List of emoticons

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A colon, followed by a dash, followed by a closing bracket. They resemble a smiley face.
A simple smiley

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. The Western use of emoticons is quite different from Eastern usage, and Internet forums, such as 2channel, typically show expressions in their own ways. In recent times, graphic representations, both static and animated, have taken the place of traditional emoticons in the form of icons. These are commonly known as emoji although the term kaomoji is more correct.[1][2]

Emoticons can generally be divided into three groups: Western or horizontal (mainly from America and Europe), 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 differences is how the different cultures use different parts of the face to express emotions, i.e. eyes often play a bigger role in the East while the whole face is used more in the West.[3]

Western

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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, which uses a semicolon. However, an equal sign, a number 8, and a capital letter B are also used interchangeably to refer to normal eyes, widened eyes, or those with glasses. One can also add a "}" after the mouth symbol—"(", ")", etc.—to indicate a beard.

Icon Meaning
:‑) :) :D :o) :] :3 :c) :> =] 8) =) :} :^) :っ) Smiley or happy face.[4][5][6]
:‑D 8‑D 8D x‑D xD X‑D XD =‑D =D =‑3 =3 B^D Laughing,[4] big grin,[5][6] laugh with glasses[7]
:-)) Very happy or double chin[7]
>:[ :‑( :( :‑c :c :‑< :っC :< :‑[ :[ :{ Frown,[4][5][6] sad[8]
;( Winky frowny, used to signify sadness, with a bit of sarcasm. It is easily misunderstood.[9]
:-|| :@ >:( Angry[7]
:'‑( :'( Crying[8]
:'‑) :') Tears of happiness[8]
D:< D: D8 D; D= DX v.v D‑': Horror, disgust, sadness, great dismay[5][6]
>:O :‑O :O :‑o :o 8‑0 O_O o‑o O_o o_O o_o O-O Surprise,[3] shock,[4][10] yawn[11]
:* :-* :^* ( '}{' ) Kiss, couple kissing[7]
;‑) ;) *-) *) ;‑] ;] ;D ;^) :‑, Wink,[4][5][6] smirk[10][11]
>:P :‑P :P X‑P x‑p xp XP :‑p :p =p :‑Þ :Þ :þ :‑þ :‑b :b d: Tongue sticking out, cheeky/playful,[4] blowing a raspberry
>:\ >:/ :‑/ :‑. :/ :\ =/ =\ :L =L :S >.< Skeptical, annoyed, undecided, uneasy, hesitant[4]
:| :‑| Straight face[5] no expression, indecision[8]
:$ Embarrassed,[6] blushing[7]
({})._ undefined[12]
:‑X :X :‑# :# Sealed lips or wearing braces[4]
O:‑) 0:‑3 0:3 0:‑) 0:) 0;^) Angel,[4][5][10] saint,[8] innocent
>:) >;) >:‑) Evil[5]
}:‑) }:) 3:‑) 3:) Devilish[8]
o/\o ^5 >_>^ ^<_< High five[11]
|;‑) |‑O Cool,[8] bored/yawning[10]
:‑J Tongue-in-cheek[13]
:‑& :& Tongue-tied[8]
#‑) Partied all night[8]
%‑) %) Drunk,[8] confused
:‑###.. :###.. Being sick[8]
<:‑| Dumb, dunce-like[10]
ಠ_ಠ Look of disapproval[14] The Unicode character ಠ is from the Kannada alphabet and can be called differently in HTML notation: &#3232; and &#x0CA0; (for Unicode)
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡°͜ ͡°) Lenny Face,[15] often used in accompaniment to innuendo[16]
<*)))‑{ ><(((*> ><> Fish, something's fishy,[10] Christian fish[7]
\o/ Cheer "Yay, yay."[7]
*\0/* Cheerleader[7]
@}‑;‑'‑‑‑ @>‑‑>‑‑ Rose[4][10]
~(_8^(I) Homer Simpson[10]
5:‑) ~:‑\ Elvis Presley[10][11]
//0‑0\\ John Lennon[10]
*<|:‑) Santa Claus[17]
=:o] Bill Clinton[17]
,:‑) 7:^] Ronald Reagan[17]
</3 broken-heart (reverse-rotation)[18]
<3 Heart[19]

Eastern

Eastern emoticons generally are not rotated, and may include non-Latin characters to allow for additional complexity.

