Genie 🧞
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The genie emoji, depicting a magical being with smoke-like lower body emerging from a lamp. This emoji is used to express genies, magical wish-granting, and Aladdin themes. Common usage includes 'Like a genie🧞' 'Aladdin's genie🧞' or 'Three wishes🧞' This is the gender-neutral version.

Added in Unicode 10.0 in 2017 as part of the fantasy emoji series. Genies (Arabic: jinn) are supernatural beings from Arabic mythology and Islamic folklore, made world-famous through 'One Thousand and One Nights,' particularly the story of 'Aladdin and the Magic Lamp.' The emoji is perfect for representing the iconic Genie from Disney's 'Aladdin' (voiced by Robin Williams in the animated film and played by Will Smith in the live-action version), characters from 'Shahrazad,' 'Magic Knight Rayearth,' 'I Dream of Jeannie,' and various stories featuring jinn from Middle Eastern and global fantasy literature. It's used in posts about wish-granting, magic, and Middle Eastern fantasy themes, as well as Halloween costumes, cosplay, and children's storytelling content.