Shruggie

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 (mainly from America and Europe) or horizontal (though not all are in that orientation); Eastern or vertical (mainly from east Asia); and 2channel style (originally used on 2channel and other Japanese message boards). 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 (often not included) and then the mouth. Typically, a colon is used for the eyes of a face, unless winking, in which case a semicolon is used. However, an equals sign, a number 8, or a capital letter B are also used to indicate normal eyes, widened eyes, or those with glasses, respectively. Symbols for the mouth vary, e.g. ")" for a smiley face or "(" for a sad face. One can also add a "}" after the mouth character to indicate a beard.

:} , , :o) , , :c) , , :^) , , =] , , =)
, ☺️🙂😊😀😁 , , Smiley, happy face
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, :‑D
:D , , 8‑D
8D , , =D , , =3 , , B^D , , c: , , colspan="4" , C:
, 😃😄😍 , , Laughing, big grin, grinning with glasses
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, x‑D
xD
, colspan="9" , X‑D
XD
, 😆 😂
, Laughing
, -
, colspan="10" , :-))
, , , Very happy or double chin
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, :‑(
:( , , :‑c
:c , , :‑<
:< , , :‑[
:[ , , colspan="2" , :-, , , , ::‑)
}:) , , 3:‑)
3:) , , >;‑)
>;) , , colspan="6" , >:3
;3
, 😈 , , Evil, devilish
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, , ;‑) , , , ‑O , , colspan="8" , B-)
, 😎😪 , , Cool, bored, yawning
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, colspan="10" , :‑J
, 😏😒 , , Tongue-in-cheek
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, colspan="10" , #‑)
, , , Partied all night
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, colspan="10" , %‑)
%)
, 😵😵‍💫😕🤕 , , Drunk, confused
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, colspan="10" , :‑###..
:###..
, 🤒😷🤢 , , Being sick
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, colspan="10" , <:‑,
, , , Dumb, dunce-like
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, ',:-,
, colspan="9" , ',:-l
, 🤨
, Scepticism, disbelief, disapproval
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, colspan="10" , :E
, 😬 , , Grimacing, nervous, awkward
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, 8-X
, 8=X
, x-3
, colspan="7" , x=3
, ☠️💀🏴‍☠️
, Skull and crossbones
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, colspan="10" , ~:>
, 🐔🐓
, Chicken

;- @}->-- @}‑;‑'‑‑‑ @>‑‑>‑‑ , , 🌹 , , Rose
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, 8

D
, 8

D
, 8=D
, 3=D
, 8=>
, 8

D~~~
,
, Penis, Ejaculation
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, colspan="6" , 5:‑) , , , , Elvis Presley
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, colspan="6" , *<, :‑), , 🎅 , , Santa Claus
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, colspan="6" , ~(_8^(I) , , , , Homer Simpson
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, colspan="6" , =:o] , , , , Bill Clinton
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, 7:^] , , colspan="5" , ,:‑) , , , , Ronald Reagan
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, Broken heart
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, colspan="6" , <3 , , ❤️ , , Heart

{, class="wikitable"
, + Upright Latin-only emoticons and single-line art and portraits
! colspan="5" , Icon
!Emoji!! Meaning
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, ><> , , colspan=2, <>< , , <*)))‑{
, ><(((*>
, 🐟🐠, , Fish, something's fishy, Christian fish
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, colspan="5" , \o/
, 🍻, , Cheer "Yay, yay."
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, colspan="5" , *\0/*
, , , Cheerleader
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, colspan="5" , o7
, 🫡, , Salute
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, colspan="5" , //0‑0\\
, , , John Lennon
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, (V) (;,,;) (V)
, colspan="4" , (V)(°,,°)(V)
,
, Zoidberg
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, v.v
, ._.
, colspan="3" , ._.;
, 😔, , Sadness, great dismay, disgust
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, QQ
, qq
, colspan="3" , Qq
, 🥺😭😢
, Crying
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, X_X
x_x
, +_+
, colspan="3" , X_x
x_X
, 😵☠️
, Dead person, fainted
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, <_<
, >_>
, <.<
, colspan="2" , >.>
,
, Sideways look. Devious or guilty.
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, O_O
o_o
, O-O
o‑o
, O_o , , colspan="2" , o_O
, 😳, , Surprise, shock, yawn
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, colspan="2" , >.<
, colspan="3" , >_<
, 😣, , Skeptical, annoyed, undecided, uneasy, hesitant
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, ^5 , , o/\o , , colspan="3" , >_>^ ^<_<
, , , High five
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, V.v.V
, colspan="4" , V=(° °)=V
, 🦀🦞
, Crab, Lobster
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, colspan="5" , (^^^)
, 🦈
, Shark
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, colspan="5" , , -o-, o-, -o-,
,
, Three TIE fighters
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, colspan="5" , (::[]::)
, 🩹🤕❤️‍🩹
, Bandage
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, (o)(o)
, colspan="4" , ( • )( • )
,
, Breast, Breasts

