You could try using this emoji package. It's primarily used to convert escape sequences into unicode emoji, but as a result it contains an up to date list of emojis.
from emoji import UNICODE_EMOJI
def is_emoji(s):
return s in UNICODE_EMOJI
There are complications though, as sometimes two unicode code points can map to one printable glyph. For instance, human emoji followed by an "emoji modifier fitzpatrick type" should modify the colour of the preceding emoji; and certain emoji separated by a "zero width joiner" should be treated like a single character.
