VKontakte emoticons designation. Symbols for Vkontakte, the largest archive

Emoticons from symbols are very common lately. And rightly so, because there is no other more universal and faster way to display your emotions and experiences during text correspondence. Today, almost everyone knows at least two or three sets of symbols that represent emotions. This set includes parentheses for a person's lips, colons for a person's eyes, and a semicolon for a wink. However, you may come across an emoticon written in symbols, but not understand its meaning. This article will help you get closer to understanding text emoticons and memorize character combinations to display your emotions in text correspondence.

Even modern written speech is not endowed with the properties of a quick display of emotions, so that at the time of writing the text the author can show the experiences he is overwhelmed. Only using a couple of sentences or phrases. Before the era of the global spread of the Internet, there were no problems with displaying the emotional component of the writer. Only with the advent of the Internet and the increasing communication through writing text messages in chats, instant messengers, forums and so on, have such problems appeared. It would be inappropriate to write in a message that you are smiling now, or winking at your interlocutor - this would be more like an absurdity, and if it does not have an emotional component at all, then a dry and callous dialogue turns out.

While communicating in real time, it is not possible to select words to display emotions. You can put a question mark for a question, for admiration - an exclamation mark, but how to show your seriousness to the interlocutor or what you were joking? All these problems were solved in the early 80s. Then it was proposed to attribute the characters colon, dash and closing parenthesis to comic messages, that is :-) - text version of a smiling face (side view). Such a set of characters is a smiling emoticon. Subsequently, the dash, and then the colon, have ceased to be used and they just write a closing parenthesis. ) .

For messages that are filled with sadness and experiences, it was proposed to attribute a set of text characters to a colon, a dash and an open parenthesis, that is :-(... This set of text symbols shows a face with eyes, a nose, and the corners of the lips drooping down. As with the joyful, smiling emoticon, in the sad smile they subsequently stopped writing the colon and dash characters, and began to write forgive the opening parenthesis (.

This is how the ubiquitous and all kinds of use of emoticons in the form of text symbols began. The main emphasis is on the rapid expression of emotions using some sets of text characters, but semantic emoticons are also used, showing states, actions, the surrounding nature, and so on. There is no standard set of text characters, as everyone writes them differently.

Let's consider various options for symbolic emoticons.

Emoticons from symbols on the keyboard

Designation of emoji emotions from characters on the keyboard:

• Joy or a smile is most often depicted using symbols :) either :-) or =)
• Laughing uncontrollably (equivalent to LOL expression) :-D or: D or))))
• Another designation for laughter, but more like a mock () XD or xD or>: - D (gloating)
• Laughter to tears, i.e. what the smiley "tears of joy" means: ’-) or:’ - D
• Sly grin): -> or]: ->
• A sad or sad smiley has text meanings :-( either = (or :(
• The symbolic designation of a very sad smiley: -C either: C or (((((again, a variant of the undersmile)
• Slight displeasure, confusion or confusion: - / or: - \
• Strong anger D-:
• Text designation of a neutral attitude emoticon: - | either: -I or._. either -_-
• The symbolic meaning of the admiration emoticon is * O * or * _ * or **
• Deciphering the emotion of surprise :-() either: - or: -0 or: O or O: either o_O or oO or o.O
• Variants of what a strong surprise or bewilderment 8-O emoticon might mean
• either = -O or: -
• Disappointment: -e
• Rage: -E or: E or: -t
• Embarrassment: - [or% 0
• Gloom:: - *
• Sadness: -<

