List of emoticons
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable and commonly used emoticon
s or textual portrayals of a writer's mood or facial expression in the form of icon
s. The Western
use of emoticons is quite different from Eastern
usage, and Internet forum
s, such as 2channel
, typically, show expressions in their own ways. In recent times, graphic representations, both static and animated, have taken the place of traditional emoticons in the form of icons.
popularized a style of emoticons endemic to their region.
character codes, which can be reproduced as ASCII art
.
standard, three in the Miscellaneous Symbols
block, and over sixty in the Emoticons block.
Emoticon
An emoticon is a facial expression pictorially represented by punctuation and letters, usually to express a writer’s mood. Emoticons are often used to alert a responder to the tenor or temper of a statement, and can change and improve interpretation of plain text. The word is a portmanteau word...
s or textual portrayals of a writer's mood or facial expression in the form of icon
Icon
An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
s. The Western
Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions...
use of emoticons is quite different from Eastern
Eastern Hemisphere
The Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere, which includes...
usage, and Internet forum
Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...
s, such as 2channel
2channel
is a Japanese textboard. In 2007 there were 2.5 million posts made every day. Launched in 1999, it has gained significant influence in Japanese society, comparable to that of traditional mass media such as television, radio, and magazines. As of 2008, the site generates revenue upwards of ¥100...
, typically, show expressions in their own ways. In recent times, graphic representations, both static and animated, have taken the place of traditional emoticons in the form of icons.
Western
The emoticon in Western style is written most often from left to right. Thus, most commonly, one will see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose and mouth. Typically, a colon is used for the eyes of a face. However, an equal sign, a number 8, and a capital letter B are also used interchangeably.| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
>:] :-) :) :o) :] :3 :c) :> =] 8) =) :} :^) |
smiley Smiley A smiley, smiley face, or happy face, is a stylized representation of a smiling human face, commonly occurring in popular culture. It is commonly represented as a yellow circle with two black dots representing eyes and a black arc representing the mouth... or happy face, a version without colon is common in Russia |
>:D :-D :D 8-D 8D x-D xD X-D XD =-D =D =-3 =3 |
Laughing, big grin |
:'( ;*( :_( T.T T_T Y.Y Y_Y |
Crying |
>:[ :-( :( :-c :c :-< :< :-[ :[ :{ >.> <.< >.< |
frown Frown A frown is a facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration.... |
D:< D: D8 D; D= DX v.v D-': |
horror Horror fiction Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural... , disgust Disgust Disgust is a type of aversion that involves withdrawing from a person or object with strong expressions of revulsion whether real or pretended. It is one of the basic emotions and is typically associated with things that are regarded as unclean, inedible, infectious, gory or otherwise offensive... , sad SAD The word sad refers to an emotional condition.SAD or sad may refer to:- Disorders and medical conditions :* Schizoaffective disorder, a psychiatric diagnosis with symptoms of a mood disorder and schizophrenia... ness, great dismay |
:-9 |
licking chops |
>;] ;-) ;) *-) *) ;-] ;] ;D |
wink Wink A wink is a facial expression made by briefly closing one eye. A wink is an informal mode of non-verbal communication usually signalling shared hidden knowledge or intent, which may also include, in some contexts, sexual attraction.... |
>:P :-P :P X-P x-p xp XP :-p :p =p :-Þ :Þ :-b :b |
tongue sticking out, cheeky/playful, blowing a raspberry Blowing a raspberry Blowing a raspberry or strawberry or making a Bronx cheer is to make a noise signifying derision, real or feigned. It is made by placing the tongue between the lips and blowing, making a sound redolent of flatulence. In the terminology of phonetics, this sound can be described as an unvoiced... |
>:o >:O :-O :O °o° °O° :O o_O o.O |
surprise Surprise (emotion) Surprise is a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected event. Surprise can have any valence; that is, it can be neutral/moderate, pleasant, or unpleasant. If a person experiences a very powerful or long lasting surprise, it may be considered shock.-Reality... , shock |
>:\ >:/ :-/ :-. :/ :\ =/ =\ :S |
skeptical Skepticism Skepticism has many definitions, but generally refers to any questioning attitude towards knowledge, facts, or opinions/beliefs stated as facts, or doubt regarding claims that are taken for granted elsewhere... , annoyed, undecided, uneasy, hesitant |
| straight face disgusted, grim, no expression | |
:)~ :-)>.... =F |
Drooling |
>:X :-X :X :-# :# :$ |
Sealed lips, embarrassed |
O:-) 0:-3 0:3 O:-) O:) |
Angel innocent |
>:) >;) >:-) |
evil |
>B] B) B-) 8) 8-) |
shades |
|
broken heart, no love |
\,,/ \m/ |
Rock on, sign of the horns |
o/\o ^5 >_>^ ^<_< |
High five High five The high five is a celebratory hand gesture that occurs when two people simultaneously raise one hand, about head high, and push, slide or slap the flat of their palm and hand against the palm and flat hand of their partner... |
@}-;-'--- |
Rose |
Eastern emoticons
Users from East AsiaEast Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
popularized a style of emoticons endemic to their region.
