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Since you are interested in this article, the worst thing is behind you, namely, coming up with a nickname from scratch. But many people don’t like a “bare” name in Russian or English, since it doesn’t stand out too much from others, so various special characters will come to your aid, designed to diversify the familiar alphabet as much as possible and make your nickname unique. On this page you will find a large collection of various symbols, letters and emoticons.
Choose and decorate!

Letters for nicknames

Russian alphabet

А Ꭿ ₳ Ǻ ǻ α ά Ǡ ẫ Ắ ắ Ằ ằ ẳ Ẵ ẵ Ä ª ä Å À Á Â å ã â à á Ã ᗩ @ Ⱥ Ǟ

B Ҕ ҕ Ϭ ϭ চ ঢ় ƃ ɓ

In ℬ Ᏸ β ฿ ß ᗷ ᗽ ᗾ ᗿ Ɓ Ᏸ ᗸ ᗹ ᛔ

G ୮ ┍ ℾ

D ℊ ∂

E ℰ ℯ ໂ ६ Ē ℮ ē Ė ė Ę ě Ě ę Έ ê Ê È € É Ế Ề Ể Ễ é è عЄ є έ ε Ҿ ҿ

Ж ᛤ ♅ Җ җ Ӝ ӝ Ӂ ӂ

Z Յ ℨჳ

And น ự Ӥ ӥ Ũ ũ Ū ū Ŭ ŭ Ù ú Ú ù Ҋ ҋ

K ᛕ ₭ Ꮶ Ќ k ќ ķ Ķ Ҝ ҝ ᶄ Ҡ ҡ

L ለ ሉ ሊ ሌ ል ሎ Ꮧ Ꮑ

MጠᛖℳʍᶆḾḿᗰᙢ爪₥

N ਮ ዘ ዙ ዚ ዛ ዜ ዝ ዞ ዟ ℍ ℋ ℎ ℌ ℏ ዙ Ꮵ Ĥ Ħ Ή Ḩ Ӈ ӈ

About ტ ó ό σ ǿ Ǿ Θ ò Ó Ò Ô ô Ö ö Õ õ ờ ớ ọ Ọ ợ Ợ ø Ø Ό Ở Ờ Ớ ​​Ổ Ợ Ō ō Ő

P Ո गກ ⋒ Ҧ ҧ

Р թ ℙ ℘ ρ Ꭾ Ꮅ 尸 Ҏ ҏ ᶈ ₱ ☧ ᖘ ק ₽ Ƿ Ҏ ҏ

With Ⴚ ☾ ℭ ℂ Ç ¢ ç Č ċ Ċ ĉ ς Ĉ ć Ć č Ḉ ḉ ⊂ Ꮸ ₡ ¢

T ⍑ ⍡ T t τ Ţ Ť Ŧ Ṫ ₮

У ע ɣ Ꭹ Ꮍ Ẏ ẏ ϒ ɤ ￥ ௶ Ⴘ

F Փ փ Ⴔ ቁ ቂ ቃ ቄ ቅ ቆ ቇ ቈ ᛄ

Х א χ × ✗ ✘ ᙭ ჯ Ẍ ẍ ᶍ

Ts Ա ų

Ch Կ կ ੫ Ⴁ Ӵ ӵ Ҹ ҹ

Ш ש ᗯ ᙡ ω

Shch պખ

Ъ Ѣ ѣ ৮

ы Ӹ ӹ

b Ѣ ѣ ৮

