When words aren't enough we express with emojis. Before emoji, there were emoticon (emotion+icon) which were developed to express emotions in cold hard text world of paging era.
The world has exploded with the world’s fa
stest growing emojis.
What's NexSchools doing on 17th July 2021?
Activity1: Express it with Emoji
Share your favourite emoji to express Pandemic situation on NexSchools Facebook & Twitter Handle
Most commonly used emojis during this COVID-19 Pandemic
Activity2: Draw the emoji and send it to us by clicking a picture and posting it on our Facebook page
Winners with maximum correct emojis will be announced on social media handles
Health-related emojis assessed by Emojipedia:
Emojipedia assessed the following health-related emojis:
1- Face with Medical Mask
2- Nauseated Face
3- Face Vomiting
4- Sneezing Face
5- Face with Thermometer
6- Face with Head-Bandage
7- Ambulance
8- Pill
9- Syringe
10-Microbe
11-Soap
12-Sponge
In 2021 alone 117 new emojis are added to the ever grown list.
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“Facebook released statistics in 2017 revealed on an average 5 billion emoji are sent every day on messenger.” – Source Facebook
How little the world knows about the history and inventor of emoji, so it is emoji bash at NexSchools on 17 July 2018. Send in your favorite emoji or even better create your emoji.
World Emoji Day is celebrated to promote emoji and enjoyment it brings to all those around. Spread a smile, share a laugh with other it plays a big part in the happiness of people around you. So celebrate emoji day!
Meet Shigetaka Kurita Designer of the first Emoji for cell phone
Emoji is a Japanese word and it means picture world.
Shigetaka Kurita was the first designer of the emoji for the cell phone in 1999. He designed these pictures during his employment company called NTT Docomo. His aim was to use the emojis on their pagers, to make them more appealing to teens.
Fun Facts About Emoji
World Emoji Day was first celebrated in 2014 by Jeremy Burge founder of ‘Emojipedia’
There are 1800 emoji character and counting
You can create emoji of emoji is a long process which may take anywhere from 6 months to 2 years from a committee ‘Unicode Consortium’.
Early on business used emoji to connect with their customer
Want to know how you use emojis on Facebook. The social media site has revealed which emojis are most popular in which country.
Source:Facebook data 2017