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emoji, along with the various codes associated with them, according to these four emoji
sets. e codes are Shi-JIS (user-dened region), Unicode (PUA) scalar values, and sim-
ple index numbers. Although these examples do not represent widely used emoji, they are
ones that happen to have Unicode code points, as the table indicates.
Emoji examplesTable 3-106.
Emoji Meaning Unicode i-mode EZweb SoftBank Mobile Google
sunny 26 89/63 1 66/488 44 98/4 74
cloudy 261 8/63 2 665/48 17 98/49 73 1
rain 2614 81/64 3 664/48 95 98/4 75 2
snow 264 82/641 4 65/485 191 989/48 72 3
hot springs 2668 99/67 147 695/4 224 763/123 125 7
Clearly, there is a problem. ere are two standardization issues that need to be solved.
First, these four sets of emoji are not completely compatible with one another, meaning
that when a text message containing emoji is sent from a cell phone from one carrier to
another, the proper treatment of emoji cannot be guaranteed. Second, these emoji are cur-
rently being exchanged through the use of Unicode PUA or Shi-JIS user-dened code
points, both of which are considered bad practice in today’s world of open systems.
In terms of their visual representation, emoji are almost always colored, oen ...