Chinese writing is the OG wrt Japanese kanji, but it is preceded (independently) by Egyptian hieroglyphs, which, if you want to compare OG-emojis, I submit for

Chinese writing is the OG wrt Japanese kanji, but it is preceded (independently) by Egyptian hieroglyphs, which, if you want to compare OG-emojis, I submit for your evaluation 𓂸 and 𓂺 as being better eggplants than an eggplant