Random Emoji Generator

377 emoji, all of them in the table below with their real names. Press the button for one at random — you get its proper Unicode name, its category and what people actually use it for, which is often not what it depicts.

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377 emoji in this list.

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Emoji	Name	Category	Commonly used for
😀	Grinning face	Smileys	Plain cheerfulness
😃	Grinning face with big eyes	Smileys	Excitement
😄	Grinning face with smiling eyes	Smileys	Warm enthusiasm
😁	Beaming face with smiling eyes	Smileys	Pleased, slightly smug
😆	Grinning squinting face	Smileys	Laughing out loud
😅	Grinning face with sweat	Smileys	Relief after a near miss
🤣	Rolling on the floor laughing	Smileys	Something genuinely funny
😂	Face with tears of joy	Smileys	Laughing; long the most used emoji of all
🙂	Slightly smiling face	Smileys	Mild politeness, or quiet menace
🙃	Upside-down face	Smileys	Sarcasm and resignation
😉	Winking face	Smileys	A joke, or an in-joke
😊	Smiling face with smiling eyes	Smileys	Gentle warmth and thanks
😇	Smiling face with halo	Smileys	Innocence, usually pretended
🥰	Smiling face with hearts	Smileys	Affection
😍	Smiling face with heart-eyes	Smileys	Adoring something
🤩	Star-struck	Smileys	Being impressed
😘	Face blowing a kiss	Smileys	Affectionate goodbye
😗	Kissing face	Smileys	A light kiss
😚	Kissing face with closed eyes	Smileys	A fond kiss
😋	Face savouring food	Smileys	Delicious
😛	Face with tongue	Smileys	Playfulness
😜	Winking face with tongue	Smileys	Silliness
🤪	Zany face	Smileys	Chaos, deliberately
😝	Squinting face with tongue	Smileys	Teasing
🤑	Money-mouth face	Smileys	Profit
🤗	Hugging face	Smileys	Offering comfort
🤭	Face with hand over mouth	Smileys	Oops, or gossip
🤫	Shushing face	Smileys	Keep it quiet
🤔	Thinking face	Smileys	Considering, or doubting
🤐	Zipper-mouth face	Smileys	Saying nothing
🤨	Face with raised eyebrow	Smileys	Scepticism
😐	Neutral face	Smileys	No comment
😑	Expressionless face	Smileys	Unimpressed
😶	Face without mouth	Smileys	Speechless
😏	Smirking face	Smileys	Knowing amusement
😒	Unamused face	Smileys	Mild irritation
🙄	Face with rolling eyes	Smileys	Exasperation
😬	Grimacing face	Smileys	Awkwardness
🤥	Lying face	Smileys	Calling out a fib
😌	Relieved face	Smileys	Calm after stress
😔	Pensive face	Smileys	Quiet disappointment
😪	Sleepy face	Smileys	Tiredness
🤤	Drooling face	Smileys	Wanting something badly
😴	Sleeping face	Smileys	Asleep, or bored
😷	Face with medical mask	Smileys	Illness or precaution
🤒	Face with thermometer	Smileys	Being unwell
🤕	Face with head bandage	Smileys	Injury
🤢	Nauseated face	Smileys	Disgust
🤮	Face vomiting	Smileys	Strong disgust
🤧	Sneezing face	Smileys	A cold
🥵	Hot face	Smileys	Overheating
🥶	Cold face	Smileys	Freezing
🥴	Woozy face	Smileys	Dazed
😵	Face with crossed-out eyes	Smileys	Overwhelmed
🤯	Exploding head	Smileys	Astonishment
🤠	Cowboy hat face	Smileys	Bravado
🥳	Partying face	Smileys	Celebration
😎	Smiling face with sunglasses	Smileys	Coolness
🤓	Nerd face	Smileys	Enthusiastic detail
🧐	Face with monocle	Smileys	Close inspection
😕	Confused face	Smileys	Not following
😟	Worried face	Smileys	Concern
🙁	Slightly frowning face	Smileys	Mild sadness
😮	Face with open mouth	Smileys	Surprise
