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"Emoji" (絵文字) is also a false-friend for "Emoticon". "Emoticon" indicates icons that express emotions (typed with ASCII characters), but "Emoji" is simply the
by Dwedit 2y ago
"Emoji" (絵文字) is also a false-friend for "Emoticon". "Emoticon" indicates icons that express emotions (typed with ASCII characters), but "Emoji" is simply the Japanese word for pictograph, and is not derived from the word 'emotion'.
- AprilArcus 2y agoThe Japanese equivalent to emoticons are 顔文字 kaomoji, "face characters", and will be familiar as the horizontal ^_^ and (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ type of emotes.