Emoji Finder

Emoji Finder is a fast way to get the emoji you want into a message, document or post when your keyboard’s picker isn’t helping. Type what you are thinking of, such as “love”, “party”, “tired” or “aussie”, and matching emoji appear as you type. Tap one and it is on your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere.

The list comes straight from Unicode, the organisation that defines emoji: every fully-qualified emoji in Emoji 18.0, more than 1,900 of them, each with its official name and the keywords Unicode’s language data gives it. We added a short list of everyday words people actually search for, so “lol” finds the laughing faces and “love” puts the hearts first. Paste an emoji into the search box and it tells you what it is called.

It also handles the fiddly parts. Choose a skin tone once and every hand and person changes to match. Switch to “Tap to collect” to build a row of emoji and copy them together. Each emoji shows its code points and HTML code for web pages. Your recent picks, tone and collection are remembered only in this browser, and nothing you search for leaves your device.

1. Type a word into the search box, or browse with the category buttons above the grid.
2. Pick a skin tone with the hand buttons if you want people and hands in a particular tone.
3. Tap an emoji. With “Tap to copy” on, it is copied straight away and added to “Recently copied”.
4. To grab several, choose “Tap to collect”, tap each emoji, then press “Copy all” under “Your collection”.
5. Need the code for a web page? Tap the emoji and use the copy buttons next to “Code points” or “HTML”.

• Every fully-qualified emoji from Unicode Emoji 18.0, grouped into Unicode’s nine categories.
• Search by name, Unicode keyword or everyday word, with results as you type and the best matches first.
• Five skin tones plus the default yellow, applied across the whole grid, including families and couples where Unicode supports it.
• One tap to copy, with a confirmation, and a “Recently copied” strip of your last 32 picks.
• A collection tray for building a row of emoji, editable like any text box, copied in one go.
• Details for each emoji: name, category, the Emoji version it arrived in, keywords, code points and HTML code.
• Hides the very newest emoji when your device can’t draw them yet, with a button to show them anyway.
• Keyboard friendly: arrow keys move around the grid, Enter copies the top search result, Escape clears the search.

• If an emoji shows as an empty box or two separate pictures for the person you send it to, their phone or computer is older than the emoji. Pick an older alternative from the same category.
• Search with one simple word first. “Happy” finds more than “very happy smiling”, because every word you type must match.
• Flags can be found by country name or two-letter code: “japan” or “jp”.
• Skin tone choices apply to single people and hands. Pairs of people use the same tone for both.
• The HTML code works in any web page or email template, even where typing the emoji itself causes trouble with old systems.