What does an emoticon mean, displayed in text symbols, codes for graphic (emoji) emoticons
A complete selection of emoticons from symbols: emoji, Japanese emoticons, classic brackets, ASCII-art. The coolest and most expressive symbols! ‿︵‿ヽ(°□°)ノ︵‿︵
In modern written speech there are no tools that would allow one to quickly display the author’s mood, his emotional state and attitude towards the interlocutor. In literature, writers usually cope with this by expressing thoughts in a few sentences, but in online correspondence, where speed is important - in a messenger, on a website, when communicating on social networks, this is extremely impractical. Such a dialogue will be protracted, because each interlocutor will have to think about how he will use certain words and whether the other side will understand him correctly.
And here emoticons ʕ ᵔᴥᵔ ʔ come to the rescue - sets of symbols that display human emotions or visualize some message. They significantly save time and simplify text communication between network users. This advantage will be especially appreciated by those who surf the Internet from portable devices that are inferior in typing speed to PCs and laptops with a comfortable and practical keyboard.
So, let's look at popular emoticons, the meaning of symbols that can be used in the process of communicating online, starting with the most common options and gradually moving to more “exotic” ones.
Simple emoticons from symbols on the keyboard
) – a closing parenthesis, an emotion of joy, which can be used to give a positive color to the written text or to demonstrate your friendly attitude towards the interlocutor. Smileys with similar meaning: =) :).
(– an opening parenthesis symbolizes sadness, disappointment. It is appropriate to use, for example, if a message from your interlocutor upset you.
))))) : D =D – emoticons equivalent to the abbreviation LOL, hinting that something made the person who sent them laugh very much.
:’-) :’-D – laughter to tears.
):-> or ]:-> - two options for the smile of an evil genius who has conceived an insidious plan or simply a gloating person.
:-/ – if you are puzzled by something, confused or filled with slight dissatisfaction, this sequence of symbols will express your emotions in the best possible way.
Or -_- - these three emoticons will be a great way to demonstrate ostentatious indifference or disdain for something.
*O* or *_* or ** – strong admiration, impression of what he saw.
) :- :-0 o_O o.O – different variants of the emotions of surprise, which can be understood by the wide open mouth and bulging eyes.
:-e – emoticon of the emotion of disappointment. It's hard to say, though, why exactly he looks like this.
:-E or:E or:-t – rage, anger, strong aggression.
:-< – смайлик печального настроения.
:*) :-[ or %0 – used in cases where a person is confused by something/someone.
Emotional actions and gestures
The purpose of emoticons from this category, unlike those previously discussed, is not to convey the mood of the participant in the correspondence, but to help describe various actions or signals sent.
:-* or:-() – designations of a kiss in the text version.
() – with this emoticon you can demonstrate that you want to hug your interlocutor.
Or: -p or: -Ъ – teasing the interlocutor with his tongue out.
[:]|||[:] – image of a button accordion. In Internet slang, the name of this musical instrument usually refers to something that is no longer relevant and has been seen many times.
:-X – please shut up, keep your mouth shut, keep your mouth shut.
/:-] – a hint that the interlocutor’s attic is leaking a little.
*:O) – symbolic designation of a clown. If a participant in the correspondence has gone too far with humor and cannot stop, you can notify him about this.
*->->- – image of a carnation. You can give your interlocutor a flower.
(_!_) – naked human ass. It is unlikely that your friends or acquaintances will appreciate such a gesture in real life, but in virtual spaces such an expression of emotions is quite common.
Character and personage emoticons
This set of emoticons allows you to depict a person with any expressed characteristic (both psychological and physical characteristics) or a famous person, for example, a character from a cult film or cartoon, a historical figure, etc.
:-()=0 – depicts a person who has obvious problems with excess weight (fat).
:-() – emoticon with a thick mustache.
:~X – denotes a person who prefers to keep his mouth shut and keep quiet.
L:) – associated with losers/losers, people unlucky in life.
((:-) – wearer of false hair, wig.
~(_8^(|) – the recognizable face of Homer Simpson, the hero of the popular American animated series.
(:\/) – Pac-Man, a character from an old computer game.
(>o-< – любитель прыжков с парашютом.
<]:-o) – волшебник/волшебница, ведьма или колдунья (зависит от контекста употребления).
Japanese emoticons made from symbols
Being a very emotional and creative nation, the Japanese quickly mastered communication with emoticons. Moreover, their visually rich language allowed them to create several thousand variants of their emoji, called kaomoji (stands for face + symbol). Their main difference from the designations popular in Western culture is that the schematic image of a human face is always in a horizontal plane. There is no need to mentally turn it 90 degrees. Otherwise, the differences are minimal, except that the Japanese are not shy about peppering their emoticons with rarely encountered characters.
Japanese emoticons of positive emotions
Joy emoticons are usually distinguished by high-set eyes, a smiling mouth, and raised wand hands. A variety of symbols can be used as a mouth, from a regular dot to letters of the Greek alphabet. Many Japanese women use the letter ω (omega) for their mouth, reminiscent of lips folded in a bow. So, in their opinion, the emoticon becomes more cute, “kawaii”.
Love emoticons - the Japanese very often use the heart symbol ♡ in them, placing it on the cheeks, in the hands of the emoticon, or even instead of eyes. Asterisks (*) in context denote embarrassment, as do the hands covering the face emoji. The letter ω (omega) indicates the intention to kiss the interlocutor.
(´ ∀)ノ～ ♡ – an emoji with a raised hand, a tilde and a heart imitates blowing a kiss to the object of your interest.
Σ>―(〃°ω°〃)♡→ – original confession “I fell in love.” Kawaii emoticon pierced by Cupid's arrow.
♡ (˘▽˘>ԅ(˘⌣˘) – a couple in love holding hands with a contented look.
☆⌒ヽ(*’､^*)chu – these three consecutive letters in Japanese are consonant with the sound of a kiss. In practice, it turns out something like the Russian “smack-smack”.
(ﾉ´ z)ノ– a smiley with its entire appearance showing that its sender wants to hug and kiss the recipient well.
A few more options for love emoticons:
Embarrassment emoticons - as mentioned earlier, the most common symbol for this emotion is *, associated with blushing, and/or various signs with lines that imitate hands covering the face and eyes. Alternatively, slashes (////) can be used. This kind of drawing is often used in Japanese animation when it is necessary to show embarrassment on a character's face.
(◡‿◡ *) – a shy emoticon with eyes downcast or closed.
(⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄) – сильное смущение, заставившее покраснеть все лицо человека.
(*/。＼) – an emoticon that is embarrassed or ashamed of something, awkwardly trying to cover its face with its hands.
Other common embarrassment emojis:
Sympathy emoticons are small scenes with two characters. One emoticon acts as a subject who is upset about something, and the second one provides him with support. There is nothing stopping you from taking your favorite faces from other categories and combining them to your liking, making your own kaomoji.
(ノ_<。)ヾ(´ ▽) – довольный жизнерадостный смайлик похлопывает по плечу своего расстроенного друга.