{, class="wikitable"
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!colspan=4, Icon
!Emoji!! Meaning
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, ӽd̲̅a̲̅r̲̅w̲̅i̲̅ɳ̲̅ᕗ , , Ӽd̲̅a̲̅r̲̅w̲̅i̲̅ɳ̲̅ᕗ , , ӽe̲̅v̲̅o̲̅l̲̅u̲̅t̲̅i̲̅o̲̅ɳ̲̅ᕗ , , Ӽe̲̅v̲̅o̲̅l̲̅u̲̅t̲̅i̲̅o̲̅ɳ̲̅ᕗ
, 🐟🐠, , Darwin fish/Evolution fish
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, �̅$̲̅(̲̅1̲̅)̲̅$̲̅, �̅$̲̅(̲̅5̲̅)̲̅$̲̅, �̅$̲̅(̲̅1̲̅0̲̅)̲̅$̲̅, �̅$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅, 💵💸
, Dollar notes
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, colspan=4, ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
, 😏, , The "Lenny Face", named and popularized on 4chan. Used mostly to suggest mischief, imply sexual innuendo or a second hidden meaning behind a sentence, or is pasted over and over to spam online discussions.
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, colspan="4" , ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ
,
, "Raise Your Dongers", a meme originated from Twitch, unclear meaning
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, ಠ_ಠ
, ಠ__ಠ
, colspan="2" , ಠ益ಠ
, 😐😑🤨
, "Look of Disapproval"
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, ⎛⎝(•ⱅ•)⎠⎞
, ◥▅◤
, colspan="2" , ◢▅◣
, 🦇
, Bat
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, colspan="4" , (๑ˇεˇ๑)
, 😘
, Kiss
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, colspan="4" , (◕‿◕✿)
, 🙂🌸
, "Flower Girl", a person with a flower attached to their head
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, colspan="4" , ( ༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ )
, 😭
, Crying
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, colspan="4" , (=ʘᆽʘ=)∫
, 🐱
, Cat
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, ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ
, ʕ ·(エ)· ʔ
, ʕ – ㉨ – ʔ
, ⊂(￣(ｴ)￣)⊃
, 🐻🧸🐻‍❄️🐼
, Bear

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'' (literally "face characters").

