List of emoticons explained

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 emoji.^[1]

Emoticons can generally be divided into three groups: Western (mainly from United States and Europe) or horizontal (though not all are in that orientation); Eastern or vertical (mainly from East Asia); and 2channel style (originally used on 2channel and other Japanese message boards). The most common explanation for these different styles is that in the East, the eyes play the primary role in facial expressions, while in the West, the whole face tends to be used.^[2]

Western

Western style emoticons are mostly written from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees. One will most commonly see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose (often omitted) and then the mouth. Typically, a colon is used for the eyes of a face, unless winking, in which case a semicolon is used. 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.

Icon !! Emoji !! Meaning

‑) :)

-] :]

-> :>

8-) 8)

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} ||:^) || =] || colspan="3" | =)| ☺️ || Smiley, happy face^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} |-|:‑D
:D || 8‑D
8D || =D || =3 || B^D || c: || colspan="4" | C: | || Laughing, big grin, grinning with glasses|-|x‑D
xD| colspan="9" |X‑D
XD||Laughing^{[7] [8] [9]} |-| colspan="10" | :-)):))| || Very happy or double chin|-|:‑(
:(||:‑c
:c ||:‑<
:< ||:‑[<br/>:[ || colspan="2" |<nowiki>:-||</nowiki> ||:{ ||:@ ||:(|| ;(| ☹️ || [[Frown]], sad, pouting|-| :'‑(
:'(| colspan="9" |:=(| || Crying|-| :'‑)
:')| colspan="9" |:"D| || Tears of happiness|-|>:(| colspan="9" |>:[| |Angry<ref>{{cite web |title=Angry Text Emoticons |url=https://pc.net/emoticons/smiley/angry |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=pc.net |language=en}}</ref> |- | D‑': || D:< || D: || D8 || D; || D= || colspan="4" | DX | || [[Horror (emotion)|Horror]], disgust, sadness, great dismay (right to left)|-|:‑O
:O ||:‑o
:o ||:-0
:0 || 8‑0 || >:O | =O
=o |=0| colspan="3" |||Surprise, shock|-| :-3
:3|=3| colspan="8" | x3
X3||Cat face, curled mouth, cutesy,^{[10] [11] [12]} playful, mischievous^[13] |-| colspan="10" |>:3||Lion smile, evil cat, playfulness|-|:-*
:* || colspan="9" |
:x | || Kiss|-|;‑)
;) || *-)
*) ||;‑]
;] || ;^);>|:‑, || ;D || colspan="4" | ;3| || Wink, smirk|-|:‑P
:P || X‑P
XP || x‑p
xp ||:‑p
:p ||:‑Þ
:Þ ||:‑þ
:þ ||:‑b
:b || d: || =p || >:P | || Tongue sticking out, cheeky/playful, blowing a raspberry|-|
:/ ||:‑. || >:\ || >:/ ||:\ || =/ || =\ || :L || =L || :S | || Skeptical, annoyed, undecided, uneasy, hesitant|-| colspan="10" | :‑|
:| | || Straight face no expression, indecision |-|:$ || colspan="9" | ://)
://3| || Embarrassed, blushing^[14] |-|:‑X
:X ||:‑#
:# || colspan="8" |:‑&<br/>:& | || Sealed lips, wearing braces, tongue-tied|-| O:‑)
O:) || 0:‑3
0:3 || 0:‑)
0:) || colspan="7" | 0;^) | || Angel, halo, saint, innocent|-| >:‑)
>:) || }:‑)
}:) || 3:‑)
3:) || >;‑)
>;) || colspan="6" | >:3
>;3 | || Evil, devilish|-| |;‑) || |‑O || colspan="8" |B-)| || Cool,^[15] bored, yawning|-| colspan="10" | :‑J| || Tongue-in-cheek^[16] |-| colspan="10" | #‑)| || Partied all night|-| colspan="10" |%‑)
%) | ‍ || Drunk, confused|-| colspan="10" | :‑###..
:###..| || Being sick|-| colspan="10" | <:‑| | || Dumb, dunce-like|-|',:-|| colspan="9" |',:-l||Scepticism, disbelief, disapproval^{[17] [18]} |-| colspan="10" | :E| || Grimacing, nervous, awkward^[19] |-|8-X|8=X|x-3| colspan="7" |x=3|☠️‍☠️|Skull and crossbones^[20] |-| colspan="10" |~:>||Chicken^[21] |}