😯	Hushed face	Smileys	Quiet astonishment
😲	Astonished face	Smileys	Shock
😳	Flushed face	Smileys	Embarrassment
🥺	Pleading face	Smileys	Asking nicely
😦	Frowning face with open mouth	Smileys	Dismay
😧	Anguished face	Smileys	Distress
😨	Fearful face	Smileys	Fright
😰	Anxious face with sweat	Smileys	Nervousness
😥	Sad but relieved face	Smileys	Bittersweet
😢	Crying face	Smileys	Sadness
😭	Loudly crying face	Smileys	Overwhelmed, happy or sad
😱	Face screaming in fear	Smileys	Panic
😖	Confounded face	Smileys	Frustration
😣	Persevering face	Smileys	Struggling on
😞	Disappointed face	Smileys	Letting someone down
😓	Downcast face with sweat	Smileys	Strain
😩	Weary face	Smileys	Exhaustion
😫	Tired face	Smileys	Had enough
😤	Face with steam from nose	Smileys	Determination or annoyance
😡	Enraged face	Smileys	Anger
😠	Angry face	Smileys	Irritation
🤬	Face with symbols on mouth	Smileys	Swearing
😈	Smiling face with horns	Smileys	Mischief
💀	Skull	Smileys	Dead of laughter, or dread
💩	Pile of poo	Smileys	Something rubbish
🤡	Clown face	Smileys	Foolishness, often one's own
👻	Ghost	Smileys	Spooky, or being ignored
👽	Alien	Smileys	Strangeness
🤖	Robot	Smileys	Automation
👋	Waving hand	Gestures	Hello and goodbye
🤚	Raised back of hand	Gestures	Stop
🖐️	Hand with fingers splayed	Gestures	Five, or halt
✋	Raised hand	Gestures	Stop or high five
🖖	Vulcan salute	Gestures	Live long and prosper
👌	OK hand	Gestures	Agreement
🤌	Pinched fingers	Gestures	What are you doing
🤏	Pinching hand	Gestures	A small amount
✌️	Victory hand	Gestures	Peace
🤞	Crossed fingers	Gestures	Hoping
🤟	Love-you gesture	Gestures	Affection
🤘	Sign of the horns	Gestures	Rock on
🤙	Call me hand	Gestures	Get in touch
👈	Backhand index pointing left	Gestures	Look over there
👉	Backhand index pointing right	Gestures	This one
👆	Backhand index pointing up	Gestures	The point above
👇	Backhand index pointing down	Gestures	The point below
☝️	Index pointing up	Gestures	One moment, or actually
👍	Thumbs up	Gestures	Yes, agreed
👎	Thumbs down	Gestures	No
✊	Raised fist	Gestures	Solidarity
👊	Oncoming fist	Gestures	Fist bump
👏	Clapping hands	Gestures	Applause, or emphasis
🙌	Raising hands	Gestures	Celebration
🤝	Handshake	Gestures	A deal
🙏	Folded hands	Gestures	Please, thanks, or prayer
💪	Flexed biceps	Gestures	Strength
🧠	Brain	People	Thinking
👀	Eyes	People	Looking at this
👶	Baby	People	A newborn
🧒	Child	People	A young person
🧑	Person	People	Anyone
👩	Woman	People	A woman
👨	Man	People	A man
🧓	Older person	People	An elder
👮	Police officer	People	Law
🕵️	Detective	People	Investigating
👷	Construction worker	People	Building work
👨‍🍳	Cook	People	Cooking
👩‍🏫	Teacher	People	Teaching
👩‍⚕️	Health worker	People	Medicine
👨‍🌾	Farmer	People	Farming
🧑‍💻	Technologist	People	Working at a computer
🎅	Santa Claus	People	Christmas
🧙	Mage	People	Magic
🧚	Fairy	People	Whimsy
🧟	Zombie	People	Exhaustion
💃	Woman dancing	People	Celebration
🕺	Man dancing	People	Celebration
🚶	Person walking	People	Going somewhere
🏃	Person running	People	Hurrying
🐶	Dog face	Animals	A dog
🐱	Cat face	Animals	A cat
🐭	Mouse face	Animals	Something small
🐹	Hamster	Animals	A pet
🐰	Rabbit face	Animals	Spring, or speed
🦊	Fox	Animals	Cleverness
🐻	Bear	Animals	Strength
🐼	Panda	Animals	Cuteness
🐨	Koala	Animals	Australia
🐯	Tiger face	Animals	Fierceness
🦁	Lion	Animals	Courage
🐮	Cow face	Animals	Farming
