History And Significance OF These Humble Characters

The word “emoji” is a portmanteau, which means that it is made up of two different words

We often use emojis to convey a feeling, and most of those emotions have a specific emoji. In fact, with the increasing number of emojis, we sometimes find it difficult to find the right one. However, emojis have become an important part of our written communication. They are the result of the recent development of human language as most people communicate through electronic devices and social media platforms today. These emojis try to fill a void when communication is virtual. To celebrate these humble characters, the world celebrates Emoji Day on July 17th.

The word “emoji” is a portmanteau, which means that it consists of two different words, both Japanese: “e” for image and “moji” for the character.

importance

One way to understand their widespread use is that there is a verified Twitter handle for World Emoji Day. It shared a video from Dr. Christina Sevdali, a senior lecturer in linguistics at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, outlines how these figurines have become part of our daily communication.

Happy World Emoji Day!

Dr. Christina Sevdali, Senior Lecture of Linguistics at UU, explains the evolution of language and how important emojis are in today’s world. # WeAreUU # WorldEmojiDaypic.twitter.com / P62ibYKQyy

– Ulster University (@UlsterUni) July 17, 2021

history

Since the calendar emoji shows July 17th as the date, it was decided that the day of Jeremy Burge, the founder of Emojipedia, a collection of almost all emojis available today, would be celebrated as World Emoji Day. The first World Emoji Day was celebrated in 2014 and has since become an annual feature.

celebration

As the event grew in popularity over the years, many people and organizations have started tweeting to celebrate the day.

In its message on Twitter, UNESCO shared the word “peace” with several emojis.

Our message for #WorldEmojiDay:

☮️☮️☮️
☮️ ☮️
☮️☮️☮️
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☮️☮️☮️
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☮️☮️☮️
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☮️☮️☮️

️☮️
☮️ ☮️
☮️ ☮️
☮️☮️☮️
☮️ ☮️

☮️☮️☮️
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☮️☮️☮️

☮️☮️☮️
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☮️☮️☮️
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☮️☮️☮️

– UNESCO ???? ️ #Education #Sciences #Culture ???????????? (@UNESCO) July 17, 2021

The United Nations shared emojis depicting all of the “peoples” of the world and encouraging everyone to stand up for human rights.

????????? “We the peoples …” ????????

The United Nations works for everyone, everywhere – by helping to overcome the # COVID19 crisis, promoting peace and security, striving to reach the #GlobalGoals and calling on everyone to # StandUp4HumanRights. https://t.co/917HhoriT9#WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/5mlKNEdss1

– United Nations (@UN) July 17, 2021

Football club Juventus shared a clip asking users to identify the players behind the emoji faces.

If our Bianconeri emojis were ?????????

???? Can you guess which players are among the emoji faces? #WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/bxORcYk3ll

– JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) July 17, 2021

The IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings asked their fans to share their “emoji-tion” today.

What’s your emoji today ??????????????????
Tell us below ⬇️ # WorldEmojiDay # WhistlePodu # Yellove ??????? pic.twitter.com/0b4X1eobXz

– Chennai Super Kings – Mask P ???? you whistle P ???? you! (@ChennaiIPL) July 17, 2021

Upcoming emojis

Finally, Emojipedia has good news for those who haven’t found the right emoji to express themselves yet. It posted a list of emojis to be released in 2021-22. They can include a greeting face, biting lip, coral, and low battery. Other emojis in the draft list are consistent gender options for pregnancy and royalty, “heart hands” and 15 different handshake combinations.