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This is a list of common emoticons .

Contents

1 Western styleo 1.1 Common examples

2 East Asian styleo 2.1 exampleso 2.2 Complex exampleso 2.3 Western use of East Asian style

3 2channel styleo 3.1 Basic examples

4 Graphic emoticonso 4.1 Exampleso 4.2 Animated examples

5 Emoticons in Unicode 6 See also 7 References

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

Icon Meaning:) or :-) or :^) or =) or B) or 8)

or c8 or cB or =] or :]Example of eye / face variations of emoticons

:) Smiley:D Smiling with all the teeth showing38* CowD: Gaping or or Whining

8) Awestruck or Ecstatic or Orgasmic or Stoned;) or *) Wink

X( Pout8=====D Penis

( | ) Mooning:( or 8c or Bc or B( or |8c or |

8C or :[Frown

:P or :pTongue sticking out, or blowing a raspberry but without the disdain. Usually interpreted as playful or coy. (Less commonly- :Þ/:b)

|D Dorky smile:O Surprise/

:/ or :-/ or :-\ or :\ or 8/ or 8\ or >/ or >\

Skeptical / Annoyed / Uneasy / Apologetic

:| or :l Expressionless/Indifference/Disappointment/DeadpanxP or XP Disgust / / Straining / Mischievous

xD or XD or :-D Laughing hard:S or :s or ^o) Confusion / Crazy

:3 Cute / Cat-like Behavior:E Vampire:F Slobbering

:X or :# Sealed Lips / Embarrassment:-* Kiss on the cheek

>:O or XO or :-(o) Angry / Yelling / Angry-surprised-face>:( or >[ Angry / Grumpy>:) or }:) Devious/devilish smile

0:) Innocence / Halo / Angel<3 or x3♥ Heart / Love / Dark Love

</3 Broken heart:'( or :,( or :_( or :*( or :…( Shedding a tear

@}->-- or --^--@ RoseXD or XP Laughing hard

YD Laughing so hard one eye popped out%-) Happy but confused%-( Sad and confused8-) Wide eyed8-0 Shocked:'-( Crying:-* Kiss

X-( or X( Brain dead:-& Tongue-tied;^) Smirking smile

O___O KYUNGSO___O:-} Grinning

:-\ or :-/ Undecided<:} An emoticon to explain everything>:L Angst:9 Yum yum!

*\o/* Cheerleader>:D or >=D Evil Smile>:3 or >=3 Evil Kitty Smile

:0->-<|: Skateboarding( = C Depressed

>o> or <o< offended0u0 cute smile\O/ Steve Holt!

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, eg ^^. Characters like hyphens or periods can replace the underscore; the period is often used for a smaller, "cuter" mouth or to represent a nose, eg (^.^). Alternatively, the mouth/nose can be left out entirely, eg (^^). The parentheses also can often be replaced with braces , eg {^_^}. Many times, the parentheses are left out completely, eg ^^ 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, eg <(^_^)> or ⊂( ﾟヮﾟ)⊃.

examples

Icon Meaningt('.'t) kirby giving you the finger

d^_^b or d-_-b listening to music or thumbs up)-0_0-( astonishment

(^_^) or (^-^) or (^ ^) or (^.^) smiley

(`_^) or (^_~)wink (or alternatively quirked eyebrow in latter case)

(>_<) or (>.<) in pain, frustration

(>^^)> <(^^<) Hugging(<_>) sad(\_/) evil, furious(-_-) semi-angry, upset, sighing

(H_H) pervert (from Japanese " hentai ")

(^o^)singing or laughing maniacally. Also looks like a Moogle .

^3^ or o3o Kissy Face/ Fish Face\(^o^)/ very excited (raising hands)

(-_-) or (~_~) or (~.~) or (=_=) annoyance, scorn, or tired (eyes shut), grumpy

(-_-;) or (^_^') or (^_^);; or ^_^"nervousness, or sweat-drop embarrassed; (semicolon can be repeated)

(-_-#) or (-_-¤) or (-_-") or (-_-+) vein (used to show anger)

(¬_¬) or ¬3¬ or ¬w¬ or ¬.¬ or ¬¬ or ¬_¬looking askance / rolling eyes, esp. when around dumb behavior

(<_<) or (>_>) or (c_c)disbelief, looking around shiftily [when alternating (>_>) and (<_<)]

(>_~) or (~_<) suspicious / accusatory glance(>.o) or (o.<) or >.o after being smacked in the face

(;_;) or (T_T) or (TT.TT) or (ToT) crying(@_@) addled, dazed, bemused, dizzy`(•.°)~ crazy, druggy, trippin'

(o_O) or (o_0) or oO confused, surprised, disturbed(o_@) extremely disturbed (more so than above)(o_#) bruised(#_#) clobbered(0_<) flinch, nervous wink

(O_O) or Oo or °_° or º-º or °-° or shocked(._.) or (,_,) disappointed, underwhelmed

