Moai Emoji

Objects

A grey, stone-carved head featuring a prominent brow, a flat nose, and thin, tight lips. It is modeled after the iconic monolithic human figures found on Easter Island.

Usage Context

Widely used in internet culture to convey stoicism, deadpan humor, or a 'stone-faced' reaction to awkward situations. It is frequently employed in 'shitposting' or to indicate a firm, immovable stance on a topic, often appearing alongside the 😐 or 🤨 emojis.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010, the emoji is officially titled 'Moai' and represents the real-world statues of Rapa Nui. It gained massive popularity in the late 2010s as a staple of irony-heavy online meme culture, far exceeding its original intent as a travel or geography icon.

Details

Glyph

🗿

Unicode

U+1F5FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f5ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDDFF;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Objects

Subcategory other-object

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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