Keyword
type emoji
9 emoji are annotated with “type” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
- light skin tonelight skin tone
- medium-light skin tonemedium-light skin tone
- medium skin tonemedium skin tone
- medium-dark skin tonemedium-dark skin tone
- dark skin tonedark skin tone
- A button (blood type)A button (blood type)
- AB button (blood type)AB button (blood type)
- B button (blood type)B button (blood type)
- O button (blood type)O button (blood type)
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean type?
- 9 emoji are annotated with “type”.
- Which categories does type span?
- Emoji annotated “type” appear in Component and Symbols. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged type?
- They include 🏻 light skin tone, 🏼 medium-light skin tone, 🏽 medium skin tone and 🏾 medium-dark skin tone. The full set is listed above.
- Where do these keywords come from?
- Unicode’s CLDR annotation data, which is the same source that lets an emoji keyboard find a character by name. They are not tags anyone here invented.