diff --git a/stdlib/Unicode/src/Unicode.jl b/stdlib/Unicode/src/Unicode.jl
index 7ac3a9f9b1d4b..b1f93ac116be1 100644
--- a/stdlib/Unicode/src/Unicode.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Unicode/src/Unicode.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module Unicode
 
-export graphemes
+export graphemes, isemoji
 
 """
     Unicode.normalize(s::AbstractString; keywords...)
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ julia> Unicode.normalize("JúLiA", stripmark=true)
 function normalize end
 normalize(s::AbstractString, nf::Symbol) = Base.Unicode.normalize(s, nf)
 normalize(s::AbstractString; kwargs...) = Base.Unicode.normalize(s; kwargs...)
-
 """
     Unicode.isassigned(c) -> Bool
 
@@ -89,4 +88,94 @@ letter combined with an accent mark is a single grapheme.)
 """
 graphemes(s::AbstractString) = Base.Unicode.GraphemeIterator{typeof(s)}(s)
 
+
+
+include("emoji_ranges.jl")
+const SKIN_COLORS = 0x1F3FB:0x1F3FF
+const REGIONAL_INDICATORS = 0x1F1E6:0x1F1FF
+const ZWJ = '\u200d'    # Zero-width joiner
+
+"""
+    isemoji(Union{AbstractChar, AbstractString}) -> Bool
+Test whether a character or string is a single emoji
+Combined emoji sequences separated by the zero-width joiner character `'\u200d'`
+such as 👨‍❤️‍👨 `['👨',  '\u200d', '❤', '\uFE0F', '\u200d', '👨']` are supported,
+though this function cannot determine whether a given sequence of emoji and
+zero-width joiners would result in a valid composite emoji.
+### Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> Unicode.isemoji("👨‍❤️‍👨")
+true
+
+julia> Unicode.isemoji('👨')
+true
+
+julia> Unicode.isemoji('A')
+false
+```
+"""
+function isemoji(c::AbstractChar)
+    u = UInt32(c)
+    isemoji_code(u)
+end
+
+isemoji(s::AbstractString) = _isemoji(s)
+
+function isemoji_code(u::UInt32)
+    @inbounds for emojiset in EMOJI_RANGES
+        u in emojiset && return true
+    end
+    return false
+end
+
+# a single emoji comprises one of several patterns
+# 1. a single character which is a basic emoji
+# 2. a pair of two regional indicator flags
+# 3. a single emoji character with a modifier character (FE0F or skin color after it)
+# 4. a pound sign, asterisk, or digit followed by FE0F 20E3 or just 20E3
+# 5. a single regional indicator and then 6 small letter characters
+#     (subnational flags, currently only england, scotland and wales)
+# 6. Several emojis separated by zero-width joiners
+function _isemoji(s::AbstractString; ZWJ_allowed = true)
+    isempty(s) && return false
+    codepoints = codepoint.(c for c in s)
+    L = length(codepoints)
+    if L == 1 # single character emoji (pattern 1)
+        isemoji_code(codepoints[1]) && return true
+    elseif L == 2
+        # Check for country flag pattern (pattern 2)
+        if (codepoints[2] in REGIONAL_INDICATORS &&
+            codepoints[1] in REGIONAL_INDICATORS)
+                return true
+        elseif isemoji_code(codepoints[1])
+            # Check for skin color or FE0F modifier pattern (pattern 2)
+            if codepoints[2] in SKIN_COLORS || codepoints[2] == 0x0FE0F
+                return true
+            end
+        elseif isdigit(s[1]) && codepoints[end] == 0x020E3
+	    # Check for keycap pattern (pattern 4)
+            return true
+	else
+            return false
+        end
+    else
+        # Check for keycap pattern (pattern 4)
+        if L == 3 && (isdigit(s[1]) || s[1] == '#' || s[1] == '*')
+            if codepoints[2] == 0x0FE0F && codepoints[end] == 0x020E3
+                return true
