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Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaomoji
"彼はメールによく顔文字を使います。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A representation of a facial expression formed by various combinations of keyboard characters, used in electronic communications to convey the writer's feelings or intended tone.
"She added a smiling emoticon to the end of her message to show she was only joking." - 2
A digital symbol or icon used to express a specific emotion or reaction in virtual communication.
"Modern chat applications automatically convert traditional emoticons into colorful graphical emojis."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
A blend of the English words 'emotion' and 'icon', coined in the late 20th century during the rise of early computer-mediated communication. It reflects the communicative need to convey facial expressions and tones in text-based digital environments.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Emoticon" is said worldwide
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émoticône
Transliteration: e-mo-ti-kon
"Il a envoyé une émoticône pour exprimer sa joie."
Emoticon
Transliteration: e-mo-ti-kon
"Er benutzte ein Emoticon, um seinen Humor zu zeigen."
emoticon
Transliteration: e-mo-ti-con
"Ha inserito un'emoticon alla fine del messaggio."
emoticón
Transliteration: e-mo-ti-kon
"El mensaje incluía un emoticón sonriente."
emoticone
Transliteration: e-mo-ti-con-i
"Ela usou um emoticone para demonstrar felicidade."
इमोटिकॉन
Transliteration: imotikon
"उसने अपनी भावना व्यक्त करने के लिए एक इमोटिकॉन भेजा।"
表情符号
Transliteration: biǎo qíng fú hào
"他在短信里加了一个可爱的表情符号。"
이모티콘
Transliteration: imotikon
"디지털 표현을 위해 귀여운 이모티콘을 사용했다."
顔文字
Transliteration: kaomoji
"彼はメールによく顔文字を使います。"
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