |
Dogface | An emoji portraying the face of a dog |
🐕 |
Dog | A dog emoji generally known as ‘human’s best friend’ |
🐺 |
Wolf | An emoji portraying the face of a wolf |
🦊 |
Fox | An emoji portraying the face of a fox |
🦝 |
Raccoon | A gray raccoon emoji |
🐈 |
Cat | A cat emoji which is generally kept as a pet |
🦁 |
Lion face | A simple emoji with a face of a lion |
🐅 |
Tiger | A large orange cat with black stripes across its body |
🐆 |
Leopard | A large yellow cat with black yellow spots |
🐎 |
Horse | A horse emoji depicted as galloping towards the left |
🦄 |
Unicorn | A mythical and fantasy animal |
🦓 |
Zebra | An emoji of the popular black striped animal called zebra |
🦬 |
Bison | A brown bison shown in full profile with horns, a beard, and woolly mane |
🐄 |
Cow | A dairy cow emoji with black spots on its body |
🐂 |
Ox | An emoji depicting a brown ox |
🐪 |
Camel | An emoji portrayal of a desert animal |
🦙 |
Llama | A rare camel like animal found in South America |
🦒 |
Giraffe | A face emoji of the tallest animals around called giraffe |
🐘 |
Elephant | An emoji of the largest animal on the planet known as elephant |
🦏 |
Rhino | A large mammal with massive horns |
🦣 |
Mammoth | A wooly extinct creature with long curvy tasks |
🦛 |
Hippo | An emoji of a huge water mammal with big jaws |
🐁 |
Mouse | A bright mouse emoji with a long pink tail |
🐀 |
Rat | A rat emoji with a long pink tail |
🐹 |
Hamster | A small cute rodent often kept as a pet |
🐇 |
Rabbit | A mammal that loves to eat and has long eats |
🐿️ |
Squirrel | A rodent with big and puffy cheeks |
🦔 |
Hedgehog | An emoji of a small spiny mammal called hedgehog |
🦇 |
Bat | A bat emoji that can also be used to describe the superhero Batman |
🐻 |
Bear | An emoji portrayal of a panda |
🐻❄️ |
Polar bear | An emoji of an animal found in arctic places |
🐼 |
Panda | An emoji depicting a panda |
🦘 |
Kangaroo | An emoji of a kangaroo |
🕊️ |
Dove | A bird associated with the symbol of peace |
🦅 |
Eagle | An emoji portrayal of the majestic bird eagle |
🦉 |
Owl | An emoji of a large-eyed bird owl |
🌲 |
Evergreen tree | An evergreen tree is the one that keeps its leaves all year long |
🌵 |
Cactus | A cactus plant emoji |
🌴 |
Palm tree | A tree on which coconuts grow |
🌿 |
Herb | A green herb emoji |
🍁 |
Maple leaf | An orange maple leaf also associated with the country Canada |
🌹 |
Rose | A vibrant red rose emoji with stem. Often used as a symbol of love |
Food and Drink
All emojis relating to fruits, vegetables, beverages, meals, and even utensils are included in the food and drink emoji set. The emojis are shown below.