ヽ(￣ω￣(。。)ゝ – a similar situation, but this time a sympathetic comrade puts his hand on the shoulder of a dejected friend.
(ｏ・_・)ノ”(ノ_<、) – заботливое поглаживание по голове.
Japanese emoticons of negative emotions
Emoticons of dissatisfaction - the generally accepted expression of this emotion is considered to be a wrinkled face and/or closed eyes (this convention was transferred to emoticons from anime and manga). The sign # or ^ instead of a mouth, signaling a contemptuously raised lower lip, is perfect for this purpose.
(＃＞＜) - this guy clearly saw something that irritated him and narrowed his eyes with displeasure.
(︶︹︺) - symbolizes a contemptuous person looking at the interlocutor with disdain.
凸(￣ヘ￣) – there is no need to comment anything here. This emoticon not only does not hide its dissatisfaction, but also shows its attitude towards the interlocutor with the help of a world-famous gesture.
<(￣ ﹌ ￣)>– this person clearly does not intend to joke and is ready to sort things out in a raised voice with the subject who caused her dissatisfaction.
Other types of displeasure emoticons:
Anger emoticons are the most negative emotion that is difficult to confuse with any other. At the head of the exposition here are the eyes, which in angry emoticons are usually drawn not in circles, but in lines or sharp shapes with a black fill. To give an even more frightening effect, wrinkles, attributes such as claws or offensive gestures are added.
(‡▼益▼) - an evil grin, a scar on his cheek, black eyes and a wrinkled nose. With its entire appearance, this smiley demonstrates that it is better not to mess with it.
ψ(▼へ▼メ)～→ – the guy with the spear and pitchfork is clearly angry with someone, so it’s better to stay away from him.
(凸ಠ益ಠ)凸 – people often associate narrow pupils with anger, irritability and other negative emotions, so they are perfect for this emoticon.
٩(ఠ益ఠ)۶ – clenched fists and a fierce look. This angry emoji symbol not only gets angry, but also doesn't mind taking out its anger on someone.
Sad emojis are among the easiest to display. It is enough to choose symbols so that the eyes look tear-stained, for example, use two letters T. Alternatively, you can draw dash hands that will cover the face. The downturned corners of the mouth and raised eyebrows also clearly hint at a state of despondency.
(μ_μ) – this emoticon has several meanings (depending on the context of the correspondence). In this case, for example, it most closely resembles a face drenched in tears.
(ﾟ，_ゝ｀) – a sad emoticon symbol with a small tear.
(ಥ﹏ಥ) - an emotional emoticon with a trembling mouth, trying with all its might not to cry.
。゜゜(´Ｏ) ゜゜。 – this is no longer just sadness, but real hysteria with a waterfall of tears.
Pain emoticons are usually a closed, suffering grimace, sometimes complemented by all sorts of special effects such as stunning, scratches, scars, etc. Cross-shaped eyes (X, x and others) are well suited for this designation.
~(>_<~) – смайлик, которого мучают головные боли.
(☆_@) – the guy was stunned and given a good black eye.
[ ± _ ± ] – crosses instead of eyes clearly hint that the smiley at the moment would prefer to die, if only his suffering would stop.
(×﹏×) – a wavy mouth in combination with cross-shaped eyes symbolizes repressed painful emotions.
Fear emoticons - a scared emoji can be easily portrayed by choosing the right eyes and hand gestures. Screams, attempts to cover your face, chaotic movements - all this can show how scared a person is (from mild stupor to panic and horror).
(・人・) is a visual illustration of the saying “Fear has big eyes.” A frightened look and pupils narrowed in horror.
＼(º □ º l|l)/ – can be regarded as a call for help or running around shouting “save, help.”
〜(＞＜)〜– the frightened smiley closed its eyes in fear and covered its ears with its hands.
..・ヾ(。＞＜)シ– this smiley is afraid and runs away from something in a panic.
Japanese emoticons of neutral emotions
Emoticons of indifference - expressed in the form of a characteristic shrug of the shoulders or spreading of the arms to the sides. For this purpose, pairs of symbols ┐ ┌ and ╮ ╭ are best suited. Eyes are drawn with narrow horizontal lines or dots. Below you can see several options for displaying your ostentatious indifference.
- ╮(˘ ､ ˘)╭
- ヽ(ー_ー)ノ
- ヽ(´ー)┌
- ┐(‘～)┌
- ヽ( ￣d￣)ノ
- ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌
- ヽ(￣～￣ )ノ
- ╮(￣_￣)╭
Confusion emoticons are ideal if a person needs to show their interlocutor that the message sent to them has greatly puzzled them. For designation, characteristic hand gestures and ellipsis (...) are used, which are symbolic synonyms of the thought process, loading, pause, information processing.
(◎ ◎)ゞ– a seriously puzzled emoticon scratching the top of its head.
ლ(ಠ_ಠ ლ) – the emoji depicts strong mental stress or, depending on the context, an attempt to convey some of your thoughts to your opponent.
(・・) ? – a question mark near the head, a universal symbol of misunderstanding.
(-_-;)・・・– don’t interfere, the person thinks everything over carefully.
Emoticons of doubt - this emotion is most easily conveyed by eyes moving to the left or right. Indicative symbols, such as arrows, are used to convey meaning. Several options can be seen below.
- (￢_￢)
- (→_→)
- (￢ ￢)
- (￢‿￢)
- (¬_¬)
- (←_←)
- (¬ ¬)
- (¬‿¬)
Surprise emoticons - are drawn with eyes that are round, white inside or have tiny pupils, sometimes with an open mouth and showing specific hand gestures. The Σ symbol in this context shows a sharp flinch.
(: ౦ ‸ ౦ :) – the smiley is very confused or even stunned by what he sees.
(°ロ°) ! - a combination of two emotions, reflecting the surprise of an exclamation mark and an open mouth in a smile. It shows that the news received suddenly turned out to be pleasant.
(⊙_⊙) – shocked, puzzled, but clearly not happy emoticon.
w(°ｏ°)w – “what the hell,” “how is it like that,” “why did this happen.”
Indication of various actions by Japanese emoticons
Greetings. The easiest way to imitate this action is to raise the right or left hand of the emoticon upward. You can use a special symbol with two small dashes on top (ﾉﾞ), which resembles a welcoming waving of fingers from side to side.
- (￣▽￣)ノ
- (*・ω・)ﾉ
- (°▽°)/
- (´ ∀)ﾉ
- (^-^*)/
- (＠´ー)ﾉﾞ
- (´ ω )ﾉ
- (° ∀ °)ﾉﾞ
Embrace. If you want to show your interlocutor that you are mentally hugging him or just want to express your support to him, use an emoticon with arms spread apart. There are many options - here are just a few.
(づ◡﹏◡)づ – the condescending embrace of a person who simply cannot refuse his interlocutor.
(つ . ́ _ʖ ̀ .)つ– sympathetic hugs. The person is concerned about what he heard from the interlocutor and wants to provide him with support.
