Emojis are a great way to express your emotions in written communication as plain words often do not convey the sentiment of the whole thought.
Adding an emoji to a text can make all the difference, and add a personal touch as well as an element of humour to the message.
Emojis are small digital icons used to express feelings. It makes expressing yourself a tad easier than framing long sentences.
Whether you are furious, disappointed, overwhelmed, happy, excited, exhausted, there is an emoji for every life experience you are going through.
The exact number of emojis we have on our phones is 3,782. Your world of emojis is set to expand as a new update is likely to launch 8 more emojis.
The Unicode Standard is responsible for creating new emojis. They announced new icons this week, including a shovel, the official flag of Sark, a root vegetable, a tired face with under-eye bags, paint splatter, a bare tree trunk, a human fingerprint, and a harp.
Let’s discover the new emojis approved by Unicode 16.0 and their meanings:
1. Face with eye bags – This emoji shows tiredness and exhaustion. It indicates the sender is tired, exhausted, sleepy, and lacking energy.
2. Fingerprint – This emoji is a human fingerprint.
3. Leafless tree – This emoji is a bare tree trunk with no leaves, representing a dry tree. If you have been feeling like a dry tree of late, you definitely need a ‘spring’ in your life.
4. Root vegetable – A root vegetable that has been extracted from the ground.
5. Harp – A harp is a stringed musical instrument, significant in many cultures and played on various occasions.
6. Shovel – A shovel is a tool used to remove materials like mud, coal, or sand.
7. Splatter – A thick splatter of paint or blood.
8. Flag of sark – Sark is a Channel Island, part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, originally part of the Duchy of Normandy.
Benefits of using emojis while texting
It mimics the effect of a real human face: If you can’t see them in real, sending them emojis is the next best alternative. Research says when we look at a smiley face, the specific parts of the brain that are activated upon seeing a real human face are activated.
It’s a new and effective language: Words can’t express what emoticons can at times and researchers say they are fast emerging as a new form of language and our brain has developed a new pattern to understand it.
The use of emojis can help the receiver take notice of your text as according to psychology people tend to make sense of faces more than the words.
Which newly-launched emoji do you relate with the most? Tell us in the comments section below.
