Emojis make memorizing things easier. But I found it very cumbersome to add emojis on Anki. The normal Windows 10 (Win + .) emoji keyboard didn’t work. I tried other ways but that too never produced color emojis. However, copy-pasting from an online emoji database seemed to work. But copy-pasting every time you need an emoji is not feasible. So I wrote a simple AutoHotkey script that sends the Unicode characters of the emojis when a hotkey is entered.

[caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”1366”] The text next to the emojis are only possible use-cases and not the keyword[/caption]

eg:- Using :flag: results in 🚩

I’ve restricted my list to only few emojis that I think are the most essential in making cards.

The keywords (hotkey) to use can be found by opening the .ahk file with a text editor. Feel free to add your own emojis and modify the hotkeys.

Note: This is not an Anki addon. It’s a script that runs separately in the background.

Know issue: Sometimes certain emojis don’t seem to work. I haven’t yet figured out why. But the problem gets fixed either with a reload of the script (Alt + r) or by typing another hotkey.

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Code:

[code language=”cpp”] #NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases. SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability. SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory. #SingleInstance force

#Hotstring EndChars : #Hotstring 0

:::bulb:: send % chr(0x1F4A1) return

:::100:: send % chr(0x1F4AF) return

:::ok:: send % chr(0x1F44C) return

:::v:: send % chr(0x270C) return

:::left:: send % chr(0x1F448) return

:::right:: send % chr(0x1F449) return

:::up:: send % chr(0x1F446) return

:::down:: send % chr(0x1F447) return

:::+1:: send % chr(0x1F44D) return

:::-1:: send % chr(0x1F44E) return

:::eyes:: send % chr(0x1F440) return

:::anchor:: send % chr(0x2693) return

:::zap:: send % chr(0x26A1) return

:::fire:: send % chr(0x1F525) return

:::medal:: send % chr(0x1F3C5) return

:::target:: send % chr(0x1F3AF) return

:::textbook:: send % chr(0x1F4DA) return

:::pin:: send % chr(0x1F4CC) return

:::key:: send % chr(0x1F511) return

:::link:: send % chr(0x1F517) return

:::warning:: send % chr(0x26A0) return

:::stop:: send % chr(0x26D4) return

:::checkbox:: send % chr(0x2705) return

:::wrong:: send % chr(0x274C) return

:::flag:: send % chr(0x1F6A9) return

!r::Reload

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