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| d^_^b d-_-b | listening to music, thumbs up |
| (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ | flipping over a table, angrily flipping over a table |
| ┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ) | putting back the table |
| (^_^) (^-^) (^ ^) (^.^) ??? ^_^ '_' | smiley |
| (~_^) (^_~) ~.^ ^.~ | wink |
| (>_<) (>.<) (>_>) | cartman Eric Cartman Eric Theodore Cartman is a fictional character in the American animated television series South Park. One of four main characters, along with Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick, he is generally referred to within the series by his last name... angry, |
| (¬_¬) | eyeroll |
| (-_-) | upset, not amused |
| (^o^) | singing, laughing |
| (^3^) | kiss |
| (^_^') ^_^_^') ^^" ^^^_.^') ^^_^^; ^&^^.^;& ^^^; ^^^7 | nervous, sweat-drop Manga iconography Japanese manga has developed its own visual language or iconography for expressing emotion and other internal character states. This drawing style has also migrated into anime, as many stories are adapted into television shows and films... , embarrassed |
| d(>w<)b | double thumbs up |
| qp | double thumbs down |
| 9(x.x)9 9 | shaking fist |
| (T_T) (T~T) (ToT) (T^T) ಥ_ಥ ㅠ.ㅠ | crying |
| (._.) | disappointed, bitter |
| ಠ_ಠ | look of disapproval |
| ［(－－)］ZZzzz... | sleeping |
| (X_X) x_x | dead or unconscious |
| 0.o O_o @_@ O_O ಠ_ಠ ಠ_ರೃ (*_*) | surprise, disbelief, unamused, or disapproval |
| ^///^ >///< >///> o///o -///- =///= | blushing, embarrassed |
| ( °٢° ) | drooling |
_|_ (-.-) _|_ t(>.| flipping off |
|
| (V)!_!(V) | Crab |
| Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ | Butterfly |
| ツ | Smile |
| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ | Shrug face - "Sup son" |
| ʘ‿ʘ | Innocent face |
| \m/*.*\m/ | Rocker smiley |
| O?O | what? |
| &_& | Eye roll |
=^_^= =>.>= =<_<= =>.<= |
Happy blushing, embarrassed blushing, bashful [can be used with = symbol or + symbol: {[jml}] |
| 0-0 | Sweet! |
| (^^^) | SHARK |
| (\_/) | Bunny ears |
c.c C.C |
Eye roll, disapproval |
| x_O O_x | Punched in the face |
| O>¯|_ OTL orz | Depressed, despairing, anime Anime is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons.... /manga Manga Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th... fall-down gag, bowing, worshipping |
| ಥ⌣ಥ ಥ‿ಥ | Tears of joy |
| ಠ⌣ಠ ಠ‿ಠ | Devious smile |
e.e O.e O.e |
Creeped out |
d'-' d'_' d'-'b d'_'b |
Thumbs up, gig 'em, listening to music, headphones |
^>.>^ ^<.<^ ^>_>^ ^<_<^ |
look that way, sarcasm Sarcasm Sarcasm is “a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter jibe or taunt.” Though irony and understatement is usually the immediate context, most authorities distinguish sarcasm from irony; however, others argue that sarcasm may or often does involve irony or employs... , irony |
2channel emoticons
The Japanese language is usually encoded using double-byteByte
The byte is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, a byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the basic addressable element in many computer...
character codes, which can be reproduced as ASCII art
ASCII art
ASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters...