EMOJI | EMOJI NAME | EMOJI MEANINGS | OTHER NAMES |
🍇 |
Grapes | A grape bunch emoji | Grape |
🍈 |
Melon | A light green melon emoji | Cantaloupe, Honeydew |
🍉 |
Watermelon | A slice of watermelon showing the juicy red part with black seeds | – |
🍊 |
Orange | An emoji portraying the pulpy fruit known as orange | Tangerine, Mandarin |
🍋 |
Lemon | The yellow and sour citrus fruit called lemon | Lemonade |
🍌 |
Banana | A peeled banana emoji | Monkey snack |
🍍 |
Pineapple | The tropical fruit pineapple with a shoot of leaves at the top | – |
🥭 |
Mango | An emoji of a tropical mango | Mangifera |
🍎 |
Apple | A vibrant red apple emoji | Red apple |
🍏 |
Green apple | An emoji portraying a green apple | Granny apple |
🍐 |
Pear | An emoji portraying a green pear | – |
🍑 |
Peach | An emoji portraying a peach | Bottom |
🍓 |
Strawberry | A red fruit called strawberry topped with green leaves | – |
🍒 |
Cherries | Two cherries with a leaf | Cherry |
🥝 |
Kiwi | A kiwi fruit sliced open to show the actual fruit along with black seeds | Chinese gooseberry |
🍅 |
Tomato | A full red tomato with green stem | Tomato plant |
🥥 |
Coconut | A half-cut coconut emoji showing its white meat | – |
🥑 |
Avocado | A half-cut avocado emoji exposing the brown pit in the middle | – |
🍆 |
Eggplant | An eggplant emoji with green stem | Brinjal |
🥔 |
Potato | A potato emoji | Baked potato |
🥕 |
Carrot | A long bright orange carrot emoji with green leaves on the top | – |
🌽 |
Corn | An ear of golden corn partially husked | Ear of corn, maize |
🌶️ |
Hot pepper | A bright red chili | Chilli, spicy |
🥦 |
Broccoli | An emoji depicting broccoli | Green veggie |
🍞 |
Bread | A loaf of bread | Loaf of bread |
🥓 |
Bacon | An emoji depicting bacon | Bashers |
🍔 |
Burger | A burger emoji with patty and vegetables | Hamburger, cheeseburger |
🍟 |
Fries | Brown french fries in red carton | French fries, chips |
🍕 |
Pizza | A slice of pepperoni pizza | Slice of pizza, cheese pizza |
🌭 |
Hotdog | A popular western food featuring a sausage inside a bun | Sausage |
🌯 |
Burrito | A wrapped dish filled with rice, beans, beef and cheese | Wrap, roll |
🧆 |
Falafel | A popular dish in the Middle East and North Africa | Flatbread, pita |
🥘 |
Shallow pan of food | An emoji denoting a dish that contains rice, vegetables and curry | Mix veg, pan |
🍜 |
Steaming bowl | A steaming bowl of rice or noodles | Ramen, noodles |
🍛 |
Curry and rice | Curry with rice | Curry, Indian food |
🍗 |
Poultry leg | This brown colored emoji depicts a crispy chicken leg | Chicken, chicken leg piece, drumstick |
🍙 |
Rice ball | The emoji indicates a rice ball wrapped in seaweed | Onigiri, seaweed |
🍥 |
Fish cake | A Japanese delicacy of processed whitefish served with ramen | Fish cake with swirl, pink swirl |
🥮 |
Mooncake | A traditional sweet Chinese delicacy | Chinese mooncake |
🍡 |
Dango | A Japanese sweet dumpling made from rice flour and served on a skewer | Dessert stick |
🥟 |
Dumpling | A popular Asian food filled with veg and non-veg items | Momos, Empanada |
🍧 |
Shaved ice | A shaved ice cone with cherry/strawberry syrup | Snowcone, ice-cream |
🍩 |
Doughnut | A chocolate doughnut emoji | Donut |
🍰 |
Cake | A piece of cake or more specifically an emoji of a pastry | Pastry, shortcake, strawberry cake |
🧁 |
Cupcake | A cupcake emoji with pink cream topping | Muffin, fairy cake |
☕ |
Hot beverage | This emoji can be related to coffee, tea and other hot beverages | Tea, Espresso, hot chocolate |
🍫 |
Chocolate | A bar of chocolate in a red wrapper | Chocolate bar, candy bar |
🍵 |
Teacup without handle | A beverage cup without a handle and generally associated with green tea | Green tea, Matcha |
🥃 |
Tumbler glass | A short and wide glass used for liquors such as whiskey | Liquor, rum, whiskey |
🧊 |
Ice | An ice cube which is used to make drinks cooler | Ice cube |
🥄 |
Spoon | A simple silver spoon emoji | Teaspoon |
🍽️ |
Fork & knife with plate | A cutlery emoji which can be associated with having a meal | Dinner, cutlery |
🍺 |
Beer | A mug filled with beer with frothy heads | Beer mug, beer stein |
🍻 |
Beers | The clinking of two beers mugs for the gesture of ‘Cheers!’ | Clinking beer mugs |
Travel & Places
These emojis depict diverse places, constructions, buildings, and ways of transportation. These are the emojis:
EMOJI | EMOJI NAME | EMOJI MEANINGS |
🌍 |
Earth Africa | A globe of Earth showing the continent of Africa |
🌎 |
Earth Americas | A globe of Earth showing the continent of North and South America |
