List of emoticons

This is a list of common emoticons.

Western style

Traditionally, the emoticon in Western style is written from left to right, the way one reads and writes in most Western cultures. Thus, most commonly, one will see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose and mouth. To more easily recognise them, the reader should tilt their head toward their left shoulder (or occasionally toward their right shoulder if the "top" of the emoticon is toward the right).

Common examples

:-) or =] or :) or =) or :] or :^) or :D	Smile or happy
:-L or =L	Drool or Zombie. Being tired.
,':Y	An inquisitive duck.
:( or =( or D: or D=	Frown or Sad
xP or XP	Straining, disgust, bad joke, dead, dead from laughing, silliness
xD or XD	Laughing hard (often taken as Cartman from the television show South Park)
X8	laughing hard while covering mouth with hands
:S or :s or =S or =s	confused
:Þ or :þ or =b or =Þ	happy, dropped jaw, raspberry
:/ or :\ or =/ or =\	Skepticism, annoyance, uneasiness, or a slight frown; dissatisfaction, lack of favourable opinion on the subject, undecided
:T or :\| or =\|	Indecision, deadpan, a solemn look, a lack of response, or indifference; shock - also often used with a contrasting statement to convey biting sarcasm (e.g. "That was hilarious. :-\|")
;) or ;]	Wink
BD or 8D	Laughing while wearing cool glasses, comedian
8:)]	Crazy Frog
:D or =D	Wide grin, happy smile
(: <message here> :)	grinning from ear to ear; speaking a message to someone else.
:P or :p or =P or =p or :-\|tongue	tongue sticking out, or a Blowing a raspberry; used to convey a joke, light-hearted sarcasm, inappropriateness, relief, mild resignation, humorous resignation
:d or =d or =q or :q or	tongue sticking out and "up"
S-) or s-) or [22]	rolling eyes
(:3=	I Am the Walrus
B)	Wearing cool glasses (often sunglasses). Indicates pride in something
8\|	Wearing nerdy glasses. Indicates dislike/"uncoolness" in something
:O or =O	Surprise, shock
:$ or =$	Put your money where your mouth is
=X or :X	sealed lips; used to convey "I shouldn't have said that" or sometimes shocked silence; can be taken to mean "no comment"
:* or ;*	kissing
: or ;	Returning a kiss
:'( or :_( or :*( or :…( or ;_; or ;O; or =,[ or :,[	Shedding a tear
>:O	Angry/Yelling
>:( or >:[	Angry/Grumpy
>:E	Anger or hatred, baring teeth
>:) or >:]	Evil smile
0:) or O:]	Halo over the head, an angel, innocence
D:	Dismay or distressed (read right to left) (Sometimes referred to as "oh noes")
:3	A kitten face - being cute.
83	a kitten face with large eyes for extra cuteness
x3	Combination of xD and :3, sometimes used with "Yay!" when intending to be cute
=3	A variation of :3, with long, vertical eyes instead
>:3	A mischief look. Really up to no good. See also, lions.
<3	A "heart" as in "I <3 U"; sometimes parodically extended to "<33333" or replaced with 4 "<4" for humorous results. Sometimes misinterpreted as other things, such as an ice cream cone, a scrotum or a nose).
</3	A broken heart, often used alone
:9	Licking lips
[8^0)	Masked, Shocked
:]	I am kidding
:[	I am serious / And sad
:*) or -^o^-	I am blushing
d=D or q=D	Smiley with a cap/hat being either reversed or backwards. Often used as being happy for no reason at all.
----<--{@ or --{---@ or --<--<-@ or @-,-'-,--	A rose
o<:0) or *<:o)	Clown
8-B	Nerd
:K	Sad Hitler
:U	Multi-purpose smiley, commonly used to express anything from shock to a silly or jovial nature. Woe and displeasure are among the only emotions excluded without modification to the smiley.
:V	A duck.
:')	Sarcastic amusement, or laughing at something so hard as to cry (hence the apostrophe tear drop).
:{] , :{[ , ;{] , etc.	Moustache
\o/ or /o\	A person with raised hands, first one is representing cheer, happyness or shout; the second emoticon is covering its head, as in fear, lostness or depression
QQ	Two eyes crying or Pew Pew
<[+]=^(	The Sad Pope.
\m/	The Corna, metal horns.
?-)	A pirate.
:,-( or :'-(	Crying face.
\|-\|	video cassette
{:-€ or (;,;)	Ctulhu from Howard Lovecraft
:Đ	The single toothed man or redneck laughing out loud
*<[]:{>	Merry Christmas (Santa Claus)
=>>>>*	Merry Christmas (a Christmas Tree)
( o Y o )	Breasts
8^B	Nerd
D:========	Pancho, the Eel.
o_O O.o o_O; O_O;	(or many variations) kind of a "what the heck?!" look, used when one is confused or weirded out.
}((((*>	Fish
??	Existential Dilemma
>^:^<	cat's face
(_\|_)	Buttocks

