Unicode Emoji Professions

• http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16182-gender-zwj-sequences-list.pdf

• http://goo.gl/yRXj3S

• http://www.unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-zwj-sequences.html

Bases for People

Codepoint			Meaning
U+263A	White Smiley	☺️	Neutral, (details unknown, unimportant, unavailable)
U+1F610	Neutral Face	😐	Neutral, (details unknown, unimportant, unavailable)
U+1F464	Bust in Silhouette	👤	Neutral, (details unknown, unimportant, unavailable)
U+X0001	Adult Person		Person, grown-up
U+1F469	Woman	👩	Female, woman, feminine
U+1F468	Man	👨	Male, man, masculine
U+X0002	Older Person		Retired person, senior, expert
U+1F475	Older Woman	👵	Retired female, senior woman, female expert
U+1F474	Older Man	👴	Retired male, senior man, male expert
U+X0000	Child		Trainee, learner, student, beginner, intern
U+1F476	Baby	👶	Trainee, learner, student, beginner, intern
U+1F467	Girl	👧	Female trainee, learner, student, beginner, intern
U+1F466	Boy	👦	Male trainee, learner, student, beginner, intern
U+1F47D	Alien	👽	Extraterrestrial, alien, foreign, out-sourced, anonymous
U+1F916	Robot	🤖	Android, robot, automated service, machine, self-service, bot
U+1F63A	Cat	😺	Furry, humanoid/anthropomorphous animal, toon

Existing Emojis that Resemble Professions

Codepoint		Sample
U+1F46E	Police Officer	👮
U+1F575	Sleuth	🕵
U+1F482	Guard	💂
U+1F477	Construction Worker	👷

There are several sports, other activities and emotions that are commonly depicted by or with people.

Existing Emojis that Resemble Work Places or Buildings

Codepoint		Sample
U+1F3D7	Construction Site	🏗
U+1F3D8	House Buildings	🏘
U+1F3DB	Classical Building	🏛
U+1F3DF	Stadium	🏟
U+1F3E0	House Building	🏠
U+1F3E1	House with Garden	🏠
U+1F3E2	Office Building	🏢
U+1F3E3	Japanese Post Office	🏣
U+1F3E4	European Post Office	🏤
U+1F3E5	Hospital	🏥
U+1F3E6	Bank	🏦
U+1F3E8	Hotel	🏨
U+1F3E9	Love Hotel	🏩
U+1F3EA	Convenience Store	🏪
U+1F3EB	School	🏫
U+1F3EC	Department Store	🏬
U+1F3ED	Factory	🏭
U+1F3EF	Japanese Castle	🏯
U+1F3F0	European Castle	🏰
U+1F6E3	Highway	🛣
U+1F6E4	Rail Tracks	🛤
U+26EA	Church	⛪
U+26EB	Castle	⛫

This doesn’t include nature scenes like desert, island or mountain. (There’s no forest or field emoji!) National Park U+1F3DE could be used for a guide or ranger, though, and Beach with Umbrella U+1F3D6 may be good for a life guard.

Existing Emojis that Resemble Work Vehicles

Codepoint		Sample
U+1F680	Rocket	🚀
U+1F681	Helicopter	🚁
U+1F68_	lots of trains	🚂🚃🚄🚅🚆🚇🚈🚊🚋
U+1F68C–90	busses	🚌🚍🚎🚐
U+1F691	Ambulance	🚑
U+1F692/F1	Fire Engine	🚒🛱
U+1F693/4	police cars	🚓🚔
U+1F695/6	taxis	🚕🚖
U+1F697–9	cars	🚗🚘🚙
U+1F69A/B	trucks	🚚🚛
U+26DF	Black Truck	⛟
U+1F69C	Tractor	🚜
U+1F69D–A1/F2	more trains	🚝🚞🚟🚠🚡🛲
U+1F6A2/E5/F3	ships and boats	🚢 🛥 🛳
U+1F6E6–C	planes	🛦🛧🛨🛩🛪🛫🛬
U+2708	Airplane	✈️

Existing Emojis that Resemble Work Tools or Symbols

(To do: very incomplete, only from BMP “Miscellaneous Symbols” block currently)

Codepoint		Sample
U+2692	Hammer and Pick	⚒
U+2693	Anchor	⚓
U+2694	Crossed Swords	⚔
U+2695	Staff of Aesculapius	⚕
U+2696	Scales	⚖
U+2697	Alembic	⚗
U+2698	Flower	⚘
U+2699	Gear	⚙
U+269A	Staff of Hermes	⚚
U+269B	Atom Symbol	⚛
U+26A1	High Voltage Sign	⚡
U+26CF	Pick	⛏
U+26D1	Helmet with White Cross	⛑

