Communicating with emojis only: is that possible? 😃📱
It's hard to imagine our daily digital communication without emojis. But can we really communicate with just these little pictures? Can they completely replace words? 🤔
🧹⚡ Harry Potter and 2 emojis
Someone once asked an AI to briefly describe Harry Potter. It came up with something like: young wizard with round glasses, lightning bolt scar on his forehead and a broom for Quidditch. Then they asked to make the description even shorter. Now it was simple: young wizard with a scar and a broom. But even that was still too much! So the text was shortened further until only two emojis remained that conveyed the essence of the character: 🧹⚡
This is how technology helps us to save words without losing meaning.
Emojis as a means of communication 🎨🗣️
Emojis are incredibly versatile and can express emotions and reactions quickly and directly. A laughing face 😄 shows joy, a crying face 😢 sadness. They are a visual language that works without words. In chats and social media, many people use emojis to make their messages more lively and emotional. 💬✨
An emoji dialog between friends 👫
An interesting experiment is to have a dialog using only emojis. Here's an example:
Anna: 👋😊?
(Heyer! How are you?)
Gregor: 👋👍, 🏖️🌊. You?
(Hello, good. I was at the beach. And you?)
Anna: 🏞️🚴♀️😊. And 🍕🍔?
(I went cycling in the park. Did you eat pizza or burgers too?)
Gregor: 🍔🍟🍦😋! 🧑🍳🍝🍷🍫. 😃?
(I ate burgers, fries and ice cream! In the evening I cooked, pasta with wine and chocolate. How was yours?)
Anna: 🥳🎉, 🎬🍿. And 🎨🖌️?
(I partied, went to the movies. And did you draw something?)
Gregor: 🎨🖼️😄! 🏋️♂️💪. You?
(Yes, I drew pictures! I worked out afterwards. And you?)
Anna: 🏊♀️🏊♂️🚴♀️😊. 📸?
(I went swimming and cycling, it was great. Did you take any photos?)
Gregor: 📸😎. See you later! 👋
(Yes, lots of photos. See you later!)
Try it out for yourself! 🤩
Fancy challenging your friends? Try communicating using only emojis and ask them if they've understood everything! It's fun and an exciting way to express yourself. Here are all the popular emojis you can use.
Instructions for copying and pasting emojis:
Select emoji: Choose the right emoji from the list.
Copy emoji: Select the emoji and press "Ctrl + C" (Windows) or "Cmd + C" (Mac) on your keyboard to copy it.
Paste emoji: Go to your chat or text field and press "Ctrl + V" (Windows) or "Cmd + V" (Mac) to paste the emoji.
All known emojis
Categories of emojis
Faces and emotions: 😀😁😂🤣😃😄😅😆😉😊😋😎😍😘🥰😗😙😚🙂🤗🤔😐😑😶🙄😏😣😥😮🤐😯😪😫😴😌😛😜😝🤤😒😓😔😕🙃🤑😲☹️🙁😖😞😟😤😢😭😦😧😨😩🤯😬😰😱🥵🥶😳🤪😵😡😠🤬😷🤒🤕🤢🤮🤧😇🥳🥴🥺🤠🤡🤥🤫🤭🧐🤓😈👿👹👺💀👻👽🤖💩😺😸😹😻😼😽🙀😿😾
Hand signs and gestures: 👋🤚🖐✋🖖👌✌🤞🤟🤘🤙🖕🖐🤲👐🙌👏🤝👍👎👊✊🤛🤜🤚👈👉👆👇✋🖖🤌🤏✍💅🤳