East Asian style

Users from East Asia popularized a style of emoticons that can be understood without turning one's head to the left.

These emoticons are usually found in a format similar to (*_*), where the asterisks indicate the eyes, the central character, usually an underscore, the mouth, and the parentheses, the outline of the face. A large number of different characters can be used to replace the eyes, which usually is where the emoticon derives its emotive aspect (contrasting the Western emoticons' emoting through the mouth). The emphasis on the eyes is reflected in the common usage of emoticons that use only the eyes, e.g. ^^. Characters like hyphens or periods can replace the underscore; the period is often used for a smaller, "cuter" mouth or to represent a nose, e.g. (^.^). Alternatively, the mouth/nose can be left out entirely, e.g. (^^). The parentheses also can often be replaced with braces, e.g. {^_^}. Many times, the parentheses are left out completely, e.g. ^^ or oO. A quotation mark ", apostrophe ', or semicolon ; can be added to the emoticon to imply apprehension or embarrassment, in the same way as the anime sweat drop. Many other characters can be appended to also indicate arms or hands, e.g. <(^_^)> or ⊂( ﾟヮﾟ)⊃.

Microsoft IME 2003 (Japanese) or later supports the use of both forms of emoticons by enabling Microsoft IME Spoken Language Dictionary.

Simple examples

<(^.^)> and </(^.^)\>	Kirby and Zelda
d^_^b or d-_-b	listening to music
)-0_0-(	astonishment
(^_^) or (^-^) or (^ ^) or (^.^)	smiley
(`_^) or (^_~)	wink (or alternatively quirked eyebrow in latter case)
(>_<) or (>_>)	in pain, frustration
(<_>)	sad
(\_/)	evil, furious
(^_/)	sexy pirate
(-_-)	semi-angry, upset, sighing
(H_H)	pervert (from Japanese "hentai")
(^o^)	singing or laughing maniacally
\(^o^)/	very excited (raising hands)
(-_-) or (~_~) or (~.~) or (=_=)	annoyance, scorn, or tired (eyes shut), grumpy
(-_-;) or (^_^') or (^_^);; or ^_^"	nervousness, or sweatdrop embarrassed; (semicolon can be repeated)
(-_-#) or (-_-¤) or (-_-") or (-_-+)	vein (used to show anger)
(¬_¬)	looking askance
(<_<) or (>_>) or (c_c)	disbelief, looking around shiftily [when alternating (>_>) and (<_<)]
(>_~) or (~_<)	suspicious / accusatory glance
(;_;) or (T_T) or (TT.TT) or (ToT)	crying
(@_@)	addled, dazed, bemused
`(•.°)~	crazy, druggy, trippin'
(o_O) or (o_0)	confused, surprise, disturbed
(o_@)	extremely disturbed (more so than above)
(o_#)	bruised
(#_#) \| clobbered
(0_<)	flinch, nervous wink
(O_O) or O.o or °_°	shocked
(._.) or (,_,)	disappointed, underwhelmed
(^3^) or (^ 3^)	kiss, mocking, mischievous
($_$)	money eyes; thinking about money ( also sometimes changeable to other currency symbols such as (¥_¥) or (₩_₩) )
(x_x) or (+_+) or (K_O)	dead, exhausted or knocked out; giving up, lost, confused
(n_n) or (n.n)	happy, pleased
(u_u) or (u.u)	annoyance, sarcasm, sometimes disappointment
(v_v) or (v.v)	silent resignation
(9_9)	gazing upward
(e_e)	mischief, distrust, exasperation
(e_o) or (o_e)	eye twitching
(/_\)	profound dismay
- or _ or . or 0 or o or w or x or ¬	star-struck
(",) or (>_,>) or (<_,<)	smirk
("o)	side shocked
(-.-)zzZ or -_-zzZ	sleeping
(o)_(o)	alternative for tired; sometimes used to illustrate crazed
;o; or ;O;	crying loudly/shouting
T~T or TT_TT or Y_Y or TToTT or T.T or T-T or T^T	weeping
I_I	"What?", mellow
owo or OwO or òwo	surprise
¬3¬ or ¬w¬ or ¬.¬ or ¬¬ or ¬_¬	looking askance
nwn or nWn or ^w^	Happy, kitty face
n//n	Proud
x.X or x.x or x_x	Dead
:B	Nerd
t(0.0t) or t(-_-t) or t(^^t) or ..\|..('_') ..\|..	double flipping the bird
(o.\\)or (^\\) or -_\\ or //_- or (v_)/) or (Y_)/) or (T_)/) or (^_)/)	Emo

