List of emoticons
This is a list of notable and commonly used emoticons, or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift_JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.
Emoticons can generally be divided into three groups: Western or horizontal ; Eastern or vertical ; and 2channel style. The most common explanation for these different styles is that in the East, the eyes play the primary role in facial expressions, while in the West, the whole face tends to be used.
Western
Western style emoticons are mostly written from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees. One will most commonly see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose " for a smiley face or "(" for a sad face. One can also add a "| class="wikitable"!colspan=11| Icon !! Emoji !! Meaning
Eastern
Eastern emoticons generally are not rotated sideways, and may include non-Latin characters to allow for additional complexity. These emoticons first arose in Japan, where they are referred to as kaomoji.| Icon | Emoji | Meaning |
| ?? | Troubled | |
| ? | Baby | |
| ???? | Nervous, embarrassed, troubled, shy, sweat drop | |
| ? | Smoking | |
| zzz | ?? | Sleeping |
| ?? | Wink | |
| ???? | Confused | |
| Ultraman | ||
| <> | ||
| ?????? | Joyful | |
| ? | Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology | |
| Questioning | ||
| ?? | Sad, crying | |
| ????? | Shame | |
| ??? | Tired | |
| ?????????? | Cat | |
| ?? | Looking down | |
| ^m^ | Giggling with hand covering mouth | |
| ?? | Confusion | |
| ? | Facepalm | |
| ??☺️??? | Normal laugh | |
| ? | Waving | |
| o￥o | ?? | Alien Baltan |
| ???? | Excited | |
| ? | Amazed | |
| !! | ||
| ?✌️ | Laughing, cheerful | |
| ??? | ||
| ) | ? | Headphones, listening to music |
| ??? | Worried | |
| ?? | Eyeglasses | |
| Jotting note | ||
| ?????? | Happy | |
| ? | Grinning | |
| ??? | Surprised | |
| Infatuation | ||
| ???? | Shocked, surprised | |
| ??? | Dissatisfied | |
| ? | Mellow, shrug | |
| Snubbed or deflated | ||
| /~☆ | ???? | Blowing a kiss |
| .....φ | Studying is good | |
| Joy | ||
| Cute, inquisitive or perplexed, sometimes associated with the furry fandom |
| Icon | Emoji | Meaning |
| Bubbles | ||
| ?☕️ | Cup of tea | |
| ☄️? | Shooting star | |
| ??????? | Fish | |
| <コ:彡 Ｃ:.ミ | ? | Octopus, squid |
| ~>°)～～～ | ? | Snake |
| ～°·_·°～ | ? | Bat |
| ～ | Tadpole | |
| ●～* | ? | Bomb |
| Despair. The "O"s represent head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso, and "S" or "z" the legs. | ||
| Table flip | ||
2channel emoticons
A number of Eastern emoticons were originally developed on the Japanese discussion site 2channel. Some of these are wider than usual kaomoji, or extend over multiple lines of text. Many use characters from other character sets besides Japanese and Latin.| Icon | Meaning |
| mm | Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology |
| Snubbed or deflated | |
| Feel perky | |
| > | Salute |
| Terribly sad | |
| ヽﾉ | Peace of mind |
| ヽﾉ | Be irritable |
| Angry | |
| （ ´Д｀） | Yelling, or panting |
| （ ﾟДﾟ） | Surprised, or loudmouthed |
| ┐┌ | Don't know the answer |
| （´∀｀） | Carefree |
| （ ´_ゝ`） | Indifferent |
| Σ | Shocked |
| Happy, upbeat | |
| ⊂二二二（＾ω＾）二⊃ | "Bu-n", being carefree and above, with arms stretched out while running/soaring |
| )) | Spook |
| Σ | Huge surprise |
| ∀`) | Jog someone's cheek |
| Amazed | |
| y-~~ | Smoking |
| （ ^_^）o自自o（^_^ ） | Toast "Cheers" |
| m9 | Flash of intuition |
| ヽ人人ノ | Friendly |
| Depressed, unsatisfied | |
| （´-`）.｡oO | Thinking |
| Impatience | |
| ﾋｿﾋｿつ⑩ | Carrying money |
| ⊂（ﾟДﾟ⊂⌒｀つ≡≡≡ | Unforeseen |
| "I don't need it" | |
| щ 屮 | Come on |
| （・∀・） | Mocking, "good" |
| （・Ａ・） | "That's bad" |
| Discharged drug-in-brain, goofing around, "A-HYA!" | |
| （ つ Д ｀） | Sad |
| エェェェェエ | Not convincing |
| Simper, Snorlax | |
| Deflagged | |
| ♪┏┛♪┗ ┓ | Happy expressions, dancing to the music |
| db | Happy expression |
| ○ | Given up. Despair. The "O"s represent head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso, and "S" or "z" the legs. |
| STO | Given up. Despair. The "O"s represent head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso, and "S" or "z" the legs. |
| OTZ | Given up. Despair. The "O"s represent head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso, and "S" or "z" the legs. |
| OTL | Given up. Despair. The "O"s represent head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso, and "S" or "z" the legs. |
| Extreme Distaste, meant to appear as an exaggerated grimace | |
| Shouting | |
| Pretending not to notice, asleep because of boredom | |
| ／＿＿＿＿＿＿＿θ☆/ | Kick |
| ┌┐ | Discombobulated |
| ε=ε=ε=┌ﾉ | Running |
| ヽ/ | Happy |
| ^ㅂ^ | Happy |
| Shocked | |
| ヽﾉ | Really angry |
| ☞ | "Do it" |
| ☜ | "Do it" |
| ☜☞ | Angel |
| Icon | Meaning |
| キタ━━━━━━!!!!! | "It's here", Kitaa!, excitement that something has appeared or happened or "I came". |
| ｷﾀﾜァ*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･゜ηﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･゜ﾟ･* !!!!! | Girlish version of "It's here". |
| ﾊｧﾊｧ | Erotic stirring, haa haa |
| ﾉ ﾅﾃﾞﾅﾃﾞ | Patting, nade nade |
| <ｵｵｵｵｫｫｫｫｫｫｫｰｰｰｰｰｲ! | Calling out, "Ooooi!" |
| ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ ＼ / ＼/ ＼ | Evil laugh |
| （・∀・ ）ヾコラコラ | Blaming "now now" |
| おやすみぃﾉﾞ | Kana reading "O ya su mi" meaning "Good night" or "Night" |