Text smiley cat. What does an emoticon mean, displayed in text symbols, codes for graphic (emoji) emoticons

The Japanese are a very emotional and creative nation. Therefore, in Japan, emoticons are more common than anywhere else in the world.

Kaomoji(顔文字) is a Japanese emoticon style based on kanji characters, punctuation marks and other symbols, used to express emotions when communicating in cyberspace. In fact, it is a synonym Japanese emoticons. Formed by a combination of words: kao (顔 - person) + moji (文字 - symbol, written sign).

According to the Japanese, eyes are the mirror of a person's soul. Therefore, if in Western emoticons the greatest attention is paid to the mouth, in Japanese emoticons it is the eyes. In addition, unlike Western emoticons, kaomoji no need to mentally rotate 90 degrees.

Many Japanese draw well, because Japanese- language of drawings. The example of anime and manga shows how accurately the authors manage to convey the various emotions of the characters with just a few simple lines.

At the dawn of the Internet and the medium of exchange instant messages lack of face-to-face communication led to various types of misunderstandings. Kaomoji was a successful creative attempt by manga and anime fans to correct this situation.

Japanese emoticons extremely varied. On the Internet you can see the figure 10,000, but in reality there are many more. This diversity is explained by at least two factors:

• unlike the Cyrillic and Latin alphabet, which are most often written in single-byte encodings, Japanese writing requires at least double-byte encodings that have a wider character coverage;
• kaomoji can denote not only individual emotions, but also complex actions, and their combinations - even entire stories.

Kaomoji are divided into categories depending on the emotional component, type of designated action or object. Also in these emoticons you can often find hieroglyphs that carry additional semantic connotations.

The site contains an interesting collection Japanese kaomoji emoticons, collected from various (mostly Japanese) Internet sources. Since everything Japanese emoticons impossible to assemble, the project team selected the most interesting options and their combinations, and also added our own. In addition, there is a corresponding application for Android.

In general, feel free to use the ones you like Japanese emoticons. Combine elements from different kaomoji and create your own creative options!

In Japanese emoticons depicting joy (laughter, smile, pleasure, delight), the eyes are usually placed high. The most commonly used symbols are ^, ￣, ´ and `, but not always. The mouth also plays an important role. For example, young Japanese women often use the symbol ω (omega) as the mouth of their Japanese emoticons, believing that such kaomoji are the cutest, or, as they say, kawaii. You can also use ∀, ▽ and other symbols that resemble a smile. And the Japanese also like to add various special effects to kaomoji (stars, tears of joy, etc.) for greater expressiveness.

Japanese emojis for love often use the ♡ (heart) symbol or combinations with it, such as ノ～ ♡ (blowing a kiss). You can also use the chu letter set to represent a kiss (in Japan it is associated with the sound of a kiss). Another distinctive feature of Japanese love emojis is the abundance of * and o symbols, which denote blush and are often used in combination with /, \, ノ, ﾉ and ヽ. That is, these emoticons seem to cover their faces with their hands out of embarrassment. In combination with the so-called “hands” the symbol ε (sponges with a bow) is also used, but here the desire to hug and kiss is implied. Japanese women often joke that such kaomoji look like perverts!

To show embarrassment, a symbol can be used; (something like a drop of sweat on the face) or symbols simulating blush (*, o). In addition, you can try to imitate how the Japanese emoticon covers its face with its hands out of embarrassment.

To express sympathy or compassion, you need at least two Japanese emoticons: one of them will be upset about something, and the other will calm him down. For the first type, you can use kaomoji from the “sadness” category. The key element of the second will be a “soothing hand stroke” (ノ”, ノ’ or ヾ) or a “support shoulder” (see examples).

Dissatisfaction can easily be expressed by scrunching your face in kaomoji. Hence the corresponding symbols. For the eyes of dissatisfied Japanese emoticons, ＞＜ are suitable. Additional wrinkles may be added by the ＃ symbol. Also, eyes like ￢￢ and ￣￣ with a well-shaped mouth can express a certain dissatisfaction. Similar techniques are quite common in anime and manga.

The secret to portraying anger using kaomoji lies in the eyes. Use ` and ´ or ｀ and ´. Just don’t confuse the arrangement of the symbols, otherwise your evil Japanese emoticon will become kind and cheerful (compare: ` ´ - evil eyes, ´ ` - kind eyes). In addition, to depict anger, you can add “wrinkles” ＃ and their stronger form メ or ╬, and as a hand - 凸 (middle finger) and ψ (like claws). You can also use “evil grin” 皿 or 益.

Sadness, sadness and tears are depicted quite simply. For eyes use T T, ; ;, >< и другие символы, имитирующие заплаканные глаза Japanese emoticon. You can also cover your eyes with your hands (for example, /\ and ノヽ).

To show pain, use symbols >< вместе со спецэффектами наподобие ⌒☆. Для изображения “оглушённых” смайликов можно использовать глаза типа “x”. Но также есть и другие способы.

To depict scared Japanese emoticons, use forward and backslashes and other symbols that create the impression that the kaomoji is covering his face with his hands in fear. In this case, you can also depict screaming, waving your arms and other similar actions.Σ(°△°|||)︴

You can show indifference using Japanese emoticons by using imitation of corresponding hand movements (┐ ┌ or ╮ ╭, as well as all kinds of connections with forward/backslash and other symbols similar to hands). ー ー, ˇ ˇ and similar options are suitable as “indifferent eyes”.

Use "empty eyes" ・ ・. To enhance the effect, you can add to them; or 〃. Also, in a similar combination, eyes like ￣ ￣ are suitable for emoticons. Finally, you can add effects like the process of thinking (・・・), spreading your arms (┐ ┌ or ╮ ╭), supporting your head with your hand (ゞ).

The easiest way to show doubt is to look away with your kaomoji eyes. Use ￢ ￢, ¬ ¬ or arrows.

In short, kaomoji is the Japanese version of the familiar emoticons (). The fundamental difference is that kaomoji do not need to be flipped to recognize emotions. Moreover, they can express not only facial expressions or gestures, but also complex actions, and even entire stories. Of course, oriental emoticons make full use of the theme of anime and manga. And to write them, Japanese characters are used mixed with punctuation marks and various symbols.

