The joker emoji is Joker, U+1F0CF, in Unicode's list since Emoji 0.6. Its full character name is Playing card black joker, and it is the only emoji in Unicode's Playing Cards block.
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The joker's four search words
CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, gives the joker four: card, game, joker and wildcard. It is the only emoji under the last two. Unicode lists it with the games, right after Chess pawn and right before Mahjong red dragon.
Why the joker is a jester
By Wikipedia, the card was created in the United States as a trump for the game of euchre and by convention is drawn as a jester. It is often compared to the Fool of a tarot pack, which Unicode has as a character too.
A pack in the US or Britain usually has two jokers, by Wikipedia, and a pack in Germany three: both are combos here.
The white joker and the mahjong joker are plain characters, not emoji, so a device with no font for them shows an empty box.
Questions and answers
Is there a joker card emoji?
Yes, and it is this one. The joker emoji is a playing card by its Unicode name, so joker emoji and joker card emoji are the same character. No second joker is in Unicode's emoji list, version 18.0.
Is there a red joker emoji?
No. Unicode has a red joker, U+1F0BF, and a white joker, U+1F0DF, but neither is an emoji. Unicode's note on the red one reads "used as the third joker", and on the white one "may also be red".
What does the joker emoji mean?
Unicode gives it a name and no meaning. Wildcard is one of its CLDR search words, and a wild card, by Wikipedia, is a card that can stand for another.
Is there a jester emoji?
No. Unicode's emoji list, version 18.0, has no emoji with jester in its name, and CLDR files nothing under the word. Clown face is the only emoji under clown, and the combo Court jester puts a crown, the joker and a bell in a row.
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Jokers 3
🃏JokerU+1F0CF. The joker emoji. Its character name in Unicode is Playing card black joker, and CLDR's short name is joker. Emoji 0.6.
🀪Mahjong tile jokerU+1F02A. A plain character, not an emoji. The joker among Unicode's mahjong tiles; its other name there is baida. Added in Unicode 5.1.
🃟Playing card white jokerU+1F0DF. A plain character, not an emoji. Unicode's note on it: may also be red. Added in Unicode 6.0 with the black joker.
Suits and games 8
♟️Chess pawnU+265F U+FE0F. It comes just before the joker in Unicode's list of game emoji. Emoji 11.0.
♣️Club suitU+2663 U+FE0F. The club of a pack of cards. Emoji 0.6.
♦️Diamond suitU+2666 U+FE0F. The diamond of a pack of cards. Emoji 0.6.
🎴Flower playing cardsU+1F3B4. The only emoji CLDR files under the plural, cards. The joker's neighbor but one in Unicode's list. Emoji 0.6.
🎲Game dieU+1F3B2. This page's pick, for a game night that needs more than cards. Emoji 0.6.
♥️Heart suitU+2665 U+FE0F. The red heart of a pack of cards, a different character from Red heart. Emoji 0.6.
🀄Mahjong red dragonU+1F004. A tile, not a card. It follows the joker in Unicode's list of game emoji. Emoji 0.6.
♠️Spade suitU+2660 U+FE0F. One of the four suit emoji. CLDR files it under card, game, spade and suit. Emoji 0.6.
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Clowns and jesters 8
🔔BellU+1F514. This page's pick: the bell on the tip of a jester's cap. Emoji 0.6.
🎪Circus tentU+1F3AA. The only emoji CLDR files under circus. Emoji 0.6.
🤡Clown faceU+1F921. The only emoji CLDR files under clown. This page's pick for a jester, which no emoji is named for. Emoji 3.0.
🪄Magic wandU+1FA84. This page's pick, for the card that turns into any other. Emoji 13.0.
🎭Performing artsU+1F3AD. Two theater masks. This page's pick for a joker on a stage. Emoji 0.6.
🤹Person jugglingU+1F939. This page's pick: juggling was one of a jester's skills. Emoji 3.0.
