diff --git a/src/components/InspectorPanels.test.tsx b/src/components/InspectorPanels.test.tsx
index 55036414..4cf5ceb2 100644
--- a/src/components/InspectorPanels.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/InspectorPanels.test.tsx
@@ -242,6 +242,36 @@ describe('DynamicRelationshipsPanel', () => {
     expect(screen.getByText('My Cool Project')).toBeInTheDocument()
   })
 
+  it('shows emoji icon before label when entry has an emoji', () => {
+    const emojiEntry = makeEntry({
+      path: '/vault/note/rocket.md', filename: 'rocket.md', title: 'Rocket Note', isA: 'Note', icon: '🚀',
+    })
+    render(
+      <DynamicRelationshipsPanel
+        typeEntryMap={{}}
+        frontmatter={{ 'Belongs to': ['[[Rocket Note]]'] }}
+        entries={[emojiEntry]}
+        onNavigate={onNavigate}
+      />
+    )
+    expect(screen.getByText('🚀')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByText('Rocket Note')).toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('does not show emoji when entry has no icon', () => {
+    render(
+      <DynamicRelationshipsPanel
+        typeEntryMap={{}}
+        frontmatter={{ 'Belongs to': ['[[project/my-project]]'] }}
+        entries={entries}
+        onNavigate={onNavigate}
+      />
+    )
+    const link = screen.getByText('My Project')
+    const container = link.closest('.group\\/link')
+    expect(container?.textContent).not.toMatch(/^[\p{Emoji_Presentation}]/u)
+  })
+
   describe('relation editing', () => {
     const onUpdateProperty = vi.fn()
     const onDeleteProperty = vi.fn()
@@ -649,6 +679,29 @@ describe('BacklinksPanel', () => {
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('backlinks-toggle'))
     expect(screen.queryByText('Note A')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
   })
+
+  it('shows emoji icon before backlink title when entry has an emoji', () => {
+    const backlinks = [{
+      entry: makeEntry({ title: 'Starred Note', icon: '⭐' }),
+      context: null,
+    }]
+    render(<BacklinksPanel typeEntryMap={{}} backlinks={backlinks} onNavigate={onNavigate} />)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('backlinks-toggle'))
+    expect(screen.getByText('⭐')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByText('Starred Note')).toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('does not show emoji when backlink entry has no icon', () => {
+    const backlinks = [{ entry: makeEntry({ title: 'Plain Note' }), context: null }]
+    render(<BacklinksPanel typeEntryMap={{}} backlinks={backlinks} onNavigate={onNavigate} />)
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('backlinks-toggle'))
+    expect(screen.getByText('Plain Note')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    const btn = screen.getByText('Plain Note').closest('button')
+    const spans = btn?.querySelectorAll('span.shrink-0')
+    // No emoji span should exist (only possible shrink-0 spans are trash icon, not emoji)
+    const emojiSpans = Array.from(spans ?? []).filter(s => /[\p{Emoji_Presentation}]/u.test(s.textContent ?? ''))
+    expect(emojiSpans).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
 })
 
 describe('ReferencedByPanel', () => {
diff --git a/src/components/editorSchema.tsx b/src/components/editorSchema.tsx
index 77d8bcf0..bc01e8c6 100644
--- a/src/components/editorSchema.tsx
+++ b/src/components/editorSchema.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { createReactInlineContentSpec } from '@blocknote/react'
 import { resolveWikilinkColor as resolveColor } from '../utils/wikilinkColors'
 import { resolveEntry } from '../utils/wikilink'
 import type { VaultEntry } from '../types'
+import { isEmoji } from '../utils/emoji'
 
 // Module-level cache so the WikiLink renderer (defined outside React) can access entries
 export const _wikilinkEntriesRef: { current: VaultEntry[] } = { current: [] }
@@ -12,15 +13,22 @@ function resolveWikilinkColor(target: string) {
   return resolveColor(_wikilinkEntriesRef.current, target)
 }
 
-/** Resolve the display text for a wikilink target.
+/** Resolve the display text and optional emoji for a wikilink target.
  *  Priority: pipe display text → entry title → humanised path stem */
-function resolveDisplayText(target: string): string {
+function resolveDisplayInfo(target: string): { text: string; emoji: string | null } {
   const pipeIdx = target.indexOf('|')
-  if (pipeIdx !== -1) return target.slice(pipeIdx + 1)
+  if (pipeIdx !== -1) {
+    const entry = resolveEntry(_wikilinkEntriesRef.current, target.slice(0, pipeIdx))
+    const emoji = entry?.icon && isEmoji(entry.icon) ? entry.icon : null
+    return { text: target.slice(pipeIdx + 1), emoji }
+  }
   const entry = resolveEntry(_wikilinkEntriesRef.current, target)
-  if (entry) return entry.title
+  if (entry) {
+    const emoji = entry.icon && isEmoji(entry.icon) ? entry.icon : null
+    return { text: entry.title, emoji }
+  }
   const last = target.split('/').pop() ?? target
-  return last.replace(/-/g, ' ').replace(/\b\w/g, c => c.toUpperCase())
+  return { text: last.replace(/-/g, ' ').replace(/\b\w/g, c => c.toUpperCase()), emoji: null }
 }
 
