List of emoticons
{{Short description|Common emoticons and their meaning}}
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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.{{cite web |url=http://unicode.org/faq/emoji_dingbats.html |title=Emoji and Dingbats |work=Unicode |date=21 April 2014 |access-date=3 May 2014 |language=en}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://phys.org/news169385578.html |title=Facial expressions show language barriers too |work=Science X network | access-date=13 March 2014 |language=en}}
Western
{{See also|Emoticon#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.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
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.
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|+ Kaomoji faces | ||
Icon | Emoji | Meaning |
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|(>_<) |(>_<)> |(>w<) }} | 😣😖 | Troubled{{cite web|url=http://office.microsoft.com/ja-jp/support/HA010103000.aspx |title=List of emoticons |access-date=17 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905071703/http://office.microsoft.com/ja-jp/support/HA010103000.aspx |archive-date=5 September 2011 |publisher=Microsoft}} |
(';') | 👶 | Baby |
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|(^^ゞ |(^_^;) |(-_-;) |(~_~;) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |(・.・;) |(・_・;) |(・・;) }} {{gaps|gap=1.5em |^^;|^_^;|(#^.^#)|(^|^;)}} | 😅😳😓😥 | Nervous, embarrassed, troubled, shy, sweat drop |
(⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)
|😳 | ||
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|(^.^)y-.o○ |(-.-)y-°°° }} | 🚬 | Smoking |
(-_-)zzz | 😴💤 | Sleeping |
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|(^_-) |(^_-)-☆ }} | 😉😜 | Wink |
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|((+_+)) |(+o+) |(°°) |(°-°) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |(°.°) |(°_°) |(°_°>) |(°レ°) }} | 😕😶😵🙄 | Confused | |
Ultraman | ||
{{not a typo|<(`^´)>}} | {{N/A}} | |
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|^_^ |(°o°) |(^_^)/ |(^O^)/ |(^o^)/ |(^^)/ }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |(≧∇≦)/ |(/◕ヮ◕)/ |(^o^)丿 |∩(·ω·)∩ |(·ω·) |^ω^ }} | 😀😅😆😃😄🙌 | Joyful{{cite web|last=Conroy|first=Jade|title=Emoticon Yourself|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jade-conroy/emoticon-yourself_b_1255988.html|work=HuffPost|access-date=30 October 2012|date=2 July 2012}} | |
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|(__) |_(._.)_ |_(_^_)_ |<(_ _)> }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em | |m(__)m |m(_ _)m }} | 🙇 | Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology{{cite web|url=http://ranking.goo.ne.jp/ranking/092/facemark|title=List of emoticons commonly used in e-mail|date=21 June 2006|access-date=24 December 2011|website=goo.ne.jp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101185019/http://ranking.goo.ne.jp/ranking/092/facemark|archive-date=1 January 2012}} or {{cite web|last=Y-N|first=Ken|title=Top thirty Japanese emoticons|url=http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/08/14/japans-top-thirty-emoticons/|website=WhatJapanThinks.com|access-date=7 February 2011|date=14 August 2006}} | |
(凸ಠ益ಠ)凸
|🖕 | ||
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|\(°ロ\) |(/ロ°)/ }} | 🤔 | Questioning |
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|('_')|(/_;)|(T_T)|(;_;|(;_;) |(;_:) |(:_;) |(;O;) |(ToT) |(T▽T) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |;_; |;-; |;n; |;; |Q.Q |T.T |TnT |Q_Q }} | 😭😢 | Sad, crying | |
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|(ー_ー)!! |(-.-) |(-_-) |(一一) |(;一_一) }} | 😒😩😑😞😔 | {{vanchor|Shame}} |
(=_=) | 😫😩😪 | Tired |
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|({{=}}^・^{{=}}) |({{=}}^・・^{{=}}) |{{=}}^_^{{=}} }} | 😺😸😹😻😼😽🙀😿😾🐱 | Cat |
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|(..) |(._.) }} | 🙍😔 | Looking down in sadness or boredom |
^m^ | 🤭 | Giggling with hand covering mouth |
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|(・・? |(?_?) }} | 😕😵 | Confusion |
(-‸ლ) | 🤦 | Facepalm{{cite web|title=Face Palm|url=http://emojicons.com/e/face-palm|website=Emojicons.com|access-date=25 November 2015}} |
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|>^_^< |<^!^> |^/^ |(*^_^*) |§^.^§ |(^<^) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |(^.^) |(^ム^) |(^·^) |(^.^) |(^_^.) |(^_^) |(^^) }} {{gaps|gap=1.5em |(^J^) |(*^.^*) |^_^ |(#^.^#) |(^—^) }} | 😃😄☺️😁😀😍 | Normal laugh |
