Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs explained

Rangestart:	1F300
Rangeend:	1F5FF
Script1:	Common
Symbols:	Emoji
6 0:	529
6 1:	4
7 0:	209
8 0:	24
9 0:	2
Note:	^[1] ^[2]

Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs is a Unicode block containing meteorological and astronomical symbols, emoji characters^[3] largely for compatibility with Japanese telephone carriers' implementations of Shift JIS, and characters originally from the Wingdings and Webdings fonts found in Microsoft Windows.

Emoji

The block contains 637 emoji^[4] ^[5] and has 312 standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for 156 base characters.^[6]

Emoji variation sequences
U+	1F30D	1F30E	1F30F	1F315	1F31C	1F321	1F324	1F325	1F326	1F327	1F328	1F329
default presentation	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	text	text	text	text	text	text	text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F32A	1F32B	1F32C	1F336	1F378	1F37D	1F393	1F396	1F397	1F399	1F39A	1F39B
default presentation	text	text	text	text	emoji	text	emoji	text	text	text	text	text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F39E	1F39F	1F3A7	1F3AC	1F3AD	1F3AE	1F3C2	1F3C4	1F3C6	1F3CA	1F3CB	1F3CC
default presentation	text	text	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	text	text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F3CD	1F3CE	1F3D4	1F3D5	1F3D6	1F3D7	1F3D8	1F3D9	1F3DA	1F3DB	1F3DC	1F3DD
default presentation	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F3DE	1F3DF	1F3E0	1F3ED	1F3F3	1F3F5	1F3F7	1F408	1F415	1F41F	1F426	1F43F
default presentation	text	text	emoji	emoji	text	text	text	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F441	1F442	1F446	1F447	1F448	1F449	1F44D	1F44E	1F453	1F46A	1F47D	1F4A3
default presentation	text	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F4B0	1F4B3	1F4BB	1F4BF	1F4CB	1F4DA	1F4DF	1F4E4	1F4E5	1F4E6	1F4EA	1F4EB
default presentation	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F4EC	1F4ED	1F4F7	1F4F9	1F4FA	1F4FB	1F4FD	1F508	1F50D	1F512	1F513	1F549
default presentation	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	text	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F54A	1F550	1F551	1F552	1F553	1F554	1F555	1F556	1F557	1F558	1F559	1F55A
default presentation	text	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F55B	1F55C	1F55D	1F55E	1F55F	1F560	1F561	1F562	1F563	1F564	1F565	1F566
default presentation	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji	emoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F567	1F56F	1F570	1F573	1F574	1F575	1F576	1F577	1F578	1F579	1F587	1F58A
default presentation	emoji	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F58B	1F58C	1F58D	1F590	1F5A5	1F5A8	1F5B1	1F5B2	1F5BC	1F5C2	1F5C3	1F5C4
default presentation	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

U+	1F5D1	1F5D2	1F5D3	1F5DC	1F5DD	1F5DE	1F5E1	1F5E3	1F5E8	1F5EF	1F5F3	1F5FA
default presentation	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text	text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

Emoji modifiers

The Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs contains a set of "Emoji modifiers" which are modifier characters intended to represent skin colour based on the Fitzpatrick scale (but conflating the two lightest skin types into one category):^[7]

These emoji modifiers can be used on emojis that represent people or body parts including the 54 human emojis in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictograph block.

In August 2014, Peter Edberg of Apple Inc. and Mark Davis of Google proposed implementing these "emoji modifiers" to provide better representation of "human diversity" in emoji characters.^[8] ^[9] and, in June 2015, the proposal was adopted in Unicode version 8.0.^[10] This was the result of lobbying by Katrina Parrott, whose daughter came up with the idea after being unable to send emojis that looked like her.^[11]

To modify an emoji representing a human or body part, the emoji modifier must be placed immediately after that emoji. ^[12] When the emoji modifier is applied to an emoji, the emoji-style variant selectior (U+FE0F) should be omitted because the emoji modifier automatically implies emoji-style presentation.

Table of emojis with modifiers

The following table shows the full combinations of each of the five modifiers with all the "human emoji" characters in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block. Each character should show in each of the five skin tones provided a suitable font is installed on the system and the rendering software is capable of handling modifier characters. Platforms without emoji modifier support may show as boxes.

