Component
Unicode categoryAn official emoji group in Unicode Emoji 16.0. →
The four skin-tone and hair-style building blocks Unicode combines with people and hand emoji. They are not meant to be sent on their own. Component is one of the groups Unicode itself uses to organise emoji, and it holds 9 emoji — 5 of them skin-tone versions. Click any emoji to copy it, or open it to see what it means and its Unicode codepoint.
What's inside
- Largest subgroups: Skin Tone (5) and Hair Style (4)
- Newest: 🦰 red hair (Emoji 11.0, 2018), 🦱 curly hair (Emoji 11.0, 2018) and 🦳 white hair (Emoji 11.0, 2018)
- 5 skin-tone versions, listed next to their base emoji
When to use these
- Understanding how skin-tone and hair-style emoji are built
- Developers and designers working with emoji sequences
FAQ
How many Component emoji are there?
DBEmoji lists 9 Component emoji from Unicode Emoji 16.0, counting each of the 5 skin-tone versions separately — 4 without them.
What are the newest Component emoji?
🦰 red hair (Emoji 11.0, 2018), 🦱 curly hair (Emoji 11.0, 2018) and 🦳 white hair (Emoji 11.0, 2018). Older phones and computers may show recent emoji as empty boxes until their software supports that Emoji version.
How do I copy a Component emoji?
Click or tap it on this page and it is copied to your clipboard; paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V, or long-press and choose Paste on a phone.