Hearts: ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎💔❣️💕💞💓💗💖💘💝
Nature and animals: 🐶🐱🐭🐹🐰🦊🐻🐼🐨🐯🦁🐮🐷🐽🐸🐵🐒🐔🐧🐦🐤🐣🐥🦆🦅🦉🦇🐺🐗🐴🦄🐝🐛🦋🐌🐞🐜🦟🦗🕷🕸🐢🐍🦎🦖🦕🐙🦑🦐🦞🦀🐡🐠🐟🐬🐳🐋🦈🐊🐅🐆🦓🦍🦧🐘🦛🦏🐪🐫🦙🦒🐃🐂🐄🐎🐖🐏🐑🦮🐕🦺🐩🐈🐓🦃🦜🦢🦩🕊🐇🦝🦨🦡🦦🦥🐁🐀🐿🦔
Food and drink: 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍌🍉🍇🍓🍈🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥝🍅🍆🥑🥦🥒🥬🥯🥖🍞🥨🥐🥯🍞🥨🥖🧀🥚🍳🥓🥩🍗🍖🌭🍔🍟🍕🌮🌯🥙🍲🍜🍝🥟🍱🍣🍤🍙🍚🍘🍢🍡🍧🍨🍦🍰🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🍿🍩🍪🌰🥜🍯🍼☕🍵🍶🍺🍻🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🍾🍴🥄🍽
Activities and sport: ⚽🏀🏈⚾🥎🎾🏐🏉🎱🏓🏸🥅🪃🏒🏑🏏🥍🪁⛳🏹🎣🤿🥊🥋🎽🛹🛷⛸🥌🎿⛷🏂🪂🏋️🤼🤸⛹️🤺🤾🏌️🏇🧘🏄🏊🤽🚣🧗🚵🚴🏆🥇🥈🥉🏅🎖🏵🎗🎫🎟🎪🤹🎭🩰🎨🎬🎤🎧🎼🎹🥁🎷🎺🎸🪕🎻🎲♟🎯🎳🎮🎰
Places and travel: 🌍🌎🌏🗺🗾🧭🏔⛰🌋🗻🏕🏖🏜🏝🏞🏟🏛🏗🧱🏘🏚🏠🏡🏢🏣🏤🏥🏦🏨🏩🏪🏫🏬🏭🏯🏰💒🗼🗽⛪🕌🛕🕍⛩🕋⛲⛺🌁🌃🏙🌄🌅🌆🌇🌉♨️🎠🎡🎢🚂🚃🚄🚅🚆🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🚌🚍🚎🚐🚑🚒🚓🚔🚕🚖🚗🚘🚙🚚🚛🚜🛴🚲🛵🏍🛺🚨🚡🚠🚟🚃🚝🚞🚂✈️🛫🛬🪂🪐🚀🛸
Objects and symbols: ⌚📱💻🖥🖨⌨🖱🖲💽💾💿📀📼📷📸📹🎥📽🎞📞☎📟📠📺📻🎙🎚🎛🧭⏱⏲⏰🕰🌡🔋🔌💡🔦🕯🪔🧯🛢💸💵💴💶💷💰💳💎⚖️🪙🧾💌📧📨📩📤📥📦📫📪📬📭📮📯📜📃📄📑📊📈📉📆📅📇📁📂🗂🗃🗄🗑📋📌📍📎🖇🖊🖋✒🖌🖍📝✏🔍🔎🔏🔐🔒🔓
People and activities: 👶🧒👦👧🧑👩👨👵🧓👴👲👳♀️👳♂️🧕👮♀️👮♂️👷♀️👷♂️💂♀️💂♂️🕵️♀️🕵️♂️👩⚕️👨⚕️👩🌾👨🌾👩🍳👨🍳👩🎓👨🎓👩🎤👨🎤👩🏫👨🏫👩🏭👨🏭👩💻👨💻👩💼👨💼👩🔧👨🔧👩🔬👨🔬👩🎨👨🎨👩🚒👨🚒👩✈️👨✈️👩🚀👨🚀👩⚖️👨⚖️🦸♀️🦸♂️🦹♀️🦹♂️🧙♀️🧙♂️🧝♀️🧝♂️🧛♀️🧛♂️🧟♀️🧟♂️🧞♀️🧞♂️🧜♀️🧜♂️🧚♀️🧚♂️👼🤰🤱👩🍼👨🍼🙇♀️🙇♂️💁♀️💁♂️🙅♀️🙅♂️🙆♀️🙆♂️🙋♀️🙋♂️🧏♀️🧏♂️🤦♀️🤦♂️🤷♀️🤷♂️
Idea for the process of getting to know someone: the emoji interview
You may be familiar with the situation: you've met someone, exchanged numbers and started writing to each other via an app like WhatsApp. A great idea is to conduct a kind of interview in which the other person can only reply with emojis. That loosens things up.
Here are 20 questions for the emoji interview that are great for emoji answers:
- How are you feeling today?
- What is your favorite food?
- What is your favorite season?
- Do you have any pets? If so, which ones?
- What is your favorite movie genre?
- What kind of music do you like to listen to?
- What is your dream travel destination?
- What hobbies do you have?
- Are you more of an early riser or a night owl?
- What is your favorite book or genre?
- What does your perfect Saturday look like?
- What is your favorite sport or activity?
- Do you love coffee or tea?
- Do you have a favorite color?
- What is your favorite holiday?
- Do you have a favorite superhero?
- What is your zodiac sign?
- What kind of movies do you like to watch?
- Which emoji describes you best?
- What kind of weather do you like best?
These questions offer a good mix of personal interests, preferences and general information that can be answered well with emojis. Have fun with your interview game! And maybe repeat the game once you've known each other for a few days. Then the game can become a little more personal and include more intimate questions.