The upstream icon of gnome-characters, in my opinion, represents the nature of the app better than the Yaru icon. The upstream icon has an Asian character, an Arabic letter, an emoji and a symbol, which are really the things that are searched for in the app. On the other hand, the Yaru icon has only an accented "a" letter. So I think the Yaru icon could be improved.
Is this any good?

Yes, but I prefer the look of the Arabic letter ش on the upstream icon because the three dots look more symmetrical there.
Also, the eyes in the emoji look a bit too large in the suggested Yaru icon.

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Much better.
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