Icon Meaning
(>_<) (>_<)> Troubled[20][21]
(';') Baby[20]
(^^ゞ (^_^;) (-_-;) (~_~;) (・。・;) (・_・;) (・・;) ^^; ^_^; (#^.^#) (^ ^;) Nervous, embarrassed,[20] troubled, shy,[21] sweat drop[7]
.。o○ ○o。. Bubbles[20]
<コ:彡 Squid[20]
(^。^)y-.。o○ (-。-)y-゜゜゜ Smoking[20]
(-_-)zzz Sleeping[20]
(^_-) (^_-)-☆ Wink[20]
((+_+)) (+o+) (゜゜) (゜-゜) (゜.゜) (゜_゜) (゜_゜>) (゜レ゜) Confused[20]
(o|o) Ultraman [20]
<(`^´)> [20]
^_^ (゜o゜) (^_^)/ (^O^)/ (^o^)/ (^^)/ (≧∇≦)/ (/◕ヮ◕)/ (^o^)丿 ∩(・ω・)∩
(・ω・) ^ω^
Joyful[20][21][22]
(__) _(._.)_ _(_^_)_ <(_ _)> <m(__)m> m(__)m m(_ _)m Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology[20][21]
(゜゜)~ Tadpole[20]
( ^^) _U~~ ( ^^) _旦~~ Cup of tea[20]
☆彡 ☆ミ Shooting star[20]
\(゜ロ\)ココハドコ? (/ロ゜)/アタシハダアレ? "Where am I?", "Who am I?"[20]
>゜)))彡 (Q )) ><ヨヨ (゜))<< >゜))))彡 <゜)))彡 >゜))彡 <+ ))><< <*)) >=< Fish[20]
('_') (/_;) (T_T) (;_;) (;_; (;_:) (;O;) (:_;) (ToT) (T▽T) ;_; ;-; ;n; ;; Q.Q T.T QQ Q_Q Sad, crying[10][20][21]
(ー_ー)!! (-.-) (-_-) ( 一一) (;一_一) Shame[20]
C:。ミ Octopus[20]
(=_=) Tired[20]
~>゜)~~~  Snake[20]
~゜・_・゜~  Bat[20]
(=^・^=) (=^・・^=) =^_^= Cat[20][22]
(..) (._.) Looking down[20]
^m^ [20]
(・・? (?_?) Confusion[20]
(-‸ლ) Facepalm [23]
>^_^< <^!^> ^/^ (*^_^*) §^。^§ (^<^) (^.^) (^ム^) (^・^) (^。^) (^_^.) (^_^) (^^) (^J^)
(*^。^*) ^_^ (#^.^#) (^-^)
Normal laugh[20]
(^^)/~~~ (^_^)/~ (;_;)/~~~ (^.^)/~~~ ($・・)/~~~ (@^^)/~~~ (T_T)/~~~ (ToT)/~~~ Waving[20]
●~* Bomb[20]
(V)o¥o(V) Alien Baltan[20]
\(~o~)/ \(^o^)/ \(-o-)/ ヽ(^。^)ノ ヽ(^o^)丿 (*^0^*) Excited[20]
(*_*) (*_*; (+_+) (@_@) (@_@。 (@_@;) \(◎o◎)/! Amazed[20]
(-_-)/~~~ピシー!ピシー! [20]
 !(^^)! [20]
(*^^)v (^^)v (^_^)v (^▽^) (・∀・) ( ´∀`) (⌒▽⌒) (^v^) (’-’*) Laughing, cheerful[20][21]
(~o~) (~_~) [20]
(^^ゞ [20]
(p_-) [20]
((d[-_-]b)) Headphones/listening to drum and bass music.[20]
(-"-) (ーー゛) (^_^メ) (-_-メ) (`´) (~_~メ) (--〆) (・へ・) 
<`~´> <`ヘ´> (ーー;)
Worried[20][21]
(^0_0^) Eyeglasses[20]
( ..)φメモメモ φ(..)メモメモ Note[20]
 :-P :-O |:3ミ :-> 8-< :-) :-< :( :-( :) :| :-| [20]
(●^o^●) (^v^) (^u^) (^◇^) ( ^)o(^ ) (^O^) (^o^) (^○^) )^o^( (*^▽^*) (✿◠‿◠) Happy[20][21]
( ̄ー ̄) Grinning[21]
( ̄□ ̄;)°o° °O° :O o_O o_0 o.O (o.o) Surprised[3][21]
(*´▽`*) (*°∀°)=3 Infatuation[21]
( ゚ Д゚) (゜◇゜) Shocked, surprised[21]
(* ̄m ̄) Dissatisfied[21]
ヽ(´ー`)┌ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Mellow, shrug[21]
(´・ω・`) (‘A`) Snubbed or deflated[21]
(*^3^)/~☆ Blowing a kiss[24]
.....φ(・∀・*) Studying is good[24]
キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!!  "It's here", Kitaa!, a general expression of excitement that something has appeared or happened.[21]
_| ̄|○ STO OTZ OTL orz Despair. "O" or "o" represents one's head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso and "S" or "Z" forms the legs.[21]
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ┬──┬ ¯\_(ツ) ┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ノ︵ ┻━┻ ┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ Table flip[25]

