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However, an equals sign, a number 8, a capital letter B or a capital letter X are also used to indicate normal eyes, widened eyes, those with glasses or those with crinkled eyes, respectively. Symbols for the mouth vary, e.g. ")" for a smiley face or "(" for a sad face. One can also add a "}" after the mouth character to indicate a beard.
Emoji Unicode name Codepoints Added in Unicode block Meaning ๐ Grinning Face U+1F600: Emoji 1.0 in 2015 Emoticons: Grinning: ๐ Face with Tears of Joy U+1F602: Emoji 1.0 in 2015 Emoticons see Face with Tears of Joy emoji: ๐ Smiling Face with Heart-Shaped Eyes U+1F60D: Emoji 1.0 in 2015 Emoticons see Face with Heart Eyes emoji: ๐ด๏ธ
Emoji became increasingly popular worldwide in the 2010s after Unicode began encoding emoji into the Unicode Standard. [7] [8] [9] They are now considered to be a large part of popular culture in the West and around the world. [10] [11] In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries named the Face with Tears of Joy emoji (๐) the word of the year. [12] [13]
Choosing the right heart emoji to add to a message or caption can be difficult, given the many options. Here's a guide to every color and type of heart emoji.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Pictorial representation of a facial expression using punctuation marks, numbers and letters Not to be confused with Emoji, Sticker (messaging), or Enotikon. "O.O" redirects here. For other uses, see O.O (song) and OO (disambiguation). This article contains Unicode emoticons or emojis ...
Variation Selectors is a Unicode block containing 16 variation selectors used to specify a glyph variant for a preceding character. They are currently used to specify standardized variation sequences for mathematical symbols, emoji symbols, 'Phags-pa letters, and CJK unified ideographs corresponding to CJK compatibility ideographs.
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Using a lateral click letter for the nose such as in ( อก° อส อก°) is believed to originate from the Finnish image-based message board Ylilauta, and is called a "Lenny face". [12] Another apparently Western invention is the use of emoticons like *,..,* or `;..;´ to indicate vampires or other mythical beasts with fangs.