(づ￣ ³￣)づ – hugs and kisses.
(づ ◕‿◕)づ – joyful hugs.
Wink. The simplest emotion, to display which you only need to depict one of the eyes of the emoticon closed/squinted, and leave the other open for contrast. A variety of symbols can be used here, it all depends on your creativity.
- (^_~)
- (ﾟｏ⌒)
- (^_-)≡☆
- (^ω~)
- (>ω^)
- (~人^)
- (^_-)
- (-_・)
Apologies. Among the Japanese, it is customary to apologize with a small bow, so emoticons reflect a similar picture. The eyes are drawn small and directed downward, thus depicting repentance. Emoji diversify with various hand gestures.
(シ_ _)シ– hands in motion symbolize repeated bows.
<(_ _)>- a deep bow and admission of guilt.
m(_ _)m – the letters m represent bows from a sitting position. Hands lie on some surface, for example, resting on a table.
Dream. Here the display is not much different from that adopted in Europe. All you have to do is draw closed eyes and add something like Zzzzzz. This letter usually imitates the snoring of a sleeping person.
(x . x) ~~zzZ – the combination of the emotion of sleep and cross-shaped eyes indicates that the object is fast asleep and it will not be easy to wake him up.
(－ω－) zzZ – this emoticon clearly has pleasant dreams.
(＿ ＿*) Z z z – sleep with your face buried in the pillow.
(￣ρ￣)..zzZZ – sleeping with his mouth open and drooling emoticon.
Hide and seek. If you need to depict action where your emoji character is hiding, character sets allow you to do this. The emotions reflected on the face will enlighten the interlocutor about the context of what is happening. Let's give a few examples.
┬┴┬┴┤(･_├┬┴┬┴ – the smiley carefully and with a rather frightened look peeks out from behind the wall, clearly expressing apprehension and concern about what he sees.
┬┴┬┴┤(͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬┴ – the famous 4chan meme of Lenny’s face is hiding behind the wall. It is often used by people who want to express their interest or have done something dirty and are now happy with what they have done. You can use it to troll opponents on the forums and in chats.
ヾ(･| – a cautious emoticon calling out to its friend.
Letter. When you need to demonstrate that you are writing something, the φ symbol, which closely resembles a pen, is a great symbol. For paper or any other surface, a simple underline _ is usually used.
ヾ(ー´)シφ__ – an emoticon with hand movements shows that a person is writing something very quickly, in a hurry.
__φ(．．;) – semicolon and small eyes hint at the subject’s concentration.
(^▽^)ψ__ is another spelling option. This time, instead of the symbol φ, the equally suitable ψ is used. True, if used in the wrong context, the image of the writer can be confused with a man sitting with a fork in front of a plate.
Animal emoticons
Cats. As one of the cutest and most adorable creatures on the planet, cats have gained popularity across many cultures. And in Japan, and in general, they have become a real cult (take, for example, all these numerous anime characters with cat ears and tails). There are the most emoticons with cats among kaomoji with animals. Here are some of the best options:
ଲ(ⓛ ω ⓛ)ଲ – large eyes with vertical pupils and sharp claws.
(^˵◕ω◕˵^) – kawaii cat.
ヾ(= ω´=)ノ” – a cat that is angry and scratching about something.
(=ω=)..nyaa – the famous nya is nothing more than a cat’s meow.
The Bears. These animals are distinguished by a characteristic muzzle (I) and rounded ears. Other elements, such as raised paws, are added optionally.
ʕ ᵔᴥᵔ ʔ – kawaii little bear.
(／￣(ｴ)￣)／ – a large bear standing on its hind legs and hanging over with its front legs.
ʕ ̀ o ʔ – surprised bear.
Dogs. Dogs in Japanese emoticons have floppy ears, which also serve as the outline of their faces. Eyes are usually depicted as lines or dots of varying sizes.
- ∪＾ェ＾∪
- ∪･ω･∪
- ∪￣-￣∪
- ∪･ｪ･∪
- Ｕ^皿^Ｕ
- ＵＴｪＴＵ
- U^ｪ^U
- V●ᴥ●V
- ∪◣_◢∪
- (▽◕ ᴥ ◕▽)
Spiders. Insects with many legs and eyes require an equally large number of symbols to create a believable emoji representation. Below you can see some original examples.
- /╲/\( ̀ ω ́)/\╱\
- /╲/\╭(ఠఠ益ఠఠ)╮/\╱\
- /╲/\╭(ರರ⌓ರರ)╮/\╱\
- /╲/\╭༼ ººل͟ºº ༽╮/\╱\
- /╲/\╭(͡°͡° ͜ʖ ͡°͡°)╮/\╱\
- /╲/\╭[ ᴼᴼ ౪ ᴼᴼ]╮/\╱\
- /╲/\╭[☉﹏☉]╮/\╱\
Other animals. The list of running, flying and swimming creatures, which are depicted using special symbols and letters of several alphabets, is huge.
(￣(00)￣) – pig. All emoticons with this animal are drawn with an emphasis on the nose. For the nostrils you can also use oo or the ω symbol.
＼(ˋ Θ ´)／– bird. When composing a smiley, be sure to emphasize the beak, which can be round or diamond-shaped.
>°))))彡– being big fans of fish and seafood, the Japanese have added a lot of “fish” emoticons. The fish is drawn with a pointed or open mouth, and brackets are usually used as scales or tail.
≧(° °)≦ – crab, another sea creature. The variant (\/)_(0_0)_(\/) is also common.
Japanese food emoticons
Among the Japanese there are plenty of lovers of good food and drink, which is reflected in the variety of emoji. If you want to depict a smiley face with some kind of drink or dish, there are plenty to choose from.
(o˘◡˘o) ┌iii┐– birthday cake with candles. You can be original by attaching a similar emoticon to your congratulations on a social network.
(・・)つ―()@()@()- is one of many emoticons depicting cooking barbecue.
(*^^)o∀*∀o(^^*) – drinking cocktails together.
(っ˘ڡ˘ς) – licking emoticon. Can be combined with many others depicting different foods and drinks.
(*´з)口ﾟ｡ﾟ口(・∀・) – a couple of emojis with full mugs of beer.
Japanese emoticons with guns
A set of militant emoticons or individual weapons is perfect not only for correspondence, but also for decorating a nickname in Counter-Strike, Warface and other shooters. You are unlikely to be able to find the necessary characters on the keyboard (they simply aren’t there), so just copy the sequence of characters you like from the list below.
(-ω-)／占~~~~~ – a satisfied smiley, ready to spray his enemies with a gas canister.
(^ω^)ノﾞ(((((((((●～* – grenade thrower.
(ﾒ ﾛ ´)︻デ═一– sniper and rifle with a telescopic sight.
(・∀・)・・・———☆ – throwing a throwing star.
Q(`⌒´Q) – this guy doesn’t need a gun, just strong fists will be enough.
―(T_T)→ – the poor fellow was pierced by an enemy spear.