Meaning of text emoji emotional actions or gestures

• What does a winking smiley mean in text-symbolic execution ;-) or;)
• Sad joke: ;-(
• Joyful joke: ;-)
• Variants for the designation of a crying emoticon: _ (either: ~ (or: "(or: * (
• Happy crying (means "tears of joy" emoticon): ~ -
• Woeful crying: ~ - (
• Angry Shout:: [email protected]
• Kiss in text designation: - * or :-()
• Hugs ()
• Show tongue (means to tease) :-P either :-p or: -Ъ
• Mouth on the lock (means shhh): -X
• With a soul turns back (designation of nausea): -!
• If you are drunk or embarrassed (it means either "I am drunk" or "you are drunk"): *)
• You are a deer E :-) or 3 :-)
• You are a clown *: O)
• Heart - either @) ~> ~~ or @-'-, ’-, -
• Carnation * -> -> -
• An old joke (means accordion) [: |||:] or [:] / \ / \ / \ [:] or [:] ||| [:]
• Krezi (means "your roof has gone") / :-( or /: -]
• Fifth point (_! _)

What do the horizontal (Japanese) character emoticons mean?

Horizontal or Japanese character emoticons are those that can be understood without tilting the head to the side, such as with an emoticon :-).

The most common horizontal text emoticons are:

• A smile (joy) is usually indicated by: (^_^) or (^ ____ ^) or (n_n) or (^ ^) or \ (^ _ ^) /
• Sadness in symbols is denoted as: () or (v_v)
• The following characters represent different degrees of surprise: (o_o) or (0_0) or (O_o) or (o_O) or (V_v) (unpleasant surprise) or (@ [email protected]) (means "You can be stunned")
• Admiration emoticon: (* _ *) either (* o *) or (* O *)
• I'm sick: (-_-;) or (-_-;) ~
• Sleeping: (-. -) Zzz. or (-_-) Zzz. either (u_u)
• Embarrassment: ^ _ ^ "or * ^ _ ^ * or (-_-") or (-_- v)
• Anger and rage: (-_- #) or (-_- ¤) or (-_- +) or (> __<)
• What does fatigue mean: (> _<) либо (%_%)
• Depression (u_u)
• Jealousy: 8 (> _<) 8
• Disbelief: (>>) either (> _>) or (<_<)
• Indifference: -__- or = __ =
• This emoji text expression means misunderstanding: (? _?) Or ^ o ^;>
• A value close to a crying emoticon: (; _;) or (T_T) or (TT.TT) or (ToT) or Q__Q
• What does wink mean: (^ _ ~) or (^ _-)
• Kiss: ^) (^ either (^) ... (^) or (^) (^^)
• High five (means friend): = X = either (^ _ ^) (^_^)
• Love-carrot: (^ 3 ^) or (* ^) 3 (* ^^ *)
• Apology: m (._.) M
• Greed emoticon: ($ _ $)

Cool emoticons from characters

Cool emoticons consisting of several symbols - the imagination is limitless.

Having received another unfamiliar smiley from a friend or girlfriend sometimes you wonder - what do they actually mean? Any emoticon expresses some kind of emotion, moreover, in a fairly wide range - from strongly negative to unrestrained laughter to tears. Very often, users do not want to describe their state with text and express it in the form of a single image, which they are trying to convey a certain emotion. There are situations when there is nothing more to say and you want to end the conversation - in such cases they send a smiling smiley and that's it - there is nothing to answer to this. Friends who understand each other without unnecessary words often use a certain set of emoticons and to an outside reader, their dialogue will seem complete nonsense. So, what to do if you receive an emoticon from your friend and do not know how to interpret it? This is especially true of new emoticons that appear on Vkontakte every day.

Decryption of Vkontakte emoticons

If you do not know how to add emoticons to Vkontakte, then. Each smiley has its own symbolic code. In principle, he does not reveal the question of the purpose of the smile - to fully understand what the interlocutor wanted to convey to you by sending this or that smile, you will succeed only by asking him in the forehead. Why? Because everyone understands everything a little differently and looks at things from their own angle. Let's analyze the standard Vkontakte emoticons. Let me remind you that you can send emoticons to a friend through messages; for quick access, use the Tab key.