ZWJ Sequences Proposed by Google

https://googleblog.blogspot.de/2016/07/promoting-gender-equality-through-emoji.html http://unicode.org/L2/L2016/16160-emoji-professions.pdf

Category	Codepoint			Professions
Business	U+1F4BC	Briefcase	💼	Office worker, accountant, banker, manager, financial adviser, tax preparer, clerk; Business Worker: Office worker, business person, financial analyst, manager, architect, white-collar worker,
Healthcare	U+2695	Staff of Aesculapius	⚕	Doctor, physician, MD; Health Worker: healthcare professional, doctor, nurse, therapist,
Education	U+1F393	Graduation Cap	🎓	Graduate; academic, postdoc; Student: Pupil, graduate,
Education	U+1F3EB	School	🏫	Teacher, professor; Teacher: Professor, instructor,
Science	U+1F52C	Microscope	🔬	Scientist, chemist, lab technician; Scientist: Technologist, engineer, mathematician, chemist, physicist, biologist
Technology	U+1F4BB	Personal Computer	💻	Software engineer, person coding, working on laptop; Coder: Software developer, engineer, inventor, gamer,
Industry	U+1F3ED	Factory	🏭	Factory worker, metallurgical worker, mechanic; Welder: factory worker, industrial worker, assembly worker, manufacturing
Industry	U+1F527	Wrench	🔧	Mechanic, repair person, plumber, handy person; Mechanic: tradesperson, plumber, electrician, repair person,
Farming	U+1F69C	Tractor	🚜	Farmer: farm worker, rancher, gardener, farming, …
Food service	U+1F373	Cooking	🍳	Chef, cook; Chef: Cook, cooking
Music	U+1F918	Sign of the Horn	🤘	Rocker, rockstar; Rockstar: Singer, entertainer,

Deferred / Retracted

Category	Codepoint			Professions
Healthcare	U+1F3E5	Hospital	🏥	Nurses, dentist, anesthesiologist, radiologist, white-coat worker
Industry	U+26A1	High Voltage Sign	⚡	High tech industry worker, assembly line worker; electrician, electric engineer

ZWJ Sequences Proposed by Apple

Apparently, Apple has proposed additional ZWJ profession sequences in the summer of 2016. They actually match entries previously found in my Further Ideas below.

http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16221r-additional-zwj-seq.pdf

Category	Codepoint			Professions
Public service	U+1F692	Fire Engine	🚒	fire fighter
Art	U+1F3A8	Color Palette	🎨	[painter,] artist
Transport	U+1F680	Rocket	🚀	astronaut, [cosmonaut, taikonaut, space pilot]
Transport	U+2708	Airplane	✈️	pilot, [flight assistant]
Public service	U+2696	Scales	⚖	judge, [lawyer, attorney, prosecutor]

ZWJ Sequences Actually Approved by Unicode (Beta)

There have been some changes to the proposals regarding the emoji being used to represent the profession.

• http://www.unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-zwj-sequences.html

• http://www.unicode.org/emoji/charts-beta/emoji-zwj-sequences.html

These pages also show variants with different non-default skin tones and gender selection for existing emojis showing people.

Codepoint			Profession
U+1F33E	Ear of Rice	🌾	Farmer
U+1F373	Cooking	🍳	Cook
U+1F393	Graduation Cap	🎓	Student
U+1F3A4	Microphone	🎤	Singer
U+1F3A8	Artist Palette	🎨	Artist
U+1F3EB	School	🏫	Teacher
U+1F3ED	Factory	🏭	Factory worker
U+1F4BB	Personal Computer	💻	Technologist
U+1F4BC	Briefcase	💼	Office worker
U+1F527	Wrench	🔧	Mechanic
U+1F52C	Microscope	🔬	Scientist
U+1F680	Rocket	🚀	Astronaut
U+1F692	Fire Engine	🚒	Firefighter
U+2695	Staff of Aesculapius	⚕	Health worker
U+2696	Scales	⚖	Judge
U+2708	Airplane	✈️	Pilot

The semantic relationship between character and profession differs greatly. There are tools, products, work places and vehicles, accessoires, traditional symbols. The choices seem very arbitrary and not at all systematic. There is no indication whatsoever that empirical research has been done to find out which emojis – if any – users actually combine already to represent professions or activities.