Complex examples

\m/[(>.<)]\m/	rocking out to headphones
..V,(^_^)	Peace!
(ô ô)	boy (sometimes also used to indicate surprise)
f(O_o)f	zombie attack!
(ó.ò)	surprised, scared
(ò.ó)	angry
(ó.ô)	quizzical or "Indeed" (designed to mimic Star Trek's Mr. Spock)
(╥_─) -_-; -_-' ¬_¬	annoyed, hiding frustration, dread
=^_^=	blushing, or a cat face (mischievous)
=' т '=	Lion/Cat
^_^ or ^///^	blushing
fO_o	scratching head
?_?	confused/curious/not comprehending
^n_n^	catgirl or boy
d-_-b	listening to music
~~~~>_<~~~~	weeping horribly
(9ò_ó)=@	fighting, throwing a punch
Q(^.^Q)	winner
w-('u')-w	Kilroy was here (extensible)
b(~_^)d, d-(^_^)-b, (b^_^)b, etc.	thumbs-up
q(-_-)p	thumbs-down
\,,/(^_^)\,,/	happy rockin'
(¬_¬)/¯	"It's good... to go!"
\0-0/	wearing glasses (nerd)
!_! or T_T	2 eyes crying.
(ρ_-)o	sleepy / rubbing eyes
(>._.)ø or ø(._.<)	writing
(>")>	dancing
><((((º>	Something fishy.
(>^_(>O_O)>	Rape
t(-_-t) or -_-*,,\|,	Giving the middle finger / flipping off.
(/.\)	Shouldn't have said that...
>KO)->	Frontways Cupid, alternately, USB dongle goblin.
\m/	Hand gesture - Rock'n'Roll (corna) or ("Hook 'em Horns")
~.~	irfan *naf
~(O_O)~ or ~(O_o)~	Flying Spaghetti Monster.
\(O.0)/ or \(0.O)/	I dunno, lol.
ಠ_ಠ	Staring eyes
o==\|\|====>	sword
L7++(+-)&(-+)++L7	Ball Joint robot with fists
¯\(©¿©)/¯	Shrug

Western use of East Asian style

English-language anime forums adopted those emoticons that could be used with the standard ASCII characters available on western keyboards. Because of this, they are often called "anime style" emoticons in the English-speaking Internet. They have since seen use in more mainstream venues, including online gaming, instant-messaging, and other non-anime related forums. Emoticons such as <(^_^)>, which include the parentheses, mouth or nose, and arms (especially those represented by the inequality signs < or >) also are often referred to as "Kirbies" in reference to their likeness to Nintendo's video game character, Kirby. The parentheses are usually dropped when used in the English language context, and the underscore of the mouth may be extended as an intensifier, e.g. ^____^ for very happy.

2channel style

The Japanese language is usually encoded using double-byte character codes. As a result there is a bigger variety of characters that can be used in emoticons, many of which cannot be reproduced in ASCII. Most kaomoji contain Cyrillic and other foreign letters to create even more complicated expressions analogous to ASCII art's level of complexity. To type such emoticons, the input editor that is used to type Japanese on a user's system is equipped with a dictionary of emoticons, after which the user simply types the Japanese word (or something close to it) that represents the desired emoticon to convert the input into such complicated emoticons. Such expressions are known as Shift JIS art.