🐷	Pig face	Animals	Indulgence
🐸	Frog	Animals	Amphibians, and internet in-jokes
🐵	Monkey face	Animals	Mischief
🙈	See-no-evil monkey	Animals	Embarrassment
🐔	Chicken	Animals	Poultry
🐧	Penguin	Animals	Cold
🐦	Bird	Animals	Birds generally
🦅	Eagle	Animals	Freedom or power
🦉	Owl	Animals	Wisdom, or being awake late
🦇	Bat	Animals	Night
🐺	Wolf	Animals	The wild
🐗	Boar	Animals	Wildness
🐴	Horse face	Animals	Horses
🦄	Unicorn	Animals	Something rare
🐝	Honeybee	Animals	Busyness
🐛	Bug	Animals	A software bug
🦋	Butterfly	Animals	Transformation
🐌	Snail	Animals	Slowness
🐞	Lady beetle	Animals	Good luck
🐜	Ant	Animals	Industry
🕷️	Spider	Animals	Fear, or Halloween
🐢	Turtle	Animals	Slow and steady
🐍	Snake	Animals	Danger, or Python
🦎	Lizard	Animals	Reptiles
🦖	T-Rex	Animals	Something extinct
🐙	Octopus	Animals	Doing many things at once
🦑	Squid	Animals	The sea
🦀	Crab	Animals	The shore
🐠	Tropical fish	Animals	Reefs
🐟	Fish	Animals	Fishing
🐬	Dolphin	Animals	Intelligence
🐳	Spouting whale	Animals	The ocean
🦈	Shark	Animals	Danger
🐊	Crocodile	Animals	Lurking
🐘	Elephant	Animals	Memory, or size
🦒	Giraffe	Animals	Height
🦓	Zebra	Animals	Stripes
🐄	Cow	Animals	Dairy
🐑	Ewe	Animals	Following the crowd
🐐	Goat	Animals	The greatest of all time
🌸	Cherry blossom	Nature	Spring
🌹	Rose	Nature	Romance
🌻	Sunflower	Nature	Summer
🌷	Tulip	Nature	Spring flowers
🌲	Evergreen tree	Nature	Forest
🌳	Deciduous tree	Nature	Parks
🌴	Palm tree	Nature	Holidays
🌵	Cactus	Nature	Desert, or being left on read
🍀	Four leaf clover	Nature	Luck
🍁	Maple leaf	Nature	Autumn, or Canada
🌿	Herb	Nature	Green things
🍄	Mushroom	Nature	Foraging
🌍	Globe showing Europe-Africa	Nature	The planet
🌕	Full moon	Nature	Night
🌙	Crescent moon	Nature	Sleep
⭐	Star	Nature	Favourite
🌟	Glowing star	Nature	Something special
✨	Sparkles	Nature	Delight, or sarcasm
⚡	High voltage	Nature	Power or speed
🔥	Fire	Nature	Excellent
💧	Droplet	Nature	Water
🌊	Water wave	Nature	The sea
☀️	Sun	Weather	Good weather
🌤️	Sun behind small cloud	Weather	Brightening up
☁️	Cloud	Weather	Overcast
🌧️	Cloud with rain	Weather	Rain
⛈️	Cloud with lightning and rain	Weather	A storm
❄️	Snowflake	Weather	Cold
☃️	Snowman	Weather	Winter
🌈	Rainbow	Weather	Hope
🌪️	Tornado	Weather	Chaos
🍎	Red apple	Food	Fruit, or teaching
🍌	Banana	Food	Fruit
🍇	Grapes	Food	Fruit
🍓	Strawberry	Food	Summer
🍉	Watermelon	Food	Heat
🍑	Peach	Food	Fruit
🍒	Cherries	Food	Sweetness
🥑	Avocado	Food	Brunch
🍅	Tomato	Food	Cooking
🥕	Carrot	Food	Vegetables
🌽	Ear of corn	Food	Harvest
🥔	Potato	Food	Comfort food
🍞	Bread	Food	Baking
🥐	Croissant	Food	Breakfast
🧀	Cheese wedge	Food	Cheese
🥚	Egg	Food	Cooking
🍳	Cooking	Food	Breakfast
🥞	Pancakes	Food	Weekend breakfast
🥓	Bacon	Food	A fry-up
🍔	Hamburger	Food	Fast food
🍟	French fries	Food	Chips
🍕	Pizza	Food	Takeaway
🌭	Hot dog	Food	Street food
🌮	Taco	Food	Mexican food
🍜	Steaming bowl	Food	Noodles
🍣	Sushi	Food	Japanese food
🍚	Cooked rice	Food	A meal
🍛	Curry rice	Food	Curry
🥗	Green salad	Food	Eating well
🍦	Soft ice cream	Food	Summer
🍩	Doughnut	Food	A treat
🍪	Cookie	Food	Baking
🎂	Birthday cake	Food	Birthdays
🍰	Shortcake	Food	Cake
🍫	Chocolate bar	Food	Chocolate
🍿	Popcorn	Food	Watching something unfold
☕	Hot beverage	Food	Coffee or tea
🍵	Teacup without handle	Food	Tea
🍺	Beer mug	Food	A drink after work
🍷	Wine glass	Food	Wine
🥂	Clinking glasses	Food	A toast
