emoji ZWJ sequence

English

Noun

emoji ZWJ sequence (plural emoji ZWJ sequences)

  1. (computing) A combination of emoji and control characters to display a particular emoji on supported operating systems.[1][2]
    • 2016 November 14, Rob Reed, “Everything You Need To Know About Emoji”, in Smashing Magazine‎:
      When an emoji zwj[sic] sequence is sent to a system that does not have a corresponding single glyph, the ZWJ characters would be ignored and a fallback sequence of separate emoji would be displayed.

Usage notes

For instance, the transgender pride flag emoji (🏳️‍⚧) is formed by combining 🏳 (“U+1F3F3; White Flag”) + (“U+200D; Zero Width Joiner”) + ⚧ (“U+26A7; Male With Stroke And Male And Female Sign”). On systems that do not support the transgender flag emoji, this sequence will display as 🏳⚧.

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References
  1. “Recommended Emoji ZWJ Sequences, v14.0”, in Unicode‎, 2023 September 23 (last accessed)
  2. “Emoji ZWJ Sequence”, in Emojipedia‎, 2023 September 23 (last accessed)
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