E ∋ ∌ ∍ ヨ Ӭ ӭ ℈

Yu ਠ

English alphabet

А Ꭿ ∀ ₳ Ǻ ǻ α ά Ǡ Ắ ắ Ằ ằ ẳ Ẵ ẵ Ä ª ä Å À Á Â å ã â à á Ã ᗩ @ Ⱥ Ǟ

B ℬ Ᏸ β ฿ ß Ђ ᗷ ᗽ ᗾ ᗿ Ɓ ƀ ხ ␢ Ᏸ ᗸ ᗹ ᛔ

C ☾ ℭ ℂ Ç ¢ ç Č ċ Ċ ĉ ς Ĉ ć Ć č Ḉ ḉ ⊂ Ꮸ ₡ ¢ Ⴚ

D ᗫ Ɗ Ď ď Đ đ ð ∂ ₫ ȡ ᚦ ᚧ

E ℰ ℯ ໂ ६ £ Ē ℮ ē Ė ė Ę ě Ě ę Έ ê ξ Ê È € É ∑ Ế Ề Ể Ễ é è عЄ є έ ε Ҿ ҿ

Fℱ₣ƒ∮Ḟḟჶᶂφᚨᚩᚪᚫ

G Ꮹ Ꮆ ℊ Ǥ ǥ Ĝ ĝ Ğ ğ Ġ ġ Ģ ģ פ ᶃ ₲

H ℍ ℋ ℎ ℌ ℏ ዙ Ꮵ Ĥ Ħ ħ Ή 廾 Ћ ђ Ḩ Һ ḩ ♄ ਮ

I ℐ ί ι Ï Ί Î ì Ì í Í î ϊ ΐ Ĩ ĩ Ī ī Ĭ ĭ İ į Į Ꭵ

J ჟ Ĵ ĵ ᶖ ɉ ℑ

K ₭ Ꮶ Ќ k ќ ķ Ķ Ҝ ҝ ᶄ Ҡ ҡ

L ℒ ℓ Ŀ ŀ Ĺ ĺ Ļ ļ λ ₤ Ł ł ľ Ľ Ḽ ḽ ȴ Ꮭ

MℳʍᶆḾḿᗰᙢ爪₥ጠᛖ

N ℕ η ñ ח Ñ ή ŋ Ŋ Ń ń Ņ ņ Ň ň ʼn ȵ ℵ ₦ ห ກ ⋒ Ӈ ӈ

O ტ ó ό σ ǿ Ǿ Θ ò Ó Ò Ô ô Ö ö Õ õ ờ ớ ọ Ọ ợ Ợ ø Ø Ό Ở Ờ Ớ ​​Ổ Ợ Ō ō Ő

P ℙ ℘ ρ Ꭾ Ꮅ 尸 Ҏ ҏ ᶈ ₱ ☧ ᖘ ק ₽ թ Ƿ Ҏ ҏ

Q ℚ q Q ᶐ Ǭ ǭ ჹ ૧

R ℝ ℜ ℛ ℟ ჩ ᖇ ř Ř ŗ Ŗ ŕ Ŕ ᶉ Ꮢ 尺 ᚱ

S Ꮥ Ṧ ṧ ȿ § Ś ś š Š ş Ş ŝ Ŝ ₰ ∫ $ ֆ Տ క

T ₸ † T t τ Ţ ţ Ť ť ŧ Ŧ 干 Ṫ ṫ ナ Ꮏ Ꮖ テ ₮ ⍡

U ∪ ᙀ Ũ Ủ Ừ Ử Ữ Ự ύ ϋ ú Ú ΰ ù Û û Ü ử ữ ự ü ừ Ũ ũ Ū ū Ŭ ŭ ų Ų ű Ű ů Ů น Ա

V ✔ ✓ ∨ √ Ꮙ Ṽ ṽ ᶌ \/ ℣

W ₩ ẃ Ẃ ẁ Ẁ ẅ ώ ω ŵ Ŵ Ꮤ Ꮃ ฬ ᗯ ᙡ Ẅ ѡ ಎ ಭ Ꮚ Ꮗ ผ ฝ พ ฟ

X χ × ✗ ✘ ᙭ ჯ Ẍ ẍ ᶍ א

Y ɣ Ꭹ Ꮍ Ẏ ẏ ϒ ɤ ￥ ע ௶ Ⴘ

Zℤ乙ẐẑɀᏃ

Symbols for nicknames

Different

Commercial

Mathematical signs

Emoticons for nicknames

Emoticons with emotions

😊 😉 😋 😀 😄 😅 😂 😃 😆 😝 😜 😛 😇 😒 😐 😕 😏 😑 😍 😘 😚 😗 😙 😳 😁 😬 😓 😔 😌 😞 😥 😩 😫 😣 😖 😢 😭 😪 😴 😷 😎 😰 😨 😱 😠 😡 😤 😵 😲 😟 😦 😧 😮 😯 😶 😈 👿 😺 😸 😹 😻 😽 😼 🙀 😿 😾 🙁 🙂 🙃 🙄 ッ ツ ヅ ツ ゾ シ ジ㋛ ☹