2channel emoticons

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The Japanese language is usually encoded using double-byte character codes, which can be reproduced as ASCII art.

Icon Meaning
m9(^Д^) Jeering laughter
m(_ _)m Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology[21]
(´・ω・`) Snubbed or deflated[21]
<`∀´> or <丶`∀´> Stereotypical Korean character (Nidā)[26]
[ (★) ]
<丶´Д`>
Stereotypical North Korean character (Kigā)[27]  
∧_∧
( ;´Д`)
Stereotypical Japanese character (Monā)[27]  
∧∧
/ 中\
(  `ハ´)
Stereotypical Chinese character (Sinā)[27]  
∧∧
 / 台\
 ( ^∀^)
Stereotypical Taiwanese character (Wanā)[27]
∧∧
/ 越 \
( ・∀・ )
Stereotypical Vietnamese character (Venā)[27]
γ~三ヽ
(三彡0ミ)
( ´∀`)
Stereotypical Indian Character (Monastē)[27]
| ̄ ̄|
_☆☆☆_
( ´_⊃`)
Stereotypical American character (Samū)[27]
 ┏━┓
━━━━━━
ミΘc_Θ-ミ
Stereotypical Jewish character (Yudā)[27]
__
│〓.│
━━━━━
ミ ´_>`)
Stereotypical English character (Jakū)[27]
____
(〓__>
ξ ・_>・)
Stereotypical French character (Torirī)[27]
_、,_
ミ  _⊃)
Stereotypical German character (Gerumandamu)[27]
≡≡彡
彡 ´_)` )
Stereotypical Austrian character (Osutō)[27]
,,,,,,,,,,,,,
 ミ;;;,,,,,,,ミ 
( `_っ´)
Stereotypical Russian character (Rosukī)[27]
_γ⌒ヽ_
lXXXXXXXXl
 ( ´m`)
Stereotypical Mexican character (Amīgo)[27]
_
<(o0o)>
(>ミ - ミ )>
Stereotypical Persian character (jujø)[27]
(`・ω・´) Feel perky[26]
_| ̄|○ Given up[26]
(`-´)> Salute[26]
(´;ω;`) Terribly sad[26]
ヽ(´ー`)ノ Peace of mind[26]
ヽ(`Д´)ノ Be irritable[26]
(#゚Д゚) Angry[26]
( ´Д`) Yelling, or panting[26]
( ゚Д゚) Surprised, or loudmouthed[26]
┐('~`;)┌ Don't know the answer[26]
(´∀`) Carefree[26]
( ´_ゝ`) Indifferent[26]
Σ(゜д゜;) Shocked[26]
( ゚ヮ゚) Happy, upbeat[26]
キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!!  "It's here", Kitaa!, a general expression of excitement that something has appeared or happened or "I came".[21]
キタワァ*・゜゚・*:.。..。.:*・゜(n‘∀‘)η゚・*:.。. .。.:*・゜゚・* !!!!!   Girlish version of "It's here".[26]
⊂二二二( ω)二⊃ "Bu-n", being carefree and above, with arms stretched out while running/soaring.[26]
(*´Д`)ハァハァ Erotic stirring, haa haa[26]
( ´Д`)ノ(´・ω・`) ナデナデ Patting, nade nade[26]
(((( ;゚Д゚))) Spook[26]
Σ(゚Д゚) Huge surprise[26]
( ´∀`)σ)∀`) Jog someone's cheek[26]
(・∀・ )ヾ(- -;)コラコラ Blaming "now now"[26]
( ゚д゚) Amazed[26]
(´ー`)y-~~ Smoking[26]
