What was the very first emoji?

“NTT DOCOMO had a really successful pager called the Pocket Bell, which displayed the first emoji—a heart. When they started to make the push into a truly mobile internet—a software platform called i-mode—they knew that they wanted a killer app or feature that would grab the attention of people in Japan.”
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What was the first emoji made?

The World's First Emoji Set

SoftBank, known as J-Phone at the time, releases the SkyWalker DP-211SW mobile phone on the 1st of November 1997, with the world's first known emoji set. The set includes 90 distinct emoji characters, among them one of the most iconic emoji characters in the Unicode Standard, the poo emoji.
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What was the first ever Apple emoji?

The first version of Apple Color Emoji was released alongside iPhone OS 2.2 in November 2008 and contained 471 individual emoji glyphs. Originally limited to Japanese iPhone models, this restriction was later lifted.
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What was the first emoji in 1999?

In 1999 the Japanese telecom NTT DOCOMO released the original 176 emoji (e meaning “picture” and moji “character”) for mobile phones and pagers.
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What emojis don't exist?

Emojis That Don't Exist but Should
  • Bong. You know what they say: If we all had a bong, we'd all get along. ...
  • Fish with plastic waste stuck inside. ...
  • Ecstasy pills. ...
  • A negative pregnancy test. ...
  • Gaurakshak (cow protector) ...
  • Tampon. ...
  • Drag queen. ...
  • 420.
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History of the Emoji



What does ? this emoji mean?

Emoji Meaning

An angry-red face with a black bar and white grawlixes covering its mouth, indicating it's swearing or being vulgar. Grawlixes are typographical symbols (e.g., @#$%&!) representing swear words or obscenities. Often used to convey an outburst of anger, frustration, or rage.
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Is there a DNA emoji?

DNA was approved as part of Unicode 11.0 in 2018 under the name “DNA Double Helix” and added to Emoji 11.0 in 2018.
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When did this emoji come out ??

Face with Hand Over Mouth was approved as part of Unicode 10.0 in 2017 under the name “Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes and Hand Covering Mouth” and added to Emoji 5.0 in 2017.
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What is the most used emoji?

The laugh-cry emoji, or ?, is the most-used emoji in the world, according the Unicode Consortium. In fact, the 10 most-used emoji haven't changed much since 2019. The consortium, which votes on the emoji added to phones each year, includes Apple and Google.
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What does ? mean from a girl?

What does does Hugging Face emoji ? mean? Bring it in, there, buddy. The hugging face emoji is meant to depict a smiley offering a hug. But, it's often just used to show excitement, express affection and gratitude, offer comfort and consolation, or signal a rebuff.
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What does ? mean from a guy?

? Meaning. Depicting a classic yellow smiley face turned upside down, ? Upside-Down Face commonly conveys sarcasm, irony, humor, and silliness. It is frequently used as a playful indication of awkwardness, frustration, ambivalence, or bemused resignation, as if saying, "Oh well!"
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What does this emoji mean from a girl?

Pleading Face Emoji

It is meant to represent the typical face one makes when pleading, that is, trying to win their compassion or sympathy. Besides conveying such acts as pleading, begging, or beseeching, the Pleading Face emoji also variously conveys sadness, guilt, cuteness, and even arousal.
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What does this emoji ? mean?

A person wearing a suit, hovering above the ground with a shadow displayed beneath them. Generally shown wearing a fedora or similar style of hat. This character was originally introduced into the Webdings font as an “exclamation mark in the style of the rude boy logo found on records by The Specials".
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What does ? mean in texting?

? Two Hearts emoji

Portraying two heart symbols, with the larger one bigger and in the front, the two hearts emoji is widely used to express love, affection, pleasure, or happiness.
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Who invented ? emoji?

Shigetaka Kurita created the first 180 emoji collection for a Japanese mobile web platform, and the concept spread from there. The emoji proved to meet the needs of the growing mobile cellular phone industry so perfectly that soon, everyone was in on the act.
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What does ? mean in texting?

The ? can be a polite way to say "Yeah right" or "I told you so." When texting a friend, use this emoji alone or at the end of a sentence for a little sarcasm.
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Is ? a laughing Emoji?

It's the visual version of the slang phrase “I'm dead” or “I'm dying,” which signifies something is very funny. Other acceptable alternatives: the ? emoji (officially called “Loudly Crying Face”), or just writing “lol” (laughing out loud) or “lmao” (laughing my, well, you probably know the rest).
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What does this ? mean?

Emoji Meaning

A yellow face with simple, open eyes and a closed zipper for a mouth. Meaning widely varies, but commonly conveys a secret or that someone will keep one (e.g., My lips are sealed). May also be used to tell someone to stop talking (e.g., Zip it! or I'll shut up now).
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What does this emoji mean ??

The pretzel emoji ? depicts a salty, heart-shaped, twisted pretzel. The emoji is commonly used in posts about pretzels and other baked treats. It's also commonly associated with Germany. and baseball ⚾. Sometimes, the emoji may be used as a metaphor for something “twisted,” like a pretzel.
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What does this emoji mean ?

The Microbe emoji depicts a microorganism, generally in the form of green virus or bacterium. The emoji is commonly used to refer to germs, disease, and being sick. In 2020, the Microbe emoji became widely used to refer to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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What is this emoji called ?

dna Accentuate your genetics-related posts with the DNA emoji. This emoji depicts chromosomes as colorful, twisted, ladder-like strands. As to how they are connected, you can't talk about genetics without mentioning chromosomes, since chromosomes are structures within cells that contain a person's genes.
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What does this emoji mean ? ??

??? and ??? both mean "let's have oral sex."
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What is this face ??

Emoji Meaning

A yellow face with simple open eyes showing clenched teeth. May represent a range of negative or tense emotions, especially nervousness, embarrassment, or awkwardness (e.g., Eek!). Resembled ? Beaming Face With Smiling Eyes on Apple iOS prior to 2016.
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What does ? mean in slang?

Hang loose is the symbol made by folding down your middle three fingers, and rotating your wrist side to side while your thumb and pinky remains at attention. It's also this emoji, added to Unicode in 2016: ?.
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