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HTML Emojis

HTML emojis display visual icons using UTF-8 characters.

Read Time

5 min read

Difficulty

Beginner

Last Updated

Jun 15, 2026

Version

v1.0.0

Introduction

Emojis behave like regular text characters rather than images. Browsers render them natively from the UTF-8 character set. Developers can copy and paste emojis directly into the HTML source code.

Syntax

1<!-- emoji syntax -->
2<p>I love coding 🚀</p>

Example

1<!-- this displays an emoji -->
2<!DOCTYPE html>
3<html lang="en">
4  <head>
5    <meta charset="UTF-8">
6    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
7    <title>Emojis</title>
8  </head>
9  <body>
10    <h1>Welcome back 👋</h1>
11  </body>
12</html>

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Key Points

Emojis function as standard text characters.
UTF-8 encoding supports all emojis.
Browsers render emojis differently based on the OS.
Emojis scale precisely like font sizes.

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