Nail polish is the internet’s dainty mic drop—perfect for saying “I’m unbothered” while the group chat combusts. It signals glam, self-care, and a low-key flex, often dropped after a humblebrag or a savage one-liner like, “Finished the project two days early, btw.” In meme-speak it means I’ll just be over here painting my nails while the drama sorts itself out, a wink of sass that’s equal parts Clueless and Drag Race. You’ll also see it used flirtatiously (“getting cute, see you at 8”), ironically (“nothing to add, just moisturizing my cuticles of justice”), or as punctuation for a glow-up reveal.
On Apple/iOS, the emoji shows a left hand at a three-quarter angle with slightly elongated nails getting a glossy coat of hot-pink/magenta polish from a slim brush hovering above—no bottle in frame, just that unmistakable swipe. The finish looks shiny like a perfect top coat, and the default hand is the standard yellow with support for skin tone variants, so your manicure can match your vibe. It’s a staple in salon promos, beauty-influencer captions, and “self-care Sunday” posts, plus any text where you’re announcing a fresh set, French tips, or gel dreams. Think “booked and busy,” “soft life activated,” and “I did that,” all distilled into five tiny, fabulous fingernails.
Definition
Applying pink nail polish to some well manicured nails.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
529 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:nail_care:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Nail Care
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Personal Care Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Human/living Things
Unicode Subcategory
Personal Care Symbols
Names & Annotations
NAIL POLISH Old name: NAIL CARE = manicure, nail care
Symbol Information
U+1F485 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-196
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[マニキュア]
KDDI
#409 ネイル 「neiru」 U+EAA0 SJIS-F373 JIS-7954
Softbank
#272 #old299 マニキュア 「manikiyua」 U+E31D SJIS-F9BD
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e31d
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E31D
Decimal Code Point(s)
58141
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x8C 0x9D
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 8C 9D
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 214 235
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE31D
UTF-16 Hex
e31d
UTF-16 Dec
58141
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E31D
UTF-32 Hex
E31D
UTF-32 Dec
58141
Python Src
u"\uE31D"
PHP Src
"\xee\x8c\x9d"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE31D"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
💅
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
💅
Decimal HTML Entity
💅
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
💅
Hex Code Point(s)
1f485
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F485
Decimal Code Point(s)
128133
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x85
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 92 85
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 222 205
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC85
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc85
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56453
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F485
UTF-32 Hex
01F485
UTF-32 Dec
128133
Python Src
u"\U0001F485"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x92\x85"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC85"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