(/・・)ノ ((く ((へ– boomerang throw.
(ﾒ￣▽￣)︻┳═一 – machine gunner.
Other emoticons from symbols
This section contains emoticons that do not belong to specific categories and are not often used. However, they can be quite useful in some situations.
٩(ˊ〇ˋ*)و – waking up emoticon.
(￣^￣)ゞ– stood in line and saluted (army salute).
(－‸ლ) – with a palm on the face (the famous facepalm meme).
(╯°益°)╯彡┻━┻ – an expression of intense anger, the emoticon turns the table over.
(╮°-°)╮┳━━┳ (╯°□°)╯ ┻━━┻ – a more detailed version of what happened in the previous picture.
┬─┬ノ(º _ ºノ) – carefully put the furniture back (if the interlocutor used one of the two previous emoticons, you can answer him).
(oT-T)尸– a tear-stained emoticon with a raised white flag, depicting surrender.
[̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] is one of the options for the money emoticon.
౦０o ｡ (‾́。‾́)y~~ – emoticon with the image of a smoker.
(￣﹃￣) – the emoticon hints that its sender is hungry or drooling over some delicacy.
(x(x_(x_x(O_o)x_x)_x)x) – a crowd of zombies behind a living person.
( ･ω･)☞ – direction-indicating emoticon.
(⌐■_■) – just a sunglasses emoji.
(◕‿◕✿) – a female emoticon with a flower in her hair.
( ￣.)o-【 TV 】– a viewer watching TV shows with a remote control in his hand.
｀、ヽ(ノ＞＜)ノ ｀、ヽ｀☂ヽ– the wind carried away the poor man’s umbrella during the rain.
‿︵‿ヽ(°□°)ノ︵‿︵ – a drowning emoticon screaming for help.
( )( )ԅ(≖‿≖ԅ) – the guy is getting ready to feel the charms of his girlfriend.
(＾▽＾)っ✂╰⋃╯– castration/circumcision (depending on the context of use).
〜〜(／￣▽)／ 〜f – running after butterflies.
ଘ(੭ˊ꒳ˋ)੭✧– angel with wings.
∠(ᐛ 」∠)＿ – emoticon lying on its side and watching something.
Conclusion
Recently, cool emoticons made from symbols have lost their relevance during online correspondence. Now almost all social networks, forums, instant messengers and other types of resources provide their own sets of emoticons/stickers, which illustrate the desired emotions much more colorfully. However, creative people can always find uses for thousands of different character sequences. In online games and chats, a nickname decorated with symbols will look great.
P.S. If you want to create your own emoticon or find original symbols for your emoji, you can use one of the many databases on the Internet. Convenient catalogs present a huge number of options on a variety of topics. As for portable devices on Android and iOS, there is a special application for complex text emoticons that allows you to find and insert a prepared text emoticon into the text in a couple of clicks.
Koamoji - Kaomoji (顔文字) is a very popular style of emoji that consists of Japanese characters, grammar and punctuation. Used to express emotions in text messages throughout the virtual world. The word “kaomoji” can be considered as a synonym for the word emoticons because it essentially consists of two words:
"KAO" (顔 - "FACE") AND "MOJI" (文字 - "SYMBOL")
Creativity and emotionality Japanese people, is a determining factor in the popularity of the use of emojis, like nowhere else in the world. Also, the Japanese language is a language of drawings, where from childhood they begin to comprehend the writing of their hieroglyphs. Every line and point is very important. A striking example is " Anime" And " Manga", where the authors convey various emotions in several lines.
It is believed that for the Japanese the most important thing is the eyes. After all, they convey the deep meaning of various emotions. This is how they differ from European emoticons, those to which we are accustomed, where they stand out more mouth, i.e. smile. And among the Japanese, as was written above - eyes (◕‿◕).
Wikiwand Kaomoji very diverse. Some sources report that there are more than 10,000 thousand of them, and this number can be explained this way:
Typically, single-byte sets are used in Latin and Cyrillic alphabet characters, but for Japanese ones, at least double-byte character sets are required, which contain a wider range of characters. Thus,Koamoji - Kaomoji can display complex actions and even different stories, not just individual emotions.
Kaomoji categories
Japanese kaomoji emoticons: positive emotions
Joy
In Japanese emoticons depicting joy (laughter, smile, pleasure, delight), the eyes are usually placed high. The most commonly used symbols are ^, ￣, ´ and `, but not always. The mouth also plays an important role. For example, young Japanese women often use the symbol ω (omega) as the mouth of their Japanese emoticons, believing that such kaomoji are the cutest, or, as they say, kawaii. You can also use ∀, ▽ and other symbols that resemble a smile. And the Japanese also like to add various special effects to kaomoji (stars, tears of joy, etc.) for greater expressiveness.
| (* ^ ω ^) | (´ ∀ ` *) | ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶ | ☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆ |
| (o^▽^o) | (⌒▽⌒)☆ | <(￣︶￣)> | 。.:☆*:･"(*⌒―⌒*))) |
| ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ | (´｡ ω ｡`) | (￣ω￣) | ｀;:゛;｀;･(°ε°) |
| (o･ω･o) | (＠＾◡＾) | ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ | (o_ _)ﾉ彡☆ |
| (^人^) | (o´▽`o) | (*´▽`*) | ｡ﾟ(ﾟ^∀^ﾟ)ﾟ｡ |
| (´ ω `) | (((o(*°▽°*)o))) | (≧◡≦) | (o´∀`o) |
| (´ ω `) | (＾▽＾) | (⌒ω⌒) | ∑d(°∀°d) |
| ╰(▔∀▔)╯ | (─‿‿─) | (*^‿^*) | ヽ(o^ ^o)ﾉ |
| (✯◡✯) | (◕‿◕) | (*≧ω≦*) | (☆▽☆) |
| (⌒‿⌒) | ＼(≧▽≦)／ | ヽ(o＾▽＾o)ノ | ☆ ～(‘▽^人) |
| (*°▽°*) | ٩(｡ ́‿ ̀｡)۶ | (✧ω✧) | ヽ(*⌒▽⌒*)ﾉ |
| (´｡ ᵕ ｡`) | (´ ▽ `) | (￣▽￣) | ╰(*´︶`*)╯ |
| ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ | o(≧▽≦)o | (☆ω☆) | (っ˘ω˘ς) |
| ＼(￣▽￣)／ | (*¯︶¯*) | ＼(＾▽＾)／ | ٩(◕‿◕)۶ |
| (o˘◡˘o) | \(★ω★)/ | \(^ヮ^)/ | (〃＾▽＾〃) |
| (╯✧▽✧)╯ | o(>ω<)o | o(❛ᴗ❛)o | ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡ |
| (‾́ ◡ ‾́) | (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ | (bᵔ▽ᵔ)b | (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ |
| (๑˘︶˘๑) | (˙꒳˙) | (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ) | °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° |
Love
Japanese emojis for love often use the ♡ (heart) symbol or combinations with it, such as ノ～ ♡ (blowing a kiss). You can also use the chu letter set to represent a kiss (in Japan it is associated with the sound of a kiss). Another distinctive feature of Japanese love emojis is the abundance of * and o symbols, which denote blush and are often used in combination with /, \, ノ, ﾉ and ヽ. That is, these emoticons seem to cover their faces with their hands out of embarrassment. In combination with the so-called “hands” the symbol ε (sponges with a bow) is also used, but here the desire to hug and kiss is implied. Japanese women often joke that such kaomoji look like perverts!
