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If today the whole planet speaks one language, then most likely it is the language of emoji. And no matter how well you know it, in it, like in any other foreign language, there are “words” (ideograms and emoticons) that you are either not familiar with or use for other purposes.
website collected 16 popular and outlandish emojis, the true meaning of which many of you don’t even know.
“anger”, “irritation”, “indignation”.
Official name:"a face with the appearance of triumph."
Application: when you feel proud (in anticipation of triumph, victory, success).
Common interpretation:"Starfall"
Official name:"dizziness".
Application: when you feel dizzy, just like in the cartoons.
Common interpretation:“candy”, “something sweet”.
Official name:"dango".
Application: it's really something sweet! Dango is an ancient Japanese rice sweet whose history can be traced back to several thousand years BC.
Common interpretation:“impudent”, “sarcastic attack”, “carefree”.
Official name:"information desk worker"
Application: When you decide to say in a text message: “Hello, how can I help you?”
Common interpretation: " diamond", "flower", "ice cubes".
Official name:"Rhombus with a dot inside."
Application: This diamond symbolizes the Japanese word “kawaii”, meaning “cute”, “adorable”, “small”. In Japanese culture, this subjective term can describe any object that an individual deems lovely.
Common interpretation:“blow a tear”, “just a bubble from the nose”, “snot”, “tear”.
Official name:"sleepy face"
Application: when you really want to sleep.
Common interpretation:“push-ups”, “think and shut up”, “prepare for a massage”, “think about something”.
Official name:"bowing man"
Application: when you offer a sincere apology or express your deep respect.
Common interpretation:"shield".
Official name:"Japanese character for beginners."
Application: in a broad sense it can be interpreted as “newcomers are welcome.” The roots of the sign go back to Japan, where every novice driver must install this sign on his car so that other road users are extremely careful.
Common interpretation:“whoa-whoa, take it easy”, “right, stop”, “hands folded into a bird.”
Official name:"open hands"
Application: to demonstrate openness, a desire to hug the interlocutor.
Common interpretation: McDonald's, roller coaster.
Official name:“another voice enters.”
Application: this symbol is used in traditional Japanese music to indicate the beginning of a song, or more precisely, the part of the song where the singer's voice begins.
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 with 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’s 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 your 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.
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 are good at drawing, because Japanese is the 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.
In the early days of the Internet and instant messaging, the lack of face-to-face communication led to all sorts 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 their 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.
| (* ^ ω ^) | (´ ∀ ` *) | ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶ | ☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆ |
| (o^▽^o) | (⌒▽⌒)☆ | <(￣︶￣)> | 。.:☆*:･"(*⌒―⌒*))) |
| ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ | (´｡. ω .｡`) | (￣ω￣) | ｀;:゛;｀;･(°ε°) |
| (o･ω･o) | (＠＾◡＾) | ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ | (o_ _)ﾉ彡☆ |
| (^人^) | (o´▽`o) | (*´▽`*) | ｡ﾟ(ﾟ^∀^ﾟ)ﾟ｡ |
| (´ ω `) | (((o(*°▽°*)o))) | (≧◡≦) | (o´∀`o) |
| (´. ω .`) | (＾▽＾) | (⌒ω⌒) | ∑d(°∀°d) |
| ╰(▔∀▔)╯ | (─‿‿─) | (*^‿^*) | ヽ(o^ ^o)ﾉ |
| (✯◡✯) | (◕‿◕) | (*≧ω≦*) | (☆▽☆) |
| (⌒‿⌒) | ＼(≧▽≦)／ | ヽ(o＾▽＾o)ノ | ☆ ～("▽^人) |
| (*°▽°*) | ٩(｡.́‿.̀｡)۶ | (✧ω✧) | ヽ(*⌒▽⌒*)ﾉ |
| (´｡. ᵕ .｡`) | (´ ▽ `) | (￣▽￣) | ╰(*´︶`*)╯ |
| ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ | o(≧▽≦)o | (☆ω☆) | (っ˘ω˘ς) |
| ＼(￣▽￣)／ | (*¯︶¯*) | ＼(＾▽＾)／ | ٩(◕‿◕)۶ |
| (o˘◡˘o) | \(★ω★)/ | \(^ヮ^)/ | (〃＾▽＾〃) |
| (╯✧▽✧)╯ | o(>ω<)o | o(❛ᴗ❛)o | ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡ |
| (‾́ ◡ ‾́) | (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ | (bᵔ▽ᵔ)b | (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ |
| (๑˘︶˘๑) | (˙꒳˙) | (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ) | °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° |
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!
