CLDR, Unicode's list of search words, files nothing under year, midnight or countdown, so the job falls to Fireworks, Party popper and Twelve oโclock. Then 72 more: clocks, resolutions, plain-text stars, greeting lines and ASCII art. New year emoji copy and paste, no year attached.
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The party popper, second tile
For party popper emoji copy and paste, take Party popper, U+1F389. CLDR gives it ten search words, tada and birthday among them, none about a year. Wikipedia's Party popper article describes a handheld device that blows out confetti or streamers when a string is pulled. Pop pastes the popper, then what it threw.
Midnight, or possibly noon
Twelve oโclock is one of 24 clock faces and does not say which twelve: CLDR lists nothing under midnight or noon. The last hour pastes eleven, half past and twelve. Wikipedia's New Year's Eve article names Kiribati's Line Islands, Samoa and Tonga as the first places to welcome the year. First to midnight pastes their flags.
Tips
CLDR has no search word champagne, so we added it: champagne finds Bottle with popping cork. Resolution finds ten tiles.
No line carries a year, so none goes stale. Add the digits after pasting. Countdown included counts three, two, one in keycaps.
Mirror ball is Emoji 14.0: an empty box on an older phone. Ten emoji have a text form, which Text style switches on.
Questions and answers
Is there a New Year emoji?
No. Ask for new and CLDR offers NEW button, two moons, a statue and three flags. Unicode's notes say new year of eight characters: Pine decoration, a Japanese door decoration, and seven Egyptian hieroglyphs. New Year's Day, as a hieroglyph is one.
Which emoji work for Lunar New Year?
Red envelope, Firecracker and New moon, under New years on other calendars. Wikipedia puts the first day on a new moon and lists firecrackers and money in red envelopes among the activities. Good fortune, as a Han character is plain text. Lunar finds all four.
How do I write Happy New Year without emoji?
No emoji: a four pointed star each side puts the greeting between two U+2726 stars, ordinary characters. January, as one character is a telegraph symbol and may show as an empty box. Happy New Year sign is keyboard characters only. Star symbols has more.
๐พBottle with popping corkU+1F37E. Five search words: bar, bottle, cork, drink, popping. Champagne is not among them, so we added it: search champagne and this answers. Emoji 1.0.
๐ฅClinking glassesU+1F942. Two glasses meeting. Unicode's notes call that celebration, formal toasting, and CLDR adds clink. Emoji 3.0.
๐Confetti ballU+1F38A. The only emoji with confetti in a name or a search word. Unicode's notes gloss it as congratulations. Emoji 0.6.
๐FireworksU+1F386. CLDR lists nothing under year, midnight or countdown, so no emoji is filed as a New Year emoji. This one does the work. Its search words include boom and yolo. Emoji 0.6.
๐Party popperU+1F389. Ten search words, among them tada, hooray and birthday. Not one mentions a year. Emoji 0.6.
๐SparklerU+1F387. Unicode's notes describe a long, stick-like firework that looks like a burning incense stick. One of three emoji CLDR files under fireworks. Emoji 0.6.
๐Twelve oโclockU+1F55B. Midnight, or noon: the face does not say which, and CLDR lists nothing under either word. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
Show all 75 things for New Year (68 more)
The party 9
๐BalloonU+1F388. Filed under birthday and celebrate, and used for everything else as well. Emoji 0.6.
๐บMan dancingU+1F57A. The same search words as the woman dancing, with man where she has woman. He takes a skin tone. Emoji 3.0.
๐ชฉMirror ballU+1FAA9. CLDR files it under disco and glitter. The newest emoji on this page, so an older phone shows an empty box. Emoji 14.0.
๐ถMusical notesU+1F3B6. Unicode's notes call them dancing notes, mood, melody. For the song at midnight, whichever one your room sings. Emoji 0.6.
