| Emoji | 💅 |
| Name | nail polish |
| Unicode Codepoint | U+1F485 |
| Category | People & Body |
| Subcategory | Hand Prop |
| Emoji Version | 0.6 |
| Tags | bored, care, cosmetics, done, makeup, manicure, nail, polish, whatever |
| Decimal Value | 128133 |
| Hex Value | 0x1F485 |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | 💅 / 💅 |
The nail polish emoji represents a person, body part, gesture, or human activity — this category is deliberately broad and detailed so that messaging can represent people, professions, and gestures with more accuracy and inclusivity than earlier, more limited emoji sets allowed.
Category context: The People & Body category is Unicode's largest emoji group, covering body parts, hand gestures, family compositions, professions, and activities — many of which support optional skin-tone modifiers to represent human diversity.
Cataloged under Hand Prop within the People & Body category, nail polish is the 542nd of 2418 emoji How To Type Any Symbol lists in this category, and was introduced in Emoji version 0.6 of the Unicode Emoji Standard. Technically, it is represented by a single Unicode code point rather than a combined sequence, making it one of the simpler emoji to encode and display reliably across platforms. Its Unicode code point sequence is U+1F485.
💡 Good to know: Many People & Body emoji support skin-tone modifiers (added in Unicode 8.0, 2015) — if this specific emoji has tone variants, they'll be shown as related emoji below.