diff --git a/src/EmojiDictionary.php b/src/EmojiDictionary.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/EmojiDictionary.php
+++ b/src/EmojiDictionary.php
@@ -1831,6 +1831,9 @@ class EmojiDictionary
      */
     public static function get($symbol)
     {
+
+        $symbol = strtolower($symbol);
+
         if (isset(static::$dictionary[$symbol]))
             return static::$dictionary[$symbol];
         else
Symbol reference is always converted to lower case