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World Service,2 mins

How do you make a new emoji?

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Where do the new emoji on your smartphone come from? Jennifer 8 Lee, a journalist and cookery writer, is currently campaigning for a new dumpling emoji. She explains the criteria that her proposed emoji has to meet, which included universality and emotional resonance. Jennifer also gives some insight into the mysterious Unicode Consortium, the body that decides which emoji candidates make the final cut.

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