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The variety of languages found on the Web today is thanks to the character support provided by Unicode, which enables computers to support virtually every language in use in the world today, and for users and programmers to develop content in their own native language.

The Unicode Consortium is the standards body for the internationalization of software and services. Deployed on more than 20 billion devices around the world, Unicode also provides the solution for internationalization and the architecture to support localization.

Unicode can encode up to roughly 1.1 million characters, allowing it to support all of the world’s languages and scripts in a single, universal standard. All modern operating systems, computing environments, programming languages, and applications support the core of …

© 1991–2024 Unicode, Inc. Unicode and the Unicode Logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. See Terms of Use and License.

A: Unicode is the universal character encoding, maintained by the Unicode Consortium. This encoding standard provides the basis for processing, storage and interchange of text data in any language in all modern software and information technology protocols.

92% of the world’s online population use emoji in their communications – and Unicode defines the characters that make those human connections possible. These 3,600+ emoji represent faces, weather, vehicles and buildings, food and drink, animals, and more.

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Members of the public and press will find information here about the Unicode Consortium, its mission, and projects. The links along the left should help you find what you need to know about Unicode, emoji, how you can Adopt a Character, how to participate, and other topics.

Scroll down to see a list of the Unicode v12.0 emoji ranked in order of how frequently they are used. Why Measure How Frequently Emoji Are Used? Evidence of frequency is one of many considerations taken into account when reviewing emoji proposals.