emoji sequence

English

Noun

emoji sequence (plural emoji sequences)

1. (computing) A combination of characters that display a particular emoji.
   • 2023 September 5, Mark Davis, Ned Holbrook, Unicode Emoji (Unicode Technical Standard)‎^[1], 25 edition, number 51, Unicode Consortium, Emoji Characters:

     These characters are used in emoji sequences but normally do not appear on emoji keyboards as separate choices, such as keycap base characters or Regional_Indicator characters.

2. A sequence of emoji.
   • 2018 May 30, Michelle A. McSweeney, The Pragmatics of Text Messaging: Making Meaning in Messages, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Victor uses the Kissing Face with Heart emoji as a pragmatic particle. He always uses the same one, and always in the same way, with every woman he texts. Laura, on the other hand, regularly makes a situationally specific emoji sequence relevant to the conversation, as she did in Example 4.17.

Hyponyms

• emoji core sequence
• emoji flag sequence
• emoji keycap sequence
• emoji modifier sequence
• emoji tag sequence
• emoji ZWJ sequence