Japanese text emoticons Kaomoji

Faces, people and silhouettes

🎅 👶 👧 👦 👨 👩 👴 👵 👮 👷 👱 👰 👲 👳 👸 💂 💁 💆 💇 🙅 🙆 🙋 🙎 🙍 🙇 👼 💏 💑 👫 👪 👬 👭 👯 💃 🚶 🏃 👤 👥

Gestures and body parts

👂 👃 👀 👅 👄 👍 👎 👌 👊 ✊ ✌ 👐 👋 ✋ 👆 👇 👉 👈 🙌 🙏 ☝ 👏 💪 💋

Hearts and holiday emoticons

💛 💙 💜 💚 ❤ 💔 💗 💓 💕 💖 💞 💘 💌 💟 💝 🎁 🎀 🎈 🎉 🎊 🎭

Numbers in squares

0⃣ 1⃣ 2⃣ 3⃣ 4⃣ 5⃣ 6⃣ 7⃣ 8⃣ 9⃣ 🔟

Cloth

👑 🎩 🎓 👒 🎽 👔 👕 👗 👚 👖 👙 👘 👟 👞 👠 👡 👢 👣 👛 👜 👝 💼 👓 🕶

Stationery

✂ 📌 📍 📎 ✏ ✒ 📏 📐 📕 📘 📗 📙 📖 📚 📔 📓 📒 📝 🎒 📁 📂 📆 📅 📋

Sports symbols/emoticons

⚽ ⚾ 🏈 🏉 🎾 🏀 🎱 🎮 🎯 🎲 🎳 🏂 🏆 🏇 🏄 🏊 🚴 🚵 🎿 ⛷ ⛹ ⛸

Musical symbols/emoticons

📯 🎹 🎸 🎻 🎺 🎷 🎼 🎵 🎶

Nature

⛲ 🌅 🌄 🌃 🌆 🌇 🌁 🌉 🌊 🌈 🌋 🌌 🌠 🎇 🎆 🎢 🎡 🎠 🗻 🗽 🗾 🗼 🎑 🎏 🎐

Weather, Earth and moon

☀ ☁ ⛅ ☔ ❄ ⛄ 🌎 🌍 🌏 🌐 🌞 🌝 🌚 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌙 🌛 🌜

Emoticons with animals, fish, birds and insects

🐋 🐙 🐚 🐟 🎣 🐠 🐡 🐢 🐬 🐳 🐸 🐊 🐲 🐉 🐔 🐓 🐤 🐥 🐣 🐦 🐧 🐂 🐄 🐃 🐮 🐆 🐇 🐰 🐈 🐎 🐏 🐐 🐑 🐕 🐖 🐱 🐷 🐽 🐶 🐴 🐀 🐭 🐁 🐅 🐍 🐒 🐗 🐘 🐨 🐪 🐫 🐯 🐵 🙈 🙊 🙉 🐹 🐻 🐼 🐺 🐾 🐩 🐝 🐜 🐞 🐛 🐌

Plants

💐 🌸 🌷 🌹 🌻 🌼 💮 🌺 🍀 🍁 🍃 🍂 🌿 🌾 🌵 🌱 🌴 🌳 🎍 🌲 🎄 🎋 🌽 🍄 🍅 🍆 🍇 🍈 🍉 🍊 🍋 🍌 🍍 🍎 🍏 🍑 🍓 🍒 🍐 🌰 🎃

Symbols for nicknames

The very first idea that comes to any player’s mind is to add beautiful symbols to their nickname. They can be all sorts of hieroglyphs, icons and even small pictures. The same cs go provides for the use of tens of thousands of additional characters, which are contained in special tables. A complete list of them can be found in the Unicode content, which is constantly updated with more and more new characters.

They resort to decorating a nickname with the help of symbols in cases where they specifically want to attract attention to themselves, or simply make a cool nickname. The most important thing in this matter is not to overdo it. One or two symbols will be enough, it’s just that some particularly strange individuals like to fill their nicknames to capacity with icons, so that they become difficult to perceive.

Now let's look at the specific symbols and the appropriate cases for their use. In general, the symbols in a nickname should emphasize it, and not hang like a dead weight. Now, if your name is “Thunderbolt,” then take it and add a lightning symbol to your nickname. It will immediately look more alive and beautiful. For unusual nicknames associated with death, corpses and the like, you can use the symbols of a cross, even a wing, if angels (or birds) appear somewhere in the name.

If you still found the old version of VKontakte from the late 2000s, you can remember how everyone who was not too lazy filled in their names/surnames and information on the page with a ton of characters. In rare cases it looked cool, but for the most part, at that time there were so many people with badges that it quickly became mainstream and an attribute of a person not too close to the Internet. This moment still takes place in Odnoklassniki.

