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Moai

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
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Specifications

Vendor Google
Category Objects
Subcategory other-object
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
moairockeaster islandcarvingfacehumanmoyaistatuestonestone facemegalith🗿memes

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0SIL OFL 1.1Noto Repository

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