Emojis are characters from the UTF-8 character set: 😄 😍 💗
What are Emojis?
Emojis look like images, or icons, but they are not.
They are letters (characters) from the UTF-8 (Unicode) character set.
UTF-8 covers almost all of the characters and symbols in the world.
The HTML charset Attribute
To display an HTML page correctly, a web browser must know the character set used in the page.
This is specified in the <meta> tag:
<meta charset="UTF-8">
If not specified, UTF-8 is the default character set in HTML.
UTF-8 Characters
Many UTF-8 characters cannot be typed on a keyboard,but they can always be displayed using numbers (called entity numbers):
- A is 65
- B is 66
- C is 67
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<p>I will display A B C</p>
<p>I will display A B C</p>
</body>
</html>
Example Explained
The <meta charset="UTF-8"> element defines the character set.
The characters A, B, and C, are displayed by the numbers 65, 66, and 67.
To let the browser understand that you are displaying a character, you must start the entity numberwith &# and end it with ; (semicolon).
Emoji Characters
Emojis are also characters from the UTF-8 alphabet:
- 😄 is 128516
- 😍 is 128525
- 💗 is 128151
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<h1>My First Emoji</h1>
<p>😀</p>
</body>
</html>
Since Emojis are characters, they can be copied, displayed,and sized just like any other character in HTML.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sized Emojis</h1>
<p style="font-size:48px">
😀 😄 😍 💗
</p>
</body>
</html>
Some Emoji Symbols in UTF-8
| Emoji | Value | Try it |
|---|---|---|
| 🗻 | 🗻 | Try it » |
| 🗼 | 🗼 | Try it » |
| 🗽 | 🗽 | Try it » |
| 🗾 | 🗾 | Try it » |
| 🗿 | 🗿 | Try it » |
| 😀 | 😀 | Try it » |
| 😁 | 😁 | Try it » |
| 😂 | 😂 | Try it » |
| 😃 | 😃 | Try it » |
| 😄 | 😄 | Try it » |
| 😅 | 😅 | Try it » |
For a full list, please go to our HTML Emoji Reference.
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