Choose and copy
Tap a symbol to copy it, or select it and use your usual copy command. Clothing colors and symbol backgrounds depend on your device; purple is not part of every character’s name.
Faces, gestures and characters
😈 Smiling face with horns
A mischievous grin for teasing or joking about a little trouble.
👿 Angry face with horns
Change the grin to a frown and the mood turns angry. These two horned faces are easy to confuse when you are choosing quickly.
👾 Alien monster
The blocky creature has the look of an old arcade enemy. Add it to a game-night invitation or a message about beating a difficult level.
💅 Nail polish
A literal manicure is one reading. In casual chat, it can also add a confident or unbothered tone: “Handled it 💅”.
🙅♀️ Woman gesturing NO
Crossed arms make an X for “no”, refusal or disagreement.
🙆♀️ Woman gesturing OK
Raised arms form an O above the head: a full-body “OK”.
💁♀️ Woman tipping hand
An upturned hand can introduce information: “Here are the options 💁♀️”. Depending on the words, it can also sound cheeky.
🙋♀️ Woman raising hand
“Who’s coming?” — “Me 🙋♀️”. The raised hand works for volunteering as well as asking a question.
🤦♀️ Woman facepalming
A hand to the face can express embarrassment or disbelief. “Wrong chat 🤦♀️” points the joke at the sender’s own mistake.
🤷♀️ Woman shrugging
Two open palms leave the answer unresolved. “I don’t know” and “It’s up to you” are different uses of the same shrug.
For more text versions of that gesture, see the shrug symbols.
🧕 Woman with headscarf
A person wearing a headscarf. The image alone does not tell you their nationality or beliefs.
🦸 Superhero
“You saved the day 🦸” gives a helpful friend a superhero role. It also fits actual comic-book characters and costumes.
🦹 Supervillain
A comic-book villain for stories, costumes or a joke about a mischievous plan.
🕺 Man dancing
For a party invitation, a dance-floor photo or simply “Friday at last 🕺”.
Weather, food and celebrations
☂️ Umbrella
The open umbrella can stand for an umbrella itself or a rainy-day plan. It has no raindrops in the symbol.
☔ Umbrella with rain drops
The raindrops turn the umbrella into a clear wet-weather symbol.
🍇 Grapes
Grapes, grape juice or grape-flavored sweets. A food caption gives this bunch all the context it needs.
🍆 Eggplant
The same eggplant can read two ways:
- With a recipe: the vegetable or a dish made with it.
- In flirty chat: a common sexual reference.
🍠 Roasted sweet potato
Purple skin opens onto a yellow center. This is a cooked sweet potato, ready for a food or recipe message.
🎆 Fireworks
For a fireworks display or a celebration. The burst may include purple alongside other colors.
Color blocks and signs
🟣 Purple circle
A purple circle can be a colored marker in a list. Give it a label if it stands for a team, category or status; the dot has no built-in status meaning.
🟪 Purple square
A row of purple squares can make a simple color strip. Beside a category name, one square works as a label.
🔮 Crystal ball
“What happens next? 🔮” borrows the fortune-teller’s prop for a playful prediction.
💜 Purple heart
Affection, appreciation or support. A group may give the purple heart a shared meaning, but that meaning is not universal.
🚺 Women’s room
The sign for the women’s toilet: useful in directions or a message about facilities.
🛐 Place of worship
A sign for a place where people worship. It does not identify a particular religion on its own.
⚛️ Atom symbol
A stylized science symbol for an atom, rather than a diagram of an electron’s path.
☮️ Peace symbol
For peace, nonviolence or an antiwar message.
Put the message before the color
A row of purple symbols can look coordinated while saying very little. Keep the words when you need a clear answer:
- “Rain expected—bring an umbrella ☔” gives an instruction.
- “Thanks for helping 💜” makes the heart’s purpose clear.
For a softer color beside these purples, browse the pink emojis. The Unicode design guidelines explain why emoji artwork can differ between platforms.
