The wizard emoji is Mage, U+1F9D9, new in Emoji 5.0. The Unicode names list glosses it wizard, witch, sorcerer, sorceress. Man mage and Woman mage arrived with it, and all three take five skin tones.
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A wizard was first a wise man
Wiktionary traces wizard to Middle English wysard: wise with the ending -ard. It meant a philosopher or sage, and gained its magic sense only around the 1500s. Hence Owl, which CLDR files under wise. Mage comes from Latin magus, from a Greek word taken from Old Persian.
Four emoji answer to wizard
CLDR, Unicode’s list of search words, files wizard under the three mages and Magic wand. Witch adds Broom. Sorcerer, spell and summon lead to the mages alone, and magician to the wand alone.
A wizard symbol in plain text: ☿ is the alchemists’ sign for quicksilver, ☉ for gold and ♄ for lead, by the Unicode names list.
Questions and answers
Is the mage emoji a wizard or a witch?
Both. Emojipedia records that Man mage may be called a wizard and Woman mage a witch, yet CLDR gives the two the same words: each is filed under wizard, witch, sorcerer and sorceress.
Is there a man mage emoji?
Yes: Man mage is Mage joined to Male sign, U+1F9D9 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. Woman mage takes Female sign, U+2640, in its place.
Is there a black wizard emoji?
Yes. Each mage takes Unicode’s five skin tone modifiers, and Mage with dark skin tone is two code points, U+1F9D9 U+1F3FF. Choose a tone above the tiles and the mages in the combos follow it.
Is there a wizard hat emoji?
No. No emoji name contains wizard, and CLDR files eleven emoji under hat with no wizard’s hat among them. Top hat is the only one of the eleven also filed under magic.
Is there a wizard emoticon?
A typed one: <|:-)}}} is a wizard seen sideways, with a pointed hat, a brim and a beard. This wizard text emoji is plain keyboard characters. Mage has no text style form, so a mage emoticon has to be typed.
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Wizard and mage emoji to copy and paste 3
🧙MageU+1F9D9. The wizard emoji. Its Unicode character name is MAGE, glossed wizard, witch, sorcerer, sorceress. Filed under wizard, sorcerer and spell. Emoji 5.0.
🧙♂️Man mageU+1F9D9 U+200D U+2642 U+FE0F. Mage, a zero width joiner, Male sign and a variation selector: four code points. Filed under wizard and sorceress. Emoji 5.0.
🧙♀️Woman mageU+1F9D9 U+200D U+2640 U+FE0F. The same four code points, with Female sign in place of Male sign. Filed under witch and sorcerer. Emoji 5.0.
Wand, ball and books 12
⚗️AlembicU+2697 U+FE0F. Filed under chemistry. Emoji 1.0.
📚BooksU+1F4DA. Filed under fantasy and library. Emoji 0.6.
🧹BroomU+1F9F9. Filed under witch. Emoji 11.0.
🕯️CandleU+1F56F U+FE0F. Filed under light. Emoji 0.7.
🏰CastleU+1F3F0. Filed under castle. Emoji 0.6.
🔮Crystal ballU+1F52E. Filed under magic and fortune. Emoji 0.6.
🐉DragonU+1F409. Filed under fairytale and knights. Emoji 1.0.
🪄Magic wandU+1FA84. Filed under wizard and magician: the only emoji besides the mages to answer to the first, and the only one to answer to the second. Emoji 13.0.
🦉OwlU+1F989. Filed under wise: the word wizard grew from it. Emoji 3.0.
📜ScrollU+1F4DC. Filed under paper and scroll. Emoji 0.6.
✨SparklesU+2728. Filed under magic. Emoji 0.6.
🎩Top hatU+1F3A9. Filed under hat and magic: the only emoji under both. Emoji 0.6.
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Fantasy beings beside the mage 6
🧝ElfU+1F9DD. Four code points after the mage. Filed under magic. Emoji 5.0.
🧚FairyU+1F9DA. The next code point after the mage, under the heading Fantasy beings. Emoji 5.0.
🧞GenieU+1F9DE. Five code points after the mage. Filed under wishes. Emoji 5.0.
🧜MerpersonU+1F9DC. Three code points after the mage. The names list glosses it mermaid, merman. Emoji 5.0.
🧛VampireU+1F9DB. Two code points after the mage. Emoji 5.0.
🧟ZombieU+1F9DF. The last of the seven fantasy beings in the run. Emoji 5.0.
Wizard and mage symbols in plain text 7
✦Black four pointed starU+2726. A spark for the end of a wand.
☽First quarter moonU+263D. The names list glosses it alchemical symbol for silver.
♃JupiterU+2643. The names list glosses it alchemical symbol for tin.
☿MercuryU+263F. The Unicode names list glosses it alchemical symbol for quicksilver.
⛤PentagramU+26E4. A five-pointed star. The names list glosses it pentalpha, pentangle.
♄SaturnU+2644. The names list glosses it alchemical symbol for lead.
☉SunU+2609. The names list glosses it alchemical symbol for gold.
Wizard emoticons, typed 5
--==≡☆A spell on its way: hyphens, equals signs, an identical to sign and a star.
<|:-)}}}A wizard seen sideways: pointed hat, brim, eyes, nose, smile and a beard three braces long.
<|:-)}}}--*The same wizard with a wand: two hyphens and an asterisk.
<|8-)}}}The wizard in round spectacles.
*poof*The sound alone, between two asterisks.
Wizard lines 5
a wizard at this, apparentlyWiktionary’s second sense of wizard: someone unusually skilled in a field.
abracadabraBy Wiktionary, said to show that a magic trick has been performed.
hocus pocusBy Wiktionary, a stage magician’s incantation.
spell check: passedFor a message with no typos.
*waves wand*The stage direction, between two asterisks.
Wizard combos 14
📖🪄Book of spellsOpen book, then magic wand.
🧙🔮Crystal gazingMage, then crystal ball.
🧝🧙🧚Fantasy partyElf, then mage, then fairy.
🌙🧙✨Midnight spellCrescent moon, then mage, then sparkles.
🧙⚗️Potion classMage, then alembic.
🎲🧙Roll for magicGame die, then mage.
🪄🎩✨Stage magicMagic wand, then top hat, then sparkles.
🧙📜🕯️Study by candleMage, then scroll, then candle.
🧙💨Vanishing actMage, then dashing away.
🧙🪄Wand outMage, then magic wand.
🧙🦉Wise as an owlMage, then owl.
🧙🐉Wizard and dragonMage, then dragon.
🧙♂️🧙♀️Wizard and witchMan mage, then woman mage.