Emoji Keywords

June 9, 2016 · View on GitHub

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

Currently only for Twemoji.js

Available as YAML, and JSON format.

How I get the keyword

Please see this wiki.

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.

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:

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.

Because they're impossible to remember as keyword.

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