Where to find kaomoji

A simple search for the word “kaomoji” will return an overwhelming mountain of results. The situation is similar with the request for kaomoji. Hundreds of thematic sites are replete with thousands of all kinds of faces, the meaning of which is often impossible to determine. Therefore, we strongly recommend that beginners familiarize themselves with the general spirit of kaomoji by scrolling through the transcript of the most common ones. And kaomoji.ru, a Russian-language site with Japanese emoticons, will help you with this.

Here kaomoji are divided into categories, for example, you can easily find funny emoticons, hide and seek emoticons, as well as pigs, weapons or love. Moreover, each of the categories describes the principles of the structure of kaomoji. For example, friendship kaomoji often use symbols that resemble hands and their touch (人, メ, 八, 爻). After reading this basics, it will become much easier for you to navigate among all these squiggles, and they (with the help of your imagination) will be overgrown with images with meaning.

If you speak basic English, you can also look at foreign pages. For example, dongerlist.com has good content, a nice appearance and a good structure.

An advantageous feature of the site is the ability to copy an emoticon to the clipboard in one click, and then paste it into correspondence.

How to quickly use Kaomoji

Are you ready to kill the relationship (▰˘◡˘▰) and surprise your virtual interlocutors with the originality? Great! Except for one thing: typing complex emoticons is so-so fun. Let's figure out how to make your life easier when writing kaomoji.

Chrome

Don't think, Chrome doesn't have native or , which would simplify the kawaii structure. But third-party developers took care of the needs of the people and wrote a couple of interesting extensions.

For example, one of the resources we have already mentioned suggests adding a floating window to your browser with quick access to kaomoji. There is a division into categories and the ability to quickly insert an emoticon into the correspondence window with one click of the mouse.

A slightly different approach was implemented by the owners of the site disapprovallook.com, another bank of emoticons. Their extension quickly redirects the user to the resource itself, where you can get some good looks using regular copy-paste. Why do all this if there are bookmarks? This is a little easier, because you don’t need to keep the bookmarks bar in front of your eyes or open a new page.

Android

Who would doubt that Google Play will have handy tools for lovers of emoticons. It's hard to say which keyboard is the best, but we'll use the Emoticon Keyboard as an example. It has a considerable number of downloads, a good rating and mostly positive reviews.

By and large, this is the most ordinary keyboard, but with the addition of a button that calls up the emoticon selection menu.

However, you are unlikely to want to change a keyboard that has already taken root. In this situation, we’ll give you some advice: look into the settings of your standard keyboard and find there something similar to a custom dictionary. Here you will have to work hard once and set the replacement of certain words with kaomoji. The work is not quick and pleasant, but it is forever.

iOS

Tim Cook's autumn blessing in 2014 freed the hands of iOS developers who wanted to create their ideal . As a result, iTunes was replenished with a number of interesting solutions, among which, undoubtedly, were Kaomoji keyboards.

Kaomoji Keyboard boasts thousands of emojis, so there's something to suit every need.

Mac OS and Windows

As for Mac, the settings of Apple's desktop operating system provide for auto-replacement of a word or phrase with the option you specify, that is, in our case, an emoticon. It’s a pity that something similar is missing in Windows, so you have to install and use extra software. For example, autocorrect patterns are implemented in the popular Punto Switcher.

Conclusion

We hope that you have enjoyed getting acquainted with the unusual world of kaomoji, but promise that you will not abuse them both in your personal correspondence and in Lifehacker comments!

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. The use of emoticons when communicating in chats, on forums, on social networks, when sending comments on blogs and even in business correspondence at the present stage of Internet development is already quite commonplace. Moreover, emoticons can be displayed both in the form of simple text symbols and in graphic form, which adds choice.

Graphic emoticons (emoji, or emoji), which we will talk about in more detail below, appearing in the form of pictures, are displayed by inserting the corresponding codes that were specially added to the official Unicode table so that users can use them almost everywhere to express emotions .

Thus, on the one hand, you can find the code of the smiley you need to insert it in a special list, and on the other hand, in order not to look for the necessary encoding every time, it is quite possible to remember the sequence of simple text characters that reflect the most frequently expressed types of emotional state, and insert them into the text of the message.

Indicating emoticons using text symbols

To begin with, in order to satisfy my perfectionist nature, I would like to say a few words about the history of emoticons. After the great Tim Berners Lee laid the foundation for the development of the modern Internet, people were able to communicate virtually unlimitedly among themselves.

However, on the World Wide Web, from the very beginning, communication was carried out in writing (and even today this type of dialogue is still very popular), and it is very limited in terms of reflecting the emotions of the interlocutor.

Of course, a person who has literary talent and the gift of expressing his feelings through text will not experience problems. But the percentage of such gifted people, as you understand, is very small, which is quite logical, and the problem had to be solved on a mass scale.

Naturally, the question arose of how to smooth out this shortcoming. It is not known for certain who first proposed text signs reflecting this or that emotion.

According to some reports, it was a famous American computer scientist Scott Elliot Fahlman, who proposed using a set of symbols for comic messages :-), in a different interpretation :) . If you tilt your head to the left, you will see what is essentially a cheerful smiley face:

And for messages containing some kind of negative information that can evoke emotions of the opposite nature, the same Falman came up with another combination of symbols: -(or:(. As a result, if we rotate it 90°, we will see a sad emoticon:

By the way, since the first emoticons primarily identified the emotional background of the interlocutors, they received the name emoticons. This name comes from the abbreviated English expression emot ion icon— an icon with an expression of emotion.

The meaning of emoticons that express emotions through symbols

So, a start has been made in this area, all that remains is to pick up the idea and choose simple text signs with which one could easily and simply reflect other expressions of mood and emotional state. Here are some emoticons from the symbols and their interpretation:

• :-) , :) ,) , =) , :c) , :o) , :] , 8) , :?) , :^) or :) - emoticon of happiness or joy;
• :-D , :D - a wide smile or uncontrollable laughter;
• :"-) , :"-D - laughter to tears;
• :-(, :(, =(—sad emoticon made from symbols;
• :-C, :C - emoticons made from text characters, indicating intense sadness;
• :-o, - boredom;
• :_(, :"(, :~(, :*(—crying emoticon;
• XD, xD - emoticons with letters that mean ridicule;
• >:-D, >:) - options for expressing gloating (evil grin);
• :-> - grin;
• ):-> or ]:-> - insidious smile;
• :-/ or:-\ - these emoticons can mean confusion, indecision;
• :-|| - anger;
• D-: - strong anger
• :-E or:E - designation of rage in text characters;
• :-| , :-I - this can be deciphered as a neutral attitude;
• :-() , :-o , =-O , = O , :-0 , :O - these sets of symbols mean surprise;
• 8-O or:- , :-() - decoding: extreme degree of amazement (shock);
• :-* - gloominess, bitterness;
• =P, =-P, :-P - irritation;
• xP - disgust;
• :-7 - sarcasm;
• :-J - irony;
• :> - smug;
• X(—inflated;
• :~- - bitter to the point of tears.