Some symbols may be displayed in colors other than those specified by the game, but the ability to create a colored nickname is not present everywhere. For example, in Unicode you can find an orange fire icon.

Letters for nicknames

There are also a great variety of letters for nicknames; letters from alphabets other than English and Russian are especially popular. Some Arabic/Chinese text in the nickname would look nice. Even if your nickname consists entirely of Arabic letters, this will already make you stand out on the Russian server.

There is still a fashion for using nicknames with all sorts of signs around the letters in Steam and Counter-Strike. You've probably seen people with a common nickname like Emperor, but each letter of the word was framed with squiggles, circles, and other elements. This nickname is liked by those who want to seem cool and different from everyone else.

By the way, with the help of these squiggles you can “break” the game, since the system allows you to set an unlimited number of strokes on one letter, this gesture is ugly, but you can have fun. Yes, each individual letter can be modernized with a dash or a small line, and this can be done in at least three levels. But you should not get too carried away so that your nickname is at least visible to others.

Emoticons for nicknames

A separate category of symbols for nicknames is emoticons. With the popularization of emoji, their symbolic counterparts began to be introduced into Unicode. They can be seen in some messengers, when someone inserted a regular emoticon into the title of a conversation, and in the messenger on the phone it was reflected as a symbol. It is these emoticon symbols that you can use for your nickname.

They are rarely used in games due to their cumbersomeness and inappropriateness, but in the same Skype you can mark your mood with an emoticon every day in your name. You won’t have to answer questions about your mood every day; all you have to do is write a smile in your nickname and you’re good to go.

Using symbols and emoticons, you can create entire stories in your name. Let's say you draw a couple of trees, stars and two smiley faces there. And the New Year's story is already ready with you and someone else. Again, you shouldn’t overdo it with this, since the abundance of emoticons in your nickname already looks ugly.

In general, the use of emoticons is only suitable for a certain atmosphere. They will only get in the way in the game, so write them only when necessary.

Emoticons have become such a part of our lives that without them the alphabet looks incomplete, and messages seem dry and distant. But even such a frivolous and childishly simple task as arranging emojis has its own subtleties.

What do different emoticons mean?

With object emoticons, everything is simple: they mean what they represent. A ball is a ball, an alarm clock is an alarm clock, and there’s nothing to think about. But with face emoticons the task becomes more complicated. We are not always able to correctly guess emotions from the faces of living people, let alone the faces of koloboks. There are emoticons whose meaning is obvious:

Fun, laughter, joy, rejoicing.

Sadness, melancholy, melancholy, dissatisfaction.

Playful mood, teasing.

Surprise, amazement, shock, fear.

Anger, resentment, rage.

And several more similar ones - all possible options for families and romantic unions.

But among the emoticons there are also those whose meaning can be interpreted ambiguously, or even be completely confusing:

This emoticon depicts a person sobbing in three - well, in two - streams, however, in the version for Apple devices, due to raised eyebrows and a mouth that is not distorted from sobs, he is often perceived as laughing to the point of tears. Be careful with them: you want to indicate grief to them, but they will misunderstand you.

This emoticon is intended to represent silence. Instead, he just scares you to death.

If everything is more or less clear with the evil devil (“angry as hell”), then the cheerful devil is somewhat puzzling. Most likely, he is not only furious, but also looking forward to dancing on your opponent’s grave. But you, perhaps, just wanted to show originality and an unusual smiley.

Despite the fact that the three wise monkeys did not see, hear or speak anything precisely because of their wisdom, these muzzles cover their eyes, mouth and ears in shame, confusion and shock.

A set of cat emoticons for those who consider ordinary koloboks to be insufficiently expressive and want to add sweetness to their emotions.

Instead of “hello” and “bye,” you can wave your hand.

Raised hands, a gesture of joyful greeting or jubilation.

The applause is both sincere and sarcastic.

If in this picture you see hands folded in a prayer gesture, then for you the emoji may mean “thank you” or “I beg you.” Well, if you see a high-five happening here, it means you are a very cheerful person.

A raised index finger can emphasize the importance of a message or express a request to interrupt the interlocutor with a question, or it can simply indicate a previous message in the chat.

Fingers crossed for luck.

For some it’s “stop”, but for others it’s “high five!”

No, it's not a truffle. Not even a truffle at all.

Ogre and Japanese goblin. Looks like someone is missing the usual devils.

Liar. His nose grows like Pinocchio's every time he lies.