🌏 |
Earth Asia | A globe of Earth showing the continent of Asia |
🌐 |
Globe with meridians | This emoji is generally associated with the internet |
🗺️ |
World map | A map showing the Earth’s different continents |
🗾 |
Japan | An emoji depicting the geographical map of Japan |
🧭 |
Compass | An instrument that shows the direction of the north |
⛰️ |
Mountain | This emoji depicts a mountain with sharp peaks at the top |
🏔️ |
Snow-capped mountain | This emoji depicts a mountain with sharp snowy peaks at the top |
🏕️ |
Camping | A tent placed within the forest for accommodation |
🌋 |
Volcano | This emoji indicates the eruption of a volcano with lava and smoke |
🗻 |
Mount Fuji | Mount Fuji is the largest mountain in Japan |
🏝️ |
Desert island | A desert but on an island |
🏖️ |
Beach with umbrella | A beach emoji showing water, sand and umbrella for protection against the sun rays |
🏜️ |
Desert | A land filled with sands, cacti and a scorching sun overhead |
🏟️ |
Stadium | A place where mega sports events take place such as football and cricket matches |
🏞️ |
National park | A park that comprises river streams, mountains and greenery |
🏛️ |
Classical building | A classical building is the one that is associated with a town hall or a stock exchange |
🧱 |
Bricks | An emoji of bricks that are used in building homes, schools and tons of other structures for an individual or the public |
🏗️ |
Building construction | A construction site generally depicted as a tower crane shown lifting steel or other building materials |
🏠 |
House building | A simple house emoji with a red door |
🏚️ |
Derelict house | An emoji which indicates unused house generally associated with haunted house |
🏡 |
House with tree | A simple house emoji with a big tree behind it |
🏢 |
Office | A place to work during business hours |
🏤 |
Post office | Indicating a post building that involves sending and receiving parcels and packages from someone |
🏥 |
Hospital | A place where people come to get medical care |
🏦 |
Bank | A bank emoji indicates all the tasks related to money such as withdrawals, deposits, opening an account among others |
🏨 |
Hotel | An accommodation place to stay when you’re on a trip to another city or country |
🏩 |
Love hotel | An accommodation place for couples |
🏬 |
Departmental store | An emoji indicating departmental store which caters to shopping for all kinds of different stuff |
🏫 |
School | An emoji depicting a school building where children go to get their education |
🏭 |
Factory | An industrial factory which can also be associated with air pollution |
🏯 |
Japanese castle | This emoji means a traditional Japanese castle made from stone and wood |
🗼 |
Tower | A red tower generally associated with Tokyo tower and sometimes Eiffel tower |
🗽 |
Statue of Liberty | This emoji is often used to depict New York City |
⛪ |
Church | A church building where people come to pray and at times to attend weddings and funerals |
⛲ |
Fountain | Used for decorative purposes, a fountain is found in parks and gardens |
⛺ |
Tent | A temporary shelter made out of cloth and related materials |
🌁 |
Foggy | This emoji depicts a foggy landscape |
🌃 |
Night with stars | Buildings with visible night stars in the sky |
🌄 |
Sunrise over mountains | The sun rising over a mountain range in the morning
|
♨️ |
Hotsprings | This emoji is a sign which indicates Hotsprings |
🎠 |
Carousel Horse | A kids horse ride found in carnivals and adventure parks |
🎡 |
Ferris wheel | A large rotating wheel with cabinets for people to sit and witness the cityscape from great heights |
💈 |
Barber | A red-white striped pole depicting a barbershop |
🎪 |
Circus | A circus tent where several stunts are performed by professionals |
🚃 |
Railway car | A car carriage pulled along a railway line in cities |
🚅 |
Bullet train | A fast-paced train running on electricity generally used in rural areas or cities |
🚞 |
Mountain railway | A passenger transport system used in hilly areas |
🚌 |
Bus | A public transport service which allows passengers to travel to their desired destinations |
🏍️ |
Motorcycle | A motorbike used in racing or motorsports |
🚗 |
Car | A red car emoji depicting an automobile |
🛵 |
Motor scooter | A light-weighted two-wheeler vehicle |
🛺 |
Auto Rickshaw | A three-wheeled vehicle used in several Asian countries to transport a passenger from one place to another |
🛹 |
Skateboard | A classic emoji of a skateboard |
🔥 |
