Japanese emoticons, the evolution of internet expressiveness
I find Western (forgive me for using that) emoticons to be quite inexpressive and boring. They appear lifeless , cold and they read vertically. Japanese emoticons, on the other hand, are powerful and they read horizontally (like our writing). The internet is full of resources about these tiny little faces, but somehow I did not manage to obtain a single page that contains all the significant ones. I often find myself using them, be that in emails, blogs, forums, chats, and even more frequently my friends do not understand me. Now you can. （⌒▽⌒）
I compiled this list using wikipedia and a few japanese blogs, it's a non comprehensive list, but it's good enough as a resource whenever I need a face to describe my emotion, I figured it may useful to you as well.
| （＾_＾） | Laughing |
| (＾▽＾) | Laughing Out Loud (LOL) |
| （⌒▽⌒） | Laughing Out Even Louder (LOEL) |
| d(*⌒▽⌒*)b | Happy expression |
| b(~_^)d d-(^_^)-b (b^_^)b |
Thumbs-up |
| p(-_-)p | Thumbs-down |
| fO_o | scratching head |
| （￣□￣；） | surprised |
| m(_ _)m | bowing, apologising |
| ＼(^o^)／ | Become to lost life (人生ｵﾜﾀ) |
| ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ | peace of mind (ﾏﾀｰﾘ) |
| ┐('～`；)┌ | don't know the answer |
| ヽ（´ー｀）┌ | mellow |
| （´∀｀） | carefree |
| (´ー`)y-~~ | Smoking |
| (￣ー￣) | Simper (ﾆﾔﾘ)\, snorlax |
| ♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ ( ･o･) ┓♪ ┏ ( ) ┛ ♪┗ (･o･ ) ┓♪┏(･o･)┛♪ |
Happy expressions |
| ┌| ∵|┘└| ∵|┐┌| ∵|┘ └| ∵|┐┌| ∵|┘└| ∵|┐ |
Happy expressions |
| （´・ω・｀） | deflated (ｼｮﾎﾞｰﾝ/どうでもいいがな/知らんがな) |
| <｀∀´> | stereotypical Korean character |
| （｀ハ´） | stereotypical Chinese character |
| (`･ω･´) | feel perky (ｼｬｷｰﾝ) |
| (´；ω；`) | terribly sad (ﾌﾞﾜｯ) |
| ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ | be irritable (ｳﾜｧｧﾝ!!) |
| (＃ﾟДﾟ) | angry |
| （ ´Д｀） | yelling, or panting |
| （ ﾟДﾟ） | surprised, or loudmouthed |
| （ ´_ゝ`） | indifferent (ﾌｰﾝ) |
| Σ(゜д゜;) | shocked |
| ( ﾟ ヮﾟ) | happy, upbeat |
| ｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━!!!!! | "It's here", general expression of excitement. |
| ⊂二二二（ ＾ω＾）二⊃ | Booooooooooon! (ﾌﾞｰｰｰｰｰｰﾝ!) (sometimes romanized as BU-N) |
| (*´Д`) | Erotic stirring (ﾊｧﾊｧ) |
| (((( ；ﾟДﾟ))) | Spook (ｶﾞｸｶﾞｸﾌﾞﾙﾌﾞﾙ) |
| Σ(ﾟДﾟ) | Huge surprise (ﾊｯ) |
| ( ´∀｀)σ)∀`) | Jog someone's cheek (ｸﾞﾆｸﾞﾆ) |
| ( ﾟдﾟ) | Amazed (ﾎﾟｶｰﾝ) |
| ;y=ｰ( ﾟдﾟ)･∵. | Gun suicide (ﾀｰﾝ) |
| m9(・∀・) | Flash of intuition (ﾋﾞｼｯ!!) |
| ('A`) | Character to poke fun at people without a relationship (ﾏﾝﾄﾞｸｾ) |
| （ ´,_ゝ`) | Depressed, unsatisfied (based on fuun) (ﾌﾟｯ) |
| （´-`）.｡oO( ... ) | Thinking |
| (ﾟДﾟ;≡;ﾟДﾟ) | Impatience |
| ( ´д)ﾋｿ(´Д｀)ﾋｿ(Д｀ ) | Panting, gasping (ﾋｿ,ﾋｿ) |
| （･∀･)つ⑩ | Carrying money |
| ⊂（ﾟДﾟ⊂⌒｀つ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡ | moving on belly, "whooaaa!!!" |
| (ﾟдﾟ) | Unforeseen (ｳﾏｰ/ﾏｽﾞｰ) |
| (ﾟ⊿ﾟ) | "I don't need it" (ｲﾗﾈ) |
| щ(ﾟДﾟщ) | Come on(ｶﾓｫｫｫﾝ) |
| （・∀・） | Mocking, "good" (ﾆﾔﾆﾔ/ｶｴﾚ!!/ｿﾚﾀﾞ!!/ｲｲ!!) |
| （・Ａ・） | "That's bad" (ｲｸﾅｲ!!) |
| (ﾟ∀ﾟ) | Discharged drug-in-brain, goofing around, "A-HYA!" (ｱﾋｬ!) |
| （ ´Д⊂ヽ | Sad |
| エェェ(´д｀)ェェエ | Not convincing |
| (´・∀・`) | "Heh" (ﾍｰ) |
| ( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ ＼ / ＼/ ＼ | laughs evilly |
| [ﾟдﾟ] | Deflagged |
| m9(^Д^) | supercilious attitude (ﾌﾟｷﾞｬｰ) |
Comments
Expressive perhaps, but
Expressive perhaps, but impossible to type using a standard keymap. by the time ive found each of the characters the moment is gone and the emotion passed. For IM at least, many clients have graphical emoticons which can be pretty expressive anyway. But interesting to see just how bizarre these things can get ;)
a matter of time
by the time ive found each of the characters the moment is gone and the emotion passed.
LOL, in a way that is true, but consider that I'm using the page a reference, I mostly copy paste my favourite ones. It would be crazy to type them all down!
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