{, class="wikitable"
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! Icon !! Emoji !! Meaning
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, , , 😣😖 , , Troubled
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, (';') , , 👶 , , Baby
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, , , 😅😳😓😥 , , Nervous, embarrassed, troubled, shy, sweat drop
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, (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)
, 😳
, Embarrassed, flushed
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, , , 🚬 , , Smoking
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, (-_-)zzz , , 😴💤 , , Sleeping
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, , , 😉😜 , , Wink
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, , , 😕😶😵🙄 , , Confused
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, (o, o) , , , , Ultraman
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, <(｀^´)> , , , ,
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, , , 😀😅😆😃😄🙌 , , Joyful
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, , , 🙇 , , Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology or
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, (凸ಠ益ಠ)凸
, 🖕
, Middle fingers
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, , , 🤔 , , Questioning
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, , , 😭😢 , , Sad, crying
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, , , 😒😩😑😞😔 , ,
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, (=_=) , , 😫😩😪 , , Tired
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, , , 😺😸😹😻😼😽🙀😿😾🐱 , , Cat
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, , , 🙍😔 , , Looking down in sadness or boredom
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, ^m^ , , 🤭 , , Giggling with hand covering mouth
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, , , 😕😵 , , Confusion
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, (－‸ლ) , , 🤦 , , Facepalm
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, , , 😃😄☺️😁😀😍 , , Normal laugh
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, , , 👋 , , Waving
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, (V)o￥o(V) , , 👽👾 , , Alien Baltan
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, , , 😍😀🙌💃 , , Excited
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, , , 😍 , , Amazed
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, !(^^)! , , , ,
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, , , 😂✌️ , , Laughing, cheerful
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,
,
, Hopeless
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, , , 😔😒😏 , ,
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, (^^ゞ , , 😙😚 , ,
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, ˊ＿>ˋ
,
, Calmness
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, , , 🧐, ,
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, ((d _-)) , , 🎧 , , Headphones, listening to music
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, , , 😟😓😬 , , Worried
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, (^0_0^) , , 🤓😎 , , Eyeglasses
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, , , ✍️📝, , Jotting note
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, , , 😀😁😆😅😃😄 , , Happy
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, (￣ー￣) , , 😁 , , Grinning
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, , , 😲😮😯 , , Surprised
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, , , , , Infatuation
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, ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
, 💃🕺
, Dancing, swinging arms back and forth, "Happy Gary"
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, , , 😨😱😮😲 , , Shocked, surprised
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, (*￣m￣) , , 😬😠😡 , , Dissatisfied
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, , , 🤷 , , Mellow, shrug
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, , , , , Snubbed or deflated
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, (づ￣ ³￣)づ
, 🫂😙
, Hugging/reaching and kissing
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, (*^3^)/~☆ , , 😘😚😙😗 , , Blowing a kiss
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, .....φ(・∀・＊) , , , , Studying is good
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, , , 😴💤, , Sleeping
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, , , 😌, , Joy or Cute
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, , , , , Associated with the response, "what's this?". Could also be used to denote cute, inquisitive or perplexed, sometimes associated with the furry fandom.
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, 囧
,
, Distress. Jiong, a Chinese character meaning a "patterned window", now repurposed as an ideographic emoticon.

{, class="wikitable"
, + Other Eastern emoticons
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! Icon !! Emoji !! Meaning
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, , , 🫧, , Bubbles
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, , , 🍵☕️ , , Cup of tea
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, , , 🌠☄️💫🌟 , , Shooting star
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, , , 🐠🐟🐡🦈🐬🐳🐋 , , Fish
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, <コ:彡 Ｃ:.ミ , , 🦑🐙 , , Squid, octopus
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, ~>°)～～～ , , 🐍 , , Snake
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, ～°·_·°～ , , 🦇 , , Bat
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, (°°)～ , , , , Tadpole
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, ●～* , , 💣🧨 , , Bomb
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, , , , , Despair. The "O"s represent head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso, and "S" or "z" the legs.
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, , , , , Table flip
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, , , , ,

2channel emoticons

A number of Eastern emoticons were originally developed on the Japanese discussion site 2channel. Some of these are wider (made up of more characters) than usual kaomoji, or extend over multiple lines of text. Many use characters from other character sets besides Japanese and Latin.

