📖 Glossary

List of terms commonly used in emoji character names. Many pre-date emoji, and were used in the naming of Unicode glyphs when presented in black and white.

CJK Unified: A character used in written Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Heavy: When describing pre-emoji Unicode symbols, heavy in a character names refers to the symbol being thick / bold.

Black: When describing pre-emoji Unicode symbols, black in a character names refers to the symbol being solid/filled in.

For example ☀ Black Sun With Rays refers to the appearance of this symbol in black and white, where the sun image is solid (filled in).

White: When describing pre-emoji Unicode symbols, white in a character names refers to the symbol being hollow/outlined.

For example ☺ White Smiling Face does not refer to the ethnicity of the character, but instead means that when shown in black and white it is drawn with outlines.

Index: Index finger

Emoji Presentation: A colorful, cartoon-like appearance.

For example ✌️ Victory Hand with Emoji Presentation

Text Presentation: A black and white glyph or pictograph.

For example ✌︎ Victory Hand with Text Presentation

Zero Width Joiner: A Unicode character that joins two or more other characters together.