By the way, some emoticons from signs, when inserted, can be displayed in graphic form (this will be discussed in today’s article), but not always and not everywhere.

What do other classic text emoticons mean?

Below I will give a number of simple symbolic emoticons that reflect the state, character traits of people, their attitude towards their interlocutors, emotional actions or gestures, as well as images of creatures, animals and flowers:

• ;-(— sad joke;
• ;-) - means a funny joke;
• :-@ - cry of anger;
• :-P, :-p, :-Ъ - show your tongue, which means licking your lips in anticipation of delicious food;
• :-v - talks a lot;
• :-* , :-() — kiss;
• () - hugs;
• ; , ;-) , ;) - wink designations;
• |-O - surging yawning, which means a desire to sleep;
• |-I - sleeping;
• |-O - snores;
• :-Q - smoker;
• :-? - smokes a pipe;
• / — emoticon meaning the interjection “hmmm”;
• :-(0) - screams;
• :-X - “keep your mouth shut” (means a call for silence;)
• :-! - the meaning of nausea or an analogue of the phrase “it makes you sick”;
• ~:0 — child;
• :*), %-) - drunk, intoxicated;
• =/ - crazy;
• :), :-() - a man with a mustache;
• =|:-)= — “Uncle Sam” (this emoticon means a comic image of the US state);
• -:-) - punk;
• (:-| - monk;
• *:O) - clown;
• B-) - a man in sunglasses;
• B:-) - sunglasses on the head;
• 8-) - a man with glasses;
• 8:-) - glasses on the head;
• @:-) - a man with a turban on his head;
• :-E - this set of symbols denotes a vampire;
• 8-# - zombies;
• @~)~~~~ , @)->-- , @)-v-- - rose;
• *->->-- - clove;
• <:3>
• =8) - pig;
• :o/ , :o
• :3 - cat;

If you wish, you can invent emoticons yourself by typing certain characters (letters, numbers or symbols) on the keyboard. From the above list it is clear, for example, that using the number “3” you can depict the face of a cat, a dog (as well as, say, a rabbit) or one of the parts of a heart. And emoticons with P mean sticking out tongue. There is room for creativity.

Horizontal Japanese emoticons (kaomoji)

Above were classic emoticons made up of text symbols, which are interpreted and acquire the correct shape only if you tilt your head to the left or mentally rotate such an image 90° to the right.

Japanese emoticons are more convenient in this regard; when looking at them, you do not need to tilt your head, because it is immediately clear what each of them means. Kaomoji, as you probably guessed, was first used in Japan and consisted of both standard characters found on any keyboard and the use of hieroglyphs.

Japanese term «顔文字» when translated into Latin it looks like “Kaomoji”. In fact, the phrase “kaomoji” is very close to the concept of “smile” (English smile - smile), since "kao" (顔) means "face" and "moji" (文字)- “symbol”, “letter”.

Even with a quick analysis of the meanings of these terms, it is noticeable that Europeans and residents of most countries where the Latin alphabet is common pay more attention to such an element as the mouth (smile) when expressing emotions. For the Japanese, all components of the face are important, especially the eyes. This is expressed in true (not modified) kaomoji.

Subsequently, Japanese emoticons became widespread in Southeast Asia, and today they are used throughout the world. Moreover, they can consist not only of symbols and hieroglyphs, but are often supplemented, for example, with letters and signs of the Latin or Arabic alphabet. First, let's see what do some simple horizontal text emoticons mean?:

• (^_^) or (n_n) - smiling, joyful;
• (^____^) - wide smile;
• ^-^ — happy smiley;
• (<_>) , (v_v) - this is how sadness is usually denoted;
• (o_o) , (0_0) , (o_O) - these emoticons mean varying degrees of surprise;
• (V_v) or (v_V) - unpleasantly surprised;
• *-* - amazement;
• (@_@) — surprise has reached its maximum (“you can be stunned”);
• ^_^”, *^_^* or (-_-v) - embarrassment, awkwardness;
• (?_?) , ^o^ - misunderstanding;
• (-_-#) , (-_-¤) , (>__
• 8 (>_
• (>>) , (>_>) or (<_>
• -__- or =__= - indifference;
• m (._.) m - apology;
• ($_$) - this emoticon reflects greed;
• (;_;) , Q__Q - crying;
• (T_T), (TT.TT) or (ToT) - sobbing;
• (^_~) , (^_-) - these variations of emoticons mean a wink;
• ^)(^, (-)(-), (^)...(^) - kiss;
• (^3^) or (* ^) 3 (*^^*) - love;
• (-_-;) , (-_-;)~ - sick;
• (- . -) Zzz, (-_-) Zzz or (u_u) - sleeping.

Well, now a few horizontal emoticons that reflect frequently encountered emotions, composed of more complex symbols and signs, as well as their designations:

• ٩(◕‿◕)۶ , (〃＾▽＾〃) or \(★ω★)/ - happiness;
• o(❛ᴗ❛)o , (o˘◡˘o) , (っ˘ω˘ς) - smile;
• (´♡‿♡`), (˘∀˘)/(μ‿μ) ❤ or (๑°꒵°๑)･*♡ - love;
• (◡‿◡ *), (*ﾉ∀`*), (*μ_μ) - embarrassment.

Naturally, Japanese emoticons, which use not only service symbols and punctuation marks, but also complex letters of the katakana alphabet, provide more opportunities to express not only emotions through facial expressions, but also through gestures.

For example, an emoticon has become widespread on the Internet, shrugging shoulders and throwing up hands. What does it mean? Most likely an apology with a hint of awkwardness:

This emoticon appeared thanks to the famous rapper Kanye West, who unexpectedly interrupted the presenter's speech at the Video Music Awards in 2010, and then demonstrated such a gesture, admitting the incorrectness of his behavior (the emoticon that shrugs its shoulders and spreads its arms was called “Kanye shoulders” and became a real meme):

If you are interested in exploring the complete collection of kaomoji that reflect emotions, forms of movement, states, types of animals, etc., then visit here is this resource, where they can be easily copied and pasted into the desired location.

