That family emoji is actually seven Unicode code points stitched together
alifcoder · x · 2026-11-02
Andrew (@heyandrewai) explains how emojis really work: the family emoji 👨👩👧👦 looks like one tiny picture but is assembled from seven Unicode code points joined by zero-width joiners (U+200D). Once you understand this mechanism, several odd emoji behaviors start making sense.
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