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|(^^)/ |(^_^)/~ |(;_;)/ |(^.^)/ | (-_-)/ }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |($··)/ |(@^^)/ |(T_T)/ |(ToT)/ }} | 👋 | Waving | |
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|\(~o~)/ |\(^o^)/ |\(-o-)/ }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |ヽ(^。^)ノ |ヽ(^o^)丿 |(*^0^*) }} | 😍😀🙌💃 | Excited | |
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|(*_*) |(*_*; |(+_+) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |(@_@) |(@_@。 |(@_@;) |\(◎o◎)/! }} | 😍 | Amazed | |
!(^^)! | {{N/A}} | |
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|(*^^)v |(^^)v |(^_^)v |(’-’*) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em | (^v^) | (^▽^) | (・∀・) | (´∀`) | (⌒▽⌒) }} | 😂✌️ | Laughing, cheerful | |
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|\(^o^)/|\(^o^)/}} | |Hopeless{{Cite web|title=My Life Is Over|url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/my-life-is-over|website=Know Your Meme|date=23 May 2014 }}{{Cite web|title=表情「オワタ」の顔文字|url=https://kaomoji-copy.com/face/owata|website=顔文字コピペ}} | ||
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|(~o~) |(~_~) }} | 😔😒😏 | {{N/A}} |
(^^ゞ | 😙😚 | {{N/A}} |
{{not a typo|ˊ_>ˋ}}
| |Calmness{{Cite web|title=淡定|url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/--15|website=Know Your Meme|date=30 June 2012 }} | ||
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|(p_-) |(-_q) }} | 🧐 | {{N/A}} |
((d[-_-]b)) | 🎧 | Headphones, listening to music |
{{gaps|gap=1.5em
|(-"-) |(ーー゛) |(^_^メ) |(-_-メ) |(~_~メ) |(--〆) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em | (・へ・) | (`´) | <`~´> | <`ヘ´> | (ーー;) }} | 😟😓😬 | Worried | |
(^0_0^) | 🤓😎 | Eyeglasses |
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| ( ..)φ | φ(..) }} | ✍️📝 | Jotting note |
{{gaps|gap=1.5em
| (●^o^●) | (^v^) | (^u^) | (^◇^) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |( ^)o(^ ) |(^O^) |(^o^) |(^○^) |)^o^( }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |(*^▽^*) |(✿◠‿◠) }} | 😀😁😆😅😃😄 | Happy | |
( ̄ー ̄) | 😁 | Grinning |
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| ( ̄□ ̄;) |°o° |°O° |:O }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |o_O |o_0 |o.O |(o.o) | oO }} | 😲😮😯 | Surprised | |
{{gaps|gap=1.5em
|(*´▽`*) |(*°∀°){{=}}3 }} | Infatuation | |
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
|💃🕺 |Dancing, swinging arms back and forth, "Happy Gary"{{Cite web|title=Happy Gary|url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/happy-gary|website=Know Your Meme|date=4 January 2014 }} | ||
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|( ゚ Д゚) | (°◇°) }} | 😨😱😮😲 | Shocked, surprised |
(* ̄m ̄) | 😬😠😡 | Dissatisfied |
id="Mellow shrug"
| {{gaps|gap=1.5em |ヽ(´ー`)┌ |¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |¯\(°_o)/¯}} | 🤷 | Mellow, shrug{{Cite news|last=Baraniuk|first=Chris|date=25 November 2014|title=:-o: The surprising power of emoticons|work=BBC Future|url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20141126-surprising-power-of-emoticons|access-date=25 November 2021}} |
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|(´・ω・`) |(‘A`) }} | Snubbed or deflated | |
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ
|🫂😙 | ||
(*^3^)/~☆ | 😘😚😙😗 | Blowing a kiss{{cite conference|url=https://www.academia.edu/2666102|title=Pragmatic Play? Some Possible Functions of English Emoticons and Japanese Kaomoji in Computer-Mediated Discourse|last1=Markman|first1=Kris M.|last2=Oshima|first2=Sae|date=18 October 2007|conference=Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference 8.0: Let's Play!|pages=12, 13}} |
.....φ(・∀・*) | Studying | |
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|(-_-) zzz |(︶。︶✽) }} | 😴💤 | Sleeping{{Cite web|title=Text faces|url=https://textfaces.tumblr.com|access-date=3 April 2021|website=textfaces.tumblr.com}} |
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|uwu|UwU}} | 😌 | Joy{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Miles|title=Why Did the Official Twitter Account Tweet "uwu"???|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2018/10/22/why-did-the-official-twitter-account-tweet-uwu|website=Crunchyroll News|date=22 October 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}} or Cute |
