Emoji Search — Copy and Paste Emoji by Keyword
Find emoji by English or Korean keyword and copy them with one click
Runs in your browser · nothing is uploaded
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Click an emoji to copy it. The same emoji can look different depending on the device and app.
Names and keywords: emojibase-data 17.0.0 (MIT), based on Unicode CLDR
What it is
Emoji Search lets you find any of more than 1,800 emoji by typing a word and copy it with a single click. Phone keyboards have emoji built in, but on a computer it is often tedious to find the right one for a post, a video description, a document or a product title. Type what you have in mind, such as celebrate, coffee or rocket, and matching emoji appear instantly. Clicking one copies it to the clipboard and shows its English and Korean names, its keywords and its Unicode code points. Emoji you use often collect in a recent list that is still there next time.
How to use
- Type a word in English (or Korean) in the search box. You can also paste an emoji or type a code point like 1F600.
- To browse without searching, pick a category such as Smileys & emotion, Food & drink or Flags.
- For hands and people, choose a skin tone. Your choice is remembered.
- Click an emoji to copy it, then paste with Ctrl+V (⌘+V on a Mac).
- If your browser blocks the clipboard, select the emoji in the Selected emoji box and copy it yourself.
How it works
- Data: the Korean and English compact files of emojibase-data 17.0.0 (MIT license), whose names and keywords are based on Unicode CLDR annotations. Categories follow the Unicode emoji groups; components such as skin tone swatches and single regional indicator letters are left out.
- Ranking: an exact emoji or code point match comes first, then an exact name, an exact keyword, a name or keyword that starts with your text, and finally one that contains it. Ties keep the standard Unicode order. With several words, an emoji matches when every word appears somewhere in its names or keywords.
- Matching: case-insensitive, with text normalised to NFC. The emoji variation selector (U+FE0F) is ignored when comparing.
- Skin tones: choosing one of the five Unicode modifiers (U+1F3FB to U+1F3FF) shows the variant made of that single tone wherever one exists.
- Copying: the emoji is copied exactly as shown, including its variation selector.
Examples
| You type | First result |
|---|---|
| pizza | 🍕 pizza |
| red heart | ❤️ red heart |
| thumbs up | 👍 thumbs up |
| 피자 | 🍕 pizza |
| south korea | 🇰🇷 flag: South Korea |
| U+1F600 | 😀 grinning face |
New emoji arrive with each Unicode release, so someone on an older device may not see the newest ones. For important notices, an emoji that has been around for years is the safer choice.
FAQ
What can I search for?
Every emoji carries an English name and keywords from Unicode CLDR (via emojibase-data), so words like heart, party, thumbs or pizza all work. Korean names and keywords are searchable too, and you can also paste an emoji or type its code point, such as 1F600 or U+1F600.
Why does the emoji look different when I paste it?
An emoji is a character; the picture comes from the emoji font of the device or app showing it. The same 😀 looks a little different on iPhone, Android, Windows and in chat apps, and very new emoji may appear as a box or split into two pictures on older systems.
Which emoji does the skin tone apply to?
Only to emoji that Unicode defines skin tone variants for, such as hands, people and gestures. Food, animals and other emoji stay the same. For two-person emoji, the variant where both people share the chosen tone is used.
Where is my recent list stored?
In this browser's localStorage: up to 30 recent emoji plus your skin tone choice. Nothing is sent to a server, and Clear history removes it immediately.
Why does the list take a moment to appear?
The names and keywords are downloaded after the page opens, a few hundred kilobytes the first time and from the browser cache afterwards. The data is served by this site, so no request goes to another company.
