Word list · 20 words
Emoji meanings
Each emoji has an official name set by the Unicode Consortium, the body that standardises the characters computers use. How people use one is a different matter: a skull can mean laughing, a peach rarely means fruit, and readings shift between age groups and platforms.
Each entry gives the official name, the meanings people actually use, and the situations where it is likely to be misread. Emoji are shown here as plain text characters, so how they look depends on your device's own font.
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The words
100 Emoji (Hundred Points)
💯 (Unicode name: Hundred Points Symbol) is a red 100, underlined twice, like a perfect mark on a test.
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Folded Hands Emoji (Praying Hands)
🙏 (Unicode name: Person with Folded Hands; short name: folded hands) shows two hands pressed together.
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Laughing-Crying Emoji (Face with Tears of Joy)
😂 (official name: Face with Tears of Joy) is a grinning face crying with laughter.
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Loudly Crying Emoji
😭 (official name: Loudly Crying Face) shows a face wailing with streams of tears.
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Melting Face Emoji
🫠 (official name: Melting Face) is a smiley dissolving into a puddle.
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Moai Emoji
🗿 (Unicode name: Moyai) shows a stone head modelled on the giant statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
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Nail Polish Emoji
💅 (official name: Nail Polish) shows nails being painted.
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Pleading Face Emoji
🥺 (Unicode name: Face with Pleading Eyes) shows a face with huge, shining "puppy-dog" eyes.
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Red Flag Emoji
🚩 (Unicode name: Triangular Flag on Post) shows a small red flag on a pole.
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Saluting Face Emoji
🫡 (official name: Saluting Face) shows a face giving a salute.
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Slightly Smiling Face Emoji
🙂 (official name: Slightly Smiling Face) is a small, closed-mouth smile.
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Upside-Down Face Emoji
🙃 (official name: Upside-Down Face) is a smiley turned on its head.
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