Here is a method for typing Emoji by name but not by English name. This method is for writing Emoji by Chinese name. OSX provides a Pinyin Input Method for writing Chinese. Pinyin is a romanization of Chinese. When writing in pinyin a candidate window pops up which lists all possible Chinese characters 汉字 and Emoji.
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| Candidate Window - Frequency |
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| Candidate Window — Emoji |
Here is a small sample of the Emoji which can be typed using this Pinyin Input Method. Each line below starts with the pinyin followed by the Emoji. The pinyin can have multiple meanings, multiple candidate Chinese characters and hence multiple Emoji. Hopefully for the examples I have given below you will be able to work out the meanings from the Emoji. Some of the below pinyin represent objects and some represent emotions.
- ai — ❤️ 😘 💗 💓 😍
- bei shang — 😢 😭
- che — 🚗 🚘
- hou — 🐒 🐵
- hua — 🌹 🌼 💐 🌷 🌸 🌺
- ka fei — ☕️
- kai xin — 😄 😺 😃 😆 ☺️
- mao — 🐱 🐈 ⚓️
- niu — 🐂 🐃 🐄 🐮
- pi jiu — 🍺 🍻
- sheng qi — 😠 😡 💢 😾
- shu — 🌲 🌳 🌴 🐭
- shui guo — 🍉 🍊 🍇 🍈 🍌 🍍 🍎 🍑 🍒 🍓 🍅 🍆 🍋 🍏 🍐
- tuo la ji — 🚜
- xiang — 🐘
- xiao — 😊 😄
- xie — 👟 👠
- xue ren — ⛄️ ☃️
- yin yue — 🎵 🎷 🎶 🎸 🎹 🎺 🎻 🎼 🎤 🎧 📯
- yu — 🐟 🐠
Environment: OSX El Capitan v10.11.2