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|OWO |OwO }} | Associated with the response, "what's this?".{{Cite web|date=26 May 2019|title=What does 'uwu' mean?|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/what-does-uwu-mean/|access-date=25 July 2021|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}} Could also be used to denote cute, inquisitive or perplexed, sometimes associated with the furry fandom.{{cite web|last=Krishna|first=Rachael|title=People Have Discovered This Weird Furry Meme Is An Actual Word And It's Making Them Scream|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krishrach/people-have-discovered-owo-is-an-actual-word-and-its-making|website=Buzzfeed News|date=30 October 2017|access-date=4 April 2019}} | |
囧
|😩😫 |Distress.{{Cite web|title=囧|url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/%E5%9B%A7|website=Know Your Meme}} Jiong, a Chinese character meaning a "patterned window", now repurposed as an ideographic emoticon. |
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|+ Other Eastern emoticons | ||
Icon | Emoji | Meaning |
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|.o○ |○o. }} | 🫧 | Bubbles |
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|( ^^) |_U~~ |( ^^) |_旦~~ }} | 🍵☕️ | Cup of tea |
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|☆彡 |☆ミ |ᯓ✦ }} | 🌠☄️💫🌟 | Shooting star |
{{gaps|gap=1.5em
|>°)))彡|(Q|))|><ヨヨ}}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |(°))<< |>°))))彡 |<°)))彡 |>°))彡 }} {{gaps|gap=1.5em |<+ |))><< |<*)) |>{{=}}< }} | 🐠🐟🐡🦈🐬🐳🐋 | Fish |
{{not a typo|<コ:彡 C:.ミ}} | 🦑🐙 | Squid, octopus |
~>°)~~~ | 🐍 | Snake |
~°·_·°~ | 🦇 | Bat |
(°°)~ | Tadpole | |
●~* | 💣🧨 | Bomb |
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| {{not a typo|_{{!}} ̄{{!}}○}} |STO |OTZ |OTL |orz |囧rz }} | Despair. The "O"s represent head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso, and "S" or "z" the legs. | |
id="table flip"
| {{gaps|gap=1.5em |(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ |┬──┬ ¯\_(ツ) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |┻━┻︵ヽ(`Д´)ノ︵ ┻━┻ |┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) }}{{gaps|gap=1.5em |(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ }} | Table flip{{cite web|last=Rawson|first=James|title=Clip joint: Table flips|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/jun/27/clip-joint-table-flips|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 November 2012|date=27 June 2012}} | |
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|:-P |:-O |{{!}} }} | {{N/A}} |
2channel emoticons
{{Main|Emoticon#2channel style}}
{{cleanup|section|reason=Notability questionable and reliable sources missing, ideographic spaces and other "fullwidth" characters need to be checked and perhaps be converted to their normal, flexible counterparts|date=March 2017}} A number of Eastern emoticons were originally developed on the Japanese discussion site 2channel. Some of these are wider (made up of more characters) than usual kaomoji, or extend over multiple lines of text. Many use characters from other character sets besides Japanese and Latin.
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|+ 2channel emoticons | |
Icon
! Meaning | |
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style="text-align: center;" | m(_ _)m | Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology |
style="text-align: center;" | (´・ω・`) | Snubbed or deflated |
style="text-align: center;" | (`・ω・´) | Feel perky |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|(`-´)>}} | Salute |
style="text-align: center;" | (´;ω;`) | Terribly sad |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|ヽ(´ー`)ノ}} | Peace of mind |
style="text-align: center;" | ヽ(`Д´)ノ | Be irritable |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|(#゚Д゚)}} | Angry |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|( ´Д`)}} | Yelling, or panting |
style="text-align: center;" | ( ゚Д゚) | Surprised, or loudmouthed |
style="text-align: center;" | ┐('~`;)┌ | Don't know the answer |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|(´∀`)}} | Carefree |
style="text-align: center;" | ( ´_ゝ`) | Indifferent |
style="text-align: center;" | Σ(゜д゜;) | Shocked |
style="text-align: center;" | ( ゚ヮ゚) | Happy, upbeat |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|⊂二二二(^ω^)二⊃}} | "Bu-n", being carefree and above, with arms stretched out while running/soaring |
style="text-align: center;" | (((( ;゚Д゚))) | Spook |
style="text-align: center;" | Σ(゚Д゚) | Huge surprise |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|( ´∀`)σ)∀`)}} | Jog (poke) someone's cheek |
style="text-align: center;" | ( ゚д゚) | Amazed |
