emoji ZWJ sequence

noun

A combination of emoji and control characters to display a particular emoji on supported operating systems.

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nounemoji ZWJ sequence (plural emoji ZWJ sequences)

plural emoji ZWJ sequences

  1. computingA combination of emoji and control characters to display a particular emoji on supported operating systems.

    When an emoji zwj^([sic]) sequence is sent to a system that does not have a corresponding single glyph, the ZWJ characters would be ignored and a fallback sequence of separate emoji would be displayed.

    2016 November 14, Rob Reed, “Everything You Need To Know About Emoji”, in Smashing Magazine, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2025
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