Icon !! Emoji !! Meaning

@

- || @}->-- || @}‑;‑'‑‑‑ ||colspan="3"| @>‑‑>‑‑ || || Rose^[22] |-|8

D|8

D|8=D|3=D|8=>|8===D~~~||Penis, Ejaculation^[23] |-| colspan="6" |*<|:‑)|| || Santa Claus^[24] |-| Broken heart^[25] |-| colspan="6" |<3 || ❤️ || Heart|}

Icon !Emoji!! Meaning

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< )))‑ Icon !Emoji!! Meaning ӽd̲̅a̲̅r̲̅w̲̅i̲̅ɳ̲̅ᕗ Ӽd̲̅a̲̅r̲̅w̲̅i̲̅ɳ̲̅ᕗ ӽe̲̅v̲̅o̲̅l̲̅u̲̅t̲̅i̲̅o̲̅ɳ̲̅ᕗ Ӽe̲̅v̲̅o̲̅l̲̅u̲̅t̲̅i̲̅o̲̅ɳ̲̅ᕗ Darwin fish/Evolution fish^[26] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅5̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅1̲̅0̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] Dollar notes^[27] (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) The "Lenny Face", named and popularized on 4chan.^[28] Used mostly to suggest mischief, imply sexual innuendo or a second hidden meaning behind a sentence, or is pasted over and over to spam online discussions.^[29] ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ "Raise Your Dongers", a meme originated from Twitch, unclear meaning^[30] ^[31] ಠ_ಠ ಠ__ಠ ಠ益ಠ "Look of Disapproval"^[32] ^[33] ⎛⎝(•ⱅ•)⎠⎞ ◥▅◤ ◢▅◣ Bat^[34] (๑ˇεˇ๑) Kiss^[35] ^[36] (◕‿◕✿) "Flower Girl", a person with a flower attached to their head^[37] ^[38] (༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ) Crying (=ʘᆽʘ=)∫ ฅ(^•ﻌ•^ฅ) Cat^[39] ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ ʕ ·(エ)· ʔ ʕ – ㉨ – ʔ ⊂(￣(ｴ)￣)⊃ ‍❄️ Bear Eastern Eastern emoticons generally are not rotated sideways, and may include non-Latin characters to allow for additional complexity. These emoticons first arose in Japan, where they are referred to as kaomoji (literally "face characters").The base form consists of a sequence of an opening round parenthesis, a character for the left eye, a character for the mouth or nose, a character for the right eye and a closing round parenthesis. The parentheses are often omitted for well-known kaomoji. The mouth/nose part may also be omitted if the eyes are much more important. Most East Asian characters are usually inscribed in an invisible square with a fixed width. Although there is also a history of half-width characters, many Japanese, Korean and Chinese fonts include full-width forms for the letters of the basic roman alphabet and also include digits and punctuation as found in US ASCII. These fixed-width forms are also available in Unicode. Mostly depending on the input mode available, kaomoji may use these Eastern forms of Western characters, but hardly ever rely on any particular width to be discernible. Kaomoji faces Icon Emoji Meaning Troubled^[40] (';') Baby Nervous, embarrassed, troubled, shy, sweat drop (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄) Embarrassed, flushed Smoking (-_-)zzz Sleeping Wink Confused (o|o) || || Ultraman|-| <(｀^´)> || || |-| | || Joyful^[41] |-| | || Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology^[42] |-|(凸ಠ益ಠ)凸||Middle fingers|-| || || Questioning|-| | || Sad, crying|-| || || |-| (=_=) || || Tired|-| || || Cat|-| || || Looking down in sadness or |-| ^m^ || || Giggling with hand covering mouth|-| || || Confusion|-| (－‸ლ) || || Facepalm^[43] |-| || ☺️ || Normal laugh|-|

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Facial expressions show language barriers too . Science X network . 13 March 2014 . en.
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4. Web site: Yahoo messenger emoticons . https://web.archive.org/web/20090710143920/http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/emoticons/ . 10 July 2009 . 2 August 2009 . dead . en.
5. Web site: MSN messenger emoticons . 2 August 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090707114539/http://messenger.msn.com/Resource/Emoticons.aspx . 7 July 2009.
6. Web site: :^) / Dorito Face . . 6 November 2014 . en.
7. Web site: XD . 26 November 2021 . Know Your Meme. 3 March 2015 .
8. Web site: Tempname8956 . 27 March 2013 . Ban smiley faces like "XD" and "D:" from in game chat Riot. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150919193010/http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3268844 . 19 September 2015 . 26 November 2021 . League of Legends Community . en.
9. Web site: RodHumble . 16 January 2014 . People who use the xD emoticon are either . 26 November 2021 . . en-US.
10. Web site:

    3 / Cat Face

    . 28 November 2021. Know Your Meme. 20 October 2009 .
11. Web site:

    3 What Does :3 Mean?

    . 28 November 2021. www.cyberdefinitions.com.
12. Web site: X3 What Does X3 Mean?. 28 November 2021. www.cyberdefinitions.com.
13. Web site: Cat Smile. 28 November 2021. TV Tropes.
14. Web site: Lenny Faces. 22 November 2021. lennyfacedonger.tumblr.com.
15. Web site: Cingular applies to patent smileys. Andrew. Orlowski. 27 January 2006. The Register. 27 December 2011.
16. Web site: Tongue in Cheek. 6 October 2014 . pc.net.
17. Web site: The so-called "Colbert emoji" is now available in Unicode 10.0 and on iOS. Kyle. 5 November 2017. Medium. 9 December 2017.
18. News: Face With One Eyebrow Raised Emoji . 9 December 2017 . en.
19. News: Grimacing face emoji . 16 August 2020 . en.
20. Web site: 2020 . List of Text Faces . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210621214956/https://c.r74n.com/faces . 21 June 2021 . 21 June 2021 . Copy Paste Dump . R74n . en.
21. Book: Instant Messaging Abbreviations, Texting and Emoticons . 3 May 2014 . Speedy Publishing . 9781633839984 . en.
22. News: (-: Just Between You and Me ;-). Alex. Williams. 29 July 2007. The New York Times. 27 December 2011.
23. Web site: 8=D. 26 November 2021. Dictionary.com. en-US.
24. Book: Kent, Peter. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet. 2001. Penguin Books. Indianapolis, IN. 0-7897-2523-1. 112. 27 December 2011.
25. Web site: Doll . Jen . Oxford English Dictionary Now Includes Heart . The Village Voice . 24 March 2011 . 26 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022093045/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/03/oxford_english.php . 22 October 2012.
26. Web site: [SOLVED] Is it possible to add a symbol to the character map? ]. . 23 February 2017 . 10 July 2017.
27. News: endolith. Unicode kaomoji smileys emoticons emoji. 26 November 2021. Gist. en.
28. Web site: The weird history of Le Lenny Face (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), the spammy meme that refuses to die . Pardee . Grant . 26 January 2017 . The Daily Dot . en-US . 9 December 2017.
29. Web site: Lenny Face - What Does Lenny Face Mean? Memes by Dictionary.com . dictionary.com . March 2018 . 13 August 2019.
30. Web site: Raise Your Dongers. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210316082044/https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/raise-your-dongers. 16 March 2021 . 25 June 2021. Know Your Meme. 24 June 2013 .
31. Web site: Raise Your Dongers . 24 June 2013 .
32. Web site: ಠ_ಠ Look of Disapproval. 26 November 2021. Know Your Meme. 2 July 2009 .
33. Web site: Look of Disapproval. 26 November 2021. (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Emoticon Central. en-us.
34. Web site: Lenny face. 5 April 2021. lennyfaces.tumblr.com.
35. Web site: Lenny Face. 18 November 2021. lennyfacepapa.me.
36. Web site: Lenny Face (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). 21 December 2021. lennyface.pro.
37. Web site: Feldman. Brian. 13 November 2015. The Next ¯\_(ツ)_/¯: 10 Emoticons To Add To Your Repertoire. 25 November 2021. Intelligencer. en-us.
38. Web site: Kawaii Flower Girl Emoticons / Emoji (✿◕‿◕)(ʘ‿ʘ✿) - Cute Kaomoji ❀. 25 November 2021. en-US.
39. Web site: (=ʘᆽʘ=)∫ Lennyfaces. 22 March 2021. lennyfac.es.
40. Web site: List of emoticons . 17 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905071703/http://office.microsoft.com/ja-jp/support/HA010103000.aspx . 5 September 2011 . Microsoft.
41. Web site: Conroy. Jade. Emoticon Yourself. HuffPost. 30 October 2012. 2 July 2012.
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43. Web site: Face Palm. Emojicons.com. 25 November 2015.