I tried:
hold down Alt, press +, press the Unicode hex value 1F9DE, release Alt. This does not work because when I press the F key, it triggers the File menu (Alt+F hotkey) of the browser. In notepad or wordpad, it shows 吏.
Hold down Alt, press the Unicode decimal 129502 on the numeric keypad, release Alt, but it shows
▐
.Hold down Alt, press 0129502 on the numeric keypad, release Alt, but it shows
Þ
How can I type the emoji 🧞 correctly? I know I can use Win+. to pop up the emoji window to get the emoji, but I'm curious why the Alt+code method does not work.