Graphic emoticons Emoji (emoji), their codes and meanings

So, above we examined symbolic emoticons, some of which, when inserted on social networks and other places, can acquire graphic outlines, that is, appear in the form of pictures. But this does not happen everywhere and not always. Why?

Yes, because they consist of simple text icons. To emoticons were guaranteed to acquire the appearance of images after insertion, and in any place where you place them, codes must be used, specially included in the official Unicode table so that any user can quickly express their emotional state.

Of course, any emoticon can be loaded in the form of pictures created in graphic editors, but given the huge number of them and the number of users on the Internet, such a solution does not seem ideal, since it will inevitably negatively affect the bandwidth of the global network. But the use of codes in this situation is just right.

As a result, popular engines used for forums and blogs (for example, WordPress) have in their functionality the ability to insert colored emoticons, which undoubtedly adds expressiveness to messages.

The same can be said for various chats and instant messengers designed for both PCs and mobile devices (Skype, Telegram, Viber, Whatsapp).

It is graphic pictograms that are called emoji (or emoji, which is more correct from the point of view of Japanese pronunciation). Term «画像文字» (in Latin transliteration “emoji”), which, like kaomoji, is a phrase consisting of two words translated into Russian meaning “picture” (“e”) and “letter”, “symbol” (moji).

I think the Japanese name for small pictures that appear in the text to display emotions, feelings and states is most fair, since it was in Japan that symbolic images were born that do not require mentally turning them over for correct perception.

As I noted above, any code emoji smiley in the vast majority of cases, it is necessarily interpreted into a picture in all possible places where you want to insert it, including, for example, social networks VKontakte, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Moreover, in different areas, the smiley may be displayed differently when inserting the same Unicode code corresponding to a specific value:

Another important point. By default, the emoji smiley will be executed in black and white or displayed as a rectangle😀 (it all depends on the platform that is used where it is inserted). You can verify this if visit encoder and try to insert HTML codes corresponding to different emoticons into the field on the right:

Similar emojis will look exactly like this in the browser. In order for them to acquire color, you need to use a special script that is installed on large popular services. By the way, in one of the latest versions of WordPress (I don’t remember which one) emoji were enabled by default, but I had to disable them due to a serious increase in . which I try to constantly monitor.

So for small businesses with limited resources, emojis are not always a boon. After disabling, when you try to insert emoji into the text of an article or comment, the emoticons will be present in black and white or in the shape of a rectangle.

But in popular social networks, the use of the appropriate HTML code by any user initiates the appearance of a full-fledged emoticon. By the way, in the same Contact there is a whole collection of emoji, sorted into categories. Copy this or that emoji you can from the Unicode table, located where the icons are distributed among sections:

Select the required image from the “Native” column and copy it to using the context menu or Ctrl+C. Then open a page of some social network, forum, chat, even your email in a new tab and paste this code into the message you want to send using the same menu or Ctrl+V.

Now watch the video, which presents 10 emojis whose real meaning you may not even know.

A complete selection of emoticons from symbols: emoji, Japanese emoticons, classic brackets, ASCII-art. The coolest and most expressive symbols! ‿︵‿ヽ(°□°)ノ︵‿︵

In modern written speech there are no tools that would allow one to quickly display the author’s mood, his emotional state and attitude towards the interlocutor. In literature, writers usually cope with this by expressing thoughts in a few sentences, but in online correspondence, where speed is important - in a messenger, on a website, when communicating on social networks, this is extremely impractical. Such a dialogue will be protracted, because each interlocutor will have to think about how he will use certain words and whether the other side will understand him correctly.

And here emoticons ʕ ᵔᴥᵔ ʔ come to the rescue - sets of symbols that display human emotions or visualize some message. They significantly save time and simplify text communication between network users. This advantage will be especially appreciated by those who surf the Internet from portable devices that are inferior in typing speed to PCs and laptops with a comfortable and practical keyboard.

So, let's look at popular emoticons, the meaning of symbols that can be used in the process of communicating online, starting with the most common options and gradually moving to more “exotic” ones.

Simple emoticons with text

) – a closing parenthesis, an emotion of joy, which can be used to give a positive color to the written text or to demonstrate your friendly attitude towards the interlocutor. Smileys with similar meaning: =) :).

(– an opening parenthesis, symbolizes sadness, disappointment. It is appropriate to use, for example, if a message from your interlocutor upset you.

))))) : D =D – emoticons equivalent to the abbreviation LOL, hinting that something made the person who sent them laugh very much.

:’-) :’-D – laughter to tears.

):-> or ]:-> - two options for the smile of an evil genius who has conceived an insidious plan or simply a gloating person.

:-/ – if you are puzzled by something, confused or filled with slight dissatisfaction, this sequence of symbols will express your emotions in the best possible way.

Or -_- - these three emoticons will be a great way to demonstrate ostentatious indifference or disdain for something.

*O* or *_* or ** – strong admiration, impression of what he saw.

) :- :-0 o_O o.O – different variants of the emotions of surprise, which can be understood by the wide open mouth and bulging eyes.

:-e – emoticon of the emotion of disappointment. It's hard to say, though, why exactly he looks like this.

:-E or:E or:-t – rage, anger, strong aggression.

:-< – смайлик печального настроения.

:*) :-[ or %0 – used in cases where a person is confused by something/someone.

Emotional actions and gestures

The purpose of emoticons from this category, unlike those previously discussed, is not to convey the mood of the participant in the correspondence, but to help describe various actions or signals sent.

:-* or:-() – designations of a kiss in the text version.

() – with this emoticon you can demonstrate that you want to hug your interlocutor.

Or: -p or: -Ъ – teasing the interlocutor with his tongue out.

[:]|||[:] – image of a button accordion. In Internet slang, the name of this musical instrument usually refers to something that is no longer relevant and has been seen many times.

:-X – please shut up, keep your mouth shut, keep your mouth shut.

/:-] – a hint that the interlocutor’s attic is leaking a little.

*:O) – symbolic designation of a clown. If a participant in the correspondence has gone too far with humor and cannot stop, you can notify him about this.

*->->- – image of a carnation. You can give your interlocutor a flower.

(_!_) – naked human ass. It is unlikely that your friends or acquaintances will appreciate such a gesture in real life, but in virtual spaces such an expression of emotions is quite common.