Fire | The fire emoji depicts hot, warm, flame and also used in context to represent coolness (lit) |
💧 |
Droplet | Used for various types of liquid such as water, tears, sweat and may even depict crying or sadness in some context |
🕛 |
Twelve O’Clock | Emoji depicting 12 o’clock either in the afternoon or midnight |
⏰ |
Alarm | Emoji depicting an alarm clock with a time of around 10:40 |
🌑 |
New moon | A fully dark new moon |
🌚 |
New moon face | Throwing ironic sentiments |
🌝 |
Full moon face | Used in situations of sarcasm |
🪐 |
Ringed planet | This emoji is made in a way to look like the Saturn planet |
⭐ |
Star | A simple and concise star emoji |
🌧️ |
Cloud with rain | Can use this emoji when your plans are ruined by rain |
🌤️ |
Mostly sunny | An emoji used to represent a sunny and wonderful weather |
🌪️ |
Tornado | An emoji that depicts a tornado |
🌫️ |
Fog | An emoji depicting foggy weather |
☔ |
Umbrella with raindrops | An umbrella with drops of water used for rainy weather |
Activities and Sports
Activity emojis reflect everyday activities such as sports, arts, music, and hobbies, among others. These are the emojis:
EMOJI | EMOJI NAME | EMOJI
MEANINGS |
🎃 |
Jack-O-Lantern | The jack-o-lantern is the classic symbol of Halloween |
🎄 |
Christmas | The Christmas tree emoji represents Christmas and/or holidays |
🎆 |
Fireworks | Fireworks emoji represents the stunning combination of lights in the nighttime when burnt crackers |
🧨 |
Firecracker | A firecracker is burnt on various occasions across the globe such as Diwali, New Year celebrations etc. |
✨ |
Sparkles | Used to represent positive sentiments like happiness, gratitude and excitement |
🎈 |
Balloon | The red balloon emoji represents birthday celebrations or a generic simple balloon |
🎉 |
Party popper | The party popper emoji is used to depict celebrations or parties |
🎊 |
Confetti | Confetti emoji is used to depict celebrations or parties |
🎋 |
Tanabata tree | A tree emoji specifically representing the Tanabata tree |
🎍 |
Bamboo | A bamboo emoji representing the bamboo plant in a pot or cup |
🎎 |
Dolls | Dolls indicating toys |
🎐 |
Windchime | Used for content concerning various senses of wind and chime due to its appearance |
🧧 |
Red envelope | Generally used in Asian cultures |
🎀 |
Ribbon | The emoji indicates something or someone is cute |
🎁 |
Gift | An emoji indicating surprise, gift or presents |
🎗️ |
Reminder ribbon | An awareness ribbon emoji |
🎫 |
Ticket | The ticket emoji is used when going to a place that requires a paid entry such as cinema, sports etc. |
🎖️ |
Medal | The medal emoji represents an achievement recognition |
🏆 |
Trophy | The trophy emoji represents an achievement recognition |
🥇 |
First place medal | A golden emoji used in chats to convey first place ranking in a sports or an event |
⚽ |
Soccer | A soccer ball emoji depicting the football or soccer sport |
⚾ |
Baseball | A ball emoji but more specifically a baseball |
🏀 |
Basketball | A basketball emoji showing the orange striped ball used in basketball |
🏐 |
Volleyball | A volleyball emoji, showing the round ball used in the sport |
🏉 |
Rugby football | This emoji depicts a famous western sport called rugby |
🎾 |
Tennis | A racket and ball emoji indicating the tennis sports |
🏓 |
Ping Pong | A paddle and ping pong ball used in the sport of table tennis. |
🥏 |
Flying disc | A disc-like emoji depicting frisbee |
🏏 |
Cricket game | A bat and ball emoji depicting the game of cricket |
🎳 |
Bowling | A ball and pin emoji depicting the indoor game called bowling |
🏑 |
Field hockey | A hockey stick and ball, used in the sport of field hockey |
🥍 |
Lacrosse | A sport in which two players have to hit the wall with a tennis ball using racquets |
🏸 |
Badminton | A racquet and shuttlecock emoji representing badminton |
🥊 |
Boxing glove | A red boxing glove emoji depicting the boxing sport |
🥋 |
Martial Arts | A traditional martial arts uniform emoji which depicts games such as judo or karate |
🥅 |
Goal net | Also known as goal pole, this emoji depicts a classic outdoor sport called soccer |
⛳ |
Golf | Also known as a flag in the hole, this emoji depicts a red flag in a hole representing a sport called golf |
⛸️ |
Ice skates | Ice skates are used to skate on a floor made of ice |
🎣 |
Fishing | This emoji represents a fishing rod and a fish hooked on to it |
🤿 |
Diving mask | This emoji represents snorkels which is a crucial equipment used in diving or staying under the water for long durations |
