List of emoticons
This is a list of notable and commonly used emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's mood or facial expression in the form of icons. The Western use of emoticons is quite different from Eastern usage, and Internet forums, 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.
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Western
The emoticon in Western style is written most often from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees. Thus, most commonly, one will see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose (often not included) and mouth. Typically, a colon is used for the eyes of a face, unless a wink is to be implied (this would use a semicolon to imply one closed eye). However, an equal sign, a number 8, and a capital letter B are also used interchangeably to refer to normal eyes or those with glasses. Also, you can add a "}" after the mouth symbol – "(", ")", etc. – to indicate a beard.
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
:-) :) :o) :] :3 :c) :> =] 8) =) :} :^) :っ) |
Smiley or happy face.[1][2][3] |
:-D :D 8-D 8D x-D xD X-D XD =-D =D =-3 =3 B^D |
Laughing,[1] big grin,[2][3] laugh with glasses[4] |
:-)) |
Very happy or double chin[4] |
>:[ :-( :( :-c :c :-< :っC :< :-[ :[ :{ |
Frown,[1][2][3] sad[5] |
:-|| :@ |
Angry[4] |
:'-( :'( |
Crying[5] |
:'-) :') |
Tears of happiness[5] |
QQ |
Crying[6] |
D:< D: D8 D; D= DX v.v D-': |
Horror, disgust, sadness, great dismay[2][3] |
>:O :-O :O °o° °O° :O o_O o_0 o.O 8-0 |
Surprise, shock,[1][6] yawn[7] |
:* :^* ( '}{' ) |
Kiss, couple kissing[4] |
;-) ;) *-) *) ;-] ;] ;D ;^) :-, |
Wink,[1][2][3] smirk[6][7] |
>:P :-P :P X-P x-p xp XP :-p :p =p :-Þ :Þ :-b :b |
Tongue sticking out, cheeky/playful,[1] blowing a raspberry |
>:\ >:/ :-/ :-. :/ :\ =/ =\ :L =L :S >.< |
Skeptical, annoyed, undecided, uneasy, hesitant[1] |
:| :-| |
Straight face[2] no expression, indecision[5] |
:$ |
Embarrassed,[3] blushing[4] |
:-X :X :-# :# |
Sealed lips or wearing braces[1] |
O:-) 0:-3 0:3 0:-) 0:) 0;^) |
Angel,[1][2][6] saint,[5] innocent |
>:) >;) >:-) |
Evil[2] |
}:-) }:) 3:-) 3:) |
Devilish[5] |
o/\o ^5 >_>^ ^<_< |
High five[7] |
|;-) |-O |
Cool,[5] bored/yawning[6] |
:-& :& |
Tongue-tied[5] |
#-) |
Partied all night[5] |
%-) %) |
Drunk,[5] confused |
:-###.. :###.. |
Being sick[5] |
<:-| |
Dumb, dunce-like[6] |
ಠ_ಠ |
Look of disapproval[8] The Unicode character ಠ is from the Kannada alphabet and can be called differently in HTML notation: ಠ and ಠ (for Unicode) |
<*)))-{ ><(((*> ><> |
Fish, something's fishy,[6] Christian fish[4] |
\o/ |
Cheer "Yay, yay."[4] |
*\0/* |
Cheerleader[4] |
@}-;-'--- @>-->-- |
Rose[1][6] |
~(_8^(I) |
Homer Simpson[6] |
5:-) ~:-\ |
Elvis Presley[6][7] |
//0-0\\ |
John Lennon[6] |
*<|:-) |
Santa Claus[9] |
=:o] |
Bill Clinton[9] |
,:-) 7:^] |
Ronald Reagan[9] |
<3 </3 |
Heart and broken-heart (reverse-rotation)[10] |
Eastern
Eastern emoticons generally are not rotated, and may include non-Latin characters to allow for additional complexity.
