<s>
Miscellaneous	B-Protocol
Symbols	I-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Pictographs	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
Unicode	O
block	O
containing	O
meteorological	O
and	O
astronomical	O
symbols	O
,	O
emoji	B-Application
characters	O
largely	O
for	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Japanese	O
telephone	O
carriers	O
 '	O
implementations	O
of	O
Shift	O
JIS	O
,	O
and	O
characters	O
originally	O
from	O
the	O
Wingdings	O
and	O
Webdings	O
fonts	O
found	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
block	O
contains	O
637	O
emoji	B-Application
and	O
has	O
312	O
standardized	O
variants	O
defined	O
to	O
specify	O
emoji-style	O
(	O
U+FE0F	O
VS16	O
)	O
or	O
text	O
presentation	O
(	O
U+FE0E	O
VS15	O
)	O
for	O
156	O
base	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Miscellaneous	B-Protocol
Symbols	I-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Pictographs	I-Protocol
contains	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
"	O
Emoji	B-Application
modifiers	O
"	O
which	O
are	O
modifier	O
characters	O
intended	O
to	O
represent	O
skin	O
colour	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Fitzpatrick	O
scale	O
(	O
but	O
conflating	O
the	O
two	O
lightest	O
skin	O
types	O
into	O
one	O
category	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
emoji	B-Application
modifiers	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
emojis	B-Application
that	O
represent	O
people	O
or	O
body	O
parts	O
including	O
the	O
54	O
human	O
emojis	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Miscellaneous	O
Symbols	O
and	O
Pictograph	O
block	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
Peter	O
Edberg	O
of	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
Mark	O
Davis	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
proposed	O
implementing	O
these	O
"	O
emoji	B-Application
modifiers	O
"	O
to	O
provide	O
better	O
representation	O
of	O
"	O
human	O
diversity	O
"	O
in	O
emoji	B-Application
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
lobbying	O
by	O
Katrina	O
Parrott	O
,	O
whose	O
daughter	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
after	O
being	O
unable	O
to	O
send	O
emojis	B-Application
that	O
looked	O
like	O
her	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
modify	O
an	O
emoji	B-Application
representing	O
a	O
human	O
or	O
body	O
part	O
,	O
the	O
emoji	B-Application
modifier	O
must	O
be	O
placed	O
immediately	O
after	O
that	O
emoji	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
emoji	B-Application
modifier	O
is	O
applied	O
to	O
an	O
emoji	B-Application
,	O
the	O
emoji-style	O
variant	O
selectior	O
(	O
U+FE0F	O
)	O
should	O
be	O
omitted	O
because	O
the	O
emoji	B-Application
modifier	O
automatically	O
implies	O
emoji-style	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
table	O
shows	O
the	O
full	O
combinations	O
of	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
five	O
modifiers	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
"	O
human	O
emoji	B-Application
"	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
Miscellaneous	B-Protocol
Symbols	I-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Pictographs	I-Protocol
block	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Platforms	O
without	O
emoji	B-Application
modifier	O
support	O
may	O
show	O
as	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
human	O
emoji	B-Application
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
other	O
Unicode	O
blocks	O
:	O
Dingbats	O
,	O
Emoticons	O
,	O
Miscellaneous	O
Symbols	O
,	O
Supplemental	O
Symbols	O
and	O
Pictographs	O
,	O
Symbols	O
and	O
Pictographs	O
Extended-A	O
and	O
Transport	O
and	O
Map	O
Symbols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
Unicode-related	O
documents	O
record	O
the	O
purpose	O
and	O
process	O
of	O
defining	O
specific	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
Miscellaneous	B-Protocol
Symbols	I-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Pictographs	I-Protocol
block	O
:	O
</s>