⚽	Soccer ball	Activities	Football
🏀	Basketball	Activities	Basketball
🏈	American football	Activities	American football
⚾	Baseball	Activities	Baseball
🎾	Tennis	Activities	Tennis
🏐	Volleyball	Activities	Volleyball
🏉	Rugby football	Activities	Rugby
🎱	Pool 8 ball	Activities	Pool
🏓	Ping pong	Activities	Table tennis
🏸	Badminton	Activities	Badminton
🥊	Boxing glove	Activities	Boxing
🎿	Skis	Activities	Skiing
🏋️	Person lifting weights	Activities	The gym
🚴	Person biking	Activities	Cycling
🏊	Person swimming	Activities	Swimming
🏆	Trophy	Activities	Winning
🥇	1st place medal	Activities	First place
🎯	Bullseye	Activities	Exactly right
🎲	Game die	Activities	Chance
🎮	Video game	Activities	Gaming
🎸	Guitar	Activities	Music
🎹	Musical keyboard	Activities	Piano
🎺	Trumpet	Activities	Brass
🎻	Violin	Activities	Strings
🥁	Drum	Activities	Percussion
🎤	Microphone	Activities	Singing
🎧	Headphones	Activities	Listening
🎨	Artist palette	Activities	Making art
🎬	Clapper board	Activities	Film
🎉	Party popper	Activities	Celebration
🎁	Wrapped gift	Activities	A present
🚗	Automobile	Travel	Driving
🚕	Taxi	Travel	A cab
🚌	Bus	Travel	Public transport
🚑	Ambulance	Travel	Emergency
🚒	Fire engine	Travel	Fire service
🚲	Bicycle	Travel	Cycling
🛵	Motor scooter	Travel	Deliveries
✈️	Airplane	Travel	Flying
🚀	Rocket	Travel	A launch
🚁	Helicopter	Travel	Air travel
🚂	Locomotive	Travel	Trains
⛵	Sailboat	Travel	Sailing
🚢	Ship	Travel	Shipping
🏠	House	Travel	Home
🏢	Office building	Travel	Work
🏥	Hospital	Travel	Healthcare
🏫	School	Travel	Education
🗼	Tokyo tower	Travel	Landmarks
🗽	Statue of Liberty	Travel	New York
⛰️	Mountain	Travel	Hiking
🏖️	Beach with umbrella	Travel	Holiday
🗺️	World map	Travel	Planning a trip
⌚	Watch	Objects	Time
📱	Mobile phone	Objects	Phones
💻	Laptop	Objects	Work
⌨️	Keyboard	Objects	Typing
🖨️	Printer	Objects	Printing
📷	Camera	Objects	Photography
🔋	Battery	Objects	Charge
💡	Light bulb	Objects	An idea
🔦	Flashlight	Objects	Searching
🔑	Key	Objects	Access
🔒	Locked	Objects	Security
🔨	Hammer	Objects	Building
🔧	Wrench	Objects	Fixing
⚙️	Gear	Objects	Settings
🧲	Magnet	Objects	Attraction
🧪	Test tube	Objects	Experiments
🔬	Microscope	Objects	Research
🔭	Telescope	Objects	Looking ahead
💊	Pill	Objects	Medicine
🚪	Door	Objects	Leaving
🛏️	Bed	Objects	Sleep
🚽	Toilet	Objects	Bathroom
🧹	Broom	Objects	Cleaning
🛒	Shopping cart	Objects	Shopping
💰	Money bag	Objects	Money
💳	Credit card	Objects	Paying
✉️	Envelope	Objects	Email
📦	Package	Objects	Delivery
📅	Calendar	Objects	Dates
📌	Pushpin	Objects	Pinned
📎	Paperclip	Objects	Attachments
✂️	Scissors	Objects	Cutting
📚	Books	Objects	Reading
✏️	Pencil	Objects	Writing
🖊️	Pen	Objects	Signing
📝	Memo	Objects	Notes
❤️	Red heart	Symbols	Love
🧡	Orange heart	Symbols	Warmth
💛	Yellow heart	Symbols	Friendship
💚	Green heart	Symbols	Nature or growth
💙	Blue heart	Symbols	Loyalty
💜	Purple heart	Symbols	Compassion
🖤	Black heart	Symbols	Dark humour
🤍	White heart	Symbols	Purity
💔	Broken heart	Symbols	Heartbreak
💯	Hundred points	Symbols	Full agreement
✅	Check mark button	Symbols	Done
❌	Cross mark	Symbols	Wrong
❓	Question mark	Symbols	A question
❗	Exclamation mark	Symbols	Attention
⚠️	Warning	Symbols	Caution
♻️	Recycling symbol	Symbols	Recycling
🔔	Bell	Symbols	Notifications
🔍	Magnifying glass	Symbols	Search
⏰	Alarm clock	Symbols	A deadline
⏳	Hourglass not done	Symbols	Waiting

