Quantitative data about emoji usage reveals a lot about their role in language—and how they help us express emotions we have no words for. Unicode Consortium is the standard bearer of emoji. The ...

New Lunar New Year-related emoji have been added as candidates for a post-2017 Unicode update. These include a firecracker, a mooncake, and a red envelope. Unicode 10, the latest version of the ...

Every year, the governing body Unicode adds new emoji to the nearly 3,000 already in existence. Here's how it picks the additions.

Unicode 11 with Dozens of New Emoji Arrives June 5. Article Comments . Jun 1, 2018, 11:45 AM by Eric M. Zeman. New emoji are coming to a phone near you, eventually. Unicode 11.0, which was ...

Unicode, meanwhile, is a technical system with discrete possibilities. What kind of human difference should Unicode include? There are countless kinds of humans, after all—but only 700 or so emoji.

Kendall-Jackson winery is proposing the addition of a white wine emoji to Unicode, but first they need our help. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

The new candidates for Emoji 15.1, which could be approved later this year, include a fiery phoenix, a broken chain, and more. Alessio Liburdi / EyeEm / Getty Images ...

The most used Emoji isn't all that surprising, and there's a good chance that you received or sent it today. It's the Tears ...

The current Unicode emoji, U+1F377, was simply “wine glass” and did not need to be “red wine,” specifically. It just so happens that each platform has made the decision to depict wine ...

On Thursday, Unicode, the nonprofit organization responsible for recommending new emoji, announced nine new emoji designs you might see late next year as part of Unicode 17.0.

But earlier this month the Unicode Consortium – the agency that regulates communication across all software and decides which emoji get made – announced that hot dog made the cut in the latest ...