The emoticon in Western style is written most often from left to right.

Thus, most commonly, one

will see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose and mouth. Typically, a colon is used for the
eyes of a face. However, an equal sign, a number 8, and a capital letter B are also used
interchangeably.
Icon
>:] :-) :) :o) :] :3 :c) :> =] 8)
=) :} :^)
>:D :-D :D 8-D 8D x-D xD X-D XD =-D
=D =-3 =3
:'( ;*( T.T T_T Y.Y Y_Y
>:[ :-( :( :-c :c :-< :< :-[ :[ :{
>.> <.< >.<
D:< D: D8 D; D= DX v.v D-':
:-9
>;] ;-) ;) *-) *) ;-] ;] ;D
>:P :-P :P X-P x-p xp XP :-p :p
=p :- : :-b :b
>:o >:O :-O :O o O :O o_O
>:\ >:/ :-/ :-. :/ :\ =/ =\ :S
:|
:)~ :-)>.... =F
>:X :-X :X :-# :# :$
O:-) 0:-3 0:3 O:-) O:)
>:) >;) >:-)
>B] B) B-) 8) 8-)
</3
\,,/ \m/
o/\o ^5 >_>^ ^<_<
@}-;-'--( )
(y)
(n)
d:-) qB-)
:-* :*
D:< >:( >:-C >:C >:O D-:< >:-( :@[1] ;( `_ D<
<3 <33333333
\o/ *\o/*
\o o/
\(:|) O7
:&
:u

Meaning
smiley or happy face,
version without colon
common in Russia
[1][2][3][4]

Laughing,[1][2] big grin,[3][4]

Crying[1][5]
frown[1][2][3][4]
horror, disgust, sadness, great dismay[1][3][4]
licking chops[1]
wink[1][2][3][4]
tongue sticking out, cheeky/playful[1][2][5], blowing a
raspberry[citation needed]
surprise, shock[1][2][5]
skeptical, annoyed, undecided, uneasy, hesitant[1][2][5]
straight face[3] disgusted, grim, no expression[1]
Drooling[1]
Sealed lips, embarrassed[1][2][5]
Angel[1][2][3] innocent[5]
evil[3]
shades[5]
broken heart, no love[6]
Rock on, sign of the horns[7]
High five[8]
Rose[2]
Hug, commonly called a cyberhug
Thumbs up, signifies good/go ahead
Thumbs down, signifies bad/don't go ahead
cap, backwards cap (incorporating elements of the
"shades" emoticon)[citation needed]
Kiss
Angry, mad
Love, heart, lots of hearts
Praise, excitement, jumping for joy
Greeting, hello, goodbye
Salute
Fail Face
Gape

Coyness
Fish
Frustration, annoyance, fed up with something

:3
<))>< <'))><
>.< -.-

Eastern emoticons
Main article: Emoticon#Common eastern examples
Users from East Asia popularized a style of emoticons endemic to their region.
Icon
d^_^b d-_-b
(
( -)
(^_^) (^-^) (^ ^) (^.^) ??? ^_^ '_'
(~_^) (^_~) ~.^ ^.~
(>_<) (>.<)
(>_>) (_)
(-_-)
(^o^)
(^3^)
(^_^') ^_^_^') ^^" ^^^_.^') ^^_^^;
^&^^.^;& ^^^; ^^^7
d(>w<)b
q(;^;)p
9(x.x)9 (;.;)9
(;_;) (T_T) (T~T) (ToT) (T^T) _
.
(._.) (,_,)
_
()ZZzzz...
(X_X) x_x
0.o O_o @_@ O_O _ _ (*_*)
^///^ >///< >///> o///o -///- =///=
( )
_|_ (-.-) _|_ t(>.<t)
(V)!_!(V)

\_()_/

\m/*.*\m/

Meaning
listening to music, thumbs up[5]
flipping over a table
putting back the table
smiley[5]
wink[5]
cartman[5] angry, dammit
annoyed or rhetorical
upset, not amused[5]
singing, laughing[5]
kiss[5]
nervous, sweat-drop, embarrassed[5]
double thumbs up
double thumbs down
shaking fist
crying[5]
disappointed, bitter
Disapproval
sleeping[5]
dead or unconscious[5]
surprise, disbelief, unamused, or disapproval[5]
blushing, embarrassed[5]
drooling[5]
flipping off[5]
Crab[5]
Butterfly[5]
Smile[5]
Shrug face - "Sup son"[9]
Innocent face[5]
Rocker smiley

O?O
&_&
=^_^= =>.>= =<_<= =>.<=

0-0
(^^^)
(\_/)
c.c C.C

x_O O_x
O||_ OTL orz


e.e O.e O.e

d'-' d'_' d'-'b d'_'b

^>.>^ ^<.<^ ^>_>^ ^<_<^

what?[5]
Eye roll[5]
Happy blushing, embarrassed blushing, bashful [can be
used with = symbol or + symbol: {[jml}]
Sweet![5]
SHARK[5]
Bunny ears
Eye roll, disapproval
Punched in the face
anime/manga fall-down gag, bowing, worshipping
Tears of joy
Devious smile
Creeped out
Thumbs up, gig 'em, listening to music, headphones
look that way, sarcasm, irony

2channel emoticons
Main article: Emoticon#2channel style
The Japanese language is usually encoded using double-byte character codes, which can be
reproduced as ASCII art.
Icon
m9(^^)
m(_ _)m
(`)
<`> or <>
()
<>

~
()

