The Hidden History of Emoji
Origins, secret meanings, and fun facts about the symbols you use every day!
What this quiz asks
- 1What does ๐ usually mean?
- 2Where did the first modern emoji come from?
- 3What is ๐ mostly used for in conversations?
- 4Which one is most often used to say "well done"?
- 5How many standard skin-tone modifiers exist for emoji?
- 6How are national flags encoded as emoji?
- 7Who officially standardizes emoji?
- 8How many emoji were in Kurita's very first set (1999)?
- 9What does the "Zero Width Joiner" (ZWJ) character do in emoji?
- 10Why can an emoji look different across devices?