| (ﾉ´ z `)ノ | (♡μ_μ) | (*^^*)♡ | ☆⌒ヽ(*’､^*)chu |
| (♡-_-♡) | (￣ε￣＠) | ヽ(♡‿♡)ノ | (´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡ |
| (─‿‿─)♡ | (´｡ ᵕ ｡`) ♡ | (*♡∀♡) | (｡・//ε//・｡) |
| (´ ω `♡) | ♡(◡‿◡) | (◕‿◕)♡ | (/▽＼*)｡o○♡ |
| (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) | (♡°▽°♡) | ♡(｡- ω -) | ♡ ～(‘▽^人) |
| (´ ω `) ♡ | (´ ε `)♡ | (´｡ ω ｡`) ♡ | (´ ▽ `).｡ｏ♡ |
| ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡ | (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡ | (♡˙︶˙♡) | ♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡ |
| (≧◡≦) ♡ | (⌒▽⌒)♡ | (*¯ ³¯*)♡ | (っ˘з(˘⌣˘) ♡ |
| ♡ (˘▽˘>ԅ(˘⌣˘) | (˘⌣˘)♡(˘⌣˘) | (/^-^(^ ^*)/ ♡ | ٩(♡ε♡)۶ |
| σ(≧ε≦σ) ♡ | ♡ (⇀ 3 ↼) | ♡ (￣З￣) | (❤ω❤) |
| (˘∀˘)/(μ‿μ) ❤ | ❤ (ɔˆз(ˆ⌣ˆc) | (´♡‿♡`) | (°◡°♡) |
Embarrassment
To show embarrassment, a symbol can be used; (something like a drop of sweat on the face) or symbols simulating blush (*, o). In addition, you can try to imitate how the Japanese emoticon covers its face with its hands out of embarrassment.
Sympathy
To express sympathy or compassion, you need at least two Japanese emoticons: one of them will be upset about something, and the other will calm him down. For the first type, you can use kaomoji from the “sadness” category. The key element of the second will be a “soothing hand stroke” (ノ”, ノ’ or ヾ) or a “support shoulder” (see examples).
Japanese kaomoji emoticons: negative emotions
Discontent
Dissatisfaction can easily be expressed by scrunching your face in kaomoji. Hence the corresponding symbols. For the eyes of dissatisfied Japanese emoticons, ＞＜ are suitable. Additional wrinkles may be added by the ＃ symbol. Also, eyes like ￢￢ and ￣￣ with a well-shaped mouth can express a certain dissatisfaction. Similar techniques are quite common in anime and manga.
Anger
The secret to portraying anger using kaomoji lies in the eyes. Use ` and ´ or ｀ and ´. Just don’t confuse the arrangement of the symbols, otherwise your evil Japanese emoticon will become kind and cheerful (compare: ` ´ - evil eyes, ´ ` - kind eyes). In addition, to depict anger, you can add “wrinkles” ＃ and their stronger form メ or ╬, and as a hand you can add 凸 (middle finger) and ψ (like claws). You can also use “evil grin” 皿 or 益.
Sadness
Sadness, sadness and tears are depicted quite simply. For eyes use T T, ; ;, >< и другие символы, имитирующие заплаканные глаза японского смайлика. Также можно прикрыть глаза руками (например, / \ и ノ ヽ).
Pain
To show pain, use symbols >< вместе со спецэффектами наподобие ⌒☆. Для изображения “оглушённых” смайликов можно использовать глаза типа “x”. Но также есть и другие способы.
Fear
To depict scared Japanese emoticons, use forward and backslashes and other symbols that create the impression that the kaomoji is covering his face with his hands in fear. In this case, you can also depict screaming, waving your arms and other similar actions.
Japanese kaomoji emoticons: neutral emotions
Indifference
You can show indifference using Japanese emoticons by using imitation of corresponding hand movements (┐ ┌ or ╮ ╭, as well as all kinds of connections with forward/backslash and other symbols similar to hands). ー ー, ˇ ˇ and similar options are suitable as “indifferent eyes”.
Confusion
Use "empty eyes" ・・. To enhance the effect, you can add to them; or 〃. Also, in a similar combination, eyes like ￣ ￣ are suitable for emoticons. Finally, you can add effects like the process of thinking (・・・), spreading your arms (┐ ┌ or ╮ ╭), supporting your head with your hand (ゞ).
Doubt
The easiest way to show doubt is to look away with your kaomoji eyes. Use ￢ ￢, ¬ ¬ or arrows.
Astonishment
Surprise or shock can be shown by using a wide open mouth (ｏ, 〇, ロ), eyes (O O, ⊙ ⊙) and raised hands in the Japanese emoticon. You can also add the symbol Σ to it, indicating a sharp start, or a shade of confusion (symbol;). Also, when using wide open eyes, the mouth can be made smaller (for contrast).
Japanese Kaomoji emoticons: various actions
Greetings
To depict a greeting (or farewell) using kaomoji in standard situations, a forward or backslash is used. However, there are more interesting options, such as ﾉ and ノ. And if you want a Japanese emoticon to “wave”, try using ヾ, ﾉﾞ and their various combinations with the “tilde”.
Hugs
To represent hugging, add appropriate symbols of outstretched arms.
Wink
Winking Japanese emoticons look very cute and are very easy to depict. Just use different symbols for the left and right eyes of your kaomoji.
Apology
In Japan, when expressing an apology, it is customary to perform a traditional bow. Therefore, the corresponding Japanese emoticons are depicted in this way. In this case, the eyes, as a rule, are lowered down (_ _ or. .). If the bow is performed from a sitting position, m m are most often used as kaomoji hands; if from a standing position, it is better to depict shoulders instead of arms< >.
Hide and seek
If you want to show that a Japanese emoticon is hiding from someone or something, try making it peek out from behind a wall | or other shelter.
Letter
The φ symbol looks good as a writing pen if you want to show how kaomoji writes something. You can also add a few underscores or dots so that the result of the letter itself is visible.
Run
Running emoticons are depicted by adding various special motion effects. The most commonly used symbols for this are ε, =, ミ and C.
