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Whereas Western emoticons were first used by US computer scientists, kaomoji were most commonly used by young girls and fans of Japanese comics . Linguist Ilaria Moschini suggests this is partly due to the kawaii ('cuteness') aesthetic of kaomoji. [5] These emoticons are usually found in a format similar to (*_*).
This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 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 ...
Despite its similarity to words like “emotion” and “emoticon,” the word “emoji” is actually a Japanese portmanteau of two words: “e,” meaning picture, and “moji,” meaning ...
The Enclosed Ideographic Supplement block contains fifteen emoji: U+1F201–U+1F202, U+1F21A, U+1F22F, U+1F232–U+1F23A and U+1F250–U+1F251. [3] [4]The block has eight standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the following four base characters: U+1F202, U+1F21A, U+1F22F and U+1F237.
Some emoji are specific to Japanese culture, such as a bowing businessman (U+1F647 PERSON BOWING DEEPLY), the shoshinsha mark used to indicate a beginner driver (U+1F530 JAPANESE SYMBOL FOR BEGINNER), a white flower (U+1F4AE WHITE FLOWER) used to denote "brilliant homework", [94] or a group of emoji representing popular foods: ramen noodles (U+ ...
Kaoani comes from the Japanese kao (顔, face) and ani (アニ, animation). Kaoanis are small animated smilies that usually bounce up and down to look like they are floating. Kaoani originate in Japan and are also known as puffs, anime blobs, anikaos or anime emoticons.
Gyaru-moji (ギャル文字, "gal's alphabet") or heta-moji (下手文字, "poor handwriting") is a style of obfuscated Japanese writing popular amongst urban Japanese youth. As the name gyaru-moji suggests ( gyaru meaning "gal"), this writing system was created by and remains primarily employed by young women.