.
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| m9(^Д^) | jeering laughter |
| m(_ _)m | kowtow Kowtow Kowtow is the act of deep respect shown by kneeling and bowing so low as to have one's head touching the ground. An alternative Chinese term is ketou, however the meaning is somewhat altered: kòu originally meant "knock with reverence", whereas kē has the general meaning of "touch upon ".In Han... as a sign of respect, or dogeza Dogeza is an element of Japanese manners by kneeling directly on the ground and bowing to prostrate oneself as touching one's head to the floor. It is translated into English as "prostration" or "kowtow". It is used to show deference to the most highly-revered high-class person, as a deep apology and to... for apology |
| (´･ω･`) | snubbed or deflated |
| <`∀´> or <丶｀∀´> | stereotypical Korean character (Nidā) |
| ［ (★) ］ <丶´Д｀> |
stereotypical North Korean character (Kigā) |
| ∧＿∧ （ ；´Д｀） |
stereotypical Japanese character (Monā) |
| ∧∧ ／ 中＼ （ ｀ハ´） |
stereotypical Chinese character (Sinā) |
| ∧∧ ／ 台＼ （ ＾∀＾） |
stereotypical Taiwanese character (Wanā) |
| ∧∧ ／ 越 ＼ （ ・∀・ ） |
stereotypical Vietnamese character (Venā) |
| γ~三ヽ (三彡０ﾐ) （ ´∀｀） |
stereotypical Indian Character (Monastē) |
| |￣￣| ＿☆☆☆＿ （ ´_⊃｀） |
stereotypical American character (Samū) |
| ┏━┓ ━━━━━━ ﾐΘc_Θ-ﾐ |
stereotypical Jewish character (Yudā) |
| ＿＿ │〓.│ ━━━━━ ﾐ ´_＞｀） |
stereotypical English character (Jakū) |
| ____ （〓__＞ ξ ・_>・） |
stereotypical French character (Torirī) |
| _、,_ ﾐ _⊃） |
stereotypical German character (Gerumandamu) |
| ≡≡彡 彡 ´_)｀ ） |
stereotypical Austrian character (Osutō) |
| ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ﾐ;;;,,,,,,,ﾐ （ ｀_っ´） |
stereotypical Russian character (Rosukī) |
| _γ⌒ヽ_ lXXXXXXXXl （ ´ｍ｀） |
stereotypical Mexican character (Amīgo) |
| _ <(o0o)> (>ミ - ミ )> |
stereotypical Persian character (jujø) |
| (`･ω･´) | feel perky |
| ＿|￣|○ | given up |
| (｀-´)> | salute |
| (´；ω；`) | terribly sad |
| ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ | peace of mind |
| ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ | be irritable |
| (＃ﾟДﾟ) | angry |
| （ ´Д｀） | yelling, or panting |
| （ ﾟДﾟ） | surprised, or loudmouthed |
| ┐('～`；)┌ | don't know the answer |
| （´∀｀） | carefree |
| （ ´_ゝ`） | indifferent |
| Σ(゜д゜;) | shocked |
| ( ﾟヮﾟ) | happy, upbeat |
| キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!! | "It's here", Kitaa!, a general expression of excitement that something has appeared or happened or "I came". |
| ｷﾀﾜァ*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･゜(n‘∀‘)ηﾟ･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･* !!!!! | Girlish version of "It's here". |
| ⊂二二二（ ＾ω＾）二⊃ | "bu-n", being carefree and above, with arms stretched out while running/soaring. |
| (*´Д`)ﾊｧﾊｧ | Erotic stirring, haa haa |
| ( ´Д｀)ﾉ(´･ω･`) ﾅﾃﾞﾅﾃﾞ | Patting, nade nade |
| (((( ；ﾟДﾟ))) | Spook |
| Σ(ﾟДﾟ) | Huge surprise |
| ( ´∀｀)σ)∀`) | Jog someone's cheek |