Human emoji
U+	1F385	1F3C2	1F3C3	1F3C4	1F3C7	1F3CA	1F3CB	1F3CC	1F442	1F443	1F446
emoji				️		️	️	️	️		️
FITZ-1-2
FITZ-3
FITZ-4
FITZ-5
FITZ-6

U+	1F447	1F448	1F449	1F44A	1F44B	1F44C	1F44D	1F44E	1F44F	1F450	1F466
emoji	️	️	️				️	️
FITZ-1-2
FITZ-3
FITZ-4
FITZ-5
FITZ-6

U+	1F467	1F468	1F469	1F46B	1F46C	1F46D	1F46E	1F470	1F471	1F472	1F473
emoji
FITZ-1-2
FITZ-3
FITZ-4
FITZ-5
FITZ-6

U+	1F474	1F475	1F476	1F477	1F478	1F47C	1F481	1F482	1F483	1F485	1F486
emoji
FITZ-1-2
FITZ-3
FITZ-4
FITZ-5
FITZ-6

U+	1F487	1F48F	1F491	1F4AA	1F574	1F575	1F57A	1F590	1F595	1F596
emoji					️	️		️
FITZ-1-2
FITZ-3
FITZ-4
FITZ-5
FITZ-6

Additional human emoji can be found in other Unicode blocks: Dingbats, Emoticons, Miscellaneous Symbols, Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs, Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A and Transport and Map Symbols.

Chart

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block:

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID
6.0	U+1F300..1F320, 1F330..1F335, 1F337..1F37C, 1F380..1F393, 1F3A0..1F3C4, 1F3C6..1F3CA, 1F3E0..1F3F0, 1F400..1F43E, 1F440, 1F442..1F4F7, 1F4F9..1F4FC, 1F500..1F53D, 1F550..1F567, 1F5FB..1F5FF	529



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				N3583
				N3681
				N3585

				N3607

				N3619
				N3636
				doc)




				N3687
				N3712
				N3711
				N3722
				N3726
				N3728
				doc)



				N3776
				N3777
				N3783
				N3785
				N3828
				N3835

				N3829

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	N4794


























6.1	U+1F540..1F543	4		N3772


				N3884

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7.0	U+1F321..1F32C, 1F336, 1F37D, 1F394..1F39F, 1F3C5, 1F3CB..1F3CE, 1F3D4..1F3DF, 1F3F1..1F3F7, 1F43F, 1F441, 1F4F8, 1F4FD..1F4FE, 1F53E..1F53F, 1F546..1F54A, 1F568..1F579, 1F57B..1F5A3, 1F5A5..1F5FA	207

				N4022
				N4115
				N4143
				N4103
				N4239
				N4306R
				N4363
				N4384
				N4223
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	U+1F544	1
				N3971
				N4103
	U+1F545	1
				N3998

				N4103
8.0	U+1F32D..1F32F, 1F37E..1F37F	5



				N4654

	U+1F3CF..1F3D3, 1F3F8	6



	U+1F3F9..1F3FA	2
	U+1F3F9..1F3FA	2
	U+1F3FB..1F3FF	5


				N4599
				N4646
				N4644



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	U+1F4FF, 1F54B..1F54E	5
	U+1F54F	1		N4393


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9.0	U+1F57A, 1F5A4	2

Notes and References

Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
Web site: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs Range 1F300-1F5FF (Unicode 15.0) . Unicode.org . Unicode Consortium . 31 December 2022 .
Web site: UTR #51: Unicode Emoji. 2023-09-05. Unicode Consortium.
Web site: UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51. 2023-02-01. Unicode Consortium.
Web site: UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences. The Unicode Consortium.
Web site: Full Emoji Modifier Sequences: skin-tone . Unicode.org . Unicode Consortium . 31 December 2022.
Web site: Peter Edberg . Mark Davis . Mark Davis (Unicode) . L214/172 Proposed enhancements for emoji characters: background . Unicode.org . 1 . English . 3 August 2014 . This proposal attempts to address several issues related to emoji-like characters in Unicode: • Concerns about the lack of diversity in the representation of the people and body part emoji. • Concerns about apparent bias in the selection of encoded characters, and/or notable gaps in the current set. • Popular requests for emoji additions..
Web site: Peter Edberg . Mark Davis . Mark Davis (Unicode) . L2/14-173r Variation selectors for Emoji skin tone . Unicode.org . 1 . English . 27 August 2014 . We propose 5 characters [...] The tones are based on the Fitzpatrick scale [...] The default representation of these alone is as a color swatch. However, if one of these characters follows a character for one or more persons (WOMAN, KISS) or a character for a hand position or a body part (VICTORY HAND, NOSE), then the desired representation is to show the sequence as a single glyph corresponding to the image for the person(s) or body part with the specified skin tone [...].
Web site: Unicode® 8.0.0 . Unicode.org . Unicode Consortium . 17 June 2015 . Notable character additions include [...] Emoji symbols and symbol modifiers for implementing skin tone diversity....
News: What Does It Mean To Have An Emoji Acquired By A Museum? . NPR.org . 22 Dec 2020.
Web site: UTR #51-23: Unicode Emoji - 2.4 Diversity . 31 August 2022 . unicode.org . Unicode Consortium.