Baffled by an upside-down smiley face? Join the club! The “woman tipping hand” emoji was among the most confounding for people across the country, according to a study conducted last month ...

The hands-folded emoji depicts two hands pressed together and the fingers pointing up. The emoji is used as a gesture of prayer, thanks, request and greeting. It can also be used to express hope ...

More likely though, this emoji says, “I’m aghast,” or ... Where a British soldier, at one time at least, would turn the flat of their hand forward, this is edge-on. And the hand takes ...

The latest such update is more expressive hand gesture emoji on Gboard. Google’s approach to emojis has been more fun than the bubbly, almost plastic look that Apple has adopted on iOS.

Other new emoji are blackbird, goose, hyacinth, hand fan, wooden flute and hair pick – used for combing curly or thick hair. Despite faces being among the top-used emoji, the only new face ...