selfie Emoji
🤳 · U+1F933 · Emoji 3.0
What does the selfie emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
When capturing life's moments or wanting to express a sense of self-importance, people reach for the 🤳 emoji, which directly represents taking a selfie, a photograph of oneself, typically taken with a smartphone. This emoji can be used figuratively to convey narcissism or self-absorption, and in slang, it is often used to express that someone is being vain or full of themselves. The 🤳 emoji is also used to represent photography or to indicate that a photo was taken by the sender. In a broader sense, it symbolizes the act of self-documentation and the desire to share one's experiences with others.
selfie in every skin tone
This emoji takes a Fitzpatrick modifier. Click any tone to copy it.
How the selfie emoji is used
In digital communication, the 🤳 emoji is frequently used in texting and social media captions to add a touch of humor or irony to a post, and its tone can range from playful to sarcastic. On platforms like TikTok and Instagram, the 🤳 emoji is often used in comments to tease or poke fun at someone's self-portrait, and it is particularly popular among younger generations who are familiar with the concept of taking selfies. The emoji's usage can also vary in tone depending on the context, ranging from lighthearted and joking to critical or mocking. Its use is more prevalent in informal online communication, where users tend to be more casual and expressive in their language.
selfie emoji examples
- just took the perfect selfie 🤳
- you're taking too many selfies 🤳 today
How to copy the selfie emoji
To use the selfie emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F933), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
More about selfie
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selfie emoji on different platforms
How the selfie emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.



selfie Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🤳 |
| Name | selfie |
| Category | People & Body |
| Codepoints | U+1F933 |
| Shortcode | :selfie: |
| Emoji version | 3.0 |
| Unicode version | 3.0 |
selfie Emoji FAQ
When capturing life's moments or wanting to express a sense of self-importance, people reach for the 🤳 emoji, which directly represents taking a selfie, a photograph of oneself, typically taken with a smartphone. This emoji can be used figuratively to convey narcissism or self-absorption, and in slang, it is often used to express that someone is being vain or full of themselves.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 🤳 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F933, introduced in Emoji version 3.0 (Unicode 3.0). Its shortcode is :selfie:.
People also search for the selfie emoji as camera, phone.