What does 🪆 Nesting Dolls mean?
A set of painted wooden nesting dolls, or matryoshka, each one hiding a smaller one inside. They are a well-known Russian folk craft, and the emoji is used for Russian culture, souvenirs and handmade toys. Figuratively it suits anything with layers within layers: folders inside folders, a mystery that keeps unfolding or a problem that reveals a new part every time you open it.
🪆 Nesting Dolls is an emoji from the Activities category (games & toys), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about babooshka, baboushka, babushka, doll, matryoshka and russia.
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🪆 Nesting Dolls on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Nesting Dolls looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Nesting Dolls emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🪆 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :nesting_dolls:.
When was the Nesting Dolls emoji added?
🪆 Nesting Dolls was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🪆 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Nesting Dolls. The underlying code (U+1FA86) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.