| (ﾉ´ z `)ノ | (♡μ_μ) | (*^^*)♡ | ☆⌒ヽ(*"､^*)chu |
| (♡-_-♡) | (￣ε￣＠) | ヽ(♡‿♡)ノ | (´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡ |
| (─‿‿─)♡ | (´｡. ᵕ .｡`) ♡ | (*♡∀♡) | (｡・//ε//・｡) |
| (´ ω `♡) | ♡(◡‿◡) | (◕‿◕)♡ | (/▽＼*)｡o○♡ |
| (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) | (♡°▽°♡) | ♡(｡- ω -) | ♡ ～("▽^人) |
| (´. ω .`) ♡ | (´ ε `)♡ | (´｡. ω .｡`) ♡ | (´ ▽ `).｡ｏ♡ |
| ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡ | (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡ | (♡˙︶˙♡) | ♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡ |
| (≧◡≦) ♡ | (⌒▽⌒)♡ | (*¯ ³¯*)♡ | (っ˘з(˘⌣˘) ♡ |
| ♡ (˘▽˘>ԅ(˘⌣˘) | (˘⌣˘)♡(˘⌣˘) | (/^-^(^ ^*)/ ♡ | ٩(♡ε♡)۶ |
| σ(≧ε≦σ) ♡ | ♡ (⇀ 3 ↼) | ♡ (￣З￣) | (❤ω❤) |
| (˘∀˘)/(μ‿μ) ❤ | ❤ (ɔˆз(ˆ⌣ˆc) | (´♡‿♡`) | (°◡°♡) |
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.
| (⌒_⌒;) | (o^^o) | (*/ω＼) | (*/。＼) |
| (*/_＼) | (*ﾉωﾉ) | (o-_-o) | (*μ_μ) |
| (◡‿◡ *) | (ᵔ.ᵔ) | (*ﾉ∀`*) | (//▽//) |
| (//ω//) | (ノ*°▽°*) | (*^.^*) | (*ﾉ▽ﾉ) |
| (￣▽￣*)ゞ | (⁄ ⁄.⁄ω⁄.⁄ ⁄) | (*/▽＼*) | (⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄) |
| („ಡωಡ„) | (ง ื▿ ื)ว |
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.
| (＃＞＜) | (；⌣̀_⌣́) | ☆ｏ(＞＜；)○ | (￣ ￣|||) |
| (；￣D￣) | (￣□￣」) | (＃￣0￣) | (＃￣ω￣) |
| (￢_￢;) | (＞ｍ＜) | (」°ロ°)」 | (〃＞＿＜;〃) |
| (＾＾＃) | (︶︹︺) | (￣ヘ￣) | <(￣ ﹌ ￣)> |
| (￣︿￣) | (＞﹏＜) | (--_--) | 凸(￣ヘ￣) |
| ヾ(￣O￣)ツ | (⇀‸↼‶) | o(><)o | (」＞＜)」 |
| (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ | (눈_눈) |
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.