🎩Top hatU+1F3A9. This page's pick, for a card trick. Emoji 0.6.
😜Winking face with tongueU+1F61C. The only emoji CLDR files under joke. Emoji 0.6.
Typed jokers 5
?♠ ?♥ ?♦ ?♣A question mark before each suit sign: a wild card can be any of them.
<8o)A sideways jester: a pointed cap, wide eyes, a round nose and a grin.
~<8o)The same jester with a tassel on the cap.
[JOKER]The word in square brackets, as a card on its side.
J★KERThe word with Black star, U+2605, for the O.
ASCII joker cards 3
Jester cap, in ASCIIA cap with three points and a bell on each. Four lines.
Joker card, in ASCIIA card with JOKER down its left edge and a jester in the middle. Seven lines. Needs monospaced text.
Small joker card, in ASCIIThe word on a card three lines tall.
Wild card lines 6
Card night at ours 🃏For the invitation
Guess who drew the joker 🃏For the group chat after the game
Saving the joker for last 🃏For a surprise held back
Shuffle, cut, deal 🃏For the first hand of the evening
Two jokers in the pack 🃏🃏For a pair of troublemakers
Wild card 🃏For the one nobody saw coming
Joker combos 11
🃏😜🎉April FoolsJoker, then winking face with tongue, then party popper.
🎩🃏Card from a hatTop hat, then joker.
🃏🎲♟️Card nightJoker, then game die, then chess pawn.
👑🃏🔔Court jesterCrown, then joker, then bell.
♠️♥️♦️♣️🃏🎴Every playing card emojiSpade suit, then heart suit, then diamond suit, then club suit, then joker, then flower playing cards. The card-game emoji CLDR files under card.
🃏🎭Jester on stageJoker, then performing arts.
🃏♠️♥️♦️♣️Joker and the four suitsJoker, then spade suit, then heart suit, then diamond suit, then club suit.
🎪🤹🃏Juggling actCircus tent, then person juggling, then joker.
🃏🍀Lucky drawJoker, then four leaf clover.
🃏🃏🃏Three jokersJoker, then joker, then joker. A pack in Germany usually has three, by Wikipedia.
🃏🃏Two jokersJoker, then joker. A pack in the US or Britain usually has two, by Wikipedia.
How this list was compiled: Built on 2026-10-13 from sources read that day. The emoji, their names, code points, order and Emoji version numbers are from the Unicode emoji list, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); emoji names are the CLDR short names printed in that file. Search words are from the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml and https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotationsDerived/en.xml). Joker is U+1F0CF, Emoji 0.6, in the game subgroup between Chess pawn and Mahjong red dragon, and the only emoji in the Playing Cards block; CLDR lists four words for it and files no other emoji under joker or wildcard, one emoji each under clown, circus, joke and cards, and none under jester. Character names are from UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt), in sentence case; Unicode's notes on the red joker (U+1F0BF, which has no tile here), the white joker and the mahjong joker are from NamesList.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt), and the Unicode version that added each character from DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt). Unicode data is used under the Unicode terms of use (https://www.unicode.org/terms_of_use.html). That the joker was created in the United States as a trump card for euchre, often acts as a wild card, is by convention drawn as a jester and is often compared to the Fool of a tarot pack, what a wild card is, and how many jokers a pack usually has are restated from Wikipedia, Joker (playing card) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_(playing_card), CC BY-SA 4.0). That jesters juggled and wore a cap and bells is from Wikipedia, Jester (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester, CC BY-SA 4.0). The typed jokers, the three drawings, the lines and the combos are this site's own work; a tile marked this page's pick is this site's own choice. Licence: own work: the selection, the combo names, the typed jokers, the text drawings and the notes are this site's own. Emoji names, code points and search words are Unicode and CLDR data, used under the Unicode License v3 (https://www.unicode.org/license.txt). Facts from Wikipedia are restated in this site's own words and credited in the source line.