These are eyes wide with amazement, and the darting eyes of a scoundrel, and even a lustful look. If someone sends you such an emoticon in a comment to a photo, you can be sure that the photo is good.

And it's just an eye, and it's watching you.

New moon and full moon. It seems like nothing special, but these emoticons have their fans who value them for their creepy facial expressions.

A very common girl in purple. Her gestures mean OK (arms above head), “no” (arms crossed), “hello” or “I know the answer” (arm raised up). This character has another pose that confuses many - . According to the official version, it symbolizes a help desk employee. Apparently, she is showing with her hand how to get to the city library.

Do you also see two tense faces here, presumably in an unfriendly mood? But they didn’t guess: according to Apple’s hints, this is an embarrassed face and a stubborn face. Who would have thought!

By the way, you can see hints for emoticons in the message window on if you open an emoji and hover over the emoticon you are interested in. Like this:

Another way to find out the meaning of an emoticon is to turn to emojipedia.org for help. On it you will find not only detailed interpretations of emoticons, but you can also see how the same emoticon looks on different platforms. Many unexpected discoveries await you.

Where are emoticons appropriate?

1. In informal friendly correspondence

Funny yellow faces are appropriate in a personal chat, where you share not so much information as your mood. With the help of emoticons, you will laugh at a joke, sympathize, and make faces at each other. This is where emotions belong.

2. When emotions splash over the edge and there are not enough words

Sometimes, when something very important happens in our lives, we are so overwhelmed by feelings that we are about to burst. Then we write an emotional post on Facebook or post a dazzling photo on Instagram and decorate it with a generous scattering of emoticons. Some people, of course, won’t like this, but what now, stifling all the bright sensations in yourself? The main thing is not to overuse such public displays of violent emotions: this will alienate subscribers and call into question your adequacy.

3. By agreement, to highlight messages in work correspondence

This is a very simple and convenient way to make important messages that require an urgent response visible. For example, great for these purposes. But you need to agree in advance which cases are considered urgent in your company and what emoticon you will use for this.

It is important not to overdo it: if you have one emoticon for messages about emergency situations, a second for urgent issues, a third for important news, then soon all work correspondence will turn into a New Year's garland that no one looks at.

When is it better to do without emoticons?

1. In business correspondence

Work is no place for emotions. Here you are required to be calm, collected and professional. Even if you want to emphasize your friendliness or express concern about a situation, use , not emoticons, for these purposes.

2. When communicating with foreigners

This is especially true for gesture emoticons. For example, the person you wanted to express approval of will put an end to your good relationship with a person from Greece or Thailand. Of course, with this gesture you sent him to hell.

Therefore, if you are not confident in your deep knowledge of the peculiarities of the national culture of your interlocutor, do not take risks.

3. Oddly enough, when you discuss feelings and emotions

Feelings are a serious matter. If you are not just chatting, but revealing your soul or sharing something important, words will convey your feelings and experiences much more accurately than emoticons. “You are dearer to me than anyone in the world” means much more than ten hearts in a row. In the end, you only have one heart, so give it away.

Remember that emojis are a seasoning, not the main ingredient. You only need a small amount to add punch to your message.

Emoji language

Judging by the fact that today almost no personal correspondence is complete without emoticons, we can safely say that emoji have become an independent section of the language. Sometimes they even pretend to replace language: you can write an entire message using only emoticons. In the popular American TV show Ellen DeGeneres there is even a special section in which guests are invited to read a phrase where some of the words are replaced with emoji:

And here the name of the film is encrypted, which we invite you to guess.

I was looking for emoticons for the site, and I found emoticons, albeit poppy ones. Along the way, I discovered Japanese emoticons - kaomoji. Those. It turned out that it happened, I used some of them before, but I didn’t know anything about their origin and affiliation before.

Kaomoji — text emoticons that convey emotions through a face drawn from the front, first appeared in 1986 on the ASCII-NET computer network (a service of the Japanese ASCII company).

Typically, such emoticons were created in a format similar to this (*_*). The stars served as eyes, in the center - a mouth, most often it was a sign underlining, and at the edges of the face - brackets.

Various emotions such as (“)(-_-)(“) were depicted by changing the eyes of the emoticon, for example, sadness could be expressed as “crying eyes” using the letter “T”, crying emoticon: (T_T).

