Keyword
yes emoji
8 emoji are annotated with “yes” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
- saluting facesaluting face
- head shaking verticallyhead shaking vertically
- thumbs upthumbs up
- thumbs up: light skin tonethumbs up: light skin tone
- thumbs up: medium-light skin tonethumbs up: medium-light skin tone
- thumbs up: medium skin tonethumbs up: medium skin tone
- thumbs up: medium-dark skin tonethumbs up: medium-dark skin tone
- thumbs up: dark skin tonethumbs up: dark skin tone
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean yes?
- 8 emoji are annotated with “yes”.
- Which categories does yes span?
- Emoji annotated “yes” appear in Smileys & Emotion and People & Body. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged yes?
- They include 🫡 saluting face, 🙂↕️ head shaking vertically, 👍 thumbs up and 👍🏻 thumbs up: light 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.