# Support \`🙂\` emoji from Unicode 7? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** emoji\ **Created:** [2015年九月6日 13:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959 "2015-09-06T13:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![waldyrious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/waldyrious/32/115592_2.png) [@waldyrious](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waldyrious)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月6日 13:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/1 "2015-09-06T13:06:01Z")
Are there plans to support the [slight\_smile](http://emoji.codes/) emoji? It kinda irks me that `:)` gets translated to 😄. Here’s what would be ideal, IMO: - `:)` → `:slight_smile:` ![:slight_smile:](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/3/73bc4abec720063c7f6833f50aeb90168b652025.png) (rendered from the `.ai` assets added to Twemoji in [#67](https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/pull/67)) - `;)` → `:wink:` 😉 - `x)` → this one should be U+1F60A (smiling face with smiling eyes) but it’s unfortunately been adopted in some emoji packs (including Twemoji) as `:blush:` 😊. Not sure what can be done to rectify this. There is no Unicode emoji specifically for a blushing face; if there is one eventually, `:blush:` can be mapped to it rather than U+1F60A and a different emoji code could be used for the latter. I’m not holding my breath, though. Just for kicks, I’m listing below the corresponding eyes with the standard mouths. I added a checkmark or cross to indicate whether the shorthand is currently translated to the face in Discourse. It would be nice to have those mappings added. - `:D` → 😃 ✔ - `;D` → (missing in Unicode emoji, apparently) - `xD` → 😆 ❌ (this is kinda redundant with the current `:)` → 😄, so I guess there wouldn’t be much lost if the `:)` mapping was changed) * * * - `:P` → 😛 ✔ - `;P` → 😜 ✔ - `xP` → 😝 ❌ ---
**Author:** ![waldyrious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/waldyrious/32/115592_2.png) [@waldyrious](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waldyrious)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月6日 13:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/2 "2015-09-06T13:09:33Z")
By the way, according to @codinghorror in [this post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-smileys-are-supported/6308/8), the current mappings were introduced by @eviltrout, so I’m pinging both to this thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月6日 20:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/3 "2015-09-06T20:29:51Z")
I am certainly very, very tired of hearing about this. ---
**Author:** ![KazWolfe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kazwolfe/32/64441_2.png) [@KazWolfe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KazWolfe)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月6日 20:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/4 "2015-09-06T20:51:13Z")
The ability to add custom emoji shortcuts would be nice. Plus, it would be a good solution for this problem. ---
**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月6日 20:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/5 "2015-09-06T20:57:01Z")
I’m not sure if we want to add mappings for `xD` and `xP`, especially as “XP” might be a topic people are having a discussion about (experience points). Safer to not include those. ---
**Author:** ![waldir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/waldir/32/103677_2.png) [@waldir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waldir)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月6日 21:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/6 "2015-09-06T21:28:41Z")
Good point. I suppose it wouldn’t be problematic if the implementation is case-sensitive. ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月6日 21:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/7 "2015-09-06T21:32:46Z")
If we are missing assets from twemoji we certainly want it updated Suggested mapping is ok, but you are gonna have to confirm the other 3 emoji sets have the asset OR this has to be a site setting/customisation ---
**Author:** ![waldir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/waldir/32/103677_2.png) [@waldir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waldir)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月7日 17:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/8 "2015-09-07T17:46:49Z")
> [@sam](#): > > If we are missing assets from twemoji we certainly want it updated The “slightly smiling face” is currently only present in Twemoji as an .ai asset. I’ve asked in [#67](https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/pull/67) and [#59](https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/issues/59) about how to move forward to include svg and png versions. > [@sam](#): > > Suggested mapping is ok, but you are gonna have to confirm the other 3 emoji sets have the asset OR this has to be a site setting/customisation It is already present in Twemoji as mentioned above (although as an .ai file only so far); according to [Family Emoji Codes 🍽️👨‍👩‍👧🍕 — 497 Combinations to Copy & Paste](http://emoji.codes/family) it is present in Emoji One; and according to [this table](http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html#1f642) it is present in the Windows set. I assume the emoji sets are you referring to are Windows, Android, Apple and Twemoji, right? If so, only ~~Android and~~ Apple ~~are~~ is (apparently) behind. Note that it was introduced only in Unicode 7.0. ---
**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月7日 19:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/9 "2015-09-07T19:31:37Z")
Android seems to have it for me: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/8/5800e6971001ea0dff5252724af639ad811780c4.png) ---
**Author:** ![waldir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/waldir/32/103677_2.png) [@waldir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waldir)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月7日 21:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/10 "2015-09-07T21:14:02Z")
@riking good call, I had seen it before but I forgot about it 🙂 Fixed in the post above. I’m quite sure [those](http://emoji.codes/family) [comparison](http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html) [tables](http://apps.timwhitlock.info/emoji/tables/unicode) are frequently out-of-date. It’s very possible that Apple has added it too already, but that isn’t reflected in them yet. ---
**Author:** ![mik01aj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mik01aj/32/116019_2.png) [@mik01aj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mik01aj)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月10日 12:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/11 "2015-09-10T12:13:13Z")
> [@waldir](#): > > I suppose it wouldn’t be problematic if the implementation is case-sensitive. xD is a [memory card](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XD-Picture_Card). Yes, with this exact capitalization. ---
**Author:** ![loopback0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/loopback0/32/37486_2.png) [@loopback0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/loopback0)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月11日 09:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/12 "2015-09-11T09:07:54Z")
`:(` = ☹ ❌ `:(` is not frowning. ---
**Author:** ![waldir](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/waldir/32/103677_2.png) [@waldir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waldir)\ **Post date:** [2015年九月12日 03:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/13 "2015-09-12T03:29:33Z")
It’s a pretty close approximation, though. The Unicode name for ☹ is “Frowning face with open mouth” (U+1F626), but the Twemoji version doesn’t look like it has its mouth open at all. Until the new assets are released (with the slightly smiling and slightly frowning faces), this mapping seems like a good workaround. btw, @eviltrout / @sam: this is probably known, but `:(` doesn’t seem to work immediately before other punctuation, e.g I tried writing “:(.” and “:(?” above, but had to use `:frowning:.` and `:frowning:?` for it to work. Is this intentional? ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月31日 00:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/14 "2015-12-31T00:38:19Z")
This is now handled properly and 🙂 aka `:slightly_smiling:` is now the default map for `:)` ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [2015年十二月31日 00:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-slight-smile-emoji-from-unicode-7/32959/15 "2015-12-31T00:38:22Z")