Emoticons of characters and characters

This set of emoticons allows you to depict a person with any expressed characteristic (both psychological and physical characteristics) or a famous person, for example, a character from a cult film or cartoon, a historical figure, etc.

:-()=0 – depicts a person who has obvious problems with excess weight (fat).

:-() – emoticon with a thick mustache.

:~X – denotes a person who prefers to keep his mouth shut and keep quiet.

L:) – associated with losers/losers, people unlucky in life.

((:-) – wearer of false hair, wig.

~(_8^(|) – the recognizable face of Homer Simpson, the hero of the popular American animated series.

(:\/) – Pac-Man, a character from an old computer game.

(>o-< – любитель прыжков с парашютом.

<]:-o) – волшебник/волшебница, ведьма или колдунья (зависит от контекста употребления).

Japanese emoticons made from symbols

Being a very emotional and creative nation, the Japanese quickly mastered communication using emoticons. Moreover, their visually rich language allowed them to create several thousand variants of their emoji, called kaomoji (stands for face + symbol). Their main difference from the designations popular in Western culture is that the schematic image of a human face is always in a horizontal plane. There is no need to mentally turn it 90 degrees. Otherwise, the differences are minimal, except that the Japanese are not shy about peppering their emoticons with rarely encountered characters.

Japanese emoticons of positive emotions

Joy emoticons are usually distinguished by high-set eyes, a smiling mouth, and raised wand hands. A variety of symbols can be used as a mouth, from a regular dot to letters of the Greek alphabet. Many Japanese women use the letter ω (omega) for their mouth, reminiscent of lips folded in a bow. So, in their opinion, the emoticon becomes more cute, “kawaii”.

Love emoticons - the Japanese very often use the heart symbol ♡ in them, placing it on the cheeks, in the hands of the emoticon, or even instead of eyes. Asterisks (*) in context denote embarrassment, as do the hands covering the face emoji. The letter ω (omega) indicates the intention to kiss the interlocutor.

(´ ∀)ノ～ ♡ – an emoji with a raised hand, a tilde and a heart imitates blowing a kiss to the object of your interest.

Σ>―(〃°ω°〃)♡→ – original confession “I fell in love.” Kawaii emoticon pierced by Cupid's arrow.

♡ (˘▽˘>ԅ(˘⌣˘) – a couple in love holding hands with a contented look.

☆⌒ヽ(*’､^*)chu – these three consecutive letters in Japanese are consonant with the sound of a kiss. In practice, it turns out something like the Russian “smack-smack”.

(ﾉ´ z)ノ– a smiley with its entire appearance showing that its sender wants to hug and kiss the recipient well.

A few more options for love emoticons:

Embarrassment emoticons - as mentioned earlier, the most common symbol for this emotion is *, associated with blushing, and/or various signs with lines that imitate hands covering the face and eyes. Alternatively, slashes (////) can be used. This type of drawing is often used in Japanese animation when it is necessary to show embarrassment on a character's face.

(◡‿◡ *) – a shy emoticon with eyes downcast or closed.
(⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄) – сильное смущение, заставившее покраснеть все лицо человека.

(*/。＼) – an emoticon that is embarrassed or ashamed of something, awkwardly trying to cover its face with its hands.

Other common embarrassment emojis:

Sympathy emoticons are small scenes with two characters. One emoticon acts as a subject who is upset about something, and the second one provides him with support. There is nothing stopping you from taking your favorite faces from other categories and combining them to your liking, making your own kaomoji.

(ノ_<。)ヾ(´ ▽) – довольный жизнерадостный смайлик похлопывает по плечу своего расстроенного друга.

ヽ(￣ω￣(。。)ゝ – a similar situation, but this time a sympathetic comrade puts his hand on the shoulder of a dejected friend.
(ｏ・_・)ノ”(ノ_<、) – заботливое поглаживание по голове.

Japanese emoticons of negative emotions

Emoticons of dissatisfaction - the generally accepted expression of this emotion is considered to be a wrinkled face and/or closed eyes (this convention was transferred to emoticons from anime and manga). The sign # or ^ instead of a mouth, signaling a contemptuously raised lower lip, is perfect for this purpose.

(＃＞＜) - this guy clearly saw something that irritated him and narrowed his eyes with displeasure.

(︶︹︺) - symbolizes a contemptuous person looking at the interlocutor with disdain.

凸(￣ヘ￣) – there is no need to comment anything here. This emoticon not only does not hide its dissatisfaction, but also shows its attitude towards the interlocutor with the help of a world-famous gesture.

<(￣ ﹌ ￣)>– this person clearly does not intend to joke and is ready to sort things out in a raised voice with the subject who caused her dissatisfaction.

Other types of displeasure emoticons:

Anger emoticons are the most negative emotion that is difficult to confuse with any other. At the head of the exposition here are the eyes, which in angry emoticons are usually drawn not in circles, but in lines or sharp shapes with a black fill. To give an even more frightening effect, wrinkles, attributes such as claws or offensive gestures are added.

(‡▼益▼) - an evil grin, a scar on his cheek, black eyes and a wrinkled nose. With its entire appearance, this smiley demonstrates that it is better not to mess with it.
ψ(▼へ▼メ)～→ – the guy with the spear and pitchfork is clearly angry with someone, so it’s better to stay away from him.
(凸ಠ益ಠ)凸– people often associate narrow pupils with anger, irritability and other negative emotions, so they are perfect for this emoticon.
٩(ఠ益ఠ)۶ – clenched fists and a fierce look. This angry emoji symbol not only gets angry, but also doesn't mind taking out its anger on someone.

Sad emojis are among the easiest to display. It is enough to choose symbols so that the eyes look tear-stained, for example, use two letters T. Alternatively, you can draw dash hands that will cover the face. The downturned corners of the mouth and raised eyebrows also clearly hint at a state of despondency.

(μ_μ) – this emoticon has several meanings (depending on the context of the correspondence). In this case, for example, it most closely resembles a face drenched in tears.

(ﾟ，_ゝ｀) – a sad emoticon symbol with a small tear.
(ಥ﹏ಥ) - an emotional emoticon with a trembling mouth, trying with all its might not to cry.

。゜゜(´Ｏ) ゜゜。 – this is no longer just sadness, but real hysteria with a waterfall of tears.

Pain emoticons are usually a closed, suffering grimace, sometimes complemented by all sorts of special effects such as stunning, scratches, scars, etc. Cross-shaped eyes (X, x and others) are well suited for this designation.