With the emotions in general, the thought is clear - by the gloomy or smiling faces, one can draw some kind of conclusion. Remember - smilies most often do not carry any semantic meaning, so you should not take them to heart. Take those same lips - the virtual kiss that they represent is nothing compared to the real one, so you shouldn't attach any importance to it. Gestures and people: with gestures everything is clear, but I myself do not understand the images of some people. The only thing I take is food. Here everything is simple and banal. You send a burger to a friend and it is clear to him what you want to eat. Sports and activity - for athletes, going to ride a bike - sent a bike to a friend. Motor transport - to designate a vehicle, the list of items can be used when there is no desire to type a word. Therefore, messages from some people often look like a set of emoticons and sit and solve a rebus.

So, let's draw a conclusion. Vkontakte smilies are actually an exchange of symbols that, in certain situations, express a person's emotion or end a conversation, or designate objects or actions that a person has performed or is just about to do. And remember - none of this can replace real face-to-face communication.

Emoticons are so firmly embedded in our lives that without them the alphabet looks incomplete, and messages seem dry and detached. But even in such a frivolous and childishly simple matter, like placing emoji, there are subtleties.

What do the different smilies mean?

With smiley objects, everything is simple: they mean what they represent. A ball is a ball, an alarm clock is an alarm clock, and there is nothing to think about. But with smiley faces, the task becomes more complicated. We do not always manage to correctly guess the emotions from the faces of living people, let alone the physiognomy of the koloboks. There are emoticons, the meaning of which is obvious:

Fun, laughter, joy, jubilation.

Sadness, sadness, longing, discontent.

Playful mood, teasing.

Surprise, amazement, shock, fear.

Anger, resentment, rage.

And a few more similar ones - all possible options for families and romantic unions.

But there are some among the emoticons, the meaning of which can be interpreted ambiguously, or even bewildered:

This emoticon depicts a person sobbing at three - well, at two - streams, but in the version for Apple devices, due to raised eyebrows and a mouth that is not twisted from sobs, he is often perceived as laughing to tears. Be careful with him: you want to indicate grief to them, but they will misunderstand you.

This emoticon is intended to represent silence. Instead, he just scares to death.

If everything is more or less clear with the evil devil ("angry as devil"), then the cheerful devil is somewhat puzzling. Most likely, he is not only furious, but also anticipates how he will dance on your opponent's grave. And you, perhaps, just wanted to show originality and an unusual smile.

Despite the fact that the three wise monkeys did not see, did not hear and did not speak precisely because of their wisdom, these muzzles close their eyes, mouth and ears from shame, confusion and shock.

A set of feline emoticons for those who think that ordinary koloboks are not expressive enough and want to add sweetness to their emotions.

Instead of "hello" and "goodbye" you can wave your hand.

Hands raised, a gesture of joyful greeting or glee.

The applause is both sincere and sarcastic.

If in this picture you see hands folded in a prayer gesture, then for you emoji can mean "thank you" or "I beg you." Well, if you see the "high five!"

A raised index finger can emphasize the importance of the message or express a request to interrupt the interlocutor with a question, or it can simply point to the previous message in the chat.

Fingers crossed for good luck.

For some it is "stop", but for someone "high five!"

No, this is not a truffle. Not even a truffle at all.

Ogre and Japanese goblin. It seems that someone is missing the usual devils.

Lier. His nose grows like Pinocchio's every time he lies.

These are eyes wide open in amazement, and the shifting eyes of a rogue, and even a lustful look. If someone sends you such an emoticon in the comments to the photo, you can be sure that the photo is successful.

And this is just an eye, and it is watching you.

A young moon and a full moon. It seems to be nothing special, but these smileys have their fans who appreciate them for their creepy facial expressions.

A very common girl in purple. Her gestures mean OK (hands over head), “no” (arms crossed), “hello” or “I know the answer” (hand up). This character has another pose that baffles many -. According to the official version, it symbolizes the help desk worker. Apparently, she shows with her hand how to get to the city library.

Do you also see two tense faces here, presumably unfriendly? But they didn't guess: according to Apple's tips, this is an embarrassed face and a stubborn face. Who would have thought!