+            else
+                return false
+            end
+        # Check for England, Scotland and Wales (pattern 5)
+        elseif L == 7 && codepoints[1] == 0x1F3F4 && all(c in 0xE0062:0xE007F for c in codepoints[2:end])
+            return true
+        elseif ZWJ_allowed
+            # check for zero-width join patterns (pattern 6)
+            s[1] == ZWJ || s[end] == ZWJ && return false
+            splitstr = split(s, ZWJ)
+            all(x -> (_isemoji(x, ZWJ_allowed = false)), splitstr) && return true
+        end
+    end
+    return false
+end
 end
diff --git a/stdlib/Unicode/src/emoji_ranges.jl b/stdlib/Unicode/src/emoji_ranges.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d62d73da1e887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdlib/Unicode/src/emoji_ranges.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,696 @@
+const EMOJI_RANGES = [
+    0x000000a9:0x000000a9,
+    0x000000ae:0x000000ae,
+    0x0000203c:0x0000203c,
+    0x00002049:0x00002049,
+    0x00002122:0x00002122,
+    0x00002139:0x00002139,
+    0x00002194:0x00002199,
+    0x000021a9:0x000021aa,
+    0x0000231a:0x0000231b,
+    0x00002328:0x00002328,
+    0x000023cf:0x000023cf,
+    0x000023e9:0x000023ec,
+    0x000023ed:0x000023ee,
+    0x000023ef:0x000023ef,
+    0x000023f0:0x000023f0,
+    0x000023f1:0x000023f2,
+    0x000023f3:0x000023f3,
+    0x000023f8:0x000023fa,
+    0x000024c2:0x000024c2,
+    0x000025aa:0x000025ab,
+    0x000025b6:0x000025b6,
+    0x000025c0:0x000025c0,
+    0x000025fb:0x000025fe,
+    0x00002600:0x00002601,
+    0x00002602:0x00002603,
+    0x00002604:0x00002604,
+    0x0000260e:0x0000260e,
+    0x00002611:0x00002611,
+    0x00002614:0x00002615,
+    0x00002618:0x00002618,
+    0x0000261d:0x0000261d,
+    0x00002620:0x00002620,
+    0x00002622:0x00002623,
+    0x00002626:0x00002626,
+    0x0000262a:0x0000262a,
+    0x0000262e:0x0000262e,
+    0x0000262f:0x0000262f,
+    0x00002638:0x00002639,
+    0x0000263a:0x0000263a,
+    0x00002640:0x00002640,
+    0x00002642:0x00002642,
+    0x00002648:0x00002653,
+    0x0000265f:0x0000265f,
+    0x00002660:0x00002660,
+    0x00002663:0x00002663,
+    0x00002665:0x00002666,
+    0x00002668:0x00002668,
+    0x0000267b:0x0000267b,
+    0x0000267e:0x0000267e,
+    0x0000267f:0x0000267f,
+    0x00002692:0x00002692,
+    0x00002693:0x00002693,
+    0x00002694:0x00002694,
+    0x00002695:0x00002695,
+    0x00002696:0x00002697,
+    0x00002699:0x00002699,
+    0x0000269b:0x0000269c,
+    0x000026a0:0x000026a1,
+    0x000026a7:0x000026a7,
+    0x000026aa:0x000026ab,
+    0x000026b0:0x000026b1,
+    0x000026bd:0x000026be,
+    0x000026c4:0x000026c5,
+    0x000026c8:0x000026c8,
+    0x000026ce:0x000026ce,
+    0x000026cf:0x000026cf,
+    0x000026d1:0x000026d1,
+    0x000026d3:0x000026d3,
+    0x000026d4:0x000026d4,
+    0x000026e9:0x000026e9,
+    0x000026ea:0x000026ea,
+    0x000026f0:0x000026f1,
+    0x000026f2:0x000026f3,
+    0x000026f4:0x000026f4,
+    0x000026f5:0x000026f5,
+    0x000026f7:0x000026f9,
+    0x000026fa:0x000026fa,
+    0x000026fd:0x000026fd,
+    0x00002702:0x00002702,
+    0x00002705:0x00002705,
+    0x00002708:0x0000270c,
+    0x0000270d:0x0000270d,
+    0x0000270f:0x0000270f,
+    0x00002712:0x00002712,
+    0x00002714:0x00002714,
+    0x00002716:0x00002716,
+    0x0000271d:0x0000271d,
+    0x00002721:0x00002721,
+    0x00002728:0x00002728,
+    0x00002733:0x00002734,
+    0x00002744:0x00002744,
+    0x00002747:0x00002747,
+    0x0000274c:0x0000274c,
+    0x0000274e:0x0000274e,
