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The Unicode Consortium has accepted 38 emoji characters as candidates for Unicode 9.0, scheduled for release in mid-2016. At this point, these emoji are candidates—/not yet finalized/—so some may be removed from the candidate list, and others may be added. Names, images, and code points may also change, so these candidates are not yet ready for use in production systems. These emoji have been accepted as candidates for Unicode 9.0 for a variety of reasons. They may be needed for compatibility with emoji characters in existing systems. For example, the FACE WITH COWBOY HAT was accepted for compatibility with the emoji used in Yahoo Messenger. Some are chosen based on expected high frequency of use or because they are highly popular requests from online communities. Others fill gaps in the existing set of Unicode emoji, as by completing a gender pair. Many other prospective emoji characters are still being assessed and could be approved in the future. For more information about selection criteria, see Selection Factors <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/#Selection_Factors> in /UTR #51, Unicode Emoji/. The images shown below are draft black and white versions for the Unicode 9.0 charts. Once the emoji candidates have been finalized, vendors that support emoji will provide colorful and better-designed displays for each of these. For example, the emoji for /shrug/ might appear as shown on the right. → Some of these new emoji would take the new emoji modifiers as discussed in Diversity <http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51#Diversity>. Some emoji may also get annotations to help guide design and usage. For example, the cucumber emoji could also be used to represent a pickle. Candidates Code Image Candidate Unicode Name 1F920 FACE WITH COWBOY HAT 1F921 CLOWN FACE 1F922 NAUSEATED FACE 1F923 ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING 1F924 DROOLING FACE 1F925 LYING FACE 1F919 CALL ME HAND 1F933 SELFIE 1F91A RAISED BACK OF HAND 1F91B LEFT-FACING FIST 1F91C RIGHT-FACING FIST 1F91D HANDSHAKE 1F91E HAND WITH FIRST AND INDEX FINGER CROSSED 1F930 PREGNANT WOMAN 1F926 FACE PALM 1F937 SHRUG 1F57A MAN DANCING 1F934 PRINCE 1F935 MAN IN TUXEDO 1F936 MOTHER CHRISTMAS 1F940 WILTED FLOWER 1F6F4 SCOOTER 1F6F5 MOTOR SCOOTER 1F6D1 OCTAGONAL SIGN 1F942 CLINKING GLASSES 1F5A4 BLACK HEART 1F950 CROISSANT 1F951 AVOCADO 1F952 CUCUMBER 1F953 BACON 1F954 POTATO 1F955 CARROT 1F98A FOX FACE 1F985 EAGLE 1F986 DUCK 1F987 BAT 1F988 SHARK 1F989 OWL http://blog.unicode.org/2015/05/unicode-90-candidate-emoji.htmlThread Next