These whimsical symbols are a storybook set: the unicorn, the toadstool, the snail and the fox, a tea party, wands and castles, and text symbols such as โธ for a plain line. Tap any tile to copy it.
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Emoji first, then plain text
The first three groups are emoji: Storybook creatures, Tea, sweets and toys and Wands, castles and keys. Whimsical text symbols are not emoji, so they keep the colour of your words: โธ is a palm branch from the punctuation marks, โ an old printer's mark of three stars.
Names and dividers
Name wrappers set the word name between toadstools, branches or a unicorn and a rainbow: paste, then type yours over it. Dividers run toadstools and snails, or a tea party, across a line.
Tips
แฏ is a letter of the Batak script and โธ a Unicode 5.1 mark, so an older device may show a box for either.
The fairy and the mage take skin tones; pick one on the tone row before you copy.
Questions and answers
Is there a whimsical emoji?
No emoji is named whimsical, and CLDR, the list of emoji search words, files none under it. The set here is our own choice: the unicorn, the toadstool, the snail, a tea party, a wand and a castle.
What are magical symbols to copy and paste?
CLDR files six emoji under magic: ๐ง Mage, ๐ง Elf, โจ Sparkles, ๐ฎ Crystal ball, ๐ช Magic wand and ๐ฉ Top hat. The wand, the mage and the sparkles are here; the crystal ball is on the witch symbols page.
Do these symbols have meanings?
Not ones this page claims. They are picked for the storybook look, and each tile names the character it is, from Unicode's own list, so you know what you are pasting.
๐งFairyU+1F9DA. A fairy with wings. It takes skin tones. Emoji 5.0.
๐ฆFoxU+1F98A. A fox from the woods. Emoji 3.0.
๐ธFrogU+1F438. A frog, the prince in waiting. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฆHedgehogU+1F994. A hedgehog. Emoji 5.0.
๐งMageU+1F9D9. A wizard with a long beard and a hat. It takes skin tones. Emoji 5.0.
๐MushroomU+1F344. A red toadstool with white spots, where fairies sit in the old pictures. Emoji 0.6.
๐SnailU+1F40C. A snail, slow and in no hurry. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฆUnicornU+1F984. The unicorn, the storybook horse with one horn. Emoji 1.0.
Tea, sweets and toys 9
๐BalloonU+1F388. A red balloon on a string. Emoji 0.6.
๐งบBasketU+1F9FA. A picnic basket. Emoji 11.0.
๐ซBlueberriesU+1FAD0. A handful of blueberries. Emoji 13.0.
๐ Carousel horseU+1F3A0. A painted horse from a merry-go-round. Emoji 0.6.
๐งCupcakeU+1F9C1. A cupcake with icing. Emoji 11.0.
๐ฏHoney potU+1F36F. A pot of honey. Emoji 0.6.
๐ฐShortcakeU+1F370. A slice of cake with a strawberry on top. Emoji 0.6.
๐ตTeacup without handleU+1F375. A small cup for a tea party. Emoji 0.6.
๐งธTeddy bearU+1F9F8. A teddy bear. Emoji 11.0.
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Wands, castles and keys 6
๐ฐCastleU+1F3F0. A castle with towers. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชMagic wandU+1FA84. A wand with a star at the tip. CLDR lists magic for it. Emoji 13.0.
๐๏ธOld keyU+1F5DD U+FE0F. An old key, for a locked door in a story. Emoji 0.7.
๐RainbowU+1F308. A rainbow. Emoji 0.6.
๐ชRinged planetU+1FA90. A planet with a ring. Emoji 12.0.
โจSparklesU+2728. Three sparkles. CLDR lists magic for it too. Emoji 0.6.
Whimsical text symbols 9
โAsterismU+2042 Asterism. General Punctuation block, Unicode 1.1. Three stars in a triangle, an old printer's mark for a break in a story.
แฏBatak raU+1BD3 Batak letter simalungun ra. Batak block, Unicode 6.0. A letter of the Batak script whose shape reads as a sprout. It needs a Batak font.
โ๏ธCometU+2604 Comet. Miscellaneous Symbols block, Unicode 1.1. A comet with its tail, the text character. Has an emoji form too, so it is copied with U+FE0E, the selector that keeps it as plain text.
โธPalm branchU+2E19 Palm branch. Supplemental Punctuation block, Unicode 5.1. A small branch from the punctuation marks.
โPropeller asteriskU+274A Eight teardrop-spoked propeller asterisk. Dingbats block, Unicode 1.1. Eight teardrops turning like a pinwheel.
โบSixteen pointed asteriskU+273A Sixteen pointed asterisk. Dingbats block, Unicode 1.1. A burst of sixteen points.
เผTibetan scroll markU+0F04 Tibetan mark initial yig mgo mdun ma. Tibetan block, Unicode 2.0. A curl that opens a Tibetan text, often borrowed as a swirl.
๐Vine leafU+1F65A North east pointing vine leaf. Ornamental Dingbats block, Unicode 7.0. A curling vine leaf from the ornamental dingbats, Unicode 7.0, so older devices may show a box.
๐Vine leaf, turnedU+1F65B South east pointing vine leaf. Ornamental Dingbats block, Unicode 7.0. The same leaf pointing the other way.
Name wrappers 5
เผ name โA swirl before and a comet after
๐ง name โจA fairy and her sparkles
โธ name โธA branch each side
๐ฆ name ๐A unicorn before and a rainbow after
๐ name ๐Toadstools each side
Dividers 4
ห โ ห โ ห โ หComets and little crosses
โธ โโโโ โ โโโโ โธBranches and an asterism on a line