Smiley crying. What does an emoticon mean, displayed in text symbols, codes for graphic (emoji) emoticons

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

What do text emoticons made up of symbols mean?

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

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

Indication of emotions by emoticon symbols

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

Meaning of text emoticons emotional actions or gestures

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

What do horizontal (Japanese) symbolic emoticons mean?

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

Let's consider, what do the most common horizontal text emoticons mean?:

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

Naturally, many blogs and forums have long had the opportunity to add emoticons in the form of pictures (from ready-made sets), but many still continue to use text emoticons, because they have already become skilled at this and there is no need to find the desired picture in the catalog.

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

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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 started the development modern Internet, people got the opportunity for almost unlimited communication with each other.

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 humorous 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 signs text, with the help of which it would be possible to 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 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 take on 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, were first used in Japan and consisted of both standard characters, available on any keyboard, and using 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 arms. 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 complete collection kaomoji reflecting 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 as created in graphic editors pictures, but keeping them in mind great amount and the number of users on the Internet, such a solution does not look ideal, since it will inevitably have a negative impact on bandwidth 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, it is necessary to apply special script, which is installed on large popular services. By the way, in one of latest versions WordPress (I don’t remember which one) had emoji enabled by default, but I had to disable them due to a serious increase in ., which I try to constantly monitor.

So for small resources having limited resources, emoji are not always good. 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 possible from Unicode tables, located where the icons are distributed across sections:

Select the required image from the “Native” column and copy it to using context menu or Ctrl+C. Then open in a new tab the page of some social network, forum, chat, even your own Email 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.

Emoticons from symbols meet Lately Often. And rightly so, because another more universal and fast way displaying your emotions and experiences during text correspondence- does not exist. Today, almost everyone knows at least two or three sets of symbols that represent emotions. This set includes parentheses to show a person's lips, colons to show a person's eyes, and a semicolon to show a wink. However, you may come across an emoji written in symbols and not understand its meaning. This article will help you get closer to understanding text emoticons and remember combinations of symbols to display your emotions in text correspondence.

Even modern written language It is not endowed with the properties of quickly displaying emotions, so that at the time of writing the text the author could show the experiences he was experiencing. Only using a couple of sentences or phrases. Before the era of the global spread of the Internet, there were no problems with displaying the emotional component of the writer. Only with the advent of the Internet and increasing communication through writing text messages in chats, messengers, forums and so on, such problems appeared. It would be inappropriate to write in a message that you are now smiling or winking at your interlocutor - it would look more like absurdity, and if there is no emotional component at all, then the result will be a dry and callous dialogue.

When communicating in real time, it is not possible to select words to display emotions. Can I ask a question? question mark, for admiration - exclamation, but how to show your seriousness to your interlocutor or that you were joking? All these problems were solved in the early 80s. Then it was proposed to add the symbols colon, dash and closing bracket to humorous messages, that is :-) — text version of a smiling face (side view). This set of symbols is a smiling emoticon. Subsequently, the dash and then the colon were no longer used and they were simply written as a closing parenthesis ) .

For messages that are filled with sadness and feelings, it was proposed to assign a set of text characters with a colon, a dash and an opening parenthesis, that is :-(. This set of text symbols shows a face with eyes, a nose and downturned corners of the lips. As with the joyful, smiling emoticon, in the sad emoticon they subsequently stopped writing the symbols colon and dash, but began to write the sorry opening parenthesis (.

Thus began the widespread and varied use of emoticons in the form of text symbols. The main emphasis is on quickly expressing emotions using some sets of text characters, but also uses meaningful emoticons, showing states, actions, surrounding nature, and so on. Standard set There are no text characters because everyone writes them differently.

Let's consider various options character emoticons.