Dream
Everything is simple here. To imitate the snoring or snoring of a Japanese emoticon, use zzZ. You can also lay it on a pillow.
| [(－－)]..zzZ | (－_－) zzZ | (∪｡∪)｡｡｡zzZ | (－ω－) zzZ |
| (￣o￣) zzZZzzZZ | ((_ _))..zzzZZ | (￣ρ￣)..zzZZ | (－.－)…zzz |
| (＿ ＿*) Z z z | (x . x) ~~zzZ |
Japanese kaomoji emoticons: animals
Cat
The Japanese consider cats to be incredibly cute creatures. Hence the various fetishes of anime and manga: cat ears, tail, nyak (nyaa - “meow” in Japanese) and other funny things. Therefore, in Kaomoji, the most popular animal is the cat. To make your Japanese emoticon look like a cat, use = = for the whiskers and ^ ^ for the ears.
Bear
Japanese bear emoticons are easily identified by their characteristic face (ｴ) or ears ʕ ʔ.
Dog
The whole secret here is in the ears ∪ ∪ and the absence of the usual boundaries of the face of a Japanese emoticon (i.e., instead of brackets, the boundaries are the ears).
Pig
A pig's snout can be depicted as (oo), (00) or (ω). Add it to a Japanese emoticon and you'll get a funny little guy.
Bird
For bird emoji, use the symbols Θ or θ for the beak. This is the main idea.
Fish
Since fish and seafood are an integral part of the Japanese diet, emoticons have not ignored this topic. Symbols used here<< или 彡 для хвоста и)) для жабр.
Spider
To represent a spider, use the symbols /\╱\╮╭╲ for the legs and try adding a few pairs of eyes.
Japanese kaomoji emoticons: other variations
Friends
To show friendship, just draw a few Japanese emoticons holding hands. The best characters for this are 人, メ, 八 and 爻. Although there are other ways. Try to find them.
Enemies
Here the concept of “enemy” is used in a humorous manner. Just pretend the Japanese smiley kicks his opponent or something like that. For greater expressiveness, use the special effects ☆, ﾐ, 彡 and Σ. The eyes of unconscious emojis are usually depicted as x x. Everything else is a creative approach.
Weapon
Rifle ︻デ═一, sniper rifle ︻┻┳══━一, shotgun ︻┳═一, minigun ✴==≡눈, pistol ￢, laser ・・・———☆, chain ○∞∞∞∞, bow D ・・・・・—— →, bomb ((((((((●～*, syringe ―⊂|=0, gas canister 占~~~~~, yo-yo ~~~~~~~~ ~~◎, boomerang ((く ((へ, spear ―――→, grabber ――――C, sword _／ or ¤=:::::>, boxing gloves QQ.
Magic
With the help of Japanese emoticons, you can even depict magic in all its diversity.
Food
The Japanese love to drink. Therefore, the rich variety of Japanese kaomoji emoticons could not fail to take this feature into account. It is for this purpose that the characters 旦, 口, 且 are used. You can also use square brackets as a simpler option. And to show hot drinks (tea, coffee), just add ~~ (steam) to the corresponding symbols. In addition, kaomoji can be used to depict food in a variety of ways (examples in the table below).
Music
Japanese emoticons are able to very clearly express the musical aspects of life (singing, dancing, listening to music, etc.). To do this, just add the ♪ symbol to the standard kaomoji or change the position of your hands (if you need to show a dance).
Games
The Japanese can even depict games and sports using emoticons. Below are a few examples: tennis, ping pong, volleyball, basketball, ball, boxing, kendo, fishing, bowling, video games. Try to determine for yourself where something is.
| (^^)p_____|_o____q(^^) | (／o^)/ °⊥ ＼(^o＼) | !(;ﾟoﾟ)o/￣￣￣￣￣￣￣~ >ﾟ))))彡 |
| ヽ(^o^)ρ┳┻┳°σ(^o^)ノ | (／_^)／ ● ＼(^_＼) | «((≡|≡))_／ ＼_((≡|≡))» |
| (ノ-_-)ノﾞ_□ VS □_ヾ(^-^ヽ) | ヽ(；^ ^)ノﾞ ．．．…___〇 | took the table and started a row |
| ┬─┬ノ(º _ ºノ) | put the table in place | |
| (oT-T)尸 | for rent | |
| (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | meme / Lenny's face | |
| [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] | money | |
| (ಠ_ಠ) | meme / look of disapproval | |
| ౦０o ｡ (‾́。‾́)y~~ | smokes | |
| (￣﹃￣) | hungry | |
| (x(x_(x_x(O_o)x_x)_x)x) | alive among zombies | |
| ( ･ω･)☞ | indicates | |
| (⌐■_■) | spectacled | |
| (◕‿◕✿) | cute | |
| ( ￣.)o- 【 TV 】 | watching TV | |
| ｀、ヽ｀ヽ｀、ヽ(ノ＞＜)ノ ｀、ヽ｀☂ヽ｀、ヽ | catching an umbrella in the rain | |
| ‿︵‿︵‿︵‿ヽ(°□°)ノ︵‿︵‿︵‿︵ | drowning | |
| ( )( )ԅ(≖‿≖ԅ) | um... guess what he does | |
| (＾▽＾)っ✂╰⋃╯ | punishment for treason | |
| 〜〜(／￣▽)／ 〜f | runs after a butterfly | |
| ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩‧₊˚ | angel | |
| _(:3 」∠)_ | popular lying emoticon | |
| ∠(ᐛ 」∠)＿ | another lying emoticon |
I was looking for emoticons for the site, and I found emoticons, albeit poppy ones. Along the way, I discovered Japanese emoticons - kaomoji. Those. It turned out that it happened, I used some of them before, but I didn’t know anything about their origin and affiliation before.
Kaomoji — text emoticons that convey emotions through a face drawn from the front, first appeared in 1986 on the ASCII-NET computer network (a service of the Japanese ASCII company).
Typically, such emoticons were created in a format similar to this (*_*). The stars served as eyes, in the center - a mouth, most often it was a sign underlining, and at the edges of the face - brackets.
Various emotions such as (“)(-_-)(“) were depicted by changing the eyes of the emoticon, for example, sadness could be expressed as “crying eyes” using the letter “T”, crying emoticon: (T_T).
A similar T_T emoticon could be used to mean “not impressed.” It was possible to emphasize the eyes using the ^^ element. Stress could be depicted like this (x_x), and nervousness like this (-_-;), the semicolon symbolized sweat dripping from nervous tension. The repetition of the element /// could represent blushing with shame.
The dash and dot symbols could replace the underscore; The dot was often used to make the mouth look pretty or to represent the nose (^.^). Although the nose or mouth could be completely absent (^^). Brackets were often replaced by curly braces (^_^). In many cases, the brackets were omitted altogether: ^^, >.< , o_O, O.O, e_e, e.e . Двойные » и одинарные ‘ кавычки добавляли, чтобы выразить страх или стыд, подобным образом во многих используется капля пота.
Japanese Microsoft IME since version 2000 supports 2 types of emoticons after enabling Microsoft IME Spoken Language/Emotion Dictionary. In IME 2007, this feature was moved to the Emoticons dictionary.
Further variations of kaomoji can be obtained by combining special characters and hieroglyphs/letters of various alphabets.
