Keyword
back emoji
9 emoji are annotated with “back” in Unicode’s CLDR data.
- face holding back tearsface holding back tears
- raised back of handraised back of hand
- raised back of hand: light skin toneraised back of hand: light skin tone
- raised back of hand: medium-light skin toneraised back of hand: medium-light skin tone
- raised back of hand: medium skin toneraised back of hand: medium skin tone
- raised back of hand: medium-dark skin toneraised back of hand: medium-dark skin tone
- raised back of hand: dark skin toneraised back of hand: dark skin tone
- doordoor
- BACK arrowBACK arrow
Frequently asked questions
- How many emoji mean back?
- 9 emoji are annotated with “back”.
- Which categories does back span?
- Emoji annotated “back” appear in Smileys & Emotion, People & Body, Objects and Symbols. A keyword is the only grouping here that crosses categories — the Unicode taxonomy files each character in exactly one.
- Which emoji are tagged back?
- They include 🥹 face holding back tears, 🤚 raised back of hand, 🤚🏻 raised back of hand: light skin tone and 🤚🏼 raised back of hand: medium-light skin tone. The full set is listed above.
- Where do these keywords come from?
- Unicode’s CLDR annotation data, which is the same source that lets an emoji keyboard find a character by name. They are not tags anyone here invented.