kaomoji
Japanese text emoticons
Kaomoji are Japanese-style emoticons made from text characters, read face-on rather than sideways like Western emoticons.
They often use Japanese punctuation and symbols to create expressive faces: (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ shows table-flipping rage, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is a shrug, and ^_^ conveys happiness.
The word combines Japanese *kao* (face) and *moji* (character).
Persons in a narrative
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
- parenthesesCurved enclosing punctuation marks
keyboard · typography · text · faces · smiley · textual · representation · typeface
Japanese term for adorable
characters
Persons in a narrative
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
parentheses · keyboard · typography · text · faces · smiley · textual · representation · typeface · font
kawaii
Japanese term for adorable
chat
Informal verbal exchange
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
digital · message · forums · comments · reply · reaction · tone · informal · playful · friendly
joy
Intense positive emotion
- sadnessState of emotional pain
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- surpriseUnexpected event causing astonishment
fear · happiness · laughter · tears · blush · wink · pout · shrug · confused · excited
- emojismileys, skin tones
- emoticonssmiley, smiley face, happy face, sad face, wink
- Japanese pop cultureanime, manga, otaku, cosplay, kawaii
- kawaiiSanrio, Hello Kitty, My Melody, chibi, plushies
- text artword art, block letters, bubble letters, smileys, table flip
- text symbolssmileys, arrows, hearts, stars, bullets
kaomojiemoji
Digital pictograph for messaging
photograph · GIF · sticker · picture · bitmap
kaomojiplain text
Unencoded readable characters
prose · formal writing · business writing · technical writing