Emoji Categories
Every emoji in Unicode 17.0.0 belongs to one of nine official groups. Those are listed first and each page is complete. Below them are our curated collections — themed picks that cut across the official groups when you are looking for a feeling or an occasion rather than a category.
Official Unicode groups
Defined by the Unicode standard. Counts exclude skin tone variants, which live on each emoji's own page.
Smileys & Emotion
Faces and feelings for everyday chats — from a quick grin to tears of laughter or a quiet, thoughtful look. Hearts and other emotion symbols live here too.
People & Body
Hands, gestures, people and roles. Most entries in this group support skin tone modifiers, and many also come in gendered and hair-style variants.
Animals & Nature
Pets, wildlife, insects and plants — a friendly set for animal posts, pet captions and anything growing outdoors.
Food & Drink
Meals, snacks, produce and drinks for recipe posts, restaurant reviews and hungry late-night texts.
Travel & Places
Vehicles, buildings, landmarks, time and weather for trip planning, commute updates and holiday photos.
Activities
Sports, games, hobbies, awards and celebrations for match days, birthdays and weekend plans.
Objects
Everyday things — clothing, tech, tools, stationery and household items — handy for shopping lists and how-to posts.
Symbols
Signs, arrows, shapes, zodiac and keycaps. For plain text characters that are not emoji, see the Text Symbols section.
Flags
National, regional and special-purpose flags. Flag rendering varies more than any other group — some platforms show letter pairs instead of a flag.
Featured collections
Editor's picks, not a popularity ranking — we do not track what visitors copy.
Popular
A quick-access set of the emojis people reach for most in everyday chats, captions and comments.
New in Emoji 17.0
Every emoji added in the Emoji 17.0 release. Support depends on your device — older systems show a box until they update.
Hearts
Every heart colour and style in one place, for love notes, thank-yous and aesthetic captions.
Love
Affectionate faces, hearts and gestures for partners, friends and family.
Celebration
Party poppers, cheers and confetti for wins, launches and big announcements.
All collections
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a category and a collection?
Categories are the nine official groups defined by Unicode — every emoji belongs to exactly one, and the lists are complete. Collections are our own themed selections, useful for finding something quickly but not part of the standard.
Are these lists complete?
The category pages are. They contain every entry Unicode 17.0.0 defines in each group, regenerated whenever the standard updates. Collections are deliberately selective.
Can I search across everything at once?
Yes — the search box in the header searches every emoji, symbol and kaomoji on the site, and runs entirely in your browser.