The gem stone emoji is your digital bling ring—perfect for flexing a big win, dropping a “hidden gem” recommendation, or calling someone a rare treasure without sounding sappy. It sparkles in captions about luxury, designer hauls, or that one piece of advice that’s worth its weight in carats. People use it flirtatiously to say “you’re precious,” dramatically to hype a glow-up, and sarcastically when someone is… let’s say, a real “gem” of a problem. In finance or crypto chat, it teams up with diamond hands to signal unshakable conviction, while gamers see it as the universal loot drop or premium currency vibe.
On Apple/iOS, it’s a bright cyan-blue diamond with crisp, glassy facets, a beveled edge, and a glossy, starry glint near the top that gives it a 3D, three-quarter tilt—like it just rolled out of a treasure chest. The color pops with icy gradients, instantly readable even at tiny sizes, and screams shine bright like a diamond energy. It pairs effortlessly with sparkles for extra drama, or with ring and money bag emojis for engagement gossip and big-spender moments. Crystal lovers also use it to channel “good vibes only,” while meme lords drop it to crown top-tier takes, underrated albums, or that chef’s-kiss piece of internet lore.
Definition
A large blue in color diamond standing up. iEmoji old name: Large Diamond.
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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)
353 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
:gem:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Romance Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Romance Symbols
Names & Annotations
GEM STONE
Symbol Information
U+1F48E proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-826
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#Exp.16 'Ring' 指輪 U+E71B SJIS-F9C0 JIS-766F
KDDI
#72 ジュエリー 「jiyuerii」 U+E514 SJIS-F6ED JIS-766F
Softbank
#230 #old53 ダイヤモンド 「daiyamondo」 U+E035 SJIS-F975
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)
e035
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E035
Decimal Code Point(s)
57397
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x80 0xB5
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 80 B5
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 200 265
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE035
UTF-16 Hex
e035
UTF-16 Dec
57397
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E035
UTF-32 Hex
E035
UTF-32 Dec
57397
Python Src
u"\uE035"
PHP Src
"\xee\x80\xb5"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE035"
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)
1f48e
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F48E
Decimal Code Point(s)
128142
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0x8E
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 92 8E
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 222 216
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC8E
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc8e
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56462
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F48E
UTF-32 Hex
01F48E
UTF-32 Dec
128142
Python Src
u"\U0001F48E"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x92\x8e"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC8E"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
