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Unicode 5.1 Emojis

A handful of symbols from before the standard

What is Unicode 5.1?

Unicode 5.1 contains a very small number of characters later classified as emoji, mostly symbols used in the Japanese mobile ecosystem before Unicode 6.0 unified the sets in 2010.

At a glance

Released
New emoji characters3
Total including sequences3
Emoji in our database3

All 3 emoji tagged to Unicode 5.1

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Approval is only half the story. To see which iOS release actually put these on a phone, and when, see iOS emoji updates.