+    0x00002753:0x00002755,
+    0x00002757:0x00002757,
+    0x00002763:0x00002763,
+    0x00002764:0x00002764,
+    0x00002795:0x00002797,
+    0x000027a1:0x000027a1,
+    0x000027b0:0x000027b0,
+    0x000027bf:0x000027bf,
+    0x00002934:0x00002935,
+    0x00002b05:0x00002b07,
+    0x00002b1b:0x00002b1c,
+    0x00002b50:0x00002b50,
+    0x00002b55:0x00002b55,
+    0x00003030:0x00003030,
+    0x0000303d:0x0000303d,
+    0x00003297:0x00003297,
+    0x00003299:0x00003299,
+    0x0001f004:0x0001f004,
+    0x0001f0cf:0x0001f0cf,
+    0x0001f170:0x0001f171,
+    0x0001f17e:0x0001f17f,
+    0x0001f18e:0x0001f18e,
+    0x0001f191:0x0001f19a,
+    0x0001f1e6:0x0001f1ff,
+    0x0001f201:0x0001f202,
+    0x0001f21a:0x0001f21a,
+    0x0001f22f:0x0001f22f,
+    0x0001f232:0x0001f23a,
+    0x0001f250:0x0001f251,
+    0x0001f300:0x0001f30c,
+    0x0001f30d:0x0001f30e,
+    0x0001f30f:0x0001f30f,
+    0x0001f310:0x0001f310,
+    0x0001f311:0x0001f311,
+    0x0001f312:0x0001f312,
+    0x0001f313:0x0001f315,
+    0x0001f316:0x0001f318,
+    0x0001f319:0x0001f319,
+    0x0001f31a:0x0001f31a,
+    0x0001f31b:0x0001f31b,
+    0x0001f31c:0x0001f31c,
+    0x0001f31d:0x0001f31e,
+    0x0001f31f:0x0001f320,
+    0x0001f321:0x0001f321,
+    0x0001f324:0x0001f32c,
+    0x0001f32d:0x0001f32f,
+    0x0001f330:0x0001f331,
+    0x0001f332:0x0001f333,
+    0x0001f334:0x0001f335,
+    0x0001f336:0x0001f336,
+    0x0001f337:0x0001f34a,
+    0x0001f34b:0x0001f34b,
+    0x0001f34c:0x0001f34f,
+    0x0001f350:0x0001f350,
+    0x0001f351:0x0001f37b,
+    0x0001f37c:0x0001f37c,
+    0x0001f37d:0x0001f37d,
+    0x0001f37e:0x0001f37f,
+    0x0001f380:0x0001f393,
+    0x0001f396:0x0001f397,
+    0x0001f399:0x0001f39b,
+    0x0001f39e:0x0001f39f,
+    0x0001f3a0:0x0001f3c4,
+    0x0001f3c5:0x0001f3c5,
+    0x0001f3c6:0x0001f3c6,
+    0x0001f3c7:0x0001f3c7,
+    0x0001f3c8:0x0001f3c8,
+    0x0001f3c9:0x0001f3c9,
+    0x0001f3ca:0x0001f3ca,
+    0x0001f3cb:0x0001f3ce,
+    0x0001f3cf:0x0001f3d3,
+    0x0001f3d4:0x0001f3df,
+    0x0001f3e0:0x0001f3e3,
+    0x0001f3e4:0x0001f3e4,
+    0x0001f3e5:0x0001f3f0,
+    0x0001f3f3:0x0001f3f3,
+    0x0001f3f4:0x0001f3f4,
+    0x0001f3f5:0x0001f3f5,
+    0x0001f3f7:0x0001f3f7,
+    0x0001f3f8:0x0001f407,
+    0x0001f408:0x0001f408,
+    0x0001f409:0x0001f40b,
+    0x0001f40c:0x0001f40e,
+    0x0001f40f:0x0001f410,
+    0x0001f411:0x0001f412,
+    0x0001f413:0x0001f413,
+    0x0001f414:0x0001f414,
+    0x0001f415:0x0001f415,
+    0x0001f416:0x0001f416,
+    0x0001f417:0x0001f429,
+    0x0001f42a:0x0001f42a,
+    0x0001f42b:0x0001f43e,
+    0x0001f43f:0x0001f43f,
+    0x0001f440:0x0001f440,
+    0x0001f441:0x0001f441,
+    0x0001f442:0x0001f464,
+    0x0001f465:0x0001f465,
+    0x0001f466:0x0001f46b,
+    0x0001f46c:0x0001f46d,
+    0x0001f46e:0x0001f4ac,
+    0x0001f4ad:0x0001f4ad,
+    0x0001f4ae:0x0001f4b5,
+    0x0001f4b6:0x0001f4b7,
+    0x0001f4b8:0x0001f4eb,
+    0x0001f4ec:0x0001f4ed,
+    0x0001f4ee:0x0001f4ee,
+    0x0001f4ef:0x0001f4ef,
+    0x0001f4f0:0x0001f4f4,
+    0x0001f4f5:0x0001f4f5,
+    0x0001f4f6:0x0001f4f7,
+    0x0001f4f8:0x0001f4f8,
+    0x0001f4f9:0x0001f4fc,
+    0x0001f4fd:0x0001f4fd,
+    0x0001f4ff:0x0001f502,
+    0x0001f503:0x0001f503,
+    0x0001f504:0x0001f507,
+    0x0001f508:0x0001f508,
+    0x0001f509:0x0001f509,
+    0x0001f50a:0x0001f514,
+    0x0001f515:0x0001f515,
+    0x0001f516:0x0001f52b,
+    0x0001f52c:0x0001f52d,
+    0x0001f52e:0x0001f53d,
+    0x0001f549:0x0001f54a,
+    0x0001f54b:0x0001f54e,
+    0x0001f550:0x0001f55b,