{, class="wikitable"
, + 2channel emoticons
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! Icon
! Meaning
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, style="text-align: center;" , m(_ _)m , , Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology
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, style="text-align: center;" , (´･ω･`) , , Snubbed or deflated
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, style="text-align: center;" , (`･ω･´) , , Feel perky
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, style="text-align: center;" , (｀-´)> , , Salute
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, style="text-align: center;" , (´；ω；`) , , Terribly sad
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, style="text-align: center;" , ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ , , Peace of mind
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, style="text-align: center;" , ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ , , Be irritable
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, style="text-align: center;" , (＃ﾟДﾟ) , , Angry
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, style="text-align: center;" , （ ´Д｀） , , Yelling, or panting
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, style="text-align: center;" , （　ﾟДﾟ） , , Surprised, or loudmouthed
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, style="text-align: center;" , ┐('～`；)┌ , , Don't know the answer
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, style="text-align: center;" , （´∀｀） , , Carefree
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, style="text-align: center;" , （　´_ゝ`） , , Indifferent
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, style="text-align: center;" , Σ(゜д゜;) , , Shocked
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, style="text-align: center;" , ( ﾟヮﾟ) , , Happy, upbeat
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, style="text-align: center;" , ⊂二二二（^＾ω^＾）二⊃, , "Bu-n", being carefree and above, with arms stretched out while running/soaring
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, style="text-align: center;" , (((( ；ﾟДﾟ))) , , Spook
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, style="text-align: center;" , Σ(ﾟДﾟ) , , Huge surprise
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, style="text-align: center;" , ( ´∀｀)σ)∀`) , , Jog someone's cheek
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, style="text-align: center;" , ( ﾟдﾟ) , , Amazed
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, style="text-align: center;" , (´ー`)y-~~ , , Smoking
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, style="text-align: center;" , （ ^_^）o自自o（^_^ ） , , Toast "Cheers"
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, style="text-align: center;" , m9(・∀・) , , Flash of intuition
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, style="text-align: center;" , ヽ(´ー`)人(´∇｀)人(`Д´)ノ , , Friendly
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, style="text-align: center;" , ('A`) , , Lonely
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, style="text-align: center;" , （ ´,_ゝ`) , , Depressed, unsatisfied (based on indifferent)
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, style="text-align: center;" , （´-`）.｡oO( ... ) , , Thinking
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, style="text-align: center;" , (ﾟДﾟ;≡;ﾟДﾟ) , , Impatience
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, style="text-align: center;" , ( ´д)ﾋｿ(´Д｀)ﾋｿ(Д｀) , , Whispers
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, style="text-align: center;" , （･∀･)つ⑩ , , Carrying money
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, style="text-align: center;" , ⊂（ﾟДﾟ⊂⌒｀つ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡ , , Sliding on belly, "whooaaa!!!"
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, style="text-align: center;" , (ﾟдﾟ) , , Unforeseen
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, style="text-align: center;" , (ﾟ⊿ﾟ) , , "I don't need it"
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, style="text-align: center;" , щ(ﾟДﾟщ) (屮ﾟДﾟ)屮 , , Come on
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, style="text-align: center;" , （・∀・） , , Mocking, "good"
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, style="text-align: center;" , （・Ａ・） , , "That's bad"
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, style="text-align: center;" , (ﾟ∀ﾟ) , , Discharged drug-in-brain, goofing around, "A-HYA!"
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, style="text-align: center;" , （ つ Д ｀）, , Sad
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, style="text-align: center;" , エェェ(´д｀)ェェエ , , Not convincing
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, style="text-align: center;" , (￣ー￣) , , Simper, Snorlax
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, style="text-align: center;" , ��дﾟ, , Deflagged
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, style="text-align: center;" , ♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ ( ･o･) ┓ , , Happy expressions, dancing to the music
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, style="text-align: center;" , d(*⌒▽⌒*)b , , Happy expression
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, style="text-align: center;" , ＿, ￣, ○ , , rowspan=4, Given up. Despair. The "O"s represent head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso, and "S" or "z" the legs.
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, style="text-align: center;" , STO
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, style="text-align: center;" , OTZ
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, style="text-align: center;" , OTL
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, style="text-align: center;" , (╬ ಠ益ಠ) , , Extreme Distaste, meant to appear as an exaggerated grimace
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, style="text-align: center;" , (≧ロ≦) , , Shouting
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, style="text-align: center;" , (ΘεΘ;) , , Pretending not to notice, asleep because of boredom
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, style="white-space: nowrap;text-align: center;" , ＼, ￣ヘ￣, ／＿＿＿＿＿＿＿θ☆( *o*)/ , , Kick
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, style="text-align: center;" , ┌(；`～,)┐ , , Discombobulated
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, style="text-align: center;" , ε=ε=ε=┌(;*´Д`)ﾉ , , Running
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, style="text-align: center;" , ヽ(´▽`)/ , , Happy
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, style="text-align: center;" , ^ㅂ^ , , Happy
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, style="text-align: center;" , (l'o'l) , , Shocked
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, style="text-align: center;" , ヽ(ｏ`皿′ｏ)ﾉ , , Really angry
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, style="text-align: center;" , (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ , , rowspan=2, "Do it"
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, style="text-align: center;" , ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ☜(⌒▽⌒)☞ , , Angel

