Emoji categories
Every single emoji in the standard — all 3,963 sequences of Emoji 18.0, skin tones included — belongs to one of nine groups defined by Unicode. Pick a group to browse and copy its emoji, or jump to the guides written for it.
Smileys & EmotionBrowse and copy smileys & emotion emoji. Open details to see the full name and code points.
People & BodyBrowse and copy people & body emoji. Open details to see the full name and code points.
Animals & NatureBrowse and copy animals & nature emoji. Open details to see the full name and code points.
Food & DrinkBrowse and copy food & drink emoji. Open details to see the full name and code points.
Travel & PlacesBrowse and copy travel & places emoji. Open details to see the full name and code points.
ActivitiesBrowse and copy activities emoji. Open details to see the full name and code points.
ObjectsBrowse and copy objects emoji. Open details to see the full name and code points.
SymbolsBrowse and copy symbols emoji. Open details to see the full name and code points.
FlagsBrowse and copy flags emoji. Open details to see the full name and code points.
How the groups work
The groups come from Unicode’s own emoji ordering data, so they match what your keyboard shows: faces and hearts under Smileys & Emotion, hands and people under People & Body, and so on. A few placements surprise people — 🔥 fire sits in Travel & Places with the weather, and ✨ sparkles in Activities. Skin-tone and gender variants are counted with their group but hidden in the grids until you tick “Include skin tones”.
Looking for something by feeling rather than group? Start from the search on the home page or the guides such as the crying emoji, thumbs up and fire emoji.
That is a lot of emoji, but not 10,000: lists promising “10000 emojis to copy and paste” pad the count with text symbols and duplicates. Every character in these groups can be copied and pasted.