The Unicode Consortium has officially released Unicode 14.0, which includes 37 new emoji. Troll, Heart with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed (AKA finger heart), Saluting Face, Heart Hands, and other long-awaited characters are included in the latest release. These new emojis will be available on all major platforms by the end of the year or early next year.
Emojipedia reports that Unicode 14.0 includes the following new emoji:
- Melting Face
- Face with Open Eyes and Hand Over Mouth
- Face with Peeking Eye
- Saluting Face
- Dotted Line Face
- Face with Diagonal Mouth
- Face Holding Back Tears
- Rightwards Hand
- Leftwards Hand
- Palm Down Hand
- Palm Up Hand
- Hand with Index Finger and Thumb Crossed
- Index Pointing at the Viewer
- Heart Hands
- Biting Lip
- Person with Crown
- Pregnant Man
- Pregnant Person
- Troll
- Coral
- Lotus
- Empty Nest
- Nest with Eggs
- Beans
- Pouring Liquid
- Jar
- Playground Slide
- Wheel
- Ring Buoy
- Hamsa
- Mirror Ball
- Low Battery
- Crutch
- X-Ray
- Bubbles
- Identification Card
- Heavy Equals Sign
Furthermore, the release includes variations and skin tones for these new emojis, bringing the total number of new designs to 112. The image below depicts all of the new emoji included in Unicode 14.0, as well as all variations.
The total number of emoji in Unicode 14.0 is 3,633, including sequences for gender or skin tone, flags, and the components used to create keycap, flag, and other sequences.
It’s worth noting that the latest release adds to the growing list of gender-inclusive emoji introduced with Unicode 13.0 last year. “Gender options for pregnancy have been added using new code points in this release,” according to Emojipedia. A departure from the standard format in which emoji sequences are used for gender variations. Both Pregnant Person and Pregnant Man are new code points that are part of Unicode’s ongoing effort to make gender options consistent across all emojis.”
Furthermore, Unicode 14.0 will bring support for the Handshake emoji with a combination of skin tones to all platforms, as well as a fix for the Face with Hand Over Mouth emoji’s cross-platform display issue.