~(>_<~) – смайлик, которого мучают головные боли.
(☆_@) – the guy was stunned and given a good black eye.
[ ± _ ± ] – crosses instead of eyes clearly hint that the smiley at the moment would prefer to die, if only his suffering would stop.

(×﹏×) – a wavy mouth in combination with cross-shaped eyes symbolizes repressed painful emotions.

Fear emoticons - a scared emoji can be easily portrayed by choosing the right eyes and hand gestures. Screams, attempts to cover your face, chaotic movements - all this can show how scared a person is (from mild stupor to panic and horror).

(・人・) is a visual illustration of the saying “Fear has big eyes.” A frightened look and pupils narrowed in horror.
＼(º □ º l|l)/ – can be regarded as a call for help or running around shouting “save, help.”

〜(＞＜)〜– the frightened emoticon closed its eyes in fear and covered its ears with its hands.
..・ヾ(。＞＜)シ– this smiley is afraid and runs away from something in a panic.

Japanese emoticons of neutral emotions

Emoticons of indifference - expressed in the form of a characteristic shrug of the shoulders or spreading of the arms to the sides. For this purpose, pairs of symbols ┐ ┌ and ╮ ╭ are best suited. Eyes are drawn with narrow horizontal lines or dots. Below you can see several options for displaying your ostentatious indifference.

• ╮(˘ ､ ˘)╭
• ヽ(ー_ー)ノ
• ヽ(´ー)┌
• ┐(‘～)┌
• ヽ(　￣d￣)ノ
• ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌
• ヽ(￣～￣　)ノ
• ╮(￣_￣)╭

Confusion emoticons are ideal if a person needs to show their interlocutor that the message sent to them has greatly puzzled them. For designation, characteristic hand gestures and ellipsis (...) are used, which are symbolic synonyms of the thought process, loading, pause, information processing.

(◎ ◎)ゞ– a seriously puzzled emoticon scratching the top of its head.
ლ(ಠ_ಠ ლ) – the emoji depicts strong mental stress or, depending on the context, an attempt to convey some of your thoughts to your opponent.
(・・) ? – a question mark near the head, a universal symbol of misunderstanding.

(-_-;)・・・– don’t interfere, the person thinks everything over carefully.

Smileys of doubt - this emotion is most easily conveyed by eyes moving to the left or right. Indicative symbols, such as arrows, are used to convey meaning. Several options can be seen below.

• (￢_￢)
• (→_→)
• (￢ ￢)
• (￢‿￢)
• (¬_¬)
• (←_←)
• (¬ ¬)
• (¬‿¬)

Surprise emoticons - are drawn with eyes that are round, white inside or have tiny pupils, sometimes with an open mouth and showing specific hand gestures. The Σ symbol in this context shows a sharp flinch.

(: ౦ ‸ ౦ :) – the smiley is very confused or even stunned by what he sees.

(°ロ°) ! - a combination of two emotions, reflecting the surprise of an exclamation mark and an open mouth in a smile. It shows that the news received suddenly turned out to be pleasant.

(⊙_⊙) – shocked, puzzled, but clearly not happy emoticon.

w(°ｏ°)w – “what the hell,” “how is it like that,” “why did this happen.”

Indication of various actions by Japanese emoticons

Greetings. The easiest way to imitate this action is to raise the right or left hand of the emoticon upward. You can use a special symbol with two small dashes on top (ﾉﾞ), which resembles a welcoming waving of fingers from side to side.

• (￣▽￣)ノ
• (*・ω・)ﾉ
• (°▽°)/
• (´ ∀)ﾉ
• (^-^*)/
• (＠´ー)ﾉﾞ
• (´ ω )ﾉ
• (° ∀ °)ﾉﾞ

Embrace. If you want to show your interlocutor that you are mentally hugging him or just want to express your support to him, use an emoticon with arms spread apart. There are many options - here are just a few.

(づ◡﹏◡)づ – the condescending embrace of a person who simply cannot refuse his interlocutor.
(つ . ́ _ʖ ̀ .)つ– sympathetic hugs. The person is concerned about what he heard from the interlocutor and wants to provide him with support.
(づ￣ ³￣)づ – hugs and kisses.
(づ ◕‿◕)づ – joyful hugs.

Wink. The simplest emotion, to display which you only need to depict one of the eyes of the emoticon closed/squinted, and leave the other open for contrast. A variety of symbols can be used here, it all depends on your creativity.

• (^_~)
• (ﾟｏ⌒)
• (^_-)≡☆
• (^ω~)
• (>ω^)
• (~人^)
• (^_-)
• (-_・)

Apologies. Among the Japanese, it is customary to apologize with a small bow, so emoticons reflect a similar picture. The eyes are drawn small and directed downward, thus depicting repentance. Emoji diversify with various hand gestures.

(シ_ _)シ– hands in motion symbolize repeated bows.
<(_ _)>- a deep bow and admission of guilt.

m(_ _)m – the letters m represent bows from a sitting position. Hands lie on some surface, for example, resting on a table.

Dream. Here the display is not much different from that adopted in Europe. All you have to do is draw closed eyes and add something like Zzzzzz. This letter usually imitates the snoring of a sleeping person.

(x . x) ~~zzZ – the combination of the emotion of sleep and cross-shaped eyes indicates that the object is fast asleep and it will not be easy to wake him up.

(－ω－) zzZ – this emoticon clearly has pleasant dreams.

(＿ ＿*) Z z z – sleep with your face buried in the pillow.

(￣ρ￣)..zzZZ – sleeping with his mouth open and drooling emoticon.

Hide and seek. If you need to depict action where your emoji character is hiding, character sets allow you to do this. The emotions reflected on the face will enlighten the interlocutor about the context of what is happening. Let's give a few examples.

┬┴┬┴┤(･_├┬┴┬┴ – the smiley carefully and with a rather frightened look peeks out from behind the wall, clearly expressing apprehension and concern about what he sees.

┬┴┬┴┤(͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬┴ – the famous 4chan meme of Lenny’s face is hiding behind the wall. It is often used by people who want to express their interest or have done a mischief and are now happy with what they have done. You can use it to troll opponents on the forums and in chats.
ヾ(･| – a cautious emoticon calling out to its friend.

Letter. When you need to demonstrate that you are writing something, the φ symbol, which closely resembles a pen, is a great symbol. For paper or any other surface, a simple underline _ is usually used.