($_$)money eyes; thinking about money (also sometimes changeable to other currency symbols such as (¥_¥) or (₩_₩) )

(n_n) or (nn) happy, pleased(u_u) or (uu) annoyance, sarcasm, sometimes disappointment(v_v) or (vv) silent resignation

(/_\) profound dismay*-* or *_* or *.* or *0* or *o* or *w* or

*x* or *¬*star-struck

(",) or (>_,>) or (<_,<) """or""" =J smirk("o) side shocked

(-.-)zzZ or -_-zzZ sleeping

(o)_(o)alternative for tired; sometimes used to illustrate crazed

;o; or ;O; crying loudly/shoutingT~T or TT_TT or Y_Y or TToTT or TT or

TT or T^Tweeping

I_I "What?", mellowowo or OwO or òwo surprisenwn or nWn or ^w^ Happy, kitty face

xX or xx or x_x:B or =:B Nerd, Rabbit

t(0.0t) or t(-_-t) or t(^^t) or ..|..('_') ..|.. double flipping the bird(-_\\\) or (o.\\) or (^\\) or -_\\ or //_- or (v_)/)

or (Y_)/) or (T_)/) or (^_)/)Emo

(>'.')>=O____l_*__O=<('.'<) Playing Ping-Pong(>'.')>\_/\_/____\*/\_/<('.'<) Playing Beer Pong

(>")>-[}-[}-[}-[SPLAT]-{]-{]-{]<("<) Pie fight!õ.O Questioning Look, Confused, Weirded out

<(-'.'-<) (>-'.'-)> Kirby Danced(-'.'-d) "Thumbs Up" KirbyU_U Seriousness8D Creepyeol

-) or 0) cyclops==!! Shocked

))<>((Pooping back and forth, from the film Me and You and Everyone We Know

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Shrug, "'Sup son?"

www(Any amount of w's) Implying what you're saying is funny.

Complex examples

Icon Meaning<@;D clown hat, curly hair, winking smiley face(.Y.) boobs, breasts, tits

:(|) or @(O_o)@ Monkey/cheeky monkey:-| Unemotional or "not funny"

\m/[(>.<)]\m/ rocking out to headphones..V,(^_^) Peace!

(ô ô) boy (sometimes also used to indicate surprise)f(O_o)f or [¬º-°]¬ zombie attack!

(ó.ò) surprised, scared(ò.ó) angry

(ò.ô)quizzical or "Indeed" (designed to mimic Star Trek 's Mr. Spock )

=^_^= or •^_^• or •^-^• blushing , or a cat face (mischievous)=' т '= Lion/Cat~<>" Mousey

--(*,Q><|*^_^* or ^///^ blushing

fO_o scratching head?_? confused/curious/not comprehending

^n_n^ catgirl or boyc):{) smiling cowboy

d-_-b or p-_-q listening to music~~~~>_<~~~~ weeping horribly

(9ò_ó)=@ or Q('.'Q) fighting, throwing a punchQ(^.^Q) winner

b(~_^)d, d-(^_^)-b, (b^_^)b, etc. thumbs-upq(-_-)p thumbs-down

\,,/(^_^)\,,/ happy rockin'(¬_¬)/¯ "It's good... to go!"

\0-0/ wearing glasses (nerd)!_! or T_T or ;__; 2 eyes crying.

(ρ_-)o sleepy / rubbing eyes(>._.)ø or ø(._.<) writing

(>")> dancingt(-_-t) or -_-*,,|, Giving the middle finger / flipping off.

(/.\) Shouldn't have said that...

\m/Hand gesture - Rock'n'Roll ( corna ) or (" Hook 'em Horns ")

\m/ |>_<| \m/ ROCK ON!!~(O_O)~ or ~(O_o)~ Flying Spaghetti Monster .

\(O.0)/ or \(0.O)/ I dunno, lol.ಠ_ಠ Look of disapprovalಥ_ಥ Sad eyes

()xxxx{======> swordL7++(+-)&(-+)++L7 Ball Joint robot with fists

¯\(©¿©)/¯ or ¯\(º o)/¯ (variant ¯\(°_0)/¯)

Shrug (the latter often accompanies the phrase "i dunno, lol", as part of a meme)

d=(^_^)=b (>w<)bd(>w<) Thumbs upq_q or Q_Q or QQ Crying

@_'-' Snail<=O=(^^^)=O=> Plane

(x(x_(X_x(O_o)x_x)_X)x) Alive among zombies(-(-_(-_-(O_o)-_-)_-)-) Awaken in the subway

[*v*] or [* - *] Cassette tape

~(_8^(|) Homer Simpson(( ^(*o*^) ))

(vvv)<(^w^)>(vvv) CatCelebrating, Dancing

(-□-)︵* Peeing(0 '_' )╯´´(╯_<º ) Bitch Slap

(V) ;,,; (V) Why not Zoidberg?

(ノ ಠ益 ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ or (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Table Flip; rage

/uvww/'w'w w ww gun

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, eg ^____^ for very happy.