Meaning
jeering laughter
kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for
apology[10]
snubbed or deflated[10]
stereotypical Korean character (Nid)[11]
stereotypical North Korean character (Kig)[12]
stereotypical Japanese character (Mon)[12]
stereotypical Chinese character (Sin)[12]
stereotypical Taiwanese character (Wan)[12]
stereotypical Vietnamese character (Ven)[12]
stereotypical Indian Character (Monast)[12]


||

c_-

_
____
__
_>
_,_
_

_)
,,,,,,,,,,,,,
;;;,,,,,,,
_
__
lXXXXXXXXl

_
<(o0o)>
(> - )>
(`)
||
(-)>
(`)
()
(`)
( )


('`)

_`
(;)
( )
()!!!!!

stereotypical American character (Sam)[12]

stereotypical Jewish character (Yud)[12]

stereotypical English character (Jak)[12]

stereotypical French character (Torir)[12]

stereotypical German character (Gerumandamu)
[12]

stereotypical Austrian character (Osut)[12]

stereotypical Russian character (Rosuk)[12]
stereotypical Mexican character (Amgo)[12]
stereotypical Persian character (juj)[12]
feel perky[11]
given up[11]
salute[11]
terribly sad[11]
peace of mind[11]
be irritable[11]
angry[11]
yelling, or panting[11]
surprised, or loudmouthed[11]
don't know the answer[11]
carefree[11]
indifferent[11]
shocked[11]
happy, upbeat[11]
"It's here", Kitaa!, a general expression of
excitement that something has appeared or
happened or "I came".[10]

**:....:*(n) *:.. ..:*

Girlish version of "It's here".[11]
* !!!!!
"bu-n", being carefree and above, with arms

stretched out while running/soaring.[11]

(*`)
Erotic stirring, haa haa[11]
()(`)
Patting, nade nade[11]
(((( )))
Spook[11]
( )
Huge surprise[11]
( ))`)
Jog someone's cheek[11]
(- -)
Blaming "now now"[11]
( )
Amazed[11]
(`)y-~~
Smoking[11]
^_^o o^_^
Toast "Cheers"[11]
m9()
Flash of intuition[11]
(`)()(`)
Friendly[11]
('A`)
Lonely[11]
,_`)
Depressed, unsatisfied (based on indifferent)[11]
-`.oO( ... )
Thinking[11]
( ;; )
Impatience[11]
( )()( )
Whispers[11]
)
Carrying money[11]
(;;;
Sliding on belly, "whooaaa!!!"[11]
( )
Unforeseen[11]
()
"I don't need it"[11]
( )( )
Come on[11]
Mocking, "good"[11]

"That's bad"[11]

Discharged drug-in-brain, goofing around, "A()

HYA!"[11]

Sad[11]
()
Not convincing[11]
()
Simper, Snorlax[11]
( ) / /
Evil laugh (literally ahahaHAHA...)[11]
[ ]
Deflagged[11]
(o) ( o) ( ) (o )
Happy expressions, dancing to the music[11]
(o)
d(**)b
Happy expression[11]
Despair. The "O" or "o" represents one's head on
||, STO or OTZ or OTL
the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso and "S" or
"z" forms the legs.[10]
Extreme Distaste, meant to appear as an
( )
exaggerated grimace[11]

()
(;)
(^o^)(^O^)(^^)(^-^)
(* O )<!
| |( *o*)/

(`,)
===(;*`)
(`)/
^^
(l'o'l)
(`)
o/ o_ o/ o_
() or ()
()

Shouting[11]
Pretending not to notice, asleep because of
boredom[11]
Kana reading "O ya su mi" meaning "Good
night" or "Night"[11]
Calling out, "Ooooi!"[11]
Kick[11]
Chuckle
Discombobulated[11]
Running[11]
Happy[11]
Happy[11]
Shocked[11]
really angry[11]
"It's here"
"Do it"[11]
Angel[11]

Graphic emoticons
Main article: Emoticons#Graphical replacement

Unicode characters
Some emoticons are included in the Unicode standard:[13][14]
character

name

HTML
Entity
(decimal)

HTML
Entity
(hex)

Unicode Character 'WHITE SMILING FACE' (U+263A)

&#9786;

&#x263a;

Unicode Character 'BLACK SMILING FACE' (U+263B)

&#9787;

&#x263b;

Unicode Character 'WHITE FROWNING FACE'

&#9785;
(U+2639)
Unicode Character 'GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING
&#128513;
EYES' (U+1F601)
Unicode Character 'SMILING FACE WITH HORNS'
&#128520;
(U+1F608)

&#x2639;
&#x1f601;
&#x1f608;

Unicode Character 'NEUTRAL FACE' (U+1F610)

&#128528;

&#x1f610;

Unicode Character 'FACE THROWING A KISS'

(U+1F618)

&#128536;

&#x1f618;

Unicode Character 'ANGRY FACE' (U+1F620)

&#128544;

&#x1f620;

Unicode Character 'FEARFUL FACE' (U+1F628)

&#128552;

&#x1f628;

&#128560;

&#x1f630;

&#128568;

&#x1f638;

Unicode Character 'WEARY CAT FACE' (U+1F640)

&#128576;

&#x1f640;

Unicode Character 'SEE-NO-EVIL MONKEY'

(U+1F648)

&#128584;

&#x1f648;

Unicode Character 'FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND

COLD SWEAT' (U+1F630)
Unicode Character 'GRINNING CAT FACE WITH
SMILING EYES' (U+1F638)