💅 Meaning – Nail Polish Emoji

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This icon shows three fingers with pink nail polish and a brush applying some to what appears to be the index finger. This emoji means a woman is getting her nails done, is getting ready for a special occasion, or is pampering herself. Nail Emoji could be used to indicate any of the above mentioned, or to imply “queen” status, much like the male equivalent to being a “baller” or a “G”.

The Nail Polish Emoji appeared in 2010, and now is mainly known as the Nail Emoji.

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Nail Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+1F485
Unicode name: Nail Polish
Category: Smileys & People / Body
Keywords: care, cosmetics, manicure, nail, polish, body
Windows Alt-code: Alt+1F485
Decimal HTML Entity: 💅
Hex HTML Entity: 💅
UTF-16 hex: 0xD83D 0xDC85
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_polish
Version: Unicode 6.0
Year: 2010 (see all emoji of 2010)

💅 emoji variants

Nail Polish: Light Skin Tone

Nail Polish: Medium-Light Skin Tone

Nail Polish: Medium Skin Tone

Nail Polish: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Nail Polish: Dark Skin Tone

Barber Pole

Person Getting Haircut

Person Getting Massage

🌐 Nail Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	Nagellack	Kosmetik, Maniküre, Nagel, Nagelpflege
Français	vernis à ongles	maquillage
Русский	маникюр	кисть с лаком, лак для ногтей, ногти, уход за руками
Español	pintarse las uñas	cosmética, esmalte, manicura, uñas
Italiano	smalto per unghie	cosmetici, manicure, smalto
Português	esmalte de unha	cosméticos, esmalte, unhas
Polski	lakier do paznokci	ciało, kosmetyki, lakierować paznokcie, manicure, pielęgnacja

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How to type Nail Polish Emoji

There are number of methods to type Nail Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste 💅 emoji

It's very easy to get Nail Polish Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read 💅 meaning and look at 💅 pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

💅 emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.