Emoji → Text
Replace emojis in text with their English names. Mirror of text-to-emoji.
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About Emoji → Text
Each recognized emoji is replaced with its English name in :colon: form (or plain text, configurable). Unknown emojis pass through. Useful for accessibility, plain-text export, or simply understanding what emoji you're looking at.
When to use it
- Producing screen-reader-friendly versions of emoji-heavy text
- Exporting emoji content to a plain-text format
- Identifying unknown emojis by their name
How it works
The input is scanned for emoji code points and matched against a curated table. Matches are replaced with their name. Unrecognized emoji are kept as-is.
Examples
I ❤️ 🍕 and 🐱!
I :heart: :pizza: and :cat:!
Frequently asked questions
- Which emojis are recognized?
- About 100 common emojis — the same set as the text-to-emoji tool, so the two tools round-trip cleanly. Less common emojis aren't in the table.
- Can I use a different format than :colons:?
- Toggle the format option to switch between :name: and (name).