๐Night with starsU+1F303. Three search words: night, star, stars. The sky before anyone lights anything. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅณPartying faceU+1F973. CLDR files it under horn and hat, the only face that arrives with both. Emoji 11.0.
๐Raising handsU+1F64C. Unicode's notes gloss it as banzai. CLDR files it under hooray, along with the party popper and the partying face. Emoji 0.6.
โจSparklesU+2728. CLDR files it under magic and star. It has a text form, which takes the colour of your words. Emoji 0.6.
๐Woman dancingU+1F483. CLDR files her under festive, salsa and tango. She takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
Countdown, clocks and calendars 8
โฐAlarm clockU+23F0. CLDR files it under late and waiting. For anyone planning to nap first. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐Eleven oโclockU+1F55A. An hour to go. Unicode has 24 clock faces, twelve on the hour and twelve on the half hour. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฆEleven-thirtyU+1F566. Half an hour to go, and the last clock face before twelve. It has a text form. Emoji 0.7.
๐Globe with meridiansU+1F310. Unicode's notes say it is used for world clocks with time zones. Wikipedia's New Year's Eve article says the local time zone decides when the year arrives. Emoji 1.0.
โHourglass doneU+231B. The same glass with the sand at the bottom. The year, in other words. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
โณHourglass not doneU+23F3. CLDR files it under waiting and, for reasons of its own, yolo. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐๏ธSpiral calendarU+1F5D3 U+FE0F. Unicode's notes gloss it as calendar, day 1, which makes it the right one for the morning after. It has a text form. Emoji 0.7.
๐Tear-off calendarU+1F4C6. Two search words: calendar, tear-off. The tearing off is the point. Emoji 0.6.
Resolutions and a fresh start 8
๐BooksU+1F4DA. CLDR files them under reading and knowledge. They have a text form. Emoji 0.6.
โ Check mark buttonU+2705. CLDR files it under done and completed. Use sparingly after the first week. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชFlexed bicepsU+1F4AA. Unicode's notes gloss it as strong, muscled. CLDR adds gym and gains. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฅGreen saladU+1F957. Three search words: food, green, salad. Emoji 3.0.
๐MemoU+1F4DD. For the list. Wikipedia's article on New Year's resolutions describes resolving to accomplish a personal goal. CLDR lists nothing under resolution. Emoji 0.6.
๐NEW buttonU+1F195. Two search words: button and NEW. Ask CLDR for new and it offers this, two moons, a statue and three flags. Emoji 0.6.
๐Running shoeU+1F45F. CLDR files it under athletic and sneaker, and also under shopping, which may be as far as it gets. Emoji 0.6.
๐ SunriseU+1F305. Four search words: morning, nature, sun, sunrise. The first one of the year looks like the others. Emoji 0.6.
New years on other calendars 4
๐งจFirecrackerU+1F9E8. The third emoji CLDR files under fireworks. The Chinese New Year article lists lighting firecrackers among the activities too. Emoji 11.0.
๐New moonU+1F311. The Chinese New Year article says the first day falls on a new moon. CLDR files this one under dark. Emoji 0.6.
๐Pine decorationU+1F38D. Unicode's notes call it a Japanese new year's door decoration. Those notes say new year of eight characters: seven Egyptian hieroglyphs and this. Wikipedia's Kadomatsu article says they usually stand in pairs. Emoji 0.6.
๐งงRed envelopeU+1F9E7. Unicode's notes say it contains a monetary gift in East and Southeast Asia. Wikipedia's Chinese New Year article lists giving money in red envelopes among the activities. CLDR files it under luck. Emoji 11.0.
Plain text: twelve, the year and stars 9
ใ Day one, as one characterU+33E0 Ideographic telegraph symbol for day one. The same trick for the first day of a month. Paste it after January and the date is two characters long.
โฆFour pointed starU+2726 Black four pointed star. A sparkle that is not an emoji. It holds the ends of the plain greeting line below.