Names are the Unicode names, which are often more formal than what anyone calls them — the one everybody knows as “the crying-laughing one” is officially Face with Tears of Joy. Every emoji renders differently on Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft systems, so the picture you see here is your own device's version, not a fixed image.

How this list was built

377 emoji, not several thousand. Unicode defines a few thousand emoji including every skin-tone and flag variant. Most are never used. This list is the ones that actually appear in messages, which makes a random pick useful rather than an endless run of obscure symbols.

We give the real name and the real use, and they often differ. The cactus means unanswered messages more often than it means a plant. The goat means the greatest of all time. Listing only the Unicode name would be accurate and useless.

No skin-tone or gender variants as separate entries. A person emoji has five skin tones and several gender forms, all of them the same emoji. Listing them separately would inflate the count without adding anything to pick from.

What you see depends on your device. Emoji are characters, not images, and each platform draws its own. This is why the same message can read as friendly on one phone and odd on another, and it is why this page names each one rather than relying on the picture alone.

Sources. Names follow the Unicode Standard's emoji names. Categories follow the Unicode groupings, simplified into plainer words. The usage column is a description of established practice, not an official definition — no such thing exists.

Common questions

How many emoji does this pick from?

377, chosen from the most used ones across faces, gestures, people, animals, nature, weather, food, activities, travel, objects and symbols. The whole list is on this page.

Why does the emoji look different on my phone?

Because emoji are text characters, and every platform draws its own artwork for them. Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft all differ, sometimes enough to change how a message reads.

What is the most used emoji?

Face with Tears of Joy has held the top spot in most published rankings for years, with the red heart and the loudly crying face close behind. Rankings differ by platform and by country.

Can I copy the emoji from here?

Yes — the emoji in the result and in the table are real characters, so you can select and copy them into any message or document.

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