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Recently, Unicode consortium has updated the Emoji Candidates draft. Due to COVID-19, emoji proposing was disrupted for a period of time, submissions received before April 2021 will be returned to sender. At the same time, the submission form and process will be changing during that time. Submissions has been resumed after April 2, 2021.
Preview of emoji candidates
So far, there are 39 candidates have already been released. Even though these characters are not final, just candidates for inclusion in a future version of Unicode, but still we believe they are noteworthy. Let's take a look 👀:
Category: Smileys & Emotion
| CLDR Short Name | Proposal | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| face with diagonal mouth | L2/20‑219 |  |
| saluting face | L2/19‑400, L2/19‑396 |  |
| face with peeking eye | L2/19‑378 |  |
| melting face | L2/20‑072 |  |
| face holding back tears | L2/20‑064 |  |
| face with open eyes and hand over mouth | L2/19‑304 |  |
| dotted line face | L2/20‑223 |  |
Category: People & Body (part 1)
| CLDR Short Name | Proposal | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| rightwards hand | L2/19‑265 |  |
| leftwards hand | L2/19‑265 |  |
| palm down hand | L2/20‑213 |  |
| palm up hand | L2/20‑213 |  |
| index pointing at the viewer | L2/20‑212 |  |
| heart hands | L2/20‑211 |  |
| hand with index finger and thumb crossed | L2/19‑327 |  |
Meanwhile, there is a proposal for 25 new RGI sequences about handshake emoji 🤝 based on [rightwards hand] and [leftwards hand], which is a shift toward diversity.
Category: People & Body (part 2)
| CLDR Short Name | Proposal | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| troll | L2/19‑399, L2/19‑232 |  |
| biting lip | L2/19‑219 |  |
| person with crown | L2/20‑189 |  |
| pregnant person | L2/20‑190 |  |
| pregnant man | L2/20‑190 |  |
Category: Animals & Nature
| CLDR Short Name | Proposal | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| empty nest | L2/20‑217 |  |
| nest with eggs | L2/20‑217 |  |
| coral | L2/20‑220 |  |
| lotus | L2/19‑371 |  |
Category: Food & Drink
Category: Travel & Places
Category: Activities
Category: Objects
| CLDR Short Name | Proposal | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| identification card | L2/20‑221 |  |
| x-ray | L2/20‑214 |  |
| bubbles | L2/19‑311 |  |
| crutch | L2/19‑379 |  |
| low battery | L2/19‑316 |  |
Category: Symbols
| CLDR Short Name | Proposal | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| heavy equals sign | L2/20‑225 |  |
The above are the candidates so far. Will there be more emoji candidates? who knows 🤔.
Let me once again emphasize that ⚠️these emojis have not yet been finalized, these new emoji candidates won't be included for sure. And if you want to submit your own emoji, please refer to our former blog post:《🐣How to make a new emoji?》
Hopefully we can use these emojis in 2022!
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