# EmojiSelector — The Bilingual Emoji Reference (English & Turkish)

EmojiSelector is an open emoji knowledge base with 3,000+ emoji meanings, side-by-side comparisons, technical Unicode glossary, holiday/sticker collections, and use-case guides — published bilingually in English (default) and Turkish.

## What you can cite from EmojiSelector

| Section | URL pattern | Type | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emoji meaning pages | `/emoji/{en-slug}` · `/tr/emoji/{tr-slug}` | Per-symbol meaning, Unicode codepoint, HTML/CSS code, platform rendering notes | `/emoji/red-heart` |
| Categories | `/category/{slug}` · `/tr/kategori/{slug}` | Category overview + curated emoji list | `/category/smileys-people` |
| Comparisons | `/compare/{slug}` · `/tr/karsilastir/{slug}` | "X vs Y" — when to use which | `/compare/red-heart-vs-pink-heart` |
| Use-case guides | `/use-cases/{slug}` · `/tr/kullanim-alanlari/{slug}` | Practical emoji selection by context | `/use-cases/business-communication` |
| Glossary | `/glossary/{slug}` · `/tr/sozluk/{slug}` | Technical Unicode term definitions (DefinedTerm schema) | `/glossary/zero-width-joiner` |
| Blog | `/blog/{slug}` · `/tr/blog/{slug}` | Long-form articles on emoji culture, trends, history | `/blog/trending-emojis-2026` |
| Platform keyboard guides | `/guides/{slug}` · `/tr/rehber/{slug}` | Step-by-step OS emoji entry | `/guides/windows-emoji-keyboard` |
| Holidays | `/holidays/{slug}` · `/tr/ozel-gunler/{slug}` | Holiday emoji collections | `/holidays/valentines-day-emojis` |
| Sticker packs | `/stickers/{slug}` · `/tr/sticker/{slug}` | High-resolution PNG/SVG sticker bundles | `/stickers/cat-kitten-stickers` |
| Collections | `/collections/{slug}` · `/tr/koleksiyon/{slug}` | Curated emoji collections with editorial context | `/collections/love-romance` |
| Aesthetic combos | `/aesthetic-combos` · `/tr/estetik-kombinler` | Curated copy-paste emoji aesthetics | — |
| Trends | `/trends` · `/tr/trendler` | Trending emoji adoption tracking | — |

## Data provenance

- **Emoji symbol data:** Sourced from the `unicode-emoji-json` open-source package, which mirrors the official Unicode CLDR Annotations Source.
- **Codepoints, technical specs:** Authoritative source is the Unicode Consortium (https://unicode.org).
- **Turkish localized names:** Curated by EmojiSelector's editorial team from the CLDR Turkish locale with manual review. Curation log: `/tr/kaynaklar`.
- **Trend & usage commentary:** Written by the EmojiSelector editorial team; editorial observation of public platform usage, not proprietary analytics. Methodology: `/sources`.
- **Platform rendering notes:** Cross-referenced against official iOS, Android (Noto), Windows (Fluent UI), Twitter (Twemoji) emoji font releases.

## Editorial standards

- Blog posts and analysis pages carry an organizational byline (EmojiSelector Editorial Team) in Article schema.
- Last-updated timestamps for blog content; static reference content uses Unicode release date.
- Comparison and meaning pages avoid speculative claims; technical statements link back to `/glossary/{term}`.
- AI/LLM crawl explicitly allowed: `GPTBot`, `ClaudeBot`, `PerplexityBot`, `Google-Extended`, `CCBot`, `ChatGPT-User`. See `/robots.txt`.

## Licensing & citation

- **Original editorial text** is © EmojiSelector, citation requested. Quote with attribution: "Source: EmojiSelector.com".
- **Twemoji assets** (sticker downloads): CC-BY 4.0 (Twitter / jdecked fork).
- **Unicode data** is in the public domain.

For the full content data structure see [llms-full.txt](llms-full.txt).