By the way, tips for emoticons can be viewed in the message window on, if you open an emoji and hover the cursor over the emoticon you are interested in. Like this:

Another way to find out the meaning of an emoticon is to seek help from emojipedia.org. On it you will find not only detailed interpretations of emoticons, but you can also see how the same emoticon looks on different platforms. Many unexpected discoveries await you.

Where are emoticons appropriate?

1. In informal friendly correspondence

Funny yellow faces are appropriate in a personal chat, where you share not so much information as your mood. With the help of emoticons, you will laugh at a joke, sympathize, make faces at each other. This is where emotions really belong.

2. When emotions are overflowing and words are not enough

Sometimes, when something very important happens in our life, feelings overwhelm us so much that we are about to burst. Then we write an emotional post on Facebook or post a dazzling photo on Instagram and decorate it with a generous scattering of emoticons. Someone, of course, will not like it, but what now, stifle all the vivid sensations in yourself? The main thing is not to abuse such a public manifestation of violent emotions: it will alienate subscribers and question your adequacy.

3. By agreement to highlight a message in work correspondence

This is a very easy and convenient way to make important messages that require urgent attention visible. For example, it is great for these purposes. But you need to agree in advance which cases in your company are considered urgent and which smiley you will use for this.

It is important not to overdo it: if you have one emoticon for emergency messages, the second for urgent questions, and the third for important news, then soon all work correspondence will turn into a New Year's garland that no one is looking at.

When is it better to do without emoticons

1. In business correspondence

Work is not a place for emotions. Here you are required to be calm, collected and professional. Even if you want to emphasize your benevolence or express concern about a situation, use emoticons for these purposes.

2. When dealing with foreigners

This is especially true for emoji gestures. For example, someone you wanted to show your approval to will end your good relationship with someone from Greece or Thailand. Still, because with this gesture you sent him to hell.

Therefore, if you are not sure of your deep knowledge of the peculiarities of the national culture of your interlocutor, do not risk it.

3. Oddly enough, when you discuss feelings and emotions

Feelings are serious business. If you are not just chatting, but opening your soul or sharing something important, words will convey your feelings and experiences much more accurately than emoticons. “You are dearer to me than anyone else in the world” means much more than ten hearts in a row. In the end, you have only one heart, so give it.

Remember, emojis are a condiment, not a main ingredient. To give expressiveness to your message, you need very few of them.

Emoji language

Judging by the fact that today almost no personal correspondence is complete without emoticons, we can safely say that emoji have become an independent section of the language. Sometimes they even pretend to replace the language: you can write a whole message using only emoticons. The popular American TV show Ellen DeGeneres even has a special section in which guests are invited to read a phrase where part of the words are replaced with emoji:

And here is the encrypted name of the film, which we invite you to guess.

When talking with a person in person, you can easily express your emotions on your face and the interlocutor will immediately understand what you are feeling or want to say. However, in our time, communication through various social networks is gaining more and more popularity. And in order to make communication as convenient and colorful as possible, they came up with smileys.

They are stylized graphic images, namely, a cartoon face, expressing various emotions, such as joy, anger, anger, admiration and others. Thanks to this, you can very easily understand the mood of a person and shorten your message at times, which makes communication more exciting. Also, if you somehow managed to contact a foreigner, but you do not know the language in which he speaks, then emoticons will be of great help, since they are international a means of communication.

A bit of history

In the 17th century in Slovakia, emoticons were used to convey positive emotions... The eccentric play "In Futurum", written by Erwin Schulhof in 1919, contains 4 emoticons that convey different emotions. The film "Port City" also stood out with a smile, only he expressed excruciating despair.

The stylized image was used in the films Lily (1953) and Zhizhi (1958). It was no longer an expression of sorrow, but an expression of happiness. The image of smiles is further popularized and various well-known companies and brands do not hesitate to use them in their everyday life. They are used in many films and TV series, including Forest Gump. Also, from 2005 to 2013, the smile becomes the emblem of the All-Russian youth forum Seliger.