| (＃`D´) | (`皿´＃) | (` ω ´) | ヽ(`d´*)ノ |
| (・`ω´・) | (`ー´) | ヽ(`⌒´メ)ノ | 凸(`△´＃) |
| (`ε´) | ψ(` ∇ ´)ψ | ヾ(`ヘ´)ﾉﾞ | ヽ(‵﹏´)ノ |
| (ﾒ` ﾛ ´) | (╬`益´) | ┌∩┐(◣_◢)┌∩┐ | 凸(` ﾛ ´)凸 |
| Σ(▼□▼メ) | (°ㅂ°╬) | ψ(▼へ▼メ)～→ | (ノ°益°)ノ |
| (҂ `з´) | (‡▼益▼) | (҂` ﾛ ´)凸 | ((╬◣﹏◢)) |
| ٩(╬ʘ益ʘ╬)۶ | (╬ Ò﹏Ó) | ＼＼٩(๑`^´๑)۶／／ | (凸ಠ益ಠ)凸 |
| _(ΦwΦ)Ψ | ←~(Ψ▼ｰ▼)∈ | ୧((#Φ益Φ#))୨ | ٩(ఠ益ఠ)۶ |
| (ﾉಥ益ಥ)ﾉ |
Sadness, sadness and tears are depicted quite simply. For eyes use T T, ; ;, >< и другие символы, имитирующие заплаканные глаза японского смайлика. Также можно прикрыть глаза руками (например, / \ и ノ ヽ).
| (ノ_<。) | (-_-) | (´-ω-`) | .･ﾟﾟ･(／ω＼)･ﾟﾟ･. |
| (μ_μ) | (ﾉD`) | (-ω-、) | 。゜゜(´Ｏ`) ゜゜。 |
| o(TヘTo) | (; ω ;) | (｡╯︵╰｡) | ｡･ﾟﾟ*(>d<)*ﾟﾟ･｡ |
| (ﾟ，_ゝ｀) | (个_个) | (╯︵╰,) | ｡･ﾟ(ﾟ><ﾟ)ﾟ･｡ |
| (╥ω╥) | (╯_╰) | (╥_╥) | .｡･ﾟﾟ･(＞_＜)･ﾟﾟ･｡. |
| (／ˍ・、) | (ノ_<、) | (╥﹏╥) | ｡ﾟ(｡ﾉωヽ｡)ﾟ｡ |
| (つω`｡) | (｡T ω T｡) | (ﾉω･､) | ･ﾟ･(｡>ω<｡)･ﾟ･ |
| (T_T) | (>_<) | (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ | ｡ﾟ･ (>﹏<) ･ﾟ｡ |
| o(〒﹏〒)o | (｡.́︿.̀｡) | (ಥ﹏ಥ) |
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”.
| ヽ(ー_ー)ノ | ヽ(´ー`)┌ | ┐(‘～`)┌ | ヽ( ￣d￣)ノ |
| ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌ | ヽ(￣～￣ )ノ | ╮(￣_￣)╭ | ヽ(ˇヘˇ)ノ |
| ┐(￣～￣)┌ | ┐(︶▽︶)┌ | ╮(￣～￣)╭ | ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
| ┐(´ d`)┌ | ╮(︶︿︶)╭ | ┐(￣∀￣)┌ | ┐(˘ ､ ˘)┌ |
| ╮(︶▽︶)╭ | ╮(˘ ､ ˘)╭ | ┐(˘_˘)┌ | ╮(˘_˘)╭ |
| ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ |
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).
| (￣ω￣;) | σ(￣、￣〃) | (￣～￣;) | (-_-;)・・・ |
| ┐("～`;)┌ | (・_・ヾ | (〃￣ω￣〃ゞ | ┐(￣ヘ￣;)┌ |
| (・_・;) | (￣_￣)・・・ | ╮(￣ω￣;)╭ | (￣.￣;) |
| (＠_＠) | (・・;)ゞ | Σ(￣。￣ﾉ) | (・・) ? |
| (.ิ_.ิ)? | (◎ ◎)ゞ | (ーー;) | ლ(ಠ_ಠ ლ) |
| ლ(¯ロ¯"ლ) |
The easiest way to show doubt is to look away with your kaomoji eyes. Use ￢ ￢, ¬ ¬ or arrows.
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 parentheses were omitted altogether: ^^, >.< , 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 will be omitted and only numbers, alphabetic symbols, and the most common punctuation marks will be 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＾
▼ω▼