{, class="wikitable"
, + 2channel emoticons containing Japanese phrases
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! Icon
! Meaning
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, style="text-align: center;" , キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!! , , "It's here", ''Kitaa!'', excitement that something has appeared or happened or "I came".
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, style="text-align: center;" , ｷﾀﾜァ*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･゜(n‘∀‘)ηﾟ･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･* !!!!!  , , Girlish version of "It's here".
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, style="text-align: center;" , (*´Д`)ﾊｧﾊｧ , , Erotic stirring, ''haa haa''
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, style="text-align: center;" , (　´Д｀)ﾉ(´･ω･`)　ﾅﾃﾞﾅﾃﾞ , , Patting, ''nade nade''
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, style="text-align: center;" , (*ﾟﾉOﾟ)<ｵｵｵｵｫｫｫｫｫｫｫｰｰｰｰｰｲ! , , Calling out, "Ooooi!"
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, style="text-align: center;" , ( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ ＼ / ＼/ ＼ , , Evil laugh (literally ahahaHAHA...)
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, style="text-align: center;" , （・∀・ ）ヾ(- -；)コラコラ , , Blaming "now now"
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, style="text-align: center;" , お(^o^)や(^O^)す(^｡^)みぃ(^-^)ﾉﾞ , , Kana reading "O ya su mi" meaning "Good night" or "Night"

{, class="wikitable"
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! Icon
! Meaning
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, style="text-align: center;" , <`∀´> , , rowspan=2, Stereotypical Korean character (Nidā)
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, style="text-align: center;" , <丶｀∀´>
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, style="text-align: center;" , ［(★)］
<丶´Д｀> , , Stereotypical North Korean character (Kigā)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ∧＿∧
（ ；´Д｀）
, Stereotypical Japanese character (Monā)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ∧∧
／ 中＼
（ 　｀ハ´） , , Stereotypical Chinese character (Sinā)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ∧∧
／　台＼
（　＾∀＾） , , Stereotypical Taiwanese character (Wanā)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ∧∧
／ 越 ＼
（ ・∀・ ） , , Stereotypical Vietnamese character (Venā)
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, style="text-align: center;" , γ~三ヽ
(三彡０ﾐ)
（　´∀｀）
, Stereotypical Indian Character (Monastē)
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, style="text-align: center;" , , ￣￣,
＿☆☆☆＿
（ ´_⊃｀） , , Stereotypical American character (Samū)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ┏━┓
━━━━━━
ﾐΘc_Θ-ﾐ , , Stereotypical Jewish character (Yudā)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ＿＿
│〓.│
━━━━━
ﾐ　´_＞｀） , , Stereotypical English character (Jakū)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ____
（〓__＞
ξ ・_>・） , , Stereotypical French character (Torirī)
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, style="text-align: center;" , _、,_
ﾐ　　_⊃） , , Stereotypical German character (Gerumandamu)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ≡≡彡
彡 ´_)｀ ） , , Stereotypical Austrian character (Osutō)
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, style="text-align: center;" , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
ﾐ,,,☆;;;;;,ﾐ
（｀c_ ´　）, , Stereotypical Russian character (Rosukī)
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, style="text-align: center;" , _γ⌒ヽ_
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（　´ｍ｀） , , Stereotypical Mexican character (Amīgo)
, -
, style="text-align: center;" , _
<(o0o)>
(>ミ - ミ )> , , Stereotypical Persian character (jujø)

Unicode characters

Many emoticons are included as characters in the Unicode standard, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, the Emoticons block, and the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block.

References

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