Basic emoticons and their meaning

• 🙂 - means smile at the interlocutor
• 🙂 — smile, but only with a lazy interlocutor
• ) — smile a very lazy or very tired interlocutor
• ,-) - means wink
• 😉 - also wink
• :- > — sarcasm
• (-: - also means smile, only differs from the first in that it is left-handed
• 🙁 - expresses sadness
• : < - expresses even more sadness than the previous
• :WITH- also sadness
• :-* - means kiss
• :* — kiss... A more simplified version

How to insert VKontakte emoticons

If you want to insert a graphical VKontakte emoticon, then you need to look at the table that is attached below, select the appropriate type of your message and insert the smiley into the message, everything is extremely simple. Just don't forget put a space between words and smiles, otherwise VKontakte will not recognize them. You are probably confused by what VKontakte interprets emoticons into pictures. The thing is that Emoji Are symbols of any Unicode font that exist on any gadget. A text smilies Is an unofficial interpretation of Emoji.

How to insert emoticons into VK status

There are several options for inserting emoticons into a status.

Decoding basic emoticons

This table contains frequently used emoticons on VKontakte. For new users or just for those who want to get to know this topic better, this will be an excellent assistant.

What do emoticons mean? How to decode them? These are the questions guys ask when they first get on social media. After all, emoticons in social networks, as well as in VK, are a traditional and simple way to express long phrases in one picture.

A person is not always able to express his emotions through familiar words, sometimes even the most beautiful phrases do not reflect the essence of the conversation. And then the thread of the conversation is lost, since the interlocutor on the other side of the screen is also by no means a telepathic person and does not read thoughts.
Online correspondence is a special type of conversation in which, just as in a personal meeting, emotions and the ability to express them play an important role. The opponent cannot see facial expressions, hand movements, does not hear surprised or interrogative intonations. That's when emoticons come in handy.

Any social network provides its users with a truly huge selection of emoticons for all occasions. And we will mainly focus on VK. Since mainly children and adolescents are sitting there, as well as some young parents it will be interesting to learn about emoticons in VK.

What do emoticons mean? These symbols help to clearly and harmoniously describe the necessary state, express an emotional reaction and get rid of a lack of vocabulary.

Most social networks, like any other resources for interactive communication, have in their arsenal a certain number of so-called hidden smileys. Most users simply do not know about such a function, since the administration of the communities themselves does not deliberately disseminate such information. And nevertheless - they are, there are a lot of them, and they are absolutely free!

Each of the emoticons has a specific symbolic code that belongs only to him. Therefore, in order to send such a smile to a friend, you need to write this very code to the clipboard, or copy it directly into the message you are sending. So, where do you get these secret signs to diversify your Internet vocabulary?

Below in this article, the main codes will be given, and by registering them, anyone will receive unique emotions and designations of actions. It is also important that these emoticons are suitable for sending not only in private messages, but also for comments on photos, videos and other records of friends. In the standard set of faces that open during communication, this function is not provided. Hidden smilies can be added even in the status, the main thing is to know what this or that sign means.

It is quite easy to insert the required symbol into your text - the Ctrl + V combination or the "Paste" mouse menu item will help.

Even ten years ago, everyone actively used ICQ. Over time, more modern programs have supplanted this method of communication, but the smilies that were in ICQ have taken root in everyday life and have been loved by many. How do you get the very first and most positive emoticons? If the skill allows, then you can install a special application, for example - "Vkopt" or "vkPlugin". Each of them has its own catalog of emoticons, about thirty unique images, from good-natured and laughing to angry and sarcastic. In addition to the standard yellow faces, the applications will also delight you with cheerful blue ones.

Of course, emoticons will not replace live communication with your peers and friends, but they are able to decorate online dialogues with incredible colors of emotions and understanding. You just cannot allow communication to be limited only to the exchange of symbols, even if they are eloquent, and sometimes you are just too lazy to write a succinct and detailed answer. If you really can't write, make an agreement with your interlocutor