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🤓 Nerd Face Emoji
A smiling yellow face with glasses, often with teeth showing, originally buck teeth on most platforms.
While this emoji is often used by people calling themselves nerds in a self-deprecating way, the nerdy glasses paired with buck teeth can, and often does, evoke anti-Asian stereotypes. The fact that the default color of emoji faces is yellow further pushes this emoji into racist "yellowface" territory.
Some platforms have redesigned nerd face over time to not have buck teeth, perhaps in acknowledgement of the harm this imagery may cause. Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, and JoyPixels originally featured designs with buck teeth but have since changed (or completely removed) the teeth on nerd face.
Apple, Twitter, Microsoft, Samsung, and other platforms still use designs for this emoji that include buck teeth.
| Emoji | 🤓 |
| Unicode Name | Nerd Face |
| Apple Name | Smiling Face with Glasses |
| Also Known As | Nerdy |
| Codepoints | U+1F913 |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পডয মখ |
| Danish | nørdansigt |
| German | strebergesicht |
| English | nerd face |
| Spanish | cara de empollón |
| French | visage de geek |
| Hindi | मरखत क भव वल चहर |
| Italian | faccina nerd |
| Japanese | オタク |
| Korean | 모범생 얼굴 |
| Marathi | अभयस कटळवण चहर |
| Malay | muka nerda |
| Dutch | nerdgezicht |
| Norwegian | nerdefjes |
| Portuguese | rosto de nerd |
| Swedish | nördansikte |
| Tamil | அழகறற மகம |
| Telugu | తన నవవకటనన మఖ |
| Chinese | 书呆子脸 |
Apple
Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.
iOS 9.1
Oct - 2015
iOS 10.0
Sep - 2016
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.
Gmail
Oct - 2008
Android 6.0.1
Dec - 2015
Android 7.0
Aug - 2016
Android 8.0
Aug - 2017
Android 11.0
Aug - 2020
15.1
Nov - 2023
Samsung
Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.
Touchwiz 6.0
Mar - 2016
TouchWiz 7.0
Aug - 2016
TouchWiz 7.1
Sep - 2016
Experience 9.0
Feb - 2018
One UI 6.0
Oct - 2023
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 10 Anniversary Update
Aug - 2016
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
Oct - 2017
Windows 11 November 2021 Update
Nov - 2021
Windows 11 23H2
Oct - 2023
WhatsApp
Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.
2.17
Oct - 2017
2.19.7
Jan - 2019
2.23.2.72
Jan - 2023
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 2.0
Dec - 2015
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
4.0
Aug - 2019
15.0
Feb - 2023
Huawei
Custom emoji set used on select Huawei phones and tablets.
HarmonyOS 4.0
Aug - 2023
LG
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.
G5
Apr - 2016
Velvet
Jan - 2021
Telegram
Animated versions of Apple’s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.
Telemoji (November 2023)
Nov - 2023
Noto Color Emoji, Animated
Animated versions of Google’s Noto Color Emoji designs, used by Google Messenger.
15.0
May - 2023
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 1.0
Sep - 2004
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.
2.0
Dec - 2015
2.2
May - 2016
2.2.4
Jun - 2016
3.0
Apr - 2017
3.1
Jun - 2017
4.0
Aug - 2018
5.0
Jun - 2019
5.5
Jan - 2020
6.0
Jun - 2020
6.6
Jul - 2021
8.0
Aug - 2023
JoyPixels Animations
An animated subset of the licensable JoyPixels emoji set.
2.0
May - 2019
3.5
Sep - 2020
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
12.2
Mar - 2020
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
HTC
Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.
Sense 8
Apr - 2016
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