Emoji Keywords

Keyword (:heart:) to code (U+2764) mapping data.

Currently only for Twemoji.js

• V1 which supports 874 emojis
• V2 which supports 1661 emojis.

Available as YAML, and JSON format.

How I get the keyword

Please see this wiki.

Guide to human to use Emoji keywords

ZWJ Zero Width Joiner

Since Unicode 6.0, there is a thing called Emoji ZWJ Sequences.

ZWJ stands for ZERO WIDTH JOINER (U+200D).

You can use ZWJ to compose emojis from single emojis!

For example, a couple with heart emoji:

Can be composed by man (U+1F468), heart (U+2764), man (U+1F468):

Slack use the - to represent ZWJ:

:man-heart-man:

I followed Slack's convention in Emoji Keywords.

See full Emoji ZWJ Sequences Catalog.

Emoji with Color

Unicode 8.0 adds diversity support to Emojis!

What does this mean is some emojis have a base color plus 5 modifiers.

For example, boy emoji, The base is :boy:. You can add skin tone modifiers (U+1F3FB ~ U+1F3FF):

Slack uses :skin-tone-{2..6}: to represent the modifiers:

:boy:
:boy::skin-tone-2:
:boy::skin-tone-3:
:boy::skin-tone-4:
:boy::skin-tone-5:
:boy::skin-tone-6:

which renders:

Differences from Emoji Keywords and Slack keywords

Regional Indicator Symbol letters (1F1E6..1F1FF)

Emoji Keywords use :a: to :z: for regional indicator symbol letters for consistency.

Slack uses :a:, :b:, :m:, :o:, :o2, :v:, :x: differently:

Slack	Emoji Keywords	Unicode Name	UNICODE
:a:	:a_negative:	NEGATIVE SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A	U+1F170
:b:	:b_negative:	NEGATIVE SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B	U+1F171
:m:	:m_circled:	CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M	U+24C2
:o:	:large_circle:	HEAVY LARGE CIRCLE	U+2B55
:o2:	:o_negative:	NEGATIVE SQUARED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O	U+1F17E
:v:	:victory_hand:	VICTORY HAND	U+270C
:x:	:cross_mark:	CROSS MARK	U+274C

Slack does not have :a:..:z: excpet above table mentioned.

Some keywords differ from Slack

Because they're impossible to remember as keyword.

Slack	Emoji Keywords	Unicode
:u5272:	:divide:	U+1F239
:u5408:	:together:	U+1F234
:u55b6:	:operating:	U+1F23A
:u6307:	:finger:	U+1F22F
:u6708:	:moon:	U+1F237
:u6709:	:exist:	U+1F236
:u6e80:	:fullness:	U+1F235
:u7121:	:negation:	U+1F21A
:u7533:	:apply:	U+1F238
:u7981:	:prohibit:	U+1F232
:u7a7a:	:empty:	U+1F233

Credits

• Twemoji
• Slack

License

MIT LICENSED. See LICENSE.

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