Smileys from symbols on the keyboard

Indication of emoticons of emotions from symbols on the keyboard:

Joy or a smile is most often depicted using symbols:) either:-)or =)
Uncontrollable laughter (equivalent to the expression LOL) :-D either: D or))))
Another designation for laughter, but more like mockery () XD or xD or >:-D (schadenfreude)
Laughter to tears, i.e. what does the “tears of joy” emoticon mean :’-) or :’-D
Insidious grin ):-> or ]:->
A sad or sorrowful emoticon has text meanings:-(either =(or:(
Symbolic designation of a very sad smiley: -C or:C or (((((again, a variant of the under-smiley)
Mild displeasure, confusion or puzzlement: -/ or: -\
Intense anger D-:
Text designation of the neutral attitude emoticon:-| either: -I or._. or -_-
The symbolic meaning of the admiration emoticon is *O* or *_* or **
Decoding the emotion of surprise: -() or: - or: -0 or: O or O: either o_O or oO or o.O
Variants of what the emoticon of great surprise or bewilderment 8-O could mean
either =-O or:-
Disappointment:-e
Fury:-E or:E or:-t
Confusion:-[ or %0
Sullenness: :-*
Sadness: :-<

Meaning of text emoticons emotional actions or gestures

What does a winking smiley mean in text-symbolic form;-) or;)
Sad joke: ;-(
Happy joke: ;-)
Options for designating a crying emoticon:_(or:~(or:"(or:*(
Joyful crying (means "tears of joy" emoji) :~-
Sad cry:~-(
Angry cry: :-@
Kiss in text notation:-* or:-()
Hugs ()
To show your tongue (means to tease) :-P or:-p or:-Ъ
Mouth shut (means shhh) :-X
It makes me sick to my stomach (meaning nausea) :-!
Drunk or embarrassed (means either “I’m drunk” or “you’re drunk”) :*)
You are a deer E:-) or 3:-)
You're a clown *:O)
Heart - either @)~>~~ or @-‘-,’-,—
Carnation *->->—
Old joke (meaning accordion) [:|||:] or [:]/\/\/\[:] or [:]|||[:]
Krezi (means “you’ve gone crazy”) /:-(or /:-]
Fifth point (_!_)

What do horizontal (Japanese) symbolic emoticons mean?

Horizontal or Japanese character emoticons are those that can be understood without tilting your head to the side, such as with a smiley face :-).

The most common horizontal text emoticons are:

A smile (joy) is usually indicated: (^_^) or (^____^) or (n_n) or (^ ^) or \(^_^)/
Sadness in symbols is denoted as: () or (v_v)
The following symbols mean different degrees of surprise: (o_o) or (0_0) or (O_o) or (o_O) or (V_v) (unpleasant surprise) or (@_@) (meaning “You can be stunned”)
Emoticon meaning admiration: (*_*) or (*o*) or (*O*)
I'm sick: (-_-;) or (-_-;)~
Sleeping: (- . -) Zzz. or (-_-) Zzz. or (u_u)
Confusion: ^_^" or *^_^* or (-_-«) or (-_-v)
Anger and rage: (-_-#) or (-_-¤) or (-_-+) or (>__<)
What does fatigue mean: (>_<) либо (%_%)
Depression (u_u)
Jealousy: 8 (>_<) 8
Distrust: (>>) or (>_>) or (<_<)
Indifference: -__- or =__=
This emoticon text expression means misunderstanding: (?_?) or ^o^;>
The meaning is close to the crying emoticon: (;_;) or (T_T) or (TT.TT) or (ToT) or Q__Q
What does winking mean: (^_~) or (^_-)
Kiss: ^)(^ either (^)...(^) or (^)(^^)
High five (means friend): =X= or (^_^)(^_^)
Carrot Love: (^3^) or (*^) 3 (*^^*)
Apology: m (._.) m
Greedy emoticon: ($_$)

Cool emoticons from symbols

Cool emoticons consisting of several symbols - your imagination is limitless.

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What do text emoticons made up of symbols mean?

Indication of emotions by emoticon symbols

Meaning of text emoticons emotional actions or gestures

What do horizontal (Japanese) symbolic emoticons mean?

Indicating emoticons using text symbols

The meaning of emoticons that express emotions through symbols

What do other classic text emoticons mean?

Horizontal Japanese emoticons (kaomoji)

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Meaning of text emoticons emotional actions or gestures

What do horizontal (Japanese) symbolic emoticons mean?

Cool emoticons from symbols

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