Is there a way to request a new emoji that reflects mental fatigue?

Dear Apple Team,


I hope you’re doing well.


I’m writing to suggest a new emoji that reflects a feeling many of us go through. One day, I was trying to describe how I felt to my friend using just one emoji—but I couldn’t find one that truly captured it.



I imagined an emoji of someone still standing but clearly exhausted, falling apart, yet holding on. I think it would help express a very real and common emotion that isn’t represented yet.


I’ve attached a simple visual to show the idea. I hope you’ll consider it in a future update.

Best regards,


Reem

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iPhone 13, iOS 18

Posted on May 9, 2025 5:21 PM

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Posted on May 9, 2025 5:27 PM

Sorry, but the emojis do not come from Apple, all emojis are standardized by the Unicode Consortium. The reason for that is so they are compatible across all device manufactures. Emoji are not pictures that are sent, they are just represented by a character, much like any character you type on the keyboard and you want the receiver to interpret that character the same way. Could you imagine sending a thumbs down emoji on your device and the receiver saw it as a thumbs up emoji.


You can send emoji requests to the Unicode Consortium and when there is a new standard, then the device manufacturer just adopts those standards so everyone has the same emojis.

https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html

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May 9, 2025 5:27 PM in response to Reemrrrrrr

Sorry, but the emojis do not come from Apple, all emojis are standardized by the Unicode Consortium. The reason for that is so they are compatible across all device manufactures. Emoji are not pictures that are sent, they are just represented by a character, much like any character you type on the keyboard and you want the receiver to interpret that character the same way. Could you imagine sending a thumbs down emoji on your device and the receiver saw it as a thumbs up emoji.


You can send emoji requests to the Unicode Consortium and when there is a new standard, then the device manufacturer just adopts those standards so everyone has the same emojis.

https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html

May 10, 2025 7:34 AM in response to Reemrrrrrr

Reemrrrrrr wrote:

Never mind, I’ve just joined the community last night and I don’t have a clue what’s happening here.
I was exhausted so that’s why I posted the idea here.

No problem, you have received the correct answer of submitting the request to the Unicode Consortium. Unfortunately your post has been a magnet for some who have recently signed up and simply run your question through AI and post generic responses that are not factual, similar to an action you would expect by a bot. They never follow up and never source their information. When evaluating the information suggested, it really is the source that matters and those that offer links to back up their recommendation and have been here for a while, as noted by their Level number, are generally more reliable.

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