1/21/2024 0 Comments Happy lunar new year 2021 memes![]() Image: Google designs / Emojipedia composite.Īs with all emojis, the design for every animal varies by platform, so these will look different on a Samsung phone, a PC running Windows, and also in various apps that implement their own emoji art such as Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp for Android. Above: Animals of the Chinese Zodiac on iOS. Google's emoji set in has seen numerous designs adorn the emoji keyboard over the years, with the latest iteration settling on a cute assortment of animals, many reminiscent of earlier designs found on Android. Image: Apple designs / Emojipedia composite. More recent art from Apple has a more consistent style after a complete redesign in 2016. What is known is that multiple designers were involved in Apple's first emoji set, and a few distinct art styles can be noticed when scouring through the first designs. How much of this was deliberate to enable the full-body animals of Chinese Zodiac to look the same, and how much was an accident of history may not ever truly be known. Above: Early emoji sets from Apple had more divergent art styles for some emojis. It used to be a quirk of Apple's emoji font that animals in the Chinese Zodiac had a realistic appearance, while many others took on a more cartoonish look. Today's process is different to when emojis were primarily added for compatibility with existing phones on the market. ![]() The process of submitting proposals for new emojis has been a continual work in progress, with various criteria added to ensure that any emoji submission provides sufficient value on the emoji keyboard before being approved. The first version of the Unicode Standard to provide global emoji support, version 6.0, was released in October 2010. Partly as a result of this submission from the ISO Working Group, animals such as crocodile, sheep and rooster were approved by Unicode and are now available on emoji keyboards we all use today. Image: Softbank designs / Emojipedia composite.Īnimals such as the Rabbit and Snake were already in these sets, but not every animal of the Chinese Zodiac was available on Japanese phones at the time.ĭuring 2008-2009 as the work was completed to include a set of Japanese emoji characters in the Unicode Standard, the case was made for additional animals to complete the various animals of the zodiac. Above: Animals available on Softbank phones in Japan circa 2008. That's why some animals have both a full body emoji, as well as just the head. The first animals in the emoji set were included to make the Unicode Standard compatible with Japanese carrier emoji sets.Įach carrier in Japan had a slightly different set of animals available in emoji form, and so the Unicode Consortium standardized those which were available, with some ending up having two versions. Other than animals of the Chinese Zodiac, commonly used emojis at this time of year include:Īnything red is also popular, meaning these can serve a decorative purpose: This one is found in many unrelated contexts, given it also resembles dynamite. Image: Vendor designs / Emojipedia composite.Īnother popular emoji at Chinese New Year is the □ Firecracker. Above: Cross-platform comparison of □ U+1F9E7 RED GIFT ENVELOPE. The exact character that appears on the envelope varies, which is also true of red pockets in the physical world. This is a relatively recent addition to the keyboard, approved in 2018, and now supported on all phone apps and operating systems. Google’s design features the character upside down, indicating “good luck arrives.” Depicted as a red, vertical envelope with a gold design, typically featuring the Chinese character 福 ( fú, “good fortune, luck, happiness"). More commonly referred to as a Hóngbāo or Lai See, or in English as a Red Packet or sometimes Lucky Money, Emojipedia defines this as: A red envelope, as gifted with money on Chinese New Year or on other joyous occasions, such as weddings, in Chinese and some other Asian cultures around the world. One emoji that is popular around Chinese New Year is □ Red Envelope. You might be thinking it's a coincidence that all of these animals are on the emoji keyboard, but it's not. The Vietnamese Zodiac lists a □ Cat instead of a Rabbit. Rat may be referred to as a □ Mouse, Rooster as □ Chicken, Pig as □ Boar, and Goat as □ Sheep or □ Ram. There's a number of these animals are open to interpretation, often relating to the translation used, or the specificity of the animal. This marks the end of Year of the Rat and the start of Year of the Ox. ![]() In 2021 Chinese New Year falls on February 12. Happy year of the □ Ox! Or is that the □ Cow or □ Water Buffalo? Either way, there's an emoji for that. ![]()
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