( ^_^)o自自o(^_^ ) Toast "Cheers"[26]
m9(・∀・) Flash of intuition[26]
ヽ(´ー`)人(´∇`)人(`Д´)ノ Friendly[26]
('A`) Lonely[26]
( ´,_ゝ`) Depressed, unsatisfied (based on indifferent)[26]
(´-`).。oO( ... ) Thinking[26]
(゚Д゚;≡;゚Д゚) Impatience[26]
( ´д)ヒソ(´Д`)ヒソ(Д` ) Whispers[26]
(・∀・)つ⑩ Carrying money[26]
⊂(゚Д゚⊂⌒`つ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡ Sliding on belly, "whooaaa!!!"[26]
(゚д゚) Unforeseen[26]
(゚⊿゚) "I don't need it"[26]
щ(゚Д゚щ)(屮゚Д゚)屮 Come on[26]
(・∀・) Mocking, "good"[26]
(・A・) "That's bad"[26]
(゚∀゚) Discharged drug-in-brain, goofing around, "A-HYA!"[26]
( つ Д `) Sad[26]
エェェ(´д`)ェェエ Not convincing[26]
( ̄ー ̄) Simper, Snorlax[26]
( ゚∀゚)アハハ八八ノヽノヽノヽノ \ / \/ \ Evil laugh (literally ahahaHAHA...)[26]
[゚д゚] Deflagged[26]
♪┏(・o・)┛♪┗ ( ・o・) ┓♪┏ ( ) ┛♪┗ (・o・ ) ┓♪┏(・o・)┛♪ Happy expressions, dancing to the music[26]
d(*⌒▽⌒*)b Happy expression[26]
_| ̄|○, STO or OTZ or OTL Despair. The "O" or "o" represents one's head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso and "S" or "z" forms the legs.[21]
(╬ ಠ益ಠ) Extreme Distaste, meant to appear as an exaggerated grimace[26]
(≧ロ≦) Shouting[26]
(ΘεΘ;) Pretending not to notice, asleep because of boredom[26]
お(^o^)や(^O^)す(^。^)みぃ(^-^)ノ゙ Kana reading "O ya su mi" meaning "Good night" or "Night"[26]
(*゚ノO゚)<オオオオォォォォォォォーーーーーイ! Calling out, "Ooooi!"[26]
\|  ̄ヘ ̄|/_______θ☆( *o*)/ Kick[26]
(‐^▽^‐)オーホッホ Chuckle
┌(;`~,)┐ Discombobulated[26]
ε=ε=ε=┌(;*´Д`)ノ Running[26]
ヽ(´▽`)/ Happy[26]
^ㅂ^ Happy[26]
(l'o'l) Shocked[26]
ヽ(o`皿′o)ノ Really angry[26]
o/ o_ o/ o_ "It's here"
(☞゚ヮ゚)☞ or ☜(゚ヮ゚☜) "Do it"[26]
☜(⌒▽⌒)☞ Angel[26]

Unicode characters

Some emoticons are included in the Unicode standard—three in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, and over sixty in the Emoticons block.

Miscellaneous Symbols (partial)[1]
Unicode.org chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+263x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 6.0
Emoticons[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1F60x 😀 😁 😂 😃 😄 😅 😆 😇 😈 😉 😊 😋 😌 😍 😎 😏
U+1F61x 😐 😑 😒 😓 😔 😕 😖 😗 😘 😙 😚 😛 😜 😝 😞 😟
U+1F62x 😠 😡 😢 😣 😤 😥 😦 😧 😨 😩 😪 😫 😬 😭 😮 😯
U+1F63x 😰 😱 😲 😳 😴 😵 😶 😷 😸 😹 😺 😻 😼 😽 😾 😿
U+1F64x 🙀 🙁 🙂 🙃 🙄 🙅 🙆 🙇 🙈 🙉 🙊 🙋 🙌 🙍 🙎 🙏
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 8.0

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