emoji-test.txt

Emoji Ecosystem

The official Unicode file listing all emoji sequences with their qualification status, code points, and CLDR short names.

emoji-test.txt is a machine-readable file published with each Unicode release at unicode.org/Public/emoji/. It serves as the authoritative catalog of all emoji, organized by category and subcategory.

Each line contains: code point sequence, qualification status (fully-qualified, minimally-qualified, unqualified, or component), emoji version, and CLDR short name. Comments mark category boundaries.

EmojiFYI's emoji database is built directly from this file. The `scripts/parse_emoji_test.py` script extracts all fully-qualified emoji and generates the seed configuration.

Related Terms

CLDR (CLDR) CLDR (CLDR)
The Common Locale Data Repository, a Unicode project providing locale-specific data including emoji names and search keywords in 100+ languages. Emoji Version Emoji Version
The release version in which an emoji was first introduced, following an annual release cadence since Emoji 4.0 (2016). Fully Qualified (FQE) Fully Qualified (FQE)
An emoji sequence that includes all required variation selectors and presents consistently across all platforms.

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