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8) Awestruck or Ecstatic or Orgasmic or Stoned
;) or *) Wink
X( Pout
8=====D Penis
( | ) Mooning
:( or 8c or Bc or B( or |8c or
|8C or :[ Frown
:P or :p
Tongue 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/Deadpan
xP 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 --^--@ Rose
XD or XP Laughing hard
YD Laughing so hard one eye popped out
%-) Happy but confused
%-( Sad and confused
8-) Wide eyed
8-0 Shocked
:'-( Crying
:-* Kiss
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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< offended
0u0 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 Meaning
t('.'t) kirby giving you the finger
d^_^b or d-_-b listening to music or thumbs up
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)-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
\(^o^)/ very excited (raising hands)
(-_-) or (~_~) or (~.~) or (=_=) annoyance, scorn, or tired (eyes shut), grumpy
(-_-;) or (^_^') or (^_^);; or ^_^" nervousness, or sweat-drop embarrassed;
(semicolon can be repeated)
(-_-#) or (-_-¤) or (-_-") or (-_-+) vein (used to show anger)
(¬_¬) or ¬3¬ or ¬w¬ or ¬.¬ or ¬¬ or ¬_¬ looking askance / rolling eyes, esp. when around
dumb behavior
(<_<) or (>_>) or (c_c) disbelief, looking around shiftily [when alternating
(>_>) and (<_<)]
(>_~) or (~_<) suspicious / accusatory glance
(>.o) or (o.<) or >.o after being smacked in the face
(;_;) or (T_T) or (TT.TT) or (ToT) crying
(@_@) addled, dazed, bemused, dizzy
`(•.°)~ crazy, druggy, trippin'
(o_O) or (o_0) or oO confused, surprised, disturbed
(o_@) extremely disturbed (more so than above)
(o_#) bruised
(#_#) clobbered
(0_<) flinch, nervous wink
(O_O) or Oo or °_° or º-º or °-° or shocked
(._.) or (,_,) disappointed, underwhelmed
($_$)
money eyes; thinking about money (also
sometimes changeable to other currency symbols
such as (¥_¥) or (₩_₩) )
(n_n) or (nn) happy, pleased
(u_u) or (uu) annoyance, sarcasm, sometimes disappointment
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(v_v) or (vv) silent resignation
(/_\) 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/shouting
T~T or TT_TT or Y_Y or TToTT or TT or
TT or T^T weeping
I_I "What?", mellow
owo or OwO or òwo surprise
nwn 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 Dance
d(-'.'-d) "Thumbs Up" Kirby
U_U Seriousness
8D 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
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<@;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 boy
c):{) smiling cowboy
d-_-b or p-_-q listening to music
~~~~>_<~~~~ weeping horribly
(9ò_ó)=@ or Q('.'Q) fighting, throwing a punch
Q(^.^Q) winner
b(~_^)d, d-(^_^)-b, (b^_^)b, etc. thumbs-up
q(-_-)p thumbs-down
\,,/(^_^)\,,/ happy rockin'
(¬_¬)/¯ "It's good... to go!"
\0-0/ wearing glasses (nerd)
!_! or T_T or ;__; 2 eyes crying.
(ρ_-)o sleepy / rubbing eyes
(>._.)ø or ø(._.<) writing
(>")> dancing
t(-_-t) or -_-*,,|, Giving the middle finger / flipping off.
(/.\) Shouldn't have said that...
\m/ Hand gesture - Rock'n'Roll ( corna ) or (" Hook 'em
Horns ")
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\m/ |>_<| \m/ ROCK ON!!
~(O_O)~ or ~(O_o)~ Flying Spaghetti Monster .
\(O.0)/ or \(0.O)/ I dunno, lol.
ಠ_ಠ Look of disapproval
ಥ_ಥ Sad eyes
()xxxx{======> sword
L7++(+-)&(-+)++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 up
q_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) Cat
Celebrating, Dancing
(-□-)︵* Peeing
(0 '_' )╯´´(╯_<º ) Bitch Slap
(V) ;,,; (V) Why not Zoidberg?
(ノ ಠ益 ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ or (╯°□°)╯︵
┻━┻ Table Flip; rage
' ' 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.
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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/Denko
m9(^Д^) supercilious attitude, point and laugh
m(_ _)m kowtow 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
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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
' ' ==(• )== ' ' 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 ゚⊂⌒`つ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡ 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)アハハ八八ノヽノヽノヽノ \ / \/ \ 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 OTL Despair. The "O" or "o" represents one's head
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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
(Θ Θ;) 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
= = =┌(;*´Д`)ノ Running
ヽ(´▽`)/ Cheers
◕ ‿ ◕ Cute Smile
(≧◡≦) Blushing and Happy
(・ω・` ) Raised eyebrow
(⌒▽⌒)☆ Ecstatic with a star
(・ー・) "Uhh"; No Comment; No Emotion
Ʒ Butterfly
✌(◠‿◠) Peace
◕‿‿◕ Cat face (the other way!)
(☞゚∀゚)☞ I see what you did there
♡ヽ(*´д`*;;) Moe!
(。♥‿♥。) In love!
(✖╭╮✖) Dead
(。・_・。) Horrible
(⊙_◎) derp
(ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ Sparkly sparkly!
(•_•) , ( •_•)>⌐■-■ , (⌐■_■) Horacio (1,2,3)
O___O Say what.