Kaomoji in the west
English-language anime forums have adapted Japanese emoticons for use with the ASCII standard (characters that can be entered on Western keyboards). Therefore, in the English-speaking part of the Internet they are often called “anime emoticons”. They have also become widespread in online games, chat rooms, and other non-anime forums. Smileys like
<(^.^)>, <(^_^<), <(o_o<), <(-‘.’-)>, <(‘.’-^) или (>’;..;’)>, which consist of parentheses, mouth, nose and hands (especially hands using less than symbols< и больше >), often, for external resemblance,
Called "Kirby", after the hero of the Nintendo video game series.
(c)Nintendo 
not to be confused with 
Parentheses are sometimes omitted, and the mouth-emphasis is prolonged, to enhance the emotion (for example, ^_________^ means very happy). And this emoticon t (-_-t) is made in the Japanese style, but has the Western meaning of “showing the middle finger” (often called “bird”), the letter “t” is used to denote the arm, hand and finger. One of the new emoticons *,..,*or `;..;´ is used to depict a vampire or other mythical fanged creature.
A mixture of Western and Japanese style
The use of both Western and Japanese styles for communication in blogs, chats, forums, etc. is called emoji. This mixture of Western and Japanese pop cultures gave birth to text emoticons turned to their side. As in English-language emoticons, the brackets will be omitted and only numbers, alphabetic symbols, and the most common punctuation marks will be used. Emojis such as O -, -3-, -w -, ‘_’, ;_;, T _T, :>, and.V. used to express mixed feelings that are difficult to convey with standard emoticons. Often, symbols are added to emoji to depict drops of sweat in an anime style, for example ^_^’ or!>______<@>;;, ;O ; and also *u *. The equal sign = can be used to represent closed eyes and anime-style eyes, for example: =0=, =3=, =w =, =A = and =7=. There are many emoticons like >o<; где точка с запятой используется для изображения капли пота, буква «о» вместо рта, а знаки больше >and less< для обозначения стресса или легкого замешательства. Число смайлов которое можно создать подобным образом бесконечно и каждый будет иметь свое значение, например >D , >=D , >P , >:P , >3 or >:3.
Dual channel style
Japanese language encodings typically use two-bit character codes. This results in a huge variety of characters suitable for use in emoji, many of which are not found in ASCII.
Most kaomoji contain Cyrillic letters, as well as letters from other alphabets foreign to the Japanese, in order to create more and morecomplex expressions comparable in complexity to ASCII art
.
In order to type such kaomoji, you need an input editor equipped with a kaomoji dictionary. The user simply types the Japanese word that represents the desired emoji, and the editor immediately converts the word into complex kaomoji.
Complex compound kaomoji are called Shift JIS- art(Shift JIS is one of the Japanese language encodings). Users using the two-channel style have developed a huge number of kaomoji using characters from obscure languages such as Kannada (a Dravidian language spoken in southwestern India): ಠ _ಠ (meaning disagreement, disbelief and confusion). They were soon picked up by the Forchan web forum (4chan) and then spread to other Western sites. Some of them later acquired a different meaning.
A few examples of complex and not so complex kaomoji:
Hello
(●´･ω･)ﾉ☆☆☆HELLO☆☆☆☆ヽ(･ω･｀○)
Congratulations!
~~-v(=￣ω￣).｡o○お.｡o○め.｡o○で.｡o○と.｡o○う
Bye bye
ε(´’,_c’)зβyе☆βyеε(‘c_,’｀)з゛
Good night
オ┌|･o･|┘ヤ└|･O･|┐ス┌|･.･|┐ミ└|･_･|┘
Long time no see
(ﾉ^^)乂(^^)ﾉｵﾋｻｵﾋｻ(ﾉ^^)八(^^)ﾉ
Nice to meet you
(*’-‘*)ノはじめましてヽ(*’-‘*)
Hooray! I'm home!
ヾ(o′▽`o)ﾉﾞﾟ+.ﾟﾀﾀﾞｲﾏｰﾟ+.ﾟ
Smiles
＾ω＾
▼ω▼
In short, kaomoji is the Japanese version of the familiar emoticons (). The fundamental difference is that kaomoji do not need to be flipped to recognize emotions. Moreover, they can express not only facial expressions or gestures, but also complex actions, and even entire stories. Of course, oriental emoticons make full use of the theme of anime and manga. And to write them, Japanese characters are used mixed with punctuation marks and various symbols.
Where to find kaomoji
A simple search for the word “kaomoji” will return an overwhelming mountain of results. The situation is similar with the request for kaomoji. Hundreds of thematic sites are replete with thousands of all kinds of faces, the meaning of which is often impossible to determine. Therefore, we strongly recommend that beginners familiarize themselves with the general spirit of kaomoji by scrolling through the transcript of the most common ones. And kaomoji.ru, a Russian-language site with Japanese emoticons, will help you with this.
Here kaomoji are divided into categories, for example, you can easily find funny emoticons, hide and seek emoticons, as well as pigs, weapons or love. Moreover, each of the categories describes the principles of the structure of kaomoji. For example, friendship kaomoji often use symbols that resemble hands and their touch (人, メ, 八, 爻). After reading this basics, it will become much easier for you to navigate among all these squiggles, and they (with the help of your imagination) will be overgrown with images with meaning.
If you speak basic English, you can also look at foreign pages. For example, dongerlist.com has good content, a nice appearance and a good structure.
An advantageous feature of the site is the ability to copy an emoticon to the clipboard in one click, and then paste it into correspondence.
How to quickly use Kaomoji
Are you ready to kill the relationship (▰˘◡˘▰) and surprise your virtual interlocutors with the originality? Great! Except for one thing: typing complex emoticons is so-so fun. Let's figure out how to make your life easier when writing kaomoji.
Chrome
Don't think, Chrome doesn't have native or , which would simplify the kawaii structure. But third-party developers took care of the needs of the people and wrote a couple of interesting extensions.
For example, one of the resources we have already mentioned suggests adding a floating window to your browser with quick access to kaomoji. There is a division into categories and the ability to quickly insert an emoticon into the correspondence window with one click of the mouse.
A slightly different approach was implemented by the owners of the site disapprovallook.com, another bank of emoticons. Their extension quickly redirects the user to the resource itself, where you can get some good looks using regular copy-paste. Why do all this if there are bookmarks? This is a little easier, because you don’t need to keep the bookmarks bar in front of your eyes or open a new page.
Android
Who would doubt that Google Play will have handy tools for lovers of emoticons. It's hard to say which keyboard is the best, but we'll use the Emoticon Keyboard as an example. It has a considerable number of downloads, a good rating and mostly positive reviews.
By and large, this is the most ordinary keyboard, but with the addition of a button that calls up the emoticon selection menu.
However, you are unlikely to want to change a keyboard that has already taken root. In this situation, we’ll give you some advice: look into the settings of your standard keyboard and find there something similar to a custom dictionary. Here you will have to work hard once and set the replacement of certain words with kaomoji. The work is not quick and pleasant, but it is forever.
iOS
Tim Cook's autumn blessing in 2014 freed the hands of iOS developers who wanted to create their ideal . As a result, iTunes was replenished with a number of interesting solutions, among which, undoubtedly, were Kaomoji keyboards.
