Unicode 8 New Characters (2015)

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Unicode 8.0.0 is released on June 17, 2015.

Unicode 8.0 adds a total of 7,716 characters, encompassing six new scripts and many new symbols, as well as character additions to several existing scripts. Notable character additions include the following:

Unicode 8 New Emoji

Font:

smilies

๐Ÿค— ๐Ÿค” ๐Ÿ™„ ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿค“ ๐Ÿ™ƒ ๐Ÿค‘ ๐Ÿค’ ๐Ÿค• ๐Ÿค–

[see Unicode: Emoji ๐Ÿ˜„]

skin tones

๐Ÿป ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿฝ ๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿฟ

hand

๐Ÿค˜

[see Hand Emoji ๐Ÿ‘]

animals

๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿฆ„ ๐Ÿฆƒ ๐Ÿฆ€ ๐Ÿฆ‚

[see Unicode: Animal Emoji ๐Ÿฑ]

[see Insects Emoji ๐Ÿž]

food

๐Ÿง€ ๐ŸŒญ ๐ŸŒฎ ๐ŸŒฏ ๐Ÿฟ ๐Ÿพ

[see Unicode: Food Emoji ๐Ÿบ]

sports

๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿธ ๐Ÿน

[see Unicode: Sports Emoji โšฝ]

places

๐Ÿ•Œ ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ•‹ ๐Ÿ›

[see Unicode: Places Emoji ๐Ÿจ]

things

๐Ÿบ ๐Ÿ•Ž ๐Ÿ“ฟ

[see Unicode: Things Emoji ๐Ÿ”ช]

Reference

http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode8.0.0/

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