A similar T_T emoticon could be used to mean “not impressed.” It was possible to emphasize the eyes using the ^^ element. Stress could be depicted like this (x_x), and nervousness like this (-_-;), the semicolon symbolized sweat dripping from nervous tension. The repetition of the element /// could represent blushing with shame.

The dash and dot symbols could replace the underscore; The dot was often used to make the mouth look pretty or to represent the nose (^.^). Although the nose or mouth could be completely absent (^^). Brackets were often replaced by curly braces (^_^). In many cases, the brackets were completely omitted: ^^, >.< , o_O, O.O, e_e, e.e . Двойные » и одинарные ‘ кавычки добавляли, чтобы выразить страх или стыд, подобным образом во многих используется капля пота.

Japanese Microsoft IME since version 2000 supports 2 types of emoticons after enabling Microsoft IME Spoken Language/Emotion Dictionary. In IME 2007, this feature was moved to the Emoticons dictionary.

Further variations of kaomoji can be obtained by combining special characters and hieroglyphs/letters of various alphabets.

Kaomoji in the west

English-language anime forums have adapted Japanese emoticons for use with the ASCII standard (characters available for input on Western keyboards). Therefore, in the English-speaking part of the Internet they are often called “anime emoticons”. They have also become widespread in online games, chat rooms, and other non-anime forums. Smileys like

<(^.^)>, <(^_^<), <(o_o<), <(-‘.’-)>, <(‘.’-^) или (>’;..;’)>, which consist of parentheses, mouth, nose and hands (especially hands using less than symbols< и больше >), often, for external resemblance,

Called "Kirby", after the hero of the Nintendo video game series.

(c)Nintendo not to be confused with

Parentheses are sometimes omitted, and the mouth-emphasis is prolonged, to enhance the emotion (for example, ^_________^ means very happy). And this emoticon t (-_-t) is made in the Japanese style, but has the Western meaning of “showing the middle finger” (often called “bird”), the letter “t” is used to denote the arm, hand and finger. One of the new emoticons *,..,*or `;..;´ is used to depict a vampire or other mythical fanged creature.

A mixture of Western and Japanese style

The use of both Western and Japanese styles for communication in blogs, chats, forums, etc. is called emoji. This mixture of Western and Japanese pop cultures gave birth to text emoticons turned to their side. As in English-language emoticons, the brackets are omitted and only numbers, alphabetic symbols, and the most common punctuation marks are used. Emojis such as O -, -3-, -w -, ‘_’, ;_;, T _T, :>, and.V. used to express mixed feelings that are difficult to convey with standard emoticons. Often, symbols are added to emoji to depict drops of sweat in an anime style, for example ^_^’ or!>______<@>;;, ;O ; and also *u *. The equal sign = can be used to represent closed eyes and anime-style eyes, for example: =0=, =3=, =w =, =A = and =7=. There are many emoticons like >o<; где точка с запятой используется для изображения капли пота, буква «о» вместо рта, а знаки больше >and less< для обозначения стресса или легкого замешательства. Число смайлов которое можно создать подобным образом бесконечно и каждый будет иметь свое значение, например >D , >=D , >P , >:P , >3 or >:3.

Dual channel style

Japanese language encodings typically use two-bit character codes. This results in a huge variety of characters suitable for use in emoji, many of which are not found in ASCII.

Most kaomoji contain Cyrillic letters, as well as letters from other alphabets foreign to the Japanese, in order to create more and morecomplex expressions comparable in complexity to ASCII art .

In order to type such kaomoji, you need an input editor equipped with a kaomoji dictionary. The user simply types the Japanese word that represents the desired emoji, and the editor immediately converts the word into complex kaomoji.

Complex compound kaomoji are called Shift JIS- art(Shift JIS is one of the Japanese language encodings). Users using the two-channel style have developed a huge number of kaomoji using characters from obscure languages ​​such as Kannada (a Dravidian language spoken in southwestern India): ಠ _ಠ (meaning disagreement, disbelief and confusion). They were soon picked up by the Forchan web forum (4chan) and then spread to other Western sites. Some of them later acquired a different meaning.

A few examples of complex and not so complex kaomoji:

Hello

(●´･ω･)ﾉ☆☆☆HELLO☆☆☆☆ヽ(･ω･｀○)

Congratulations!