+    0x0001f55c:0x0001f567,
+    0x0001f56f:0x0001f570,
+    0x0001f573:0x0001f579,
+    0x0001f57a:0x0001f57a,
+    0x0001f587:0x0001f587,
+    0x0001f58a:0x0001f58d,
+    0x0001f590:0x0001f590,
+    0x0001f595:0x0001f596,
+    0x0001f5a4:0x0001f5a4,
+    0x0001f5a5:0x0001f5a5,
+    0x0001f5a8:0x0001f5a8,
+    0x0001f5b1:0x0001f5b2,
+    0x0001f5bc:0x0001f5bc,
+    0x0001f5c2:0x0001f5c4,
+    0x0001f5d1:0x0001f5d3,
+    0x0001f5dc:0x0001f5de,
+    0x0001f5e1:0x0001f5e1,
+    0x0001f5e3:0x0001f5e3,
+    0x0001f5e8:0x0001f5e8,
+    0x0001f5ef:0x0001f5ef,
+    0x0001f5f3:0x0001f5f3,
+    0x0001f5fa:0x0001f5fa,
+    0x0001f5fb:0x0001f5ff,
+    0x0001f600:0x0001f600,
+    0x0001f601:0x0001f606,
+    0x0001f607:0x0001f608,
+    0x0001f609:0x0001f60d,
+    0x0001f60e:0x0001f60e,
+    0x0001f60f:0x0001f60f,
+    0x0001f610:0x0001f610,
+    0x0001f611:0x0001f611,
+    0x0001f612:0x0001f614,
+    0x0001f615:0x0001f615,
+    0x0001f616:0x0001f616,
+    0x0001f617:0x0001f617,
+    0x0001f618:0x0001f618,
+    0x0001f619:0x0001f619,
+    0x0001f61a:0x0001f61a,
+    0x0001f61b:0x0001f61b,
+    0x0001f61c:0x0001f61e,
+    0x0001f61f:0x0001f61f,
+    0x0001f620:0x0001f625,
+    0x0001f626:0x0001f627,
+    0x0001f628:0x0001f62b,
+    0x0001f62c:0x0001f62c,
+    0x0001f62d:0x0001f62d,
+    0x0001f62e:0x0001f62f,
+    0x0001f630:0x0001f633,
+    0x0001f634:0x0001f634,
+    0x0001f635:0x0001f635,
+    0x0001f636:0x0001f636,
+    0x0001f637:0x0001f640,
+    0x0001f641:0x0001f644,
+    0x0001f645:0x0001f64f,
+    0x0001f680:0x0001f680,
+    0x0001f681:0x0001f682,
+    0x0001f683:0x0001f685,
+    0x0001f686:0x0001f686,
+    0x0001f687:0x0001f687,
+    0x0001f688:0x0001f688,
+    0x0001f689:0x0001f689,
+    0x0001f68a:0x0001f68b,
+    0x0001f68c:0x0001f68c,
+    0x0001f68d:0x0001f68d,
+    0x0001f68e:0x0001f68e,
+    0x0001f68f:0x0001f68f,
+    0x0001f690:0x0001f690,
+    0x0001f691:0x0001f693,
+    0x0001f694:0x0001f694,
+    0x0001f695:0x0001f695,
+    0x0001f696:0x0001f696,
+    0x0001f697:0x0001f697,
+    0x0001f698:0x0001f698,
+    0x0001f699:0x0001f69a,
+    0x0001f69b:0x0001f6a1,
+    0x0001f6a2:0x0001f6a2,
+    0x0001f6a3:0x0001f6a3,
+    0x0001f6a4:0x0001f6a5,
+    0x0001f6a6:0x0001f6a6,
+    0x0001f6a7:0x0001f6ad,
+    0x0001f6ae:0x0001f6b1,
+    0x0001f6b2:0x0001f6b2,
+    0x0001f6b3:0x0001f6b5,
+    0x0001f6b6:0x0001f6b6,
+    0x0001f6b7:0x0001f6b8,
+    0x0001f6b9:0x0001f6be,
+    0x0001f6bf:0x0001f6bf,
+    0x0001f6c0:0x0001f6c0,
+    0x0001f6c1:0x0001f6c5,
+    0x0001f6cb:0x0001f6cb,
+    0x0001f6cc:0x0001f6cc,
+    0x0001f6cd:0x0001f6cf,
+    0x0001f6d0:0x0001f6d0,
+    0x0001f6d1:0x0001f6d2,
+    0x0001f6d5:0x0001f6d5,
+    0x0001f6d6:0x0001f6d7,
+    0x0001f6e0:0x0001f6e5,
+    0x0001f6e9:0x0001f6e9,
+    0x0001f6eb:0x0001f6ec,
+    0x0001f6f0:0x0001f6f0,
+    0x0001f6f3:0x0001f6f3,
+    0x0001f6f4:0x0001f6f6,
+    0x0001f6f7:0x0001f6f8,
+    0x0001f6f9:0x0001f6f9,
+    0x0001f6fa:0x0001f6fa,
+    0x0001f6fb:0x0001f6fc,
+    0x0001f7e0:0x0001f7eb,
+    0x0001f90c:0x0001f90c,
+    0x0001f90d:0x0001f90f,
+    0x0001f910:0x0001f918,
+    0x0001f919:0x0001f91e,
+    0x0001f91f:0x0001f91f,
+    0x0001f920:0x0001f927,
+    0x0001f928:0x0001f92f,
+    0x0001f930:0x0001f930,
+    0x0001f931:0x0001f932,
+    0x0001f933:0x0001f93a,
+    0x0001f93c:0x0001f93e,
+    0x0001f93f:0x0001f93f,
+    0x0001f940:0x0001f945,
+    0x0001f947:0x0001f94b,
+    0x0001f94c:0x0001f94c,
+    0x0001f94d:0x0001f94f,
+    0x0001f950:0x0001f95e,
+    0x0001f95f:0x0001f96b,
+    0x0001f96c:0x0001f970,
