Plane SMP Assigned 80 code points 6.0 63 (+63) | Scripts Common Unused 0 reserved code points | |
Range U+1F600..U+1F64F
(80 code points) | ||
Emoticons is a Unicode block containing graphic representations of faces, which are often associated with classic emoticons. They exist largely for compatibility with Japanese telephone carriers' implementations of Shift JIS.
Contents
All of the characters in the Emoticons block are emoji.
Diversity
The Emoticons block has eight emoji that represent people or body parts. They can be modified using U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF to provide for a range of skin tones using the Fitzpatrick scale:
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Emoticons block:
References
Emoticons (Unicode block) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA