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<div class="page" style="word-wrap: break-word; max-width: 100%;"><h1 class="title" style="font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; -webkit-hyphens: manual; max-width: 100%;">69 New Emoji Have Been Approved By Unicode</h1><div class="metadata" style="-webkit-hyphens: manual; margin-top: -0.85em; margin-bottom: 1.45em; max-width: 100%;"><time itemprop="datePublished" content="2017-03-30T22:31:00-04:00" class="date" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; font-size: 1em !important;">Mar 30, 2017 @ 10:31 PM</time></div><!-- ngIf: hashtag_video_enabled --><div style="max-width: 100%;" class="">
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</div><p style="font-style: italic; max-width: 100%;" class=""><a href="http://emojipedia.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%;" class="">Emoji 5.0 / Photo Credit: Emojipedia</a></p>
</div><p style="max-width: 100%;" class=""><span style="max-width: 100%;" class="">Emojipedia founder and Chief Emoji Officer Jeremy Burge <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/final-2017-emoji-list/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%;" class="">has announced</a> that </span>the Unicode Consortium has approved 69 emoji as part of the Emoji 5.0 update for 2017. The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit that develops software internationalization standards and data. Emoji 5.0 includes new smileys, foods, drinks, flags and people. And the Emoji 5.0 update will include new fantasy characters for the first time like mermaids (and mermen), zombies, elves, genies and vampires.</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">The Emoji 5.0 update is slated to release in June 2017 and it actually contains 239 emoji in total when gender and skin tone recommendations are included. After the Unicode Consortium encodes the new emoji, vendors like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter decide when to implement the changes. Google and Apple will likely implement the new emoji between October and December 2017. But the companies may potentially modify the emoji based on their preferences. For example, Apple replaced the gun emoji with a water gun in a previous emoji update. These 69 emoji will be joining approximately 2,000 other emoji that are already available. Here is a video that Emojipedia released introducing the new emoji:</p><div style="max-width: 100%;" class="">
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">There are a number of noteworthy additions in the Emoji 5.0 update. The update includes gender-inclusive versions of children, adults and older adults. Additions to the “faces” category include a star-struck face, a face with a raised eyebrow (inspired by Stephen Colbert), an exploding head, a face with symbols over the mouth (swearing), a shushing face, a face with a hand over the mouth and a face with a monocle. New emoji in the “animals” category include a zebra, a giraffe, a hedgehog, a sauropod, a T-Rex and a cricket. Emoji 5.0 includes the flags of England, Scotland and Wales. And emoji being introduced to the “food” category are a cut of meat (steak), a coconut, broccoli, a pretzel, a sandwich, cereal, canned food, a dumpling, a fortune cookie, a hot pie, a takeout box and a cup with a straw.</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">In this release, no gendered versions of breast-feeding, a bearded person or person with headscarf are being added. Male and female options will be available for yoga, rock climbing and person in steamy room. <span style="max-width: 100%;" class="">According to Burge via <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-new-emoji-gender-neutral-people-mermaid-dinosaur-hijab-breastfeeding-20170329-story.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%;" class="">the Los Angeles Times</a>, the bearded man, a woman in a hijab and the giraffe were some of the most requested emoji.</span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">The <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2016/11/29/hijab-gender-neutral-breastfeeding-emoji/" target="_self" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%;" class="">proposal</a> of an emoji woman wearing a hijab was sought by a teenager named Rayouf Alhumedi, which was supported by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. The gender neutral emoji were proposed by Adobe designer Paul Hunt. And interestingly, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland pushed for the person in steamy room (sauna) emoji.</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class=""><span style="max-width: 100%;" class="">The Unicode Consortium has made it a priority to include diverse sets of emoji in every release. In November 2015, the Unicode Consortium published Emoji Version 2.0, which introduced skin tone modifier support. About a year later, the Unicode Consortium added 16 new emoji professions (including female and male versions) along with a rainbow flag. And the prospect of a redhead emoji is currently <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/utc-provides-feedback-on-redhead-emoji/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%;" class="">being discussed</a>.</span></p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">Here is a list of the emoji contained in the <a href="http://emojipedia.org/emojipedia/5.0/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(65, 110, 210); max-width: 100%;" class="">Emoji 5.0 update</a>:</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Face With One Eyebrow Raised (aka Colbert Emoji)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Grinning Face With Star Eyes</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Grinning Face With One Large and One Small Eye</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Face With Finger Covering Closed Lips (aka Shhh)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Serious Face With Symbols Covering Mouth (aka Swearing Face)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Smiling Face With Smiling Eyes and Hand Covering Mouth</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Face With Monocle</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Shocked Face With Exploding Head</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Face With Open Mouth Vomiting</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Child (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Adult (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Older Adult (Gender-Inclusive; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Person With Headscarf (aka Hijab; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Bearded Person (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Breast-Feeding (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Woman Mage (aka Witch; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Man Mage (aka Wizard; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Woman Fairy (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Man Fairy (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Woman Vampire (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Man Vampire (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Merwoman (aka Mermaid; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Merman (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Woman Elf (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Man Elf (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Woman Genie</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Man Genie</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Woman Zombie (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Man Zombie (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Woman in Steamy Room (aka Woman in Sauna; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Man in Steamy Room (aka Man in Sauna; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Woman Climbing (aka Female Rock Climber; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Man Climbing (aka Male Rock Climber; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Woman in Lotus Position (aka Meditation or Yoga; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Man in Lotus Position (aka Meditation or Yoga; supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- I Love You Hand Sign (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Palms Up Together (Supports skin tones)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Brain</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Orange Heart</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Scarf</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Gloves</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Coat</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Socks</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Billed Cap (aka Baseball Cap)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Zebra Face</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Giraffe Face</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Hedgehog</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Sauropod</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- T-Rex</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Cricket</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Coconut</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Broccoli</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Pretzel</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Cut of Meat (aka Steak)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Sandwich</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Bowl With Spoon (aka Cereal)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Canned Food</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Dumpling</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Fortune Cookie</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Takeout Box</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Pie</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Cup With Straw (aka Soda or Milkshake)</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Chopsticks</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Flying Saucer</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Sled</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Curling Stone</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Flag for England</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Flag for Scotland</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class="">- Flag for Wales</p><p style="max-width: 100%;" class=""><em style="max-width: 100%;" class="">What are your thoughts about the new emoji? Which of these emoji do you plan to use the most? Please leave a comment!</em></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div class="">Don Hollander<div class="">Universal Acceptance Steering Group</div><div class="">Skype: don_hollander</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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