Emoji Chart
💅U+1F485

Nail polish emoji

A hand with painted nails and a bottle of nail polish. Manicures, beauty and self-care are the literal meaning. As slang, it conveys a sassy, unbothered attitude, as in showing off confidence or shrugging off drama with 'whatever'.

Unicode name
nail polish
Category
People & body, Hands holding things
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F485
Shortcode
:nail_care:
Keywords
bored, care, cosmetics, done, makeup, manicure, nail, polish, whatever

How it looks

💅
Your device
Nail polish emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Nail polish emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Nail polish emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

Skin tones

Each skin tone has its own page with its codes. Copy one right here, or open it.

How to type 💅

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “nail polish”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “nail polish”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “nail polish”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “nail polish”.
GitHub
Type :nail_care: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolpintarse las uñascosmética, esmalte, manicura, pintarse las uñas, uñas
Françaisvernis à onglescosmétiques, manucure, maquillage, peu importe, s’ennuyer, vernis à ongles
DeutschNagellackKosmetik, Maniküre, Nagel, Nagellack, Nagelpflege
Italianosmalto per unghiecosmetici, make up, manicure, noia, smalto, smalto per unghie, spa, unghie, unghie con smalto
Portuguêsesmalte de unhacosméticos, esmalte, esmalte de unha, manicure, mão, unhas
Nederlandsnagellakbeauty, cosmetica, hand, lak, manicure, nagel, nagellak, nagels lakken, verzorging
Svenskanagellackmåla naglar, manikyr, nagellack, smink
Polskilakier do paznokciciało, kosmetyki, lakier do paznokci, lakierować paznokcie, manicure, paznokcie, pielęgnacja
Türkçeoje sürmekozmetik, manikür, oje, oje sürme, tırnak, tırnak bakımı
Русскийманикюрготово, кисть, косметика, лак, маникюр, ногти, пальцы, руки, скука, уход
Українськалак для нігтівдогляд, косметика, лак, лак для нігтів, манікюр, ніготь, нігті, робота, рука, тіло
Ελληνικάβάψιμο νυχιώνβαριεστημένος, βάψιμο νυχιών, βερνίκι, βερνίκι νυχιών, καλλυντικά, μακιγιάζ, μανικιούρ, νύχι, ό,τι πεις, σώμα, τέλος, φροντίδα
العربيةطلاء أظافرأظافر, إكلادور, تجميل, تهذيب أظافر, زهق, زهقانة, ضفير, طلاء أظافر, مانكير, مانيكور, مستحضرات تجميل, مناكير, منكير
עבריתמריחת לקטיפוח, לק, מניקור, מריחת לק, מריחת לק על ציפורניים, ציפורניים, קוסמטיקה
فارسیلاک زدنآرایش, بدن, توجه, رسیدگی, زیبایی, لاک, لاک زدن, مانیکور, ناخن
हिन्दीनेल पॉलिशकॉस्मेटिक, देखभाल, नख प्रसाधन, नाखून, नाखूनों की देखरेख, नेल पॉलिश, मेनीक्योर, सौन्दर्य प्रसाधन
বাংলানেল পলিশনখ, নেইল পলিশ, নেল পলিশ, পালিশ, প্রসাধনী, ম্যানিকিউর, যত্ন, শরীর
Bahasa Indonesiapoles kukubadan, cat kuku, kosmetik, kuku, kuteks, manikur, perawatan, poles kuku, salon, tubuh
Tiếng Việtsơn móng taychăm sóc, đánh bóng, làm móng tay, móng tay, mỹ phẩm, sơn móng tay
ไทยสีทาเล็บตกแต่ง, ทาเล็บ, นิ้ว, มือ, สำอาง, เสริมสวย
日本語マニキュアを塗る手ネイル, マニキュア, マニキュアを塗る手, 爪
한국어매니큐어끝났어, 네일 아트, 네일 케어, 다듬기, 매니큐어, 메이크업, 손톱, 손톱 정리, 아무거나, 지겨워, 케어