Kaomoji Keyboard boasts thousands of emojis, so there's something to suit every need.
Mac OS and Windows
As for Mac, the settings of Apple's desktop operating system provide for auto-replacement of a word or phrase with the option you specify, that is, in our case, an emoticon. It’s a pity that something similar is missing in Windows, so you have to install and use extra software. For example, autocorrect patterns are implemented in the popular Punto Switcher.
Conclusion
We hope that you have enjoyed getting acquainted with the unusual world of kaomoji, but promise that you will not abuse them both in your personal correspondence and in Lifehacker comments!
Emoticons made from symbols have been found very often lately. And rightly so, because there is no other more universal and faster way to display your emotions and experiences during text correspondence. Today, almost everyone knows at least two or three sets of symbols that represent emotions. This set includes parentheses to show a person's lips, colons to show a person's eyes, and a semicolon to show a wink. However, you may come across an emoji written in symbols and not understand its meaning. This article will help you get closer to understanding text emoticons and remember combinations of symbols to display your emotions in text correspondence.
Even modern written speech is not endowed with the properties of quickly displaying emotions, so that at the time of writing the text the author could show the experiences he was experiencing. Only using a couple of sentences or phrases. Before the era of the global spread of the Internet, there were no problems with displaying the emotional component of the writer. Only with the advent of the Internet and increasing communication through writing text messages in chats, instant messengers, forums, and so on, such problems appeared. It would be inappropriate to write in a message that you are now smiling or winking at your interlocutor - it would look more like absurdity, and if there is no emotional component at all, then the result will be a dry and callous dialogue.
When communicating in real time, it is not possible to select words to display emotions. You can use a question mark for a question, an exclamation mark for admiration, but how can you show your seriousness to your interlocutor or that you were joking? All these problems were solved in the early 80s. Then it was proposed to add the symbols colon, dash and closing bracket to humorous messages, that is :-) — text version of a smiling face (side view). This set of symbols is a smiling emoticon. Subsequently, the dash and then the colon were no longer used and they were simply written as a closing parenthesis ) .
For messages that are filled with sadness and worry, it was proposed to assign a set of text characters with a colon, a dash and an opening parenthesis, that is :-(. This set of text symbols shows a face with eyes, a nose and downturned corners of the lips. As with the joyful, smiling emoticon, in the sad emoticon they subsequently stopped writing the symbols colon and dash, but began to write the sorry opening parenthesis (.
Thus began the widespread and varied use of emoticons in the form of text symbols. The main emphasis is on quickly expressing emotions using some sets of text symbols, but semantic emoticons are also used to show states, actions, surrounding nature, and so on. There is no standard set of text characters, since everyone writes them differently.
Let's look at different options for symbolic emoticons.
Smileys from symbols on the keyboard
Indication of emoticons of emotions from symbols on the keyboard:
- Joy or a smile is most often depicted using symbols:) either:-)or =)
- Uncontrollable laughter (equivalent to the expression LOL) :-D either: D or))))
- Another designation for laughter, but more like mockery () XD or xD or >:-D (schadenfreude)
- Laughter to tears, i.e. what does the “tears of joy” emoticon mean :’-) or :’-D
- Insidious grin ):-> or ]:->
- A sad or sorrowful emoticon has text meanings:-(either =(or:(
- Symbolic designation of a very sad emoticon: -C or: C or (((((again, a variant of the under-emoticon)
- Mild displeasure, confusion or puzzlement:-/ or:-\
- Intense anger D-:
- Text designation of the neutral attitude emoticon:-| either: -I or._. or -_-
- The symbolic meaning of the admiration emoticon is *O* or *_* or **
- Decoding the emotion of surprise: -() or: - or: -0 or: O or O: either o_O or oO or o.O
- Variants of what the emoticon of great surprise or bewilderment 8-O could mean
- either =-O or:-
- Disappointment:-e
- Fury:-E or:E or:-t
- Confusion:-[ or %0
- Sullenness: :-*
- Sadness: :-<
Meaning of text emoticons emotional actions or gestures
- What does a winking smiley mean in text-symbolic form;-) or;)
- Sad joke: ;-(
- Happy joke: ;-)
- Options for designating a crying emoticon:_(or:~(or:"(or:*(
- Joyful crying (means "tears of joy" emoji) :~-
- Sad cry:~-(
- Angry cry: :-@
- Kiss in text notation:-* or:-()
- Hugs ()
- To show your tongue (means to tease) :-P or:-p or:-Ъ
- Mouth shut (means shhh) :-X
- It makes me sick to my stomach (meaning nausea) :-!
- Drunk or embarrassed (means either “I’m drunk” or “you’re drunk”) :*)
- You are a deer E:-) or 3:-)
- You're a clown *:O)
- Heart - either @)~>~~ or @-‘-,’-,—
- Carnation *->->—
- Old joke (meaning accordion) [:|||:] or [:]/\/\/\[:] or [:]|||[:]
- Krezi (means “you’ve gone crazy”) /:-(or /:-]
- Fifth point (_!_)
What do horizontal (Japanese) symbolic emoticons mean?
Horizontal or Japanese character emoticons are those that can be understood without tilting your head to the side, such as with a smiley face :-).
The most common horizontal text emoticons are:
- A smile (joy) is usually indicated: (^_^) or (^____^) or (n_n) or (^ ^) or \(^_^)/
- Sadness in symbols is denoted as: () or (v_v)
- The following symbols mean different degrees of surprise: (o_o) or (0_0) or (O_o) or (o_O) or (V_v) (unpleasant surprise) or (@_@) (meaning “You can be stunned”)
- Emoticon meaning admiration: (*_*) or (*o*) or (*O*)
- I'm sick: (-_-;) or (-_-;)~
- Sleeping: (- . -) Zzz. or (-_-) Zzz. or (u_u)
- Confusion: ^_^" or *^_^* or (-_-«) or (-_-v)
- Anger and rage: (-_-#) or (-_-¤) or (-_-+) or (>__<)
- What does fatigue mean: (>_<) либо (%_%)
- Depression (u_u)
- Jealousy: 8 (>_<) 8
- Distrust: (>>) or (>_>) or (<_<)
- Indifference: -__- or =__=
- This emoticon text expression means misunderstanding: (?_?) or ^o^;>
- The meaning is close to the crying emoticon: (;_;) or (T_T) or (TT.TT) or (ToT) or Q__Q
- What does winking mean: (^_~) or (^_-)
- Kiss: ^)(^ either (^)...(^) or (^)(^^)
- High five (means friend): =X= or (^_^)(^_^)
- Carrot Love: (^3^) or (*^) 3 (*^^*)
- Apology: m (._.) m
- Greedy emoticon: ($_$)
Cool emoticons from symbols
Cool emoticons consisting of several symbols - your imagination is limitless.
