Emojipedia
The Unicode consortium has finalized Unicode 14.0, adding a total of 838 new characters to the standard, which dictates how text and other characters are handled in most software in the world. Especially for everyday users, Unicode 14.0 includes 37 new emoji characters, including multiple hand gestures and additions like “melting face”, “biting lip”, “troll”, “beans”, “pouring liquid”, “man pregnant “and” pregnant person “.
The “pregnant man” and “pregnant” emoji are important for inclusion and representation, as some transgender and non-binary people may be pregnant. The “other keywords” in both emoji suggest possible alternative uses, such as “inflated” and “full.” But the emoji names of both characters were specifically changed from “swollen belly man / person” to “pregnant man / person” in February in order to be consistent with the name and intended use of existing emojis. ” pregnant “.
The final emoji list is the same as the draft version that circulated a few months ago. This list removed some candidates that could reappear in a future version of the Unicode specification, including “vulture”, “crow”, “little finger raised”, “cooker”, “chainsaw” and “submarine”. . The Unicode Consortium is working to limit the number of new emojis added to each new version of the standard to stay “focused on what’s useful” and reduce the amount of work that operating system developers have to do. applications to support new emoji every year.
The new emojis are the most relevant addition to any Unicode update for most people, but as usual, Unicode 14 adds support for a wide range of languages, characters, and scripts, including modern languages in Bosnia, India, Indonesia and Iran, Java, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan and the Philippines, as well as other languages in Africa and North America. “
Most operating systems and applications usually add support for new emoji and Unicode updates a few months after the standards end, so you won’t see them on your phone or computer for at least a few months.