中文(简体)涂指甲油修指甲, 忙完了, 护手, 指甲油, 涂指甲油, 美甲, 闷, 随便啦
中文(繁體)指甲油修指甲, 指甲油, 沒事了, 無聊, 美甲
Names in 95 more languages
Afrikaansnaellak
Akanmmɔwerɛ pɔlihye
Albanianmanikyr
Amharicየጥፍር ቀለም
Armenianեղունգների լաքապատում
Assameseনেইল প’লিচ
Azerbaijanidırnaq laklamaq
Bashkirтырнаҡтарҙы буяу
Basqueazazkaletako esmaltea
Belarusianлак для ногцяў
Bosnianlakiranje noktiju
Bretonivinoù gwerniset
BulgarianЛак за нокти
Burmeseလက်သည်း ဆိုးဆေး
Cantonese指甲油
Catalanesmalt d’ungles
CherokeeᎤᏑᎦᏢ ᎦᏅᎵᏰᏗ
Chuvashманикюр
Croatianlak za nokte
Czechlak na nehty
Danishneglelak
Estonianküünelakk
European Portugueseverniz para as unhas
Faroeseneglalakk
Filipinonail polish
Finnishkynsilakka
Galicianpintar as uñas
Georgianფრჩხილების ლაქი
Gujaratiનેઇલ પોલિશ
Hausajan farce
Hungariankörömlakk
Icelandicnaglalakk
Igbonteji mbọaka
Irishvearnais ingne
Javanesecet kuku
Kalaallisutneglelak
Kannadaನೈಲ್ ಪಾಲೀಷ್
Kazakhманикюр
Kazakh (Arabic)مانيكيۋر
Khmerលាបថ្នាំក្រចក
Kinyarwandaverini y’inzara
Konkaniनेल पॉलिश
Kyrgyzтырмак боёо
KʼicheʼTz’ajb’al ixk’aq
Laoທາເລັບມື
Latviannagu laka
Lithuaniannagų lakas
Lower Sorbiannokśowy lak
LuxembourgishNeellack
Macedonianлак за нокти
Malaypengilat kuku
Malayalamനെയിൽ പോളിഷ്
Maltesenail polish
Marathiनेल पॉलीश
Mongolianхумсаа будах
Māoripani maikūkū
Nepaliनङ पालिस
Nigerian PidginNél Pọ́lish
Northern Sothopholeše ya manala
Norwegianneglelakk
Norwegian Nynorsknaglelakk
Odiaନଖ ପାଲିସ୍‌
Oromohalluu qeensaa
Pashtoنوکانو رنګ
Punjabiਨੇਲ ਪਾਲਿਸ਼
Punjabi (Arabic)نوں پالش
Quechuaesmalte sillukunapaq
Romanianojă pe unghii
Romanshvernisch dad unglas
Scottish Gaeliclìomh ìnean
Serbianлак за нокте
Serbian (Latin)lak za nokte
Shanယွမ်ႉၼဵပ်ႉမိုဝ်း
Sindhiننهن پالش
Sinhalaනිය ආලේපන
Slovaklakovanie nechtov
Slovenianlak za nohte
Somalidhalaalinta ciddiyaha
Swahilirangi ya kupaka kwenye kucha
Tajikлок барои нохунҳо
Tamilநகச்சாயம்
Teluguగోర్ల రంగు
Tigrinyaጽፍሪ ምጽራይ
Tonganvalivali ngeʻesinima
Tswanapolitšhe ya dinala
Turkmendyrnak lagy
Upper Sorbianlak za nochće
Urduنیل پالش
Uyghurتىرناق بوياش
Uzbektirnoq uchun lok
Welshfarnais ewinedd
Wolofjakkal wew
Xhosaipolishi yeenzipho
YorubaIkun Eekanna
Zuluikhyutheksi

Codes

Code points
U+1F485
HTML
💅
CSS
\1F485
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F485}
Python
\U0001F485
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 92 85
UTF-16
D83D DC85
URL encoded
%F0%9F%92%85

Questions

What does the 💅 nail polish emoji mean?

A hand with painted nails and a bottle of nail polish. Manicures, beauty and self-care are the literal meaning. As slang, it conveys a sassy, unbothered attitude, as in showing off confidence or shrugging off drama with 'whatever'.

How do I type the 💅 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “nail polish”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :nail_care:.

When was the 💅 emoji added?

💅 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 💅?

U+1F485. In HTML you can write 💅, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F485}.

Does 💅 come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 💅🏻 light, 💅🏼 medium-light, 💅🏽 medium, 💅🏾 medium-dark and 💅🏿 dark.

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