Users of 2channel in particular have developed a wide variety of unique emoticons using obscure characters. Some have taken on a life of their own and become characters in their own right, like Mona.

Basic examples

m9(^Д^)	supercilious attitude
m(_ _)m	bowing
（´・ω・｀）	deflated
<｀∀´>	stereotypical Korean character
（｀ハ´）	stereotypical Chinese character
(`･ω･´)	feel perky
(´；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━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━!!!!!	"It's here", a general expression of excitement that something has appeared or happened.
⊂二二二（　＾ω＾）二⊃	"bu-n", or flying, soaring, being carefree and above
(*´Д`)	Erotic stirring
(((( ；ﾟДﾟ)))	Spook
Σ(ﾟДﾟ)	Huge surprise
( ´∀｀)σ)∀`)	Jog someone's cheek
( ﾟдﾟ)	Amazed
(´ー`)y-~~	Smoking
;y=ｰ( ﾟдﾟ)･∵.	Gun suicide
m9(・∀・)	Flash of intuition
('A`)	Character to poke fun at people without a relationship
（ ´,_ゝ`)	Depressed, unsatisfied (based on indifferent)
（´-`）.｡oO( ... )	Thinking
(ﾟДﾟ;≡;ﾟДﾟ)	Impatience
( ´д)ﾋｿ(´Д｀)ﾋｿ(Д｀ )	Panting, gasping
（･∀･)つ⑩	Carrying money
⊂（ﾟДﾟ⊂⌒｀つ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡	moving on belly, "whooaaa!!!"
(ﾟдﾟ)	Unforeseen
(ﾟ⊿ﾟ)	"I don't need it"
щ(ﾟДﾟщ)	Come on
（・∀・）	Mocking, "good"
（・Ａ・）	"That's bad"
(ﾟ∀ﾟ)	Discharged drug-in-brain, goofing around, "A-HYA!"
（ ´Д⊂ヽ	Sad
エェェ(´д｀)ェェエ	Not convincing
(´・∀・`)	"Heh"
(￣ー￣)	Simper, Snorlax
( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ＼ / ＼/ ＼	laughs evilly (ahahaha...)
[ﾟдﾟ]	Deflagged
＼(^o^)／	Become to lost life
♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ ( ･o･) ┓♪┏ ( ) ┛♪┗ (･o･ ) ┓♪┏(･o･)┛♪	Happy expressions
┌\| ∵\|┘└\| ∵\|┐┌\| ∵\|┘└\| ∵\|┐┌\| ∵\|┘└\| ∵\|┐	Happy expressions
d(⌒▽⌒)b	Happy expression
STO or 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.
(´┏_┓｀)	Panda
(╬ ಠ益ಠ)	Extreme Distaste, meant to appear as an exaggerated grimace.

Graphic emoticons

Graphic emoticons (small images that often automatically replace typed text) are commonly used instead of the older text variants, especially on Internet forums and instant messenger programs. These are often heavily animated, some taking up to at least a full five seconds to fully loop, and sometimes (mostly on instant messengers) with sound embedded, to bring it to full life.

Examples

congratulate	confident	confused	File:Cry-tpvgames.gif	crying	deep trouble	friendly
grossed out	hurt	innocent		hysterical	indifferent	mocking
nasty	odd, crazy, etc.	sad		shocked	skeptical
smile	smirking	upset		very sorry	yawning