Variation

Unicode Character “️” (U+FE0F)

Variation Selector-16 (Emoji Style) — Invisible selector forcing colorful graphic emoji presentation of a symbol

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Technical Specifications for Variation Selector-16 (Emoji Style) (U+FE0F)

Complete official Unicode Standard metadata and binary encodings.

Name: Variation Selector-16 (Emoji Style)
Unicode Version: 3.2 (March 2002)
Block: Variation Selectors (U+FE00 - U+FE0F)
Plane: Basic Multilingual Plane (Plane 0, U+0000 - U+FFFF)
Script: Inherited (Zinh)
Category: Nonspacing Mark (Mn)
Bidirectional Class: Nonspacing Mark (NSM)
Combining Class: Not Reordered (0)
Character is Mirrored: No
HTML Entities:
UTF-8 Encoding: 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding: 0xFE0F
UTF-32 Encoding: 0x0000FE0F
Decomposition: None

App & Gaming Compatibility Matrix

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All Platforms Supported

Forces colorful graphical emoji presentation

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About Variation Selector-16 (Emoji Style) (U+FE0F)

Variation Selector-16 (VS16, U+FE0F) instructs operating systems to render the preceding symbol in full-color, graphical emoji mode.

How to Use U+FE0F in Games & Social Apps

  1. Step 1: Click the Copy Character button above to copy the blank Variation Selector-16 (Emoji Style) symbol.
  2. Step 2: Open your target app (Free Fire, Discord, WhatsApp, Roblox, Instagram).
  3. Step 3: Paste the copied character into your username field, bio, or message text box.
  4. Step 4: Save or send. The platform will treat the character as valid text without displaying any visible letters!

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Variation Selector-16 (Emoji Style) (U+FE0F).

Why do some symbols render in color on my phone but black on my PC?

Applying VS16 (U+FE0F) guarantees that all platforms treat the symbol as a color emoji.

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