🎿 |
Ski | An outdoor winter sport in which a person slides down a snowy mountain or hill |
🎯 |
Darts | A dart emoji specifically depicting bullseye |
🪀 |
Yo-Yo | This is a fun little spinning gadget used during free time |
🪁 |
Kite | A diamond-shaped red kite with a long tail |
🎱 |
8 Ball | The classic 8 ball representing games such as snooker and billiards |
🔮 |
Crystal ball | Crystal ball emoji can be used in texts concerning magic and future prediction |
🧿 |
Nazar Amulet | This interesting looking emoji represents eyes and various senses of charm, envy & jealousy in Turkish culture |
🕹️ |
Joystick | An emoji generally used to convey playing video games but more specifically for classic or aviation genre games |
🎮 |
Video game | This emoji can be used to call up your friends for a video game session |
🎰 |
Slot machine | One can use this emoji on a chat to make casino or gambling plans |
🎲 |
Dice | A six-sided die emoji that depicts dice used in board games such as ludo, monopoly etc. |
🧸 |
Teddy bear | Teddy bear emoji can be used to convey something or someone cute |
♠️ |
Spades | A type of card used in playing cards |
♥️ |
Hearts | A type of card shaped like heart used in playing cards |
♦️ |
Diamonds | A type of card shaped like diamond used in playing cards |
♣️ |
Clubs | A type of card used in playing cards |
♟️ |
Chess | A chess piece called pawn |
🃏 |
Joker | A card emoji that depicts joker |
🀄 |
Mahjong | A red-white tile from the Japanese game called Mahjong |
🎭 |
Performing Arts | This emoji is used to indicate theatre or drama |
🧶 |
Yarn | A ball of yarn through which woolen clothes are sewed |
🎨 |
Art | The emoji depicts color palette |
Most Popular or Trending Emojis
There are some emojis that everyone uses in their random conversations on a large number of occasions. And we are sure that you must have used one of these emojis at least once in your life. Let’s check out the top 20 emojis used in 2022.
- 😂: Tears of joy
- ✨: sparkles
- 🥰 : Smiling face with hearts
- ❤️: Red heart
- 🥺: Pleading face
- 🙏 : Person with folding hands
- 🔥: Fire
- 😭 : Loudly crying face
- 🤣 : Rolling on the floor laughing
- 😍 : Smiling face with heart-eyes
- 🫰 : Pinched Fingers
- 🫤 : Face with Diagonal Mouth
- 🫡 : Saluting Face
- 🫠 : Melting Face
- 🫶 : Heart Hands
- 🥹 : Face holding back tears
- 🫢 : Face with open eyes and hands over mouth
- 🫧 : bubbles
- 🫥 : Dotted face line
- 🫣 : Face with peeking eye
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How to Find Emojis on WhatsApp?
WhatsApp gives you an option to search for Emojis on both Android and iOS applications. Here’s how you can find emojis on WhatsApp for Android and iOS:
How to Find WhatsApp Emojis on Android?
Android users can easily search for an emoji on WhatsApp. All you need to do is follow these steps:
- Open WhatsApp and go to the Chat option. Click on the contact you want to send the emoji to.
- Click on the Emoji option, which is available right next to the message box.
- Now, tap on the search button at the bottom-left corner.
- With this, you will be able to search for any emoji on Android.
How to Find WhatsApp Emojis on iOS?
iOS users can also find emojis on the WhatsApp applications. The process is fairly simple and you can follow these steps:
- Open WhatsApp and go to the Chat option. Click on the contact you want to send the emoji to.
- Click on the Emoji button on the Apple keyboard, which is located next to the space option.
- Now, simply search for any emoji from the top bar on your iPhone.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Are all Emojis Available on Mobile?
Yes, all emojis are available on your mobile phone. These emojis can be accessed and used from the phone’s keyboard, such as Gboard, Swiftkey, etc. Keyboard developers keep rolling out new updates with which they add new emojis.
How to Get New Emojis on Android Phone?
Android and iOS devices get a new range of emojis with each update. For example, 117 new emojis were introduced in the Android 11 version. To get the new emojis, you would have to either update your smartphone or the keyboard app you are using. Further, to get new emojis you can download third party keyboard or emoji apps from Google Play Store or Apple App Store.
What is the meaning of this emoji 🥴?
This emoji is known as the woozy face emoji. This means that you have had a few too many drinks. It also means that the user is tired, overly emotional or confused.