A new emoji being rolled out this year is a hand doing a pinching motion to depict a 'small penis' to mock modestly endowed men.

270 new emojis have been announced including a range of accessibility-themed symbols including hearing aids, wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs.

The new emojis are being introduced to all phones this year, as unveiled in the annual Emojipedia list.

2019's list, the sixth major emoji update since 2014, is the most diverse yet and indicates an expanding scope of representing people with various disabilities.

The new updates were requested by Apple which submitted a number of designs after consulting a number of campaigns and charities on the issue.

A number of physical disabilities are now represented including a range of wheelchairs, a blind person, sign language, hearing aids, along with two seeing eye dogs with white canes.

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A new emoji being rolled out this year will depict a hand doing a pinching motion to depict a 'small penis'. The rude emoji is one of 270 that are coming to all phones this year, as unveiled in the new official Emojipedia list for 2019

Phil Talbot, head of communications at disability equality charity Scope, said: 'Love them or hate them - emojis have become part of our everyday digital lives.

'Social media is hugely influential and it's great to see these new disability-inclusive emojis. Up to now disability has been greatly under-represented.'

'We'd also like to see greater representation of disabled people and disability across all parts of the media and social media.'

A number of physical disabilities are now represented including a range of wheelchairs, a blind person, sign language, hearing aids, along with two seeing eye dogs with white canes

Another addition is the period emoji, depicting a drop of blood. This symbol follows a campaign by Plan International UK, a girls' rights charity that held a vote in 2017 on what a period-themed emoji should look like

The list is kept by a California-based group made up of representatives of computing companies, software developers and others, who ensure that users of different devices and apps can send emojis to each other.

Another addition is the period emoji, depicting a drop of blood.

This symbol follows a campaign by Plan International UK, a girls' rights charity that held a vote in 2017 on what a period-themed emoji should look like.

The most popular choice was a pair of pants marked by blood which was rejected so the charity pushed for a blood drop instead.

Lucy Russell, head of girls' rights at the group said: 'For years we've obsessively silenced and euphemised periods,'

The list is kept by a California-based group made up of representatives of computing companies, software developers and others, who ensure that users of different devices and apps can send emojis to each other

Emoji now cover wheelchairs, mechanical arms and legs, sign language and even hearing aids. there are 230 new emoji in total when gender and skin tone variations are taken into account

'An emoji isn't going to solve this but it can help change the conversation. Ending the shame around periods begins with talking about it'.

A yawning face, a raccoon, an ice cube and new food-themed pictures including waffles and butter.

Emoji lovers can also look forward to several new animal emojis, including sloths, otters, flamingos, orangutans, and skunks.

There is a bigger range of skin tones and relationship types in the latest update.

The much-requested white heart has been added and the symbols are part of Unicode Emoji 12.0, a list of new emoji created by the Unicode Consortium.

Evolution of the emoji set 2014—2019. The announcement indicates that they are expanding the scope of people that can be represented, including people with various disabilities

But, the one garnering most attention is the 'small penis' emoji.

One man wrote: 'An emoji that I can use to imply that an Internet stranger has a small penis, 2019 may not be so bad after all.'

Another tweeted: 'Looks like we're finally getting the small penis in 2019.'

But another user was unimpressed, writing: 'Keep seeing that meme if this hand was an women would have a field day meaning men have a small penis. Wish ppl would stop sharing it because it's shallow and bollocks so stop it right now.'