style="text-align: center;" | (´ー`)y-~~ | Smoking |
style="text-align: center;" | ( ^_^)o自自o(^_^ ) | Toast "Cheers" |
style="text-align: center;" | m9(・∀・) | Flash of intuition |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|ヽ(´ー`)人(´∇`)人(`Д´)ノ}} | Friendly |
style="text-align: center;" | ('A`) | Lonely |
style="text-align: center;" | ( ´,_ゝ`) | Depressed, unsatisfied (based on indifferent) |
style="text-align: center;" | (´-`).。oO( ... ) | Thinking |
style="text-align: center;" | (゚Д゚;≡;゚Д゚) | Impatience |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|( ´д)ヒソ(´Д`)ヒソ(Д`)}} | Whispers |
style="text-align: center;" | (・∀・)つ⑩ | Carrying money |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|⊂(゚Д゚⊂⌒`つ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡}} | Sliding on belly, "whooaaa!!!" |
style="text-align: center;" | (゚д゚) | Unforeseen |
style="text-align: center;" | (゚⊿゚) | "I don't need it" |
style="text-align: center;" | щ(゚Д゚щ) (屮゚Д゚)屮 | Come on |
style="text-align: center;" | (・∀・) | Mocking, "good" |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|(・A・)}} | "That's bad" |
style="text-align: center;" | (゚∀゚) | Discharged drug-in-brain, goofing around, "A-HYA!" |
style="text-align: center;" | ({{not a typo| つ Д `}}) | Sad |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|エェェ(´д`)ェェエ}} | Not convincing |
style="text-align: center;" | ( ̄ー ̄) | Simper, Snorlax |
style="text-align: center;" | [゚д゚] | Deflagged |
style="text-align: center;" | ♪┏(・o・)┛♪┗ ( ・o・) ┓ | Happy expressions, dancing to the music |
style="text-align: center;" | d(*⌒▽⌒*)b | Happy expression |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|_| ̄|○}} | rowspan=4| Given up. Despair. The "O"s represent head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso, and "S" or "z" the legs. |
style="text-align: center;" | STO | |
style="text-align: center;" | OTZ | |
style="text-align: center;" | OTL | |
style="text-align: center;" | (╬ ಠ益ಠ) | Extreme Distaste, meant to appear as an exaggerated grimace |
style="text-align: center;" | (≧ロ≦) | Shouting |
style="text-align: center;" | (ΘεΘ;) | Pretending not to notice, asleep because of boredom |
style="white-space: nowrap;text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|\|  ̄ヘ ̄|/_______θ☆( *o*)/}} | Kick |
style="text-align: center;" | ┌(;`~,)┐ | Discombobulated |
style="text-align: center;" | ε=ε=ε=┌(;*´Д`)ノ | Running |
style="text-align: center;" | ヽ(´▽`)/ | Happy |
style="text-align: center;" | ^ㅂ^ | Happy |
style="text-align: center;" | (l'o'l) | Shocked |
style="text-align: center;" | ヽ(o`皿′o)ノ | Really angry{{cite web|url=http://love6.2ch.net/kao/ |title=2channel Board for Emoticons |website=2channel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220154501/http://love6.2ch.net/kao/ |archive-date=20 February 2009 }} |
style="text-align: center;" | (☞゚ヮ゚)☞ | rowspan=2| "Do it" |
style="text-align: center;" | ☜(゚ヮ゚☜) | |
style="text-align: center;" | ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞ | Angel |
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|+ 2channel emoticons containing Japanese phrases | |
Icon
! Meaning | |
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style="text-align: center;" | キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!! | "It's here", Kitaa!, excitement that something has appeared or happened or "I came". |
style="text-align: center;" |キタワァ*・゜゚・*:.。..。.:*・゜(n‘∀‘)η゚・*:.。. .。.:*・゜゚・*!!!!! | Girlish version of "It's here". |
style="text-align: center;" | (*´Д`)ハァハァ | Erotic stirring, haa haa |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|( ´Д`)ノ(´・ω・`) ナデナデ}} | Patting, nade nade |
style="text-align: center;" | (*゚ノO゚)<オオオオォォォォォォォーーーーーイ! | Calling out, "Ooooi!" |
style="text-align: center;" | {{not a typo|( ゚∀゚)アハハ八八ノヽノヽノヽノ \ / \/ \ }} | Evil laugh (literally ahahaHAHA...) |
style="text-align: center;" | (・∀・ )ヾ(- -;)コラコラ | Blaming "now now" |
style="text-align: center;" | お(^o^)や(^O^)す(^。^)みぃ(^-^)ノ゙ | Kana reading "O ya su mi" meaning "Good night" or "Night" |
Unicode characters
Many emoticons are included as characters in the Unicode standard, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, the Emoticons block, and the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block.
{{Unicode chart Miscellaneous Symbols|emoticons}}
{{Unicode chart Emoticons}}
{{Unicode chart Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs|emoticons}}
References
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