The Rise of Emoji 😇

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The Beginning of Emoji

In the late 1990s, when the Japanese telecom company NTT DoCoMo first launched its mobile internet system, the journey of the emoji began. Since then, emojis have become a universal language, widely used by people across the globe, including celebrities and even politicians, to communicate on social media.

The word emoji itself comes from two Japanese words: “e” meaning picture and “moji” meaning character. At first, the selection of emojis was quite limited, but intense competition in the telecom sector during the 2000s helped these colorful symbols spread rapidly and gain popularity worldwide.

By 2023, it is estimated that there are approximately 3,491 emoji characters available for use, making them an essential part of modern digital communication.



Who Sanctions the Emoji? ✋

The Unicode Consortium, a California-based organization, sets the international standards for modern digital computing and officially sanctions all the emojis used worldwide. As of 2022, they have approved 3,460 emojis, with many more expected to be added in the coming years.

The Consortium is primarily made up of American multinational corporations and currently has 11 full members with voting rights. Among these, eight are major U.S. software and hardware companies: Amazon, Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Google, ETC, Facebook (Meta), and Salesforce. The other three full members with voting rights are Netflix, SAP SE, and YAT.

There is a thorough vetting process for approving new emojis, which involves strict criteria. For example, emojis cannot depict any living or deceased person or represent divine figures such as gods or angels. This is why you won’t find emojis representing celebrities or religious leaders, though these rules may evolve in the future.

While anyone can create their own emojis, they won’t be officially sanctioned by the Unicode Consortium unless they meet these criteria. Some countries, like Finland, have even created their own sets of national emojis, but without submitting them for Unicode approval, these emojis won’t appear on most smartphones or digital keyboards.

Can Emoji 😆 Be a Universal Language?

Many of us use emojis daily to express feelings, statuses, or events through smartphones and computers. Emojis form a powerful mode of communication. For example, instead of saying “I love you,” you might use 👩💖👨, or to say “I want to kiss you,” you could send 👩💋👨. Emojis like ⏰ (running late), 🚆 (on the train), or ☎️ (call me) quickly convey messages without words.

In this way, emojis could be seen as the first truly universal form of communication, one that transcends spoken languages such as English, Bangla, Japanese, or Chinese.

However, to be considered a true language, a system requires thousands of years of development and must follow complex grammatical rules. Emojis are currently limited to digital platforms and have been widely used only since around 2010 on social media and messaging apps. They are not used in face-to-face verbal communication and are not yet widely accepted as a standalone language.

Rather, emojis serve as a visual supplement to our digital textspeak, helping to convey emotions and tone that words alone sometimes can’t express. Whether emojis will ever evolve into a universal language for digital or verbal communication remains to be seen, only time will tell.

Some Popular Emojis:

  • 😃 Smiling Face with Open Mouth

  • 😄 Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Smiling Eyes

  • 😀 Grinning Face

  • 😁 Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes

  • 😂 Face with Tears of Joy

  • 😆 Smiling Face with Open Mouth and Tightly Closed Eyes

  • 😇 Smiling Face with Halo

  • 💘 Heart with Arrow

  • 💔 Broken Heart

  • 💖 Sparkling Heart

  • 💋 Kiss Mark

  • 👍 Thumbs Up

  • 👎 Thumbs Down

  • 👊 Fisted Hand

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  1. Anonymous26 December 2022 at 21:53

    Perhaps one day we will see a common language for everyone and that is this Emoji. I am a fan of your writings.

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