Image credit: Emojipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nA new gesture you can look forward to is a pushing left and pushing right hand to indicate a high five, which in the past was depicted by the prayer hands. However, this gesture can also imply refusal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Animal lovers will be happy to see a moose head, a donkey, a blackbird, a goose, a jellyfish, and a wing. While plant emojis will include a hyacinth, a peapod, and a ginger root. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two new musical instrument emojis are the Latin maracas and what looks like a Bonsurai, an Indian folk flute, but could be a recorder or folk flute from almost any culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other objects include a folding fan and a hair pick. And, lastly, new symbols being adopted are the icon for the Sikh religion and a Wi-Fi sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In total 31 emojis are in the works, but they still require approval from the Unicode Consortium before the official release. This is actually the fewest number of emojis that have been added to the library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do you think of the Emoji 15.0 draft? Leave a comment if there is an emoji you\u2019d like to see added. Personally, I\u2019m waiting for a typewriter and mac and cheese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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