What is emoji? What does the word “emoji” mean?
"emoji" is defined as any small images, icons, or symbols used in text messages, social media, email, or any other text fields in electronic communication. Users use them to express their emotional attitude, give information quickly and clearly, exchange messages playfully with no words, and more.
Do you know that the word "emoji" is made up of two Japanese words: picture (e) and character (moji)? What a surprise, right?

The first emoji was created in 1999 by a Japanese man. His name is Shigetaka Kurita.

How many emojis are there?

Well, it’s a hard question to answer since more and more emojis have been introduced to the world.

As of September 2021, there are a total of 3,633 emojis in the Unicode Standard. What a huge number! And certainly, the number of emojis available right now is higher than that. In the future, there will be more and more emojis launched for us to use.