| Icon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| (>_<) (>_<)> | Troubled[11][12] |
| (';') | Baby[11] |
| (^^ゞ (^_^;) (-_-;) (~_~;) (・。・;) (・_・;) (・・;) ^^; ^_^; (#^.^#) (^ ^;) | Nervous, embarrassed,[11] troubled, shy,[12] sweat drop[4] |
| .。o○ ○o。. | Bubbles[11] |
| <コ:彡 | Squid[11] |
| (^。^)y-.。o○ (-。-)y-゜゜゜ | Smoking[11] |
| (-_-)zzz | Sleeping[11] |
| (^_-) (^_-)-☆ | Wink[11] |
| ((+_+)) (+o+) (゜゜) (゜-゜) (゜.゜) (゜_゜) (゜_゜>) (゜レ゜) | Confused[11] |
| (o|o) | Ultraman [11] |
| <(`^´)> | [11] |
| ^_^ (゜o゜) (^_^)/ (^O^)/ (^o^)/ (^^)/ (≧∇≦)/ (^o^)丿 ∩( ・ω・)∩ ( ・ω・) ^ω^ | Joyful[11][12][13] |
| (__) _(._.)_ _(_^_)_ <(_ _)> <m(__)m> m(__)m m(_ _)m | Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology[11][12] |
| (゜゜)~ | Tadpole[11] |
| ( ^^) _U~~ ( ^^) _旦~~ | Cup of tea[11] |
| ☆彡 ☆ミ | Shooting star[11] |
| \(゜ロ\)ココハドコ? (/ロ゜)/アタシハダアレ? | "Where am I?", "Who am I?"[11] |
| >゜)))彡 (Q )) ><ヨヨ (゜))<< >゜))))彡 <゜)))彡 >゜))彡 <+ ))><< <*)) >=< | Fish[11] |
| ('_') (/_;) (T_T) (;_;) (;_; (;_:) (;O;) (:_;) (ToT) (T▽T) | Sad, crying[11][12] |
| (ー_ー)!! (-.-) (-_-) ( 一一) (;一_一) | Shame[11] |
| C:。ミ | Octopus[11] |
| (=_=) | Tired[11] |
| ~>゜)~~~ | Snake[11] |
| ~゜・_・゜~ | Bat[11] |
| (=^・^=) (=^・・^=) =^_^= | Cat[11][13] |
| (..) (._.) | Looking down[11] |
| ^m^ | [11] |
| (・・? (?_?) | Confusion[11] |
| >^_^< <^!^> ^/^ (*^_^*) §^。^§ (^<^) (^.^) (^ム^) (^・^) (^。^) (^_^.) (^_^) (^^) (^J^) (*^。^*) ^_^ (#^.^#) (^-^) | Normal laugh[11] |
| (^^)/~~~ (^_^)/~ (;_;)/~~~ (^.^)/~~~ ($・・)/~~~ (@^^)/~~~ (T_T)/~~~ (ToT)/~~~ | Waving[11] |
| ●~* | Bomb[11] |
| (V)o¥o(V) | [11] |
| \(~o~)/ \(^o^)/ \(-o-)/ ヽ(^。^)ノ ヽ(^o^)丿 (*^0^*) | Excited[11] |
| (*_*) (*_*; (+_+) (@_@) (@_@。 (@_@;) \(◎o◎)/! | Amazed[11] |
| (-_-)/~~~ピシー!ピシー! | [11] |
| !(^^)! | [11] |
| (*^^)v (^^)v (^_^)v (^▽^) (・∀・) ( ´∀`) (⌒▽⌒) (^v^) (’-’*) | Laughing, cheerful[11][12] |
| (~o~) (~_~) | [11] |
| (^^ゞ | [11] |
| (p_-) | [11] |
| (-"-) (ーー゛) (^_^メ) (-_-メ) (`´) (~_~メ) (--〆) (・へ・) <`~´> <`ヘ´> (ーー;) | Worried[11][12] |
| (^0_0^) | Eyeglasses[11] |
| ( ..)φメモメモ φ(..)メモメモ | [11] |
| :-P :-O |:3ミ :-> 8-< :-) :-< :( :-( :) :| :-| | [11] |
| (●^o^●) (^v^) (^u^) (^◇^) ( ^)o(^ ) (^O^) (^o^) (^○^) )^o^( (*^▽^*) | Happy[11][12] |
| ( ̄ー ̄) | Grinning[12] |
| ( ̄□ ̄;) | Surprised[12] |
| (*´▽`*) (*°∀°)=3 | Infatuation[12] |
| ( ゚ Д゚) (゜◇゜) | Shocked, surprised[12] |
| (* ̄m ̄) | Dissatisfied[12] |
| ヽ(´ー`)┌ | Mellow[12] |
| (´・ω・`) (‘A`) | Snubbed or deflated[12] |
| (*^3^)/~☆ | Blowing a kiss[14] |
| .....φ(・∀・*) | Studying is good[14] |
| キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!! | "It's here", Kitaa!, a general expression of excitement that something has appeared or happened.[12] |
| _| ̄|○ STO OTZ OTL orz | 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.[12] |
