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⚓ Anchor Emoji

A metal device, dropped out of a boat to prevent it drifting away from the current location.

An anchor also refers to a place on a webpage that may be directly linked to, rather than simply loading a page and requiring a user to scroll to the correct location.

Emoji	⚓
Unicode Name	Anchor
Apple Name	Anchor
Also Known As	Fisherman, Admiralty Pattern Anchor
Codepoints	U+2693

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Language	Name
Bengali	নঙর
Danish	anker
German	anker
English	anchor
Spanish	ancla
French	ancre
Hindi	एकर चहन
Italian	ancora
Japanese	錨
Korean	닻
Marathi	नगर
Malay	sauh
Dutch	anker
Norwegian	anker
Portuguese	âncora
Swedish	ankare
Tamil	நஙகரம
Telugu	లగర గరత
Chinese	锚

Apple

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

iOS 5.1

Mar - 2012

iOS 6.0

Sep - 2012

iOS 8.3

Apr - 2015

iOS 10.2

Dec - 2016

iOS 17.4

Mar - 2024

Google Noto Color Emoji

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Android 4.3

Jul - 2012

Android 4.4

Oct - 2013

Android 5.0

Nov - 2014

Android 7.0

Aug - 2016

Android 8.0

Aug - 2017

Android 11.0

Aug - 2020

Android 12.0

Oct - 2021

15.1

Nov - 2023

Samsung

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

TouchWiz Nature UX 2

Apr - 2013

TouchWiz 7.0

Aug - 2016

TouchWiz 7.1

Sep - 2016

Experience 9.0

Feb - 2018

One UI 1.0

Feb - 2019

One UI 6.1

Mar - 2024

Microsoft 3D Fluent

Glossy, gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

15.0

Oct - 2023

Microsoft

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10’s final update was in May 2019.

Windows 8.0

Oct - 2012

Windows 8.1

Oct - 2013

Windows 10

Jul - 2015

Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Aug - 2016

Windows 11 November 2021 Update

Nov - 2021

Windows 11 23H2

Oct - 2023

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

2.17

Oct - 2017

2.24.8.85

Apr - 2024

Twitter / X

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

Twemoji 1.0

Nov - 2014

Twemoji 15.0.1

Jul - 2023

Facebook

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta’s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

2.0

Feb - 2017

3.0

Dec - 2018

15.0

Feb - 2023

Huawei

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei phones and tablets.

HarmonyOS 4.0

Aug - 2023

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG’s final mobile device.

Jun - 2014

Velvet

Jan - 2021

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

3D animated versions of Microsoft’s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

15.0

Apr - 2023

Skype

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Emoticons 1.2

Jun - 2015

Twitter Emoji Stickers

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter’s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

13.1

Oct - 2022

JoyPixels

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

1.0

Sep - 2014

2.0

Dec - 2015

2.2

May - 2016

3.0

Apr - 2017

3.1

Jun - 2017

4.0

Aug - 2018

4.5

Jan - 2019

5.0

Jun - 2019

5.5

Jan - 2020

6.0

Jun - 2020

8.0

Aug - 2023

SerenityOS

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

2024-01-31

Jan - 2024

Toss Face (토스페이스)

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

February 2022

Feb - 2022

1.6

Sep - 2023

Sony Playstation

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device’s messaging functionality.

13.1

May - 2021

Noto Emoji Font

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google’s Noto Color Emoji designs.

15.1

Sep - 2023

OpenMoji

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd (Design University) in Germany.

1.0

Apr - 2018

15.0

Oct - 2023

Icons8

A licensable emoji design set.

14.0

Mar - 2023

emojidex

An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

1.0.14

May - 2016

1.0.33

Jul - 2017

1.0.34

Aug - 2017

Messenger

Previously used by Facebook’s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

1.0

Jun - 2016

HTC

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Sense 7

Mar - 2015

SoftBank

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

2014