Emojis that will be coming to your smartphone in 2022 include a pregnant man!

Emojis were first used by Japanese mobile phone companies in the late 1990s to express an emotion, concept or message in a simple, graphic way. 

Now, Twitter feeds, text messages and Facebook posts are crammed with them.

A saluting face, a biting lip, coral, kidney beans and a low battery are among the emoji set to be approved this September and come to smartphones next year. 

Emojipedia, which is part of the Unicode Consortium, the central bank of all approved emoji, has revealed draft candidates for the next emoji release, Emoji 14.0. Among the additions are new variations of the face emoji – Melting Face, Saluting Face, Dotted Line Face and Face Holding Back Tears. 

There's also a pregnant man and pregnant person, to recognise that 'pregnancy is possible for some transgender men and non-binary people, Emojipedia says. 

The 'version 14.0' list of new emoji also includes a motorcycle tyre, a slide, a disco ball, a troll with a club and several different versions of a royal member wearing a crown, which vary by skin colour.

Also being introduced is the ability to choose from 15 different handshake combinations, also in a variety of races and skin tones. 

The new additions have been detailed by Emojipedia prior to World Emoji Day this Saturday (July 17). 

No release dates have been confirmed for the emoji on different operating systems, but they will likely be seen on all platforms by June 2022, Emojipedia says.

Wonders will never cease!