Further Ideas

Category	Codepoint			Professions
—	U+1F3DA	Derelict House Building	🏚	broke, homeless, evictee
Business	U+260F	White Telephone	☏	support, call center agent, personal assistant, secretary
Business	U+1F4DE	Telephone Receiver	📞	support, call center agent, personal assistant, secretary
Business	U+260E	Black Telephone	☎️	support, call center agent, personal assistant, secretary
Business	U+1F3E1	House with Garden	🏡	stay-at-home parent, housekeeper, realtor, estate agent, broker
Business	U+1F3E0	House Building	🏠	stay-at-home parent, housekeeper, realtor, estate agent, broker
Business	U+1F3E2	Office Building	🏢	cubicle worker, white-collar worker
Business	U+1F3E6	Bank	🏦	bank teller, bank clerk, banker
Business	U+1F3EA	Convenience Store	🏪	shop clerk
Business	U+1F3EC	Department Store	🏬	sales person, seller, shpping assistant
Education	U+1F392	School Satchel	🎒	pupil, student, school kid
Food service	U+1F354	Hamburger	🍔	fast food clerk
Food service	U+1F35F	French Fries	🍟	fast food clerk
Food service	U+1F356	Meat on Bone	🍖	butcher
Food service	U+1F35E	Bread	🍞	baker, pastry cook, confectioner
Food service	U+1F382	Birthday Cake	🎂	baker, pastry cook, confectioner
Food service	U+1F370	Shortcake	🍰	baker, pastry cook, confectioner
Food service	U+1F374	Fork and Knife (~ Restaurant, Meal)	🍴	waiter, maitre d’
Food service	U+1F37D	Fork and Knife with Plate (~ Dining)	🍽	waiter, maitre d’
Food service	U+1F37A	Beer Mug	🍺	innkeeper, barkeeper, bartender
Food service	U+1F37B	Clinking Beer Mugs	🍻	innkeeper, barkeeper, bartender
Food service	U+1F377	Wine Glass	🍷	innkeeper, barkeeper, bartender, sommelier
Food service	U+1F378	Cocktail Glass (~ Lounge)	🍸	innkeeper, barkeeper, bartender, mixologist
Food service	U+1F379	Tropical Drink	🍹	innkeeper, barkeeper, bartender, mixologist
Healthcare	U+1F691		🚑	paramedic
Healthcare	U+1F37C	Baby Bottle	🍼	nanny, midwife, wetnurse
Healthcare	U+1F3A9	Top Hat	🎩	undertaker, circus director
Healthcare	U+1F453	Glasses	👓	Ophthalmologist, optician
Healthcare	U+1F484	Lipstick	💄	visagist, makeup artist, manicurist
Healthcare	U+1F485	Nail Polish (~ manicure, nail care)	💅	visagist, makeup artist, manicurist
Healthcare	U+1F48A	Pill	💊	patient, junkie, addict
Healthcare	U+1F489	Syringe	💉	patient, junkie, addict
Healthcare	U+2651		⛑	rescue worker, paramedic; construction worker, see U+1F477 👷
Healthcare	U+26B0	Coffin	⚰	undertaker
Industry	U+1F6C0	Bath	🛀	plumber
Industry	U+1F6BF	Shower	🚿	plumber
Industry	U+1F6BD	Toilet	🚽	plumber
Industry	U+1F6C1	Bathtub	🛁	plumber
Industry	U+2692	Hammer and Pick	⚒	miner, manual labor
Industry	U+26CF	Pick	⛏	miner, manual labor
Industry	U+1F528	Hammer	🔨	miner, manual labor
Media	U+1F3A5	Movie Camera (~ film, movies)	🎥	cinematographer, film star, movie star, TV star
Media	U+1F4FD	Film Projector (~ movies)	📽	cinematographer, film star, movie star, TV star
Media	U+1F39E	Film Frames	🎞	cinematographer, film star, movie star, TV star
Media	U+1F3A6	Cinema (movie theater, movie projector)	🏚
Media	U+1F4F7		📷	photographer, photo model
Media	U+1F4F8		📸	photographer, photo model
Media	U+1F5E3		🗣	speaker, presenter, host, moderator, politician
Media	U+270D		✍️	author, writer, journalist, blogger, editor, columnist, artist