Around 2007, a new wave of emoticons have appeared such as ( xD}<, :o|<, :D|<, ect.) which use "}" or "|" for arms and "<", ">" or "v" as legs. Currently they are not as popular as most emoticons but due to high use on certain MMORPGs their use may spread in the future.

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

(ケ¬◟¬)ケ Awww yeah

(´･ω･`) OP/Denkom9(^Д^) supercilious attitude, point and laugh

m(_ _)mkowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology

（´・ω・｀） deflated

<`∀´> stereotypical Korean character

（｀ハ´） stereotypical Chinese character

(`･ω･´) feel perky

(´；ω；`) terribly sad

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", being carefree and above, with arms stretched out while running/soaring.

(*´Д`)ﾊｧﾊｧ Erotic stirring, haa haa

(((( ；ﾟД ﾟ))) Spook

Σ(ﾟД ﾟ) Huge surprise

( ´∀｀)σ)∀`) Jog someone's cheek

( ﾟ д ﾟ) Amazed

(´ー`)y-~~ Smoking'w'\uvww\з==(•�●)==ε/uvww/'w'w w ww Gunman

m9(・∀・) of intuition('A`) Lonely

（ ´,_ゝ`) Depressed, unsatisfied (based on indifferent)

（´-`）.｡oO( ... ) Thinking

(ﾟД ﾟ;≡;ﾟД ﾟ) OMG WHUT

( ´д)ﾋｿ(´Д｀)ﾋｿ(Д｀ ) Whispers

（ ∀･ ･)つ⑩ Carrying money⊂（ﾟД ⊂⌒｀つﾟ ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡ Sliding on belly, "whooaaa!!!"

(ﾟ д ﾟ) Unforeseen

(ﾟ⊿ﾟ) "I don't need it"

щ(ﾟД ﾟщ) Why?!

ლ(ಠ益 ಠლ) YU NO?

（・∀・） 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

(￣ー￣) Simper, Snorlax

( ﾟ∀ﾟ) 八八 ヽ ヽ ヽｱﾊﾊ ﾉ ﾉ ﾉ ﾉ ＼ / ＼/ ＼ Evil laugh (ahahaha...)

[ﾟ д ﾟ] Deflagged

♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ ( ･o･) ┓♪┏ (･o･) ┛♪┗ (･o･ ) ┓♪┏(･o･)┛♪

Happy expressions, dancing to the music

d(*⌒▽⌒*)b Happy expression

STO or orz or OTZ or OTLDespair. The "O" or "o" represents one's head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso and "S" or "z" or "L" forms the legs.

（╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ Overloaded, flipping over a table.

(╯°O°）╯FUS RO DAH! ==== ┻━┻"Unrelenting force" table flip/throw. ( Skyrim reference.)

(╯°O°）╯FUS RO DAH! ==== ☆。・:*>┼○"Unrelenting force" into a person. ( Skyrim reference.)

┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ) Calmly putting the table back in place.

(╬ 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 "Goodnight"

(*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

ε=ε=ε=┌(;*´Д`)ﾉ Running

ヽ(´▽`)/ Cheers◕ ‿ ◕ Cute Smile(≧◡≦) Blushing and Happy

(・ω・｀ ) Raised eyebrow

(⌒▽⌒)☆ Ecstatic with a star

(・ー・) "Uhh"; No Comment; No EmotionƸ̵̡u�Ӝ̵̨̄u��Ʒ Butterfly

✌(◠‿◠) Peace◕‿‿◕ Cat face (the other way!)

(☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞ I see what you did there♡ヽ(*´д｀*;;) Moe!

(｡♥‿♥｡) In love!(✖╭╮✖) Dead

(。・_・。) Horrible

(⊙_◎) derp

( ヮﾉ◕ ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Sparkly sparkly!(•_•) , ( •_•)>⌐■-■ , (⌐■_■) Horacio (1,2,3)

O___O Say what.ಠ෴ಠ Adolf Hitlerಥ‿ಥ Tears of joy

Happy Virus

| - ◉ ) ノ⌒*Take this; Stop staring; Coming from behind the wall, tossing an object/sparkle

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.

The common tradeoff that results in relatively small graphic emoticons on forums is the height of the emoticon relative to the height of the text. Anything larger than the default size of the forum typeface (1 em ) increases the line spacing which decreases the comprehension of the post thus defeating the purpose of emoticon which is increasing the message value.

Usage of multiple emoticons in succession and "high" emoticons (relative to line height) is frowned upon among forum users who prefer higher signal to noise ratio .

Examples

congratulate confident confused crying deep trouble friendly

grossed out hurt innocent hysterical indifferent mocking

nasty odd, crazy, etc. sad shocked skeptical

smile smirking upset very sorry yawning

Animated examples

Emoticons in Unicode

In Unicode, following code points contain emoticons: U+2639(☹), U+263A(☺), U+263B(☻).

See also

Emoticon Smiley

References

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