Which emoji means done, and which means well done?
For done, send Check Mark Button. The white tick on a green square is the emoji people look for as the "done emoji for Slack" and "done emoji for Teams", and it reads as finished, approved or confirmed on every platform. Check Mark is the quieter dark tick, Check Box with Check is a ticked to-do box, and the plain text follows the font colour, so it suits lists and spreadsheets.
For well done, the hands do the talking. Clapping Hands is applause, Raising Hands is the cheer when something finally lands, Thumbs Up is the smallest possible good job, OK Hand says "perfect" and Flexed Biceps says the work was hard and you pulled it off. Hundred Points is the grade: a perfect score, nothing to fix.
The two kinds combine naturally. is "done, and done well", is "hit the target, closed", and is "crossed the finish line, celebrate". If you only have room for one, for your own tasks and for someone else's.
Good job emoji for Slack, Teams, WhatsApp and texts
In Slack and GitHub the shortcodes are part of the vocabulary: :white_check_mark: for , :heavy_check_mark: for , :100:, :clap:, :raised_hands:, :tada: for and :rocket: for . A reaction on a request means "handled", means "looking at it", and or under a pull request means "shipped". Several people stacking the same reaction is the modern round of applause.
In Microsoft Teams, hover over a message for the quick reactions or open the full emoji picker; on Windows the shortcut Win . (period) opens an emoji panel in any app, where searching "check" or "clap" finds these at once. On a Mac the panel is Control Command Space. Everything on this page can also be copied here and pasted straight into the message.
On WhatsApp, press and hold a message to react; and are in the default reaction bar, and the full keyboard is one tap further. In Apple's Messages, a Tapback thumbs up has always been there, and since iOS 18 any emoji can be a Tapback, so or on a friend's news works too. For a text to a friend, faces add warmth that a lone tick lacks: "cool, nailed it", "that's amazing", "I'm so proud of you".
Approved, passed and correct: the marks from Japanese school and signage
A whole row of these emoji comes from Japanese grading and signage. White Flower is the hanamaru, the flower-shaped circle a teacher stamps on very good homework; on many phones it still shows the words 大変よくできました, "very well done", inside the petals. is the red 100 with a double underline that marks a perfect score on a Japanese test.
Hollow Red Circle is the maru, the mark for a correct answer in Japan, where a tick is not used that way. shows 合 from gōkaku, "passed the exam", and shows 可, "acceptable" or "permitted". OK Button and Person Gesturing OK, arms in a circle over the head, are the same "all good" in two more forms. is 正, "correct", circled; in Taiwan it marks the genuine article.
For an agreeing yes rather than a verdict, Nodding Face (added in Emoji 15.1, 2023) and Saluting Face (2021) cover "got it, will do" and "done, as ordered". has become the standard reply to a request in work chat: one salute when you take the task, when it is finished.
Finished, shipped, end: marking the moment a thing is over
Chequered Flag is the finish line, from motor racing, and the emoji for a project that has crossed it. Hourglass Done is time's up, END is the arrow from old Japanese phones that means exactly what it says, and is the kanji 終, "end", as it appears on Japanese TV listings. Mathematicians have their own: , the tombstone or Halmos symbol, closes a proof the way QED used to.
Developers say "shipped" with Rocket and "ship it" with Ship. Unlocked is "achievement unlocked", Bullseye is "on target" or "nailed it", and Clipboard is the checklist you just worked through. The before-and-after pair for any to-do item is , open box to ticked box.
Great job emoji that praise the person: hype, podium and text stars
When the work deserves more than a tick, reach for the podium: Trophy for the big win, for first, second and third, Sports Medal for finishing at all, Military Medal and Rosette for service and merit. Fire and Sparkles are hype, are the gold star on a chart, and is a plain 10/10.
Younger chats praise with slang made visible: Goat is "greatest of all time", Brain is "big brain move", Crown is "you're royalty for this", Nail Polish is "slay", Pinched Fingers is a chef's kiss. Face with Steam From Nose looks angry but its Unicode name is Face with Look of Triumph, and that is how gym and exam chats use it: "crushed it".
For a text-only line in a bio, a signature or a printed certificate, frame the words with star symbols: well done , good job , or a rating row with for the empty ones. They keep the font's colour where colour emoji would look out of place, and the Star Symbols & Sparkle Emoji collection has every weight of them.
Symbols
75Click a symbol to copy it and open its page.
Done
ticks for finished tasks, then the marks for the finish itself
Approved, correct, passed
OK in every form, and the Japanese school and signage marks
How to use them
6 situationsClick to copyWell Done & Good Job Emoji combos
15Worth knowing
- looks furious on most phones, but its official Unicode name is Face with Look of Triumph: in the Japanese emoji it came from, the steam meant the snort of victory, which is why gym chats still use it for "crushed it".
- is a Japanese teacher's stamp: the red 100 with two underlines that marks a perfect score (満点) on a test. It joined Unicode in 6.0 (2010) along with and .
- White Flower is the hanamaru, the flower-shaped mark drawn on excellent schoolwork in Japan; several emoji designs still hide the words 大変よくできました, "very well done", inside it.
- , the filled square that ends a mathematical proof, is called the tombstone or Halmos symbol after Paul Halmos, who borrowed it from magazine typesetting, where a small square marked the end of an article.
- Saluting Face reached phones in 2022 (Unicode 14.0) and within a year was the most common reply to a request in work chats, where it means "got it, on it" rather than anything military.
Questions people ask
8What is the well done emoji?
There is no single one. Clapping Hands is the closest to "well done" as applause, means a perfect score, and mean good and perfect, and means the thing is done. White Flower is literally a "very well done" stamp from Japanese schools.
How do I copy and paste well done emoji?
Click or tap any emoji in the grid on this page to copy it, then paste it into your message, email or post. The combos below copy as one string.
Which emoji means good job?
Clapping Hands, Thumbs Up and Raising Hands all mean good job; add or for great job and for an outright win. is a chef's kiss.
What is the done emoji for Slack?
Check Mark Button, typed as :white_check_mark:. A reaction on a message means it has been handled. is :heavy_check_mark:, and :rocket: means shipped.
What is the done emoji for Teams?
works the same in Microsoft Teams. Hover a message for the quick reactions or press Win . (period) on Windows to open the emoji panel and search "check".
What does the emoji mean?
100 points, a perfect score: the red 100 with a double underline that Japanese teachers stamp on a flawless test. In chat it means "absolutely", "perfect" or "keep it 100".
Is there a well done emoji in text form?
Yes: the plain tick , the checkbox , and stars for framing a word, well done or good job . They keep the font colour, so they suit documents and bios.
What does mean in a work chat?
"Got it, I'll do it" or "noted". It is the usual reply to a request; follows when the task is finished.