~~-v(=￣ω￣).｡o○お.｡o○め.｡o○で.｡o○と.｡o○う

Bye bye

ε(´’,_c’)зβyе☆βyеε(‘c_,’｀)з゛

Good night

オ┌|･o･|┘ヤ└|･O･|┐ス┌|･.･|┐ミ└|･_･|┘

Long time no see

(ﾉ^^)乂(^^)ﾉｵﾋｻｵﾋｻ(ﾉ^^)八(^^)ﾉ

Nice to meet you

(*’-‘*)ノはじめましてヽ(*’-‘*)

Hooray! I'm home!

ヾ(o′▽`o)ﾉﾞﾟ+.ﾟﾀﾀﾞｲﾏｰﾟ+.ﾟ

Smiles

＾ω＾

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Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Not so long ago, we discussed in some detail the topic of using emoticons on the VKontakte social network. The main codes of Emoji emoticons were also given there (about a thousand - for all occasions). If you have not yet read that publication, I strongly recommend that you do so:

What do text emoticons made up of symbols mean?

Let's continue to study the meanings of the most common options writing certain emoticons using ordinary (non-fancy) symbols. Are you ready? Well, then let's go.

Initially they became widespread, i.e. lying on their side (see the above examples of laughing and sad faces). Let's see what other combinations you might encounter on the Internet and what they mean (how to decipher them).

Indication of emotions by emoticon symbols

1. Joy or smile 🙂 is most often depicted using the symbols: :) or :-) or =)
2. Uncontrollable laughter 😀 (equivalent to the expression: :-D or :D or)))) (under-smile used mainly in RuNet)
3. Another designation for laughter, but more like mockery 😆 (equivalent): XD or xD or >:-D (schadenfreude)
4. Laughter to tears, i.e. what does the “tears of joy” emoticon mean 😂: :"-) or:"-D
5. Insidious grin 😏: ):-> or ]:->
6. A sad or sorrowful emoticon 🙁 has text meanings: :-(or =(or:(
7. Symbolic designation of a very sad smiley 😩: :-C or:C or (((((again, a variant of the under-smiley)
8. Mild displeasure, confusion or puzzlement 😕: :-/ or:-\
9. Strong anger 😡: D-:
10. Text designation of the neutral attitude emoticon 😐: :-| either: -I or._. or -_-
11. The symbolic meaning of the admiration emoticon 😃: *O* or *_* or **
12. Decoding the emotion of surprise 😵: :-() either:- or: -0 or: O or O: either o_O or oO or o.O
13. Options for what an emoticon of great surprise or bewilderment can mean 😯: 8-O
    either =-O or:-
14. Disappointment 😞: ​​:-e
15. Fury 😠: :-E or:E or:-t
16. Confusion 😖: :-[ or %0
17. Sullenness: :-*
18. Sadness: :-<

Meaning of text emoticons emotional actions or gestures

1. What does a winking smiley mean in text-symbolic form 😉: ;-) or;)
2. Sad joke: ;-(
3. Happy joke: ;-)
4. Options for designating a crying emoticon 😥 or 😭: :_(or:~(or:"(or:*(
5. Joyful crying (means “tears of joy” emoticon 😂): :~-
6. Sad cry 😭: :~-(
7. Angry cry: :-@
8. Kiss in text notation 😚 or 😙 or 😗: :-* or:-()
9. Hugs: ()
10. To show your tongue (means to tease) 😛 or 😜: :-P or:-p or:-Ъ
11. Mouth shut (means shh) 😶: :-X
12. It makes me sick to my stomach (denoting nausea): :-!
13. Drunk or embarrassed (means either “I’m drunk” or “you’re drunk”): :*)
14. You are a deer: E:-) or 3:-)
15. You're a clown: *:O)
16. Heart 💓:<3
17. Text designation of the “rose flower” emoticon 🌹: @)->-- or @)~>~~ or @-"-,"-,---
18. Carnation: *->->--
19. Old joke (meaning button accordion): [:|||:] or [:]/\/\/\[:] or [:]|||[:]
20. Krezi (means “you’ve gone crazy”): /:-(or /:-]
21. Fifth point: (_!_)

What do horizontal (Japanese) symbolic emoticons mean?

Initially, it so happened that most of the text emoticons that were invented and became widespread had to be deciphered as if “tilting the head to the side.” However, this is not entirely convenient, you will agree. Therefore, over time, their analogues began to appear (also typed from symbols), which did not require virtually or actually tilting the head to the side, because the image created by the symbols was located horizontally.