| （・∀・ ）ヾ(- -；)コラコラ | Blaming "now now" |
| ( ﾟдﾟ) | Amazed |
| (´ー`)y-~~ | Smoking |
| （ ^_^）o自自o（^_^ ） | Toast "Cheers" |
| m9(・∀・) | Flash of intuition |
| ヽ(´ー`)人(´∇｀)人(`Д´)ノ | Friendly |
| ('A`) | Lonely |
| （ ´,_ゝ`) | Depressed, unsatisfied (based on indifferent) |
| （´-`）.｡oO( ... ) | Thinking |
| (ﾟДﾟ;≡;ﾟДﾟ) | Impatience |
| ( ´д)ﾋｿ(´Д｀)ﾋｿ(Д｀ ) | Whispers |
| （･∀･)つ⑩ | Carrying money |
| ⊂（ﾟДﾟ⊂⌒｀つ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡ | Sliding on belly, "whooaaa!!!" |
| (ﾟдﾟ) | Unforeseen |
| (ﾟ⊿ﾟ) | "I don't need it" |
| щ(ﾟДﾟщ)(屮ﾟДﾟ)屮 | Come on |
| （・∀・） | Mocking, "good" |
| （・Ａ・） | "That's bad" |
| (ﾟ∀ﾟ) | Discharged drug-in-brain, goofing around, "A-HYA!" |
| （ つ Д ｀） | Sad |
| エェェ(´д｀)ェェエ | Not convincing |
| (￣ー￣) | Simper, Snorlax Snorlax Snorlax, known in Japan as , is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Snorlax first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed... |
| ( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ ＼ / ＼/ ＼ | Evil laugh (literally ahahaHAHA...) |
| [ﾟдﾟ] | Deflagged |
| ♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ ( ･o･) ┓♪┏ ┛♪┗ (･o･ ) ┓♪┏(･o･)┛♪ | Happy expressions, dancing to the music |
| d(*⌒▽⌒*)b | Happy expression |
| ＿|￣|○, STO or OTZ or OTL | Despair. The "O" or "o" represents one's head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso and "S" or "z" forms the legs. |
| (╬ ಠ益ಠ) | Extreme Distaste, meant to appear as an exaggerated grimace |
| (≧ロ≦) | Shouting |
| (ΘεΘ;) | Pretending not to notice, asleep because of boredom |
| お(^o^)や(^O^)す(^｡^)みぃ(^-^)ﾉﾞ | Kana Kana Kana are the syllabic Japanese scripts, as opposed to the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji and the Roman alphabet known as rōmaji... reading "O ya su mi" meaning "Good night" or "Night" |
| (*ﾟﾉOﾟ)<ｵｵｵｵｫｫｫｫｫｫｫｰｰｰｰｰｲ! | Calling out, "Ooooi!" |
| ＼| ￣ヘ￣|／＿＿＿＿＿＿＿θ☆( *o*)/ | Kick |
| （‐＾▽＾‐）オーホッホ | Chuckle |
| ┌(；`～,)┐ | Discombobulated |
| ε=ε=ε=┌ﾉ | Running |
| ヽ(´▽`)/ | Happy |
| ^ㅂ^ | Happy |
| (l'o'l) | Shocked |
| ヽ(ｏ`皿′ｏ)ﾉ | really angry |
| o/ o_ o/ o_ | "It's here" |
| (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ or ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜) | "Do it" |
| ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞ | Angel |
Unicode characters
Some emoticons are included in the UnicodeUnicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
standard, three in the Miscellaneous Symbols
Miscellaneous Symbols
The Miscellaneous Symbols Unicode block contains various glyphs representing things from a variety of categories: Astrological, Astronomical, Chess, Dice, Ideological symbols, Musical notation, Political symbols, Recycling, Religious symbols, Trigrams, Warning signs and Weather.-Tables:Note: These...
block, and over sixty in the Emoticons block.
| Miscellaneous Symbols (partial) Unicode.org chart (PDF) |
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