ヾ(ー´)シφ__ – an emoticon with hand movements shows that a person is writing something very quickly, in a hurry.
__φ(．．;) – semicolon and small eyes hint at the subject’s concentration.

(^▽^)ψ__ is another spelling option. This time, instead of the symbol φ, the equally suitable ψ is used. True, if used in the wrong context, the image of the writer can be confused with a man sitting with a fork in front of a plate.

Animal emoticons

Cats. As one of the cutest and most adorable creatures on the planet, cats have gained popularity across many cultures. And in Japan, and in general, they have become a real cult (take, for example, all these numerous anime characters with cat ears and tails). There are the most emoticons with cats among kaomoji with animals. Here are some of the best options:

ଲ(ⓛ ω ⓛ)ଲ – large eyes with vertical pupils and sharp claws.
(^˵◕ω◕˵^) – kawaii cat.

ヾ(= ω´=)ノ” – a cat that is angry and scratching about something.

(=ω=)..nyaa – the famous nya is nothing more than a cat’s meow.

Bears. These animals are distinguished by a characteristic muzzle (I) and rounded ears. Other elements, such as raised paws, are added optionally.

ʕ ᵔᴥᵔ ʔ – kawaii little bear.
(／￣(ｴ)￣)／ – a large bear standing on its hind legs and hanging over with its front legs.
ʕ ̀ o ́ ʔ – surprised bear.

Dogs. Dogs in Japanese emoticons have floppy ears, which also serve as the outline of their faces. Eyes are usually depicted as lines or dots of varying sizes.

• ∪＾ェ＾∪
• ∪･ω･∪
• ∪￣-￣∪
• ∪･ｪ･∪
• Ｕ^皿^Ｕ
• ＵＴｪＴＵ
• U^ｪ^U
• V●ᴥ●V
• ∪◣_◢∪
• (▽◕ ᴥ ◕▽)

Spiders. Insects with many legs and eyes require an equally large number of symbols to create a believable emoji representation. Below you can see some original examples.

• /╲/\( ̀ ω ́)/\╱\
• /╲/\╭(ఠఠ益ఠఠ)╮/\╱\
• /╲/\╭(ರರ⌓ರರ)╮/\╱\
• /╲/\╭༼ ººل͟ºº ༽╮/\╱\
• /╲/\╭(͡°͡° ͜ʖ ͡°͡°)╮/\╱\
• /╲/\╭[ ᴼᴼ ౪ ᴼᴼ]╮/\╱\
• /╲/\╭[☉﹏☉]╮/\╱\

Other animals. The list of running, flying and swimming creatures, which are depicted using special symbols and letters of several alphabets, is huge.

(￣(00)￣) – pig. All emoticons with this animal are drawn with an emphasis on the nose. For the nostrils you can also use oo or the ω symbol.

＼(ˋ Θ ´)／– bird. When composing a smiley, be sure to emphasize the beak, which can be round or diamond-shaped.
>°))))彡– being big fans of fish and seafood, the Japanese have added a lot of “fish” emoticons. The fish is drawn with a pointed or open mouth, and brackets are usually used as scales or tail.

≧(° °)≦ – crab, another sea creature. The variant (\/)_(0_0)_(\/) is also common.

Japanese food emoticons

Among the Japanese there are plenty of lovers of good food and drink, which is reflected in the variety of emoji. If you want to depict a smiley face with some kind of drink or dish, there are plenty to choose from.

(o˘◡˘o) ┌iii┐– birthday cake with candles. You can be original by attaching a similar emoticon to your congratulations on a social network.

(・・)つ―()@()@()- is one of many emoticons depicting cooking barbecue.

(*^^)o∀*∀o(^^*) – drinking cocktails together.

(っ˘ڡ˘ς) – licking emoticon. Can be combined with many others depicting different foods and drinks.
(*´з)口ﾟ｡ﾟ口(・∀・) – a couple of emojis with full mugs of beer.

Japanese emoticons with guns

A set of militant emoticons or individual weapons is perfect not only for correspondence, but also for decorating a nickname in Counter-Strike, Warface and other shooters. You are unlikely to be able to find the necessary characters on the keyboard (they simply aren’t there), so just copy the sequence of characters you like from the list below.

(-ω-)／占~~~~~ – a satisfied smiley, ready to spray his enemies with a gas canister.

(^ω^)ノﾞ(((((((((●～* – grenade thrower.

(ﾒ ﾛ ´)︻デ═一– sniper and rifle with a telescopic sight.

(・∀・)・・・———☆ – throwing a throwing star.

Q(`⌒´Q) – this guy doesn’t need a gun, just strong fists will be enough.
―(T_T)→ – the poor fellow was pierced by an enemy spear.
(/・・)ノ　　 ((く ((へ– boomerang throw.

(ﾒ￣▽￣)︻┳═一 – machine gunner.

Other emoticons from symbols

This section contains emoticons that do not belong to specific categories and are not often used. However, they can be quite useful in some situations.

٩(ˊ〇ˋ*)و – waking up emoticon.

(￣^￣)ゞ– stood in line and saluted (army salute).

(－‸ლ) – with a palm on the face (the famous facepalm meme).

(╯°益°)╯彡┻━┻ – expression of strong anger, emoticon turns over the table.

(╮°-°)╮┳━━┳ (╯°□°)╯ ┻━━┻ – a more detailed version of what happened in the previous picture.

┬─┬ノ(º _ ºノ) – carefully put the furniture back (if the interlocutor used one of the two previous emoticons, you can answer him).

(oT-T)尸– a tear-stained emoticon with a raised white flag, depicting surrender.

[̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] is one of the options for the money emoticon.

౦０o ｡ (‾́。‾́)y~~ – emoticon with the image of a smoker.

(￣﹃￣) – the emoticon hints that its sender is hungry or drooling over some delicacy.

(x(x_(x_x(O_o)x_x)_x)x) – a crowd of zombies behind a living person.

(　･ω･)☞ – direction-indicating emoticon.

(⌐■_■) – just a sunglasses emoji.

(◕‿◕✿) – a female emoticon with a flower in her hair.

(　￣.)o-【　TV　】– a viewer watching TV shows with a remote control in his hand.

｀、ヽ(ノ＞＜)ノ ｀、ヽ｀☂ヽ– the wind carried away the poor man’s umbrella during the rain.

‿︵‿ヽ(°□°)ノ︵‿︵ – a drowning emoticon screaming for help.

( )( )ԅ(≖‿≖ԅ) – the guy is getting ready to feel the charms of his girlfriend.