Let's take a look what do the most common horizontal text emoticons mean?:

1. (joy) is usually indicated: (^_^) or (^____^) or (n_n) or (^ ^) or \(^_^)/
2. in symbols denoted as: (<_>) or (v_v)
3. The following symbols mean different things: (o_o) or (0_0) or (O_o) or (o_O) or (V_v) (unpleasant surprise) or (@_@) (meaning “You can be stunned”)
4. Emoticon meaning: (*_*) or (*o*) or (*O*)
5. I'm sick: (-_-;) or (-_-;)~
6. Sleeping: (- . -) Zzz. or (-_-) Zzz. or (u_u)
7. Confusion: ^_^" or *^_^* or (-_-") or (-_-v)
8. Anger and rage: (-_-#) or (-_-¤) or (-_-+) or (>__
9. What does fatigue mean: (>_
10. Jealousy: 8 (>_
11. Distrust: (>>) or (>_>) or (<_>
12. Indifference: -__- or =__=
13. This emoticon text expression means: (?_?) or ^o^;>
14. Value close to: (;_;) or (T_T) or (TT.TT) or (ToT) or Q__Q
15. What does winking mean: (^_~) or (^_-)
16. Kiss: ^)(^ either (^)...(^) or (^)(^^)
17. High five (means friend): =X= or (^_^)(^_^)
18. Carrot Love: (^3^) or (*^) 3 (*^^*)
19. Apology: m (._.) m
20. Greedy emoticon: ($_$)

Naturally, on many blogs and forums it has long been possible to add emoticons in the form of pictures (from ready-made sets), but many still continue to use text emoticons, because they have already gotten their hands on it and there is no need to find the right one in the catalog picture.

If you want to know what this or that set of characters that is a text emoticon means, write about it in the comments. Maybe the whole world will figure it out...

Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site

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The author of the first emoticon symbols is considered to be the American scientist Scott Fahlman, who in 1982 proposed to indicate the seriousness or frivolity of messages on a university bulletin board by connecting punctuation marks such as colon, dash and round. :-) And:-(

And even earlier, in 1969, the Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, then living in the United States, figured out how to use a parenthesis as a smile or sadness. In his interview with an American magazine, he hinted that it would be nice to come up with a special typographic symbol to indicate the author’s emotions, then sometimes he wouldn’t have to answer stupid questions from journalists.

Punctuation marks on the keyboard are shown in the second row from the top. Just hold down the “Shift” button (the first button in the fifth row from the top) and select the corresponding symbol in the row of numbers and symbols.

Modern computer and mobile phone users have more than 60 emoticons in their arsenal. The most common ways to express emotions are:

:) simple smile
:)) happy smile
:> irony
:D laughter
:(chagrin, sadness
Z:(anger
:,(tears
O_o shock
O.O surprise
:-*
B) smiling under sunglasses
:-/ disappointment

For large eyes, use O. To create a wide smile, press the capital English letter “Di” after the colon. To indicate irony, you need to switch to the English layout and select the angle bracket. You can indicate age or membership in a youth culture. For example, a little girl is identified by a bow on her head, which is indicated by the figure eight 8:-). And the punk will draw his distinctive mohawk using the equal sign =:-)

Some people use symbols to draw full-fledged faces. This style of emoji is called Kaomoji or anime. Parentheses are used to indicate cheeks, and the necessary signs for a particular emotion are inserted between them. For example: (^_^) means smiling, joy, closing your eyes with pleasure. The cheeks and mouth are typed on the Russian layout, the eyes on the English layout (number 6 with the shift key held down). If you add \ and / to the sides of the face, you get a little man jumping for joy with .

Symbols can also be useful for identifying objects and gifts. For example, you want to give the person on the other side of the screen a rose. The closest thing to a pink bud is the “dog” icon, that is, @. A hyphen sign is suitable as a stem, and a leaf is drawn using an inclined stick. You can present a flower with a ribbon using a curly brace in the form of a ribbon. In the end it might look like this: @-/--- or like this @)--- . The gift can be in the form of a cake from square brackets: [```]. Candles are inserted using the “е” button on the English keyboard.

Users with a rich imagination manage to draw a hare or using several options for brackets and spaces. Open a blank sheet of paper in Word and experiment with pressing different buttons, changing layouts, etc. Perhaps it will also turn out to be a masterpiece.

Smileys: to use or not?

You should use emoticons in correspondence carefully, otherwise people may mistake you for a frivolous person. It is worth refraining from printed smiles if you communicate via work ICQ with people occupying a higher position. You can show your emotions only to close friends, so they will understand you more easily.