 export const WikiLink = createReactInlineContentSpec(
@@ -35,14 +43,15 @@ export const WikiLink = createReactInlineContentSpec(
     render: (props) => {
       const target = props.inlineContent.props.target
       const { color, isBroken } = resolveWikilinkColor(target)
-      const displayText = resolveDisplayText(target)
+      const { text, emoji } = resolveDisplayInfo(target)
       return (
         <span
           className={`wikilink${isBroken ? ' wikilink--broken' : ''}`}
           data-target={target}
           style={{ color }}
         >
-          {displayText}
+          {emoji && <span className="wikilink-emoji">{emoji}{' '}</span>}
+          {text}
         </span>
       )
     },
diff --git a/src/components/inspector/BacklinksPanel.tsx b/src/components/inspector/BacklinksPanel.tsx
index 147b6818..cdb397d0 100644
--- a/src/components/inspector/BacklinksPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/inspector/BacklinksPanel.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useState } from 'react'
 import type { VaultEntry } from '../../types'
 import { CaretRight, Trash } from '@phosphor-icons/react'
 import { getTypeColor } from '../../utils/typeColors'
+import { isEmoji } from '../../utils/emoji'
 import { entryStatusTitle } from './shared'
 import { StatusSuffix } from './LinkButton'
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ function BacklinkEntry({ entry, context, typeEntryMap, onNavigate }: {
         style={{ color: isDimmed ? 'var(--muted-foreground)' : getTypeColor(entry.isA, te?.color) }}
       >
         {entry.trashed && <Trash size={12} className="shrink-0" />}
+        {entry.icon && isEmoji(entry.icon) && <span className="shrink-0">{entry.icon}</span>}
         {entry.title}
         <StatusSuffix isArchived={entry.archived} isTrashed={entry.trashed} />
       </span>
diff --git a/src/components/inspector/LinkButton.tsx b/src/components/inspector/LinkButton.tsx
index 6ccc7df4..95311f0a 100644
--- a/src/components/inspector/LinkButton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/inspector/LinkButton.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ export function StatusSuffix({ isArchived, isTrashed }: { isArchived: boolean; i
   return null
 }
 
-export function LinkButton({ label, typeColor, bgColor, isArchived, isTrashed, onClick, onRemove, title, TypeIcon }: {
+export function LinkButton({ label, emoji, typeColor, bgColor, isArchived, isTrashed, onClick, onRemove, title, TypeIcon }: {
   label: string
+  emoji?: string | null
   typeColor: string
   bgColor?: string
   isArchived: boolean
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export function LinkButton({ label, typeColor, bgColor, isArchived, isTrashed, o
     >
       <span className="flex items-center gap-1 flex-1 truncate">
         {isTrashed && <Trash size={12} className="shrink-0" />}
+        {emoji && <span className="shrink-0">{emoji}</span>}
         {label}
         <StatusSuffix isArchived={isArchived} isTrashed={isTrashed} />
       </span>
diff --git a/src/components/inspector/shared.ts b/src/components/inspector/shared.ts
index a83f07e6..ace1ac9e 100644
--- a/src/components/inspector/shared.ts
+++ b/src/components/inspector/shared.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import type { VaultEntry } from '../../types'
 import { getTypeColor, getTypeLightColor } from '../../utils/typeColors'
 import { getTypeIcon } from '../NoteItem'
 import { findEntryByTarget } from '../../utils/wikilinkColors'
+import { isEmoji } from '../../utils/emoji'
 
 export function isWikilink(value: string): boolean {
   return /^\[\[.*\]\]$/.test(value)
@@ -30,8 +31,10 @@ export function resolveRefProps(ref: string, entries: VaultEntry[], typeEntryMap
   const resolved = resolveRef(ref, entries)
   const refType = resolved?.isA ?? null
   const te = typeEntryMap[refType ?? '']
+  const icon = resolved?.icon
   return {
     label: wikilinkDisplay(ref),
+    emoji: icon && isEmoji(icon) ? icon : null,
     typeColor: getTypeColor(refType, te?.color),
     bgColor: getTypeLightColor(refType, te?.color),
     isArchived: resolved?.archived ?? false,