(＾▽＾)っ✂╰⋃╯– castration/circumcision (depending on the context of use).

〜〜(／￣▽)／　〜f – running after butterflies.

ଘ(੭ˊ꒳​ˋ)੭✧– angel with wings.

∠(ᐛ 」∠)＿ – emoticon lying on its side and watching something.

Conclusion

Recently, cool emoticons made from symbols have lost their relevance during online correspondence. Now almost all social networks, forums, instant messengers and other types of resources provide their own sets of emoticons/stickers, which illustrate the desired emotions much more colorfully. However, creative people can always find uses for thousands of different character sequences. In online games and chats, a nickname decorated with symbols will look great.

P.S. If you want to create your own emoticon or find original symbols for your emoji, you can use one of the many databases on the Internet. Convenient catalogs present a huge number of options on a variety of topics. As for portable devices on Android and iOS, there is a special application for complex text emoticons that allows you to find and insert a prepared text emoticon into the text in a couple of clicks.

Users of social networks and messengers know what emoticons look like and what they are for. Japanese ideograms, which accurately convey emotions using periods, dashes, commas, letters and other symbols, have gained popularity throughout the world. The smile became widespread on the Internet and SMS messages, but today it is used everywhere.

What is Kaomoji?

Kaomoji are Japanese emoticons, the image of which is based on hieroglyphs, punctuation marks and other symbols. They are used to express the emotions of the interlocutor during correspondence. Translated, Japanese kaomoji emoticons mean “face” and “sign”. The main differences between European emoticons and Japanese ones are not only in horizontal and vertical writing, but also in details. Thus, in writing Western emoticons, much attention is paid to the mouth “:-O”, and in Japanese - to the eyes “O_O”. The Japanese are a creative and emotional nation, so they use kaomoji always and everywhere.

Peculiarities

Everyone knows that eyes are the mirror of a person’s soul. Japanese emoticons confirm just this. A big plus and at the same time a feature of kaomoji is the vertical writing. There is no need to mentally unfold the smiley to read it. The diversity, originality, and simplicity of writing Japanese emoticons make it possible to understand them, regardless of knowledge of the language. There are more than ten thousand kaomoji on the Internet, considering that there are many more. The Japanese easily depict any emotion using text emoticons or symbols. The reason for the diversity is due to the double-byte encoding (as opposed to Latin or Cyrillic), which covers more characters. In addition, Japanese kaomoji emoticons denote not just emotions, but also complex combinations. These can be actions (going to the cinema, taking a shower) and even a whole story written in symbols.

Emoticons are divided into categories depending on emotions, appearance, designation of actions or the image of a specific object. Often in kaomoji you can find a semantic load, supplemented by hieroglyphs. Incredibly accurately they convey positive, negative and neutral emotions: joy (◕‿◕), love (❤ω❤), sympathy, embarrassment, anger, dissatisfaction, fear, sadness, indifference, doubt, surprise. For example, in happy emoticons, the eyes are high and the mouth is lower or in the middle. Cute and cute kaomoji in the Land of the Rising Sun are called kawaii. Japanese emoticons depict not only human emotions, but also animals, actions, objects, food, music, and games.

How to become a kaomoji master?

In order to learn how to create complex Japanese emoticons yourself, you need to have a whole arsenal of symbolism, layout and other tools. In addition, writing such emoticons takes a lot of time. Today, inserting kaomoji into the text of a message is easy. There are programs for Android and Apple with ready-made emoticons. Also, Japanese character emoticons can be made available for internet browsers. Chrome prompts users to add a floating window with access to Kaomoji. Division into categories, the ability to quickly copy and paste into correspondence with one click of a button make it easier to write emojis manually. On Google Play you can download the emoji and kaomoji keyboard. For Windows you will have to use or install additional software. iOS users are undoubtedly luckier. The developers have created the ideal keyboard layout for iPad and iPhone.

Designations

The Japanese style of writing emoticons is distinguished by its richness and variety of emotions and feelings. Built on the basis of Kanji characters, punctuation marks and symbols, it has gained great popularity in cyberspace. Japanese emoticons are more like drawings, which is why the accuracy of conveying the emotions of an invisible interlocutor reaches its maximum. When writing kaomoji, the Japanese often add tears, stars, and hearts for greater expressiveness and conveying feelings. Love emoticons use combinations of the heart symbol ♡, a set of English letters chu to denote a kiss, an asterisk, and the letter “o” (°◡°♡).

To indicate the emotion of embarrassment, symbols are used that imitate a blush, drops of sweat, a face covered with hands (asterisk, letters, semicolon) (⌒_⌒;). If you need to express sympathy through a message, you will need several Japanese emoticons (ｏ・_・)ノ”(ノ_<、). Отрицательные чувства и эмоции выражаются сморщиванием лица, отсюда и появление аналогичных каомодзи из соответствующих символов (＃＞＜). Злость обозначают смайлики, состоящие из нескольких элементов, с акцентом на глаза (｀ー´). Именно они являются отображением состояния собеседника. Как и в жизни, эмоция страха обозначается уходом от опасности. Каомодзи обозначают страх с помощью прямого и обратного слэша, символами, имитирующими крик, закрытие лица руками (ノωヽ).

Text

One of the favorite hobbies of users of social networks and messengers is collecting text emoticons. There is a huge catalog of emoticons that represent emotions, actions and objects. Widespread distribution has allowed users to access tens of thousands of different signs, and these are individual symbols from exoteric layouts. The simplest ones today are text emoticons. Japanese kaomoji consist of complex characters, while text ones consist of ordinary and simple ones - :D:-D =D:^D. When writing such emoticons, brackets, dashes, punctuation marks, and letters are used. They are easy to understand and do not require additional explanation.

Most popular emoticon

Kaomoji, which has become a meme, is gaining popularity on the Internet. In Europe, the emoticon “¯\_(ツ)_/¯” was called “Pozhimalkin”. It denotes a carefree smiling person who shrugs his shoulders. It is used not only for writing messages, but also in the media, speeches, and advertising. The smile differs from regular emoticons in its writing. To create it, characters from the complete Japanese alphabet are used. In traditional kaomoji, parentheses, letters, asterisks, and dashes are used to construct them. Beauty, distinctive style, convenience - this is what distinguishes Japanese emoticons. VK and other social networks have long had the opportunity to copy ready-made kaomoji into the text of messages without restrictions (^_^).