Public service	U+1F694		🚔	police force, see U+1F46E Police 👮
Public service	U+1F693		🚓	police force, see U+1F46E Police 👮
Public service	U+1F3E3	Japanese Post Office	🏣	post agent
Public service	U+1F3E4	European Post Office	🏤	post agent
Public service	U+267B		♻	cleaner janitor
Public service	U+1F5D1		🗑	cleaner, janitor
Public service	U+2694	Crossed Swords	⚔	knight, soldier, fighter, combattant
Public service	U+269A	Staff of Hermes	⚚	post worker, delivery, messenger
Public service	U+1F4E6	Parcel	📦	post worker, delivery, messenger
Public service	U+1F4EF	Post Horn	📯	post worker, delivery, messenger
Public service	U+1F5DE		🗞	post worker, delivery, messenger
Public service	U+3020	Postal Mark Face	〠	post worker, delivery, messenger
Religion	U+271D		✝️	orthodox Christian, Quaker, Amish
Religion	U+2626		☦️	Orthodox Christian (Eastern …)
Religion	U+2721		✡️	orthodox Jew
Religion	U+262A		☪️	orthodox Muslim
Religion	U+2638		☸️	orthodox Buddhist
Religion	U+1F549		🕉	orthodox Hindu
Religion	U+1F492	Wedding Chapel	💒	minister, best man, bridesmaid
Religion	U+1F4A3	Bomb	💣	terrorist
Religion	U+1F4FF		📿	Christian nun / monk
Religion	U+1F52E		🔮	medium, psychic
Religion	U+1F54C	Mosque	🕌	Muslim priest
Religion	U+1F54D	Synagogue	🕍	Jewish priest
Religion	U+26EA	Church	⛪️	Christian priest
Science	U+1F4DC		📜	scientist, scholar
Science	U+1F4DA		📚	scientist, scholar
Science	U+1F4D6		📖	scientist, scholar
Science	U+1F3DB	Classical Building	🏛	archeologist, historian, archivar
Science	U+1F52D	Telescope	🔭	astronomer, astrologist, astrophysicist
Science	U+2697		⚗	chemist, scientist, laboratory worker
Science	U+269B	Atom Symbol	⚛	physicist, scientist
Service	U+1F3E8	Hotel	🏨	receptionist (cf. U+1F481 💁), maid, bellboy, …
Service	U+1F3E9	Love Hotel	🏩	prostitute, pimp
Service	U+1F488		💈	barber, hairdresser, coiffeur, hair stylist
Service	U+2702	Black Scissors	✂️	barber, hairdresser, coiffeur, hair stylist
Service	U+1F487		💇	barber, hairdresser, coiffeur, hair stylist
Service	U+2698	Flower	⚘	florist, gardener, interior designer
Technology	U+2699	Gear	⚙	Engineer
Transport	U+2693	Anchor	⚓️	sailor, captain
Transport	U+1F69A		🚚	trucker
Transport	U+1F69B		🚛	trucker
Transport	U+1F695	Taxi	🚕	driver, chauffeur
Transport	U+1F68C	Bus	🚌	driver, chauffeur
Transport	U+1F68D	Oncoming Bus	🚍	driver, chauffeur
Art	U+1F58C	Paintbrush	🖌	painter, artist
Art	U+1F3AD	Performing Arts (~ theater masks, theater)	🎭	actor, playwright, screenwriter
Art	U+1F3AC	Clapper Board (~ film)	🎬	director, cinematographer
Art	U+1F3B7	Saxophone	🎷	musician (Jazz)
Art	U+1F3BA	Trumpet	🎺	musician (marching band)
Art	U+1F3B8	Guitar	🎸	musician (Rock/Folk)
Art	U+1F3BB	Violin	🎻	musician (classical orchestra)
Art	U+1F3B9	Keyboard	🎹	musician (Pop)
Art	U+1F3BC	Musical Score	🎼	composer, musician
Art	U+1F3A4	Microphone	🎤	singer

Decompositions

Precomposed	Codepoint			Sequence
Biker, Cyclist	U+1F3DA	🚴	🚲	ZWJ U+1F6B2	Bicycle
Person with Ball	U+26F9	⛹	🏀	ZWJ U+1F3C0	Basketball and Basket
Person with Ball	U+26F9	⛹	⚽️	ZWJ U+26BD	Soccer Ball
Person with Ball	U+26F9	⛹	🏐	ZWJ U+1F3D0	Volley Ball
Horse Racing	U+1F3C7	🏇	🐎	ZWJ U+1F40E	Horse
Skier	U+26F7	⛷	🎿	ZWJ U+1F3BF	Ski and Boots
Bath	U+1F6C0	🛀	🛁	ZWJ U+1F6C1	Bathtub

… possibly more