| (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ┳━┳ ◡ ヽ(`Д´)ノ ┻━┻ | Table flip[15] |
Unicode characters
Some emoticons are included in the Unicode standard—three in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, and over sixty in the Emoticons block.
| Miscellaneous Symbols (partial)[1] Unicode.org chart (PDF) |
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+263x | ☰ | ☱ | ☲ | ☳ | ☴ | ☵ | ☶ | ☷ | ☸ | ☹ | ☺ | ☻ | ☼ | ☽ | ☾ | ☿ |
Notes
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| Emoticons[1] Unicode.org chart (PDF) |
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1F60x | 😀 | 😁 | 😂 | 😃 | 😄 | 😅 | 😆 | 😇 | 😈 | 😉 | 😊 | 😋 | 😌 | 😍 | 😎 | 😏 |
| U+1F61x | 😐 | 😑 | 😒 | 😓 | 😔 | 😕 | 😖 | 😗 | 😘 | 😙 | 😚 | 😛 | 😜 | 😝 | 😞 | 😟 |
| U+1F62x | 😠 | 😡 | 😢 | 😣 | 😤 | 😥 | 😦 | 😧 | 😨 | 😩 | 😪 | 😫 | 😬 | 😭 | 😮 | 😯 |
| U+1F63x | 😰 | 😱 | 😲 | 😳 | 😴 | 😵 | 😶 | 😷 | 😸 | 😹 | 😺 | 😻 | 😼 | 😽 | 😾 | 😿 |
| U+1F64x | 🙀 | 🙅 | 🙆 | 🙇 | 🙈 | 🙉 | 🙊 | 🙋 | 🙌 | 🙍 | 🙎 | 🙏 | ||||
Notes
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References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h "Yahoo messenger emoticons". Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "MSN messenger emoticons". Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "List of Text Emoticons". Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Orlowski, Andrew (27 January 2006). "Cingular applies to patent smileys". The Register. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Williams, Alex (29 July 2007). "(-: Just Between You and Me ;-)". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Net For Beginners". Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ Bellamy, Seamus (8 December 2011). "Browser Extension of the Week: Look of Disapproval". Maximum PC. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ a b c Kent, Peter (2001). The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet. Indianapolis, IN: Penguin Books. p. 112. ISBN 0-7897-2523-1. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ Doll, Jen (24 March 2011). "Oxford English Dictionary Now Includes Heart". Village Voice. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
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- ^ a b Conroy, Jade (2 July 2012). "Emoticon Yourself". Huffington Post. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ a b Markman, Kris M.; Oshima, Sae (18 October 2007). "Pragmatic Play? Some Possible Functions of English Emoticons and Japanese Kaomoji in Computer-Mediated Discourse" (PDF). Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference 8.0: Let's Play!. pp. 12, 13. http://umdrive.memphis.edu/kmmrkman/www/AoIR8MarkmanOshimaFinalDraft.pdf.
- ^ Rawson, James (27 June 2012). "Clip joint: Table flips". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2012.