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# Making your own custom emojis
**Emojis** are one of the core parts of **social**. They are used everywhere: in the chat, books, signs, anvils... Server owners who wish to add their own emojis can do so very easily by customizing the emojis module in settings.
Let's have a look at this example:
```yaml
emojis:
...
- name: crossed_swords
aliases: []
unicodeCharacter: \u2694\uFE0F
```
* **name:** Name of this emoji that will also be used as an identifier. Must be unique.
* **aliases**: Aliases of this emoji.
* **unicodeCharacter**: Unicode character (or characters) that form this emoji.
This adds the crossed swords emoji (:crossed\_swords:), which can be used with `:crossed_swords:`
## Getting a unicode character
We recommend using the [Emojipedia](https://emojipedia.org) website since it contains every emoji and it's updated frequently. It also provides the technical information we need.
For this example we'll look at the [crossed swords entry](https://emojipedia.org/crossed-swords):
The **technical information** tab contains the information we need:
In this case, the unicode character would be `\u2694\uFE0F`.
## Using raw emojis
Raw emojis are emojis that don't add any formatting. This means that **emoji descriptions** will not be shown, making them a good alternative to normal emojis for server-related messages.
Using raw emojis is as easy as replacing `:emoji_name:` with :`raw_emoji_name:`. For example, `:crossing_swords:` would be `:raw_crossing_swords:`. It's worth noting that raw emojis cannot directly be used by players.