็ฆGood fortune, as a Han characterU+798F. Unihan defines it as happiness, good fortune, blessing.
ใJanuary, as one characterU+32C0 Ideographic telegraph symbol for january. A digit one and the Han character for month, squeezed into one square for telegrams. It shows as an empty box where no font has it.
๐New Year's Day, as a hieroglyphU+1310D Egyptian hieroglyph F014. Unicode's notes call it a logogram for New Year's Day. Its description: a notched palm branch written within the horns of a bovid. An empty box where no font has it.
ๆฐNew, as a Han characterU+65B0. Unihan defines it as new, recent, fresh, modern.
โบStarburstU+273A Sixteen pointed asterisk. Unicode's notes gloss it as starburst. One firework, in plain text.
โ ซTwelve, as one Roman numeralU+216B Roman numeral twelve. The top of the clock in a single character. Not an emoji, so it takes the colour and size of your words.
ๅนดYear, as a Han characterU+5E74. Unihan defines it as year; new-years; person's age. All three apply at midnight.
Happy New Year lines 16
โง โฆ โบ โฆ โงNo emoji: a divider of stars round a starburst
๐โจ๐โจ๐โจ๐Border row, poppers and sparkles
3๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ1๏ธโฃ Happy New Year ๐Countdown included
๐ Day one. So far, so good โ For the first morning
โฆ Happy New Year โฆNo emoji: a four pointed star each side
๐ Happy New Year ๐Fireworks at each end
๐ Happy New Year ๐A party popper at each end
๐๐ Happy New Year ๐๐Confetti outside, poppers inside
โจ Happy New Year, everyone โจFor the group chat
๐ Midnight. Happy New Year ๐Sent on the dot
๐ Out with the old, in with the ๐The button again, at the other end
๐ Resolutions: pending โณStatus update
๐ฅฑ Stayed up for this ๐Honest review
โณ Ten, nine, eight ๐Countdown, started early
โจ Wishing you a good year โจModest, achievable
๐ year, same me ๐คทThe NEW button doing a word's job
New Year text art 5
Calendar, first pageThree empty boxes and nothing written in them yet. Plain ASCII, 13 columns wide.
Clock at midnightBoth hands on the twelve, so only one shows. Plain ASCII, 15 columns wide.
Happy New Year signThe greeting in a frame, with a row of sparks above and below. Plain ASCII, 24 columns wide.
Party popper, going offA cone, open end up, and what comes out of it. Plain ASCII, 17 columns wide.
Three, two, oneThe end of the countdown on three cards. Plain ASCII, 25 columns wide.
New Year combos 9
๐ ๐ฅฑโThe first morningSunrise, then yawning face, then hot beverage. Day one, taken slowly.
๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ธ๐น๐ด๐First to midnightFlag: Kiribati, then flag: Samoa, then flag: Tonga, then twelve oโclock. Wikipedia's New Year's Eve article names Kiribati's Line Islands, Samoa and Tonga as the first places to welcome the year.
๐๐ฆ๐๐The last hourEleven oโclock, then eleven-thirty, then twelve oโclock, then party popper. Three of Unicode's 24 clock faces, then the reason for watching them.
๐๐๐Midnight skyNight with stars, then fireworks, then sparkler. The sky, then two of the three emoji CLDR files under fireworks.
๐๐โจPopParty popper, then confetti ball, then sparkles. The popper, then what it threw.
๐๐๐ฅ๐Resolutions, week oneMemo, then running shoe, then green salad, then books. The list, and three things on it.
๐๐๏ธResolutions, week threeMemo, then couch and lamp. The list, and where it is now.
๐๐Two buttonsEND arrow, then NEW button. The old year and the new one, as Unicode labels them.
๐ฅณ๐๐๐๐ชฉThe whole partyPartying face, then party popper, then confetti ball, then balloon, then mirror ball. Five emoji CLDR files under party or celebrate, in one paste.