+    0x0001f971:0x0001f971,
+    0x0001f972:0x0001f972,
+    0x0001f973:0x0001f976,
+    0x0001f977:0x0001f978,
+    0x0001f97a:0x0001f97a,
+    0x0001f97b:0x0001f97b,
+    0x0001f97c:0x0001f97f,
+    0x0001f980:0x0001f984,
+    0x0001f985:0x0001f991,
+    0x0001f992:0x0001f997,
+    0x0001f998:0x0001f9a2,
+    0x0001f9a3:0x0001f9a4,
+    0x0001f9a5:0x0001f9aa,
+    0x0001f9ab:0x0001f9ad,
+    0x0001f9ae:0x0001f9af,
+    0x0001f9b0:0x0001f9b9,
+    0x0001f9ba:0x0001f9bf,
+    0x0001f9c0:0x0001f9c0,
+    0x0001f9c1:0x0001f9c2,
+    0x0001f9c3:0x0001f9ca,
+    0x0001f9cb:0x0001f9cb,
+    0x0001f9cd:0x0001f9cf,
+    0x0001f9d0:0x0001f9e6,
+    0x0001f9e7:0x0001f9ff,
+    0x0001fa70:0x0001fa73,
+    0x0001fa74:0x0001fa74,
+    0x0001fa78:0x0001fa7a,
+    0x0001fa80:0x0001fa82,
+    0x0001fa83:0x0001fa86,
+    0x0001fa90:0x0001fa95,
+    0x0001fa96:0x0001faa8,
+    0x0001fab0:0x0001fab6,
+    0x0001fac0:0x0001fac2,
+    0x0001fad0:0x0001fad6,
+    0x0000231a:0x0000231b,
+    0x000023e9:0x000023ec,
+    0x000023f0:0x000023f0,
+    0x000023f3:0x000023f3,
+    0x000025fd:0x000025fe,
+    0x00002614:0x00002615,
+    0x00002648:0x00002653,
+    0x0000267f:0x0000267f,
+    0x00002693:0x00002693,
+    0x000026a1:0x000026a1,
+    0x000026aa:0x000026ab,
+    0x000026bd:0x000026be,
+    0x000026c4:0x000026c5,
+    0x000026ce:0x000026ce,
+    0x000026d4:0x000026d4,
+    0x000026ea:0x000026ea,
+    0x000026f2:0x000026f3,
+    0x000026f5:0x000026f5,
+    0x000026fa:0x000026fa,
+    0x000026fd:0x000026fd,
+    0x00002705:0x00002705,
+    0x0000270a:0x0000270b,
+    0x00002728:0x00002728,
+    0x0000274c:0x0000274c,
+    0x0000274e:0x0000274e,
+    0x00002753:0x00002755,
+    0x00002757:0x00002757,
+    0x00002795:0x00002797,
+    0x000027b0:0x000027b0,
+    0x000027bf:0x000027bf,
+    0x00002b1b:0x00002b1c,
+    0x00002b50:0x00002b50,
+    0x00002b55:0x00002b55,
+    0x0001f004:0x0001f004,
+    0x0001f0cf:0x0001f0cf,
+    0x0001f18e:0x0001f18e,
+    0x0001f191:0x0001f19a,
+    0x0001f1e6:0x0001f1ff,
+    0x0001f201:0x0001f201,
+    0x0001f21a:0x0001f21a,
+    0x0001f22f:0x0001f22f,
+    0x0001f232:0x0001f236,
+    0x0001f238:0x0001f23a,
+    0x0001f250:0x0001f251,
+    0x0001f300:0x0001f30c,
+    0x0001f30d:0x0001f30e,
+    0x0001f30f:0x0001f30f,
+    0x0001f310:0x0001f310,
+    0x0001f311:0x0001f311,
+    0x0001f312:0x0001f312,
+    0x0001f313:0x0001f315,
+    0x0001f316:0x0001f318,
+    0x0001f319:0x0001f319,
+    0x0001f31a:0x0001f31a,
+    0x0001f31b:0x0001f31b,
+    0x0001f31c:0x0001f31c,
+    0x0001f31d:0x0001f31e,
+    0x0001f31f:0x0001f320,
+    0x0001f32d:0x0001f32f,
+    0x0001f330:0x0001f331,
+    0x0001f332:0x0001f333,
+    0x0001f334:0x0001f335,
+    0x0001f337:0x0001f34a,
+    0x0001f34b:0x0001f34b,
+    0x0001f34c:0x0001f34f,
+    0x0001f350:0x0001f350,
+    0x0001f351:0x0001f37b,
+    0x0001f37c:0x0001f37c,
+    0x0001f37e:0x0001f37f,
+    0x0001f380:0x0001f393,
+    0x0001f3a0:0x0001f3c4,
+    0x0001f3c5:0x0001f3c5,
+    0x0001f3c6:0x0001f3c6,
+    0x0001f3c7:0x0001f3c7,
+    0x0001f3c8:0x0001f3c8,
+    0x0001f3c9:0x0001f3c9,
+    0x0001f3ca:0x0001f3ca,
+    0x0001f3cf:0x0001f3d3,
+    0x0001f3e0:0x0001f3e3,
+    0x0001f3e4:0x0001f3e4,
+    0x0001f3e5:0x0001f3f0,
+    0x0001f3f4:0x0001f3f4,
+    0x0001f3f8:0x0001f407,
+    0x0001f408:0x0001f408,
+    0x0001f409:0x0001f40b,
+    0x0001f40c:0x0001f40e,
+    0x0001f40f:0x0001f410,
+    0x0001f411:0x0001f412,
+    0x0001f413:0x0001f413,
+    0x0001f414:0x0001f414,
+    0x0001f415:0x0001f415,
+    0x0001f416:0x0001f416,
+    0x0001f417:0x0001f429,
+    0x0001f42a:0x0001f42a,
+    0x0001f42b:0x0001f43e,
+    0x0001f440:0x0001f440,
+    0x0001f442:0x0001f464,
+    0x0001f465:0x0001f465,
+    0x0001f466:0x0001f46b,
+    0x0001f46c:0x0001f46d,
+    0x0001f46e:0x0001f4ac,
+    0x0001f4ad:0x0001f4ad,
+    0x0001f4ae:0x0001f4b5,
+    0x0001f4b6:0x0001f4b7,
+    0x0001f4b8:0x0001f4eb,
+    0x0001f4ec:0x0001f4ed,
+    0x0001f4ee:0x0001f4ee,
+    0x0001f4ef:0x0001f4ef,
+    0x0001f4f0:0x0001f4f4,
+    0x0001f4f5:0x0001f4f5,
+    0x0001f4f6:0x0001f4f7,
+    0x0001f4f8:0x0001f4f8,
+    0x0001f4f9:0x0001f4fc,
+    0x0001f4ff:0x0001f502,
+    0x0001f503:0x0001f503,
+    0x0001f504:0x0001f507,
+    0x0001f508:0x0001f508,
+    0x0001f509:0x0001f509,
+    0x0001f50a:0x0001f514,
+    0x0001f515:0x0001f515,
+    0x0001f516:0x0001f52b,
+    0x0001f52c:0x0001f52d,
+    0x0001f52e:0x0001f53d,
+    0x0001f54b:0x0001f54e,
+    0x0001f550:0x0001f55b,
+    0x0001f55c:0x0001f567,
+    0x0001f57a:0x0001f57a,
+    0x0001f595:0x0001f596,
+    0x0001f5a4:0x0001f5a4,
+    0x0001f5fb:0x0001f5ff,
+    0x0001f600:0x0001f600,
+    0x0001f601:0x0001f606,
+    0x0001f607:0x0001f608,
+    0x0001f609:0x0001f60d,
+    0x0001f60e:0x0001f60e,
+    0x0001f60f:0x0001f60f,
+    0x0001f610:0x0001f610,
+    0x0001f611:0x0001f611,
+    0x0001f612:0x0001f614,
+    0x0001f615:0x0001f615,
+    0x0001f616:0x0001f616,
+    0x0001f617:0x0001f617,
+    0x0001f618:0x0001f618,
+    0x0001f619:0x0001f619,
+    0x0001f61a:0x0001f61a,
+    0x0001f61b:0x0001f61b,
+    0x0001f61c:0x0001f61e,
+    0x0001f61f:0x0001f61f,
+    0x0001f620:0x0001f625,
+    0x0001f626:0x0001f627,
+    0x0001f628:0x0001f62b,
+    0x0001f62c:0x0001f62c,
+    0x0001f62d:0x0001f62d,
+    0x0001f62e:0x0001f62f,
+    0x0001f630:0x0001f633,
+    0x0001f634:0x0001f634,
+    0x0001f635:0x0001f635,
+    0x0001f636:0x0001f636,
+    0x0001f637:0x0001f640,
+    0x0001f641:0x0001f644,
+    0x0001f645:0x0001f64f,
+    0x0001f680:0x0001f680,
+    0x0001f681:0x0001f682,
+    0x0001f683:0x0001f685,
+    0x0001f686:0x0001f686,
+    0x0001f687:0x0001f687,
+    0x0001f688:0x0001f688,
+    0x0001f689:0x0001f689,
+    0x0001f68a:0x0001f68b,
+    0x0001f68c:0x0001f68c,
+    0x0001f68d:0x0001f68d,
+    0x0001f68e:0x0001f68e,
+    0x0001f68f:0x0001f68f,
+    0x0001f690:0x0001f690,
+    0x0001f691:0x0001f693,
+    0x0001f694:0x0001f694,
+    0x0001f695:0x0001f695,
+    0x0001f696:0x0001f696,
+    0x0001f697:0x0001f697,
+    0x0001f698:0x0001f698,
+    0x0001f699:0x0001f69a,
+    0x0001f69b:0x0001f6a1,
+    0x0001f6a2:0x0001f6a2,
+    0x0001f6a3:0x0001f6a3,
+    0x0001f6a4:0x0001f6a5,
+    0x0001f6a6:0x0001f6a6,
+    0x0001f6a7:0x0001f6ad,
+    0x0001f6ae:0x0001f6b1,
+    0x0001f6b2:0x0001f6b2,
+    0x0001f6b3:0x0001f6b5,
+    0x0001f6b6:0x0001f6b6,
+    0x0001f6b7:0x0001f6b8,
+    0x0001f6b9:0x0001f6be,
+    0x0001f6bf:0x0001f6bf,
+    0x0001f6c0:0x0001f6c0,
+    0x0001f6c1:0x0001f6c5,
+    0x0001f6cc:0x0001f6cc,
+    0x0001f6d0:0x0001f6d0,
+    0x0001f6d1:0x0001f6d2,
+    0x0001f6d5:0x0001f6d5,
+    0x0001f6d6:0x0001f6d7,
+    0x0001f6eb:0x0001f6ec,
+    0x0001f6f4:0x0001f6f6,
+    0x0001f6f7:0x0001f6f8,
+    0x0001f6f9:0x0001f6f9,
+    0x0001f6fa:0x0001f6fa,
+    0x0001f6fb:0x0001f6fc,
+    0x0001f7e0:0x0001f7eb,
+    0x0001f90c:0x0001f90c,
+    0x0001f90d:0x0001f90f,
+    0x0001f910:0x0001f918,
+    0x0001f919:0x0001f91e,
+    0x0001f91f:0x0001f91f,
+    0x0001f920:0x0001f927,
+    0x0001f928:0x0001f92f,
+    0x0001f930:0x0001f930,
+    0x0001f931:0x0001f932,
+    0x0001f933:0x0001f93a,
+    0x0001f93c:0x0001f93e,
+    0x0001f93f:0x0001f93f,
+    0x0001f940:0x0001f945,
+    0x0001f947:0x0001f94b,
+    0x0001f94c:0x0001f94c,
+    0x0001f94d:0x0001f94f,
+    0x0001f950:0x0001f95e,
+    0x0001f95f:0x0001f96b,
+    0x0001f96c:0x0001f970,
+    0x0001f971:0x0001f971,
+    0x0001f972:0x0001f972,
+    0x0001f973:0x0001f976,
+    0x0001f977:0x0001f978,
+    0x0001f97a:0x0001f97a,
+    0x0001f97b:0x0001f97b,
+    0x0001f97c:0x0001f97f,
+    0x0001f980:0x0001f984,
+    0x0001f985:0x0001f991,
+    0x0001f992:0x0001f997,
+    0x0001f998:0x0001f9a2,
+    0x0001f9a3:0x0001f9a4,
+    0x0001f9a5:0x0001f9aa,
+    0x0001f9ab:0x0001f9ad,
+    0x0001f9ae:0x0001f9af,
+    0x0001f9b0:0x0001f9b9,
+    0x0001f9ba:0x0001f9bf,
+    0x0001f9c0:0x0001f9c0,
+    0x0001f9c1:0x0001f9c2,
+    0x0001f9c3:0x0001f9ca,
+    0x0001f9cb:0x0001f9cb,
+    0x0001f9cd:0x0001f9cf,
+    0x0001f9d0:0x0001f9e6,
+    0x0001f9e7:0x0001f9ff,
+    0x0001fa70:0x0001fa73,
+    0x0001fa74:0x0001fa74,
+    0x0001fa78:0x0001fa7a,
+    0x0001fa80:0x0001fa82,
+    0x0001fa83:0x0001fa86,
+    0x0001fa90:0x0001fa95,
+    0x0001fa96:0x0001faa8,
+    0x0001fab0:0x0001fab6,
+    0x0001fac0:0x0001fac2,
+    0x0001fad0:0x0001fad6,
+    0x0001f3fb:0x0001f3ff,
+    0x0000261d:0x0000261d,
+    0x000026f9:0x000026f9,
+    0x0000270a:0x0000270c,
+    0x0000270d:0x0000270d,
+    0x0001f385:0x0001f385,
+    0x0001f3c2:0x0001f3c4,
+    0x0001f3c7:0x0001f3c7,
+    0x0001f3ca:0x0001f3ca,
+    0x0001f3cb:0x0001f3cc,
+    0x0001f442:0x0001f443,
+    0x0001f446:0x0001f450,
+    0x0001f466:0x0001f46b,
+    0x0001f46c:0x0001f46d,
+    0x0001f46e:0x0001f478,
+    0x0001f47c:0x0001f47c,
+    0x0001f481:0x0001f483,
+    0x0001f485:0x0001f487,
+    0x0001f48f:0x0001f48f,
+    0x0001f491:0x0001f491,
+    0x0001f4aa:0x0001f4aa,
+    0x0001f574:0x0001f575,
+    0x0001f57a:0x0001f57a,
+    0x0001f590:0x0001f590,
+    0x0001f595:0x0001f596,
+    0x0001f645:0x0001f647,
+    0x0001f64b:0x0001f64f,
+    0x0001f6a3:0x0001f6a3,
+    0x0001f6b4:0x0001f6b5,
+    0x0001f6b6:0x0001f6b6,
+    0x0001f6c0:0x0001f6c0,
+    0x0001f6cc:0x0001f6cc,
+    0x0001f90c:0x0001f90c,
+    0x0001f90f:0x0001f90f,
+    0x0001f918:0x0001f918,
+    0x0001f919:0x0001f91e,
+    0x0001f91f:0x0001f91f,
+    0x0001f926:0x0001f926,
+    0x0001f930:0x0001f930,
+    0x0001f931:0x0001f932,
+    0x0001f933:0x0001f939,
+    0x0001f93c:0x0001f93e,
+    0x0001f977:0x0001f977,
+    0x0001f9b5:0x0001f9b6,
+    0x0001f9b8:0x0001f9b9,
+    0x0001f9bb:0x0001f9bb,
+    0x0001f9cd:0x0001f9cf,
+    0x0001f9d1:0x0001f9dd,
+    0x000020e3:0x000020e3,
+    0x0001f1e6:0x0001f1ff,
+    0x0001f3fb:0x0001f3ff,
+    0x0001f9b0:0x0001f9b3,
+    0x000e0020:0x000e007f,
+]
diff --git a/stdlib/Unicode/test/runtests.jl b/stdlib/Unicode/test/runtests.jl
index d84137de11054..8131aa2109d6d 100644
--- a/stdlib/Unicode/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Unicode/test/runtests.jl
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using Test
 using Unicode
 using Unicode: normalize, isassigned
+using Downloads
 
 @testset "string normalization" begin
     # normalize (Unicode normalization etc.):
@@ -404,3 +405,96 @@ end
     @test prod(["*" for i in 1:3]) == "***"
     @test prod(["*" for i in 1:0]) == ""
 end
+
+@testset "Emoji tests" begin
+
+    """
+    extract_emoji_column(emoji_data, column = 1; type_field = "")
+    Read the selected column from a provided unicode emoji data file
+    (i.e. https://www.unicode.org/Public/13.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-data.txt).
+    Optionally select only columns beginning with `type_field`
+    """
+    function extract_emoji_column(emoji_data, column = 1; type_field = "")
+        lines = readlines(emoji_data)
+        filter!(line -> !isempty(line) && !startswith(line, "#"),  lines)
+        splitlines = [strip.(split(line, ";")) for line in lines]
+        first_col = [splitline[column] for splitline in splitlines if startswith(splitline[2], type_field)]
+    end
+
+    # parse a string of the form "AAAA...FFFF" into 0xAAAA:0xFFFF
+    function parse_unicode_range_str(range_str)
+        s = split(range_str, "..")
+        if length(s) > 2 || length(s) < 1
+            return nothing
+        else
+            s1 = tryparse(UInt32, "0x" * s[1])
+            s1 === nothing && return nothing
+            if length(s) == 1
+                return s1:s1
+            else
+                s2 = tryparse(UInt32, "0x" * s[2])
+                s2 === nothing && return nothing
+                return s1:s2
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    # parse a string of the form "AAAA BBBB CCCC" into [0xAAAA, 0xBBBB, 0xCCCC]
+    function parse_sequence_str(seq_str)
+        s = split(seq_str)
+        res = tryparse.(UInt32, "0x" .* s)
+        if all(isnothing.(res))
+            return nothing
+        else
+            return res
+        end
+    end
+
+    # Parse string containing range (i.e. AAAA..FFFF) or sequence (AAAA BBBB CCCC) of unicode codepoints into an array of strings
+    # Ranges are parsed as independent characters ("AAAA...FFFF") -> ["\uAAAA", "\uBBBB", ..., "\u"FFFF"]
+    # Sequences are parsed as a single string ("AAAA BBBB") -> ["\uAAAA\uBBBB"]
+    function parse_col_entry(seq_str)
+        s = parse_sequence_str(seq_str)
+        if s === nothing
+            s = "" .* Char.(parse_unicode_range_str(seq_str) |> collect)
+        else
+            s = [Char.(s) |> String]
+        end
+        return s
+    end
+
+    function extract_emoji_sequences(emoji_data; type_field = "")
+        codepoints = extract_emoji_column(emoji_data; type_field)
+        emojis = parse_col_entry.(codepoints)
+        vcat(emojis...)
+    end
+
+    # See if all emojis are caught by the isemoji function
+    emoji_sequences = Downloads.download("https://www.unicode.org/Public/emoji/13.1/emoji-sequences.txt")
+    emoji_zwj_sequences = Downloads.download("https://www.unicode.org/Public/emoji/13.1/emoji-zwj-sequences.txt")
+
+    all_emojis = [
+        extract_emoji_sequences(emoji_sequences);
+        extract_emoji_sequences(emoji_zwj_sequences);
+    ]
+    #@show filter(!isemoji, all_emojis)
+    @test all(isemoji.(all_emojis))
+    @test !isemoji('A')
+    @test !isemoji("🔹 some text bounded by emojis 🔹")
+    @test !isemoji("🚍 some text after an emoji")
+    @test !isemoji("some text before an emoji 🚘")
+    @test !isemoji("😮 😥 😨 😩 😪")
+    @test !isemoji("No emojis here")
+
+    # Test emoji sequences
+    @test !isemoji("😈😘")
+    @test isemoji("🚴🏿")
+    @test !isemoji("👨‍👧" * Unicode.ZWJ)
+    @test isemoji("🛌" * Unicode.ZWJ * '😎')
+    @test !isemoji("🤦🏽" * Unicode.ZWJ * Unicode.ZWJ * '😎')
+    @test !isemoji("")
+
+    teststring = "My family looks like this: 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 and I ❤️ them"
+    test_graphemes = [g for g in graphemes(teststring)]
+    @test filter(isemoji, test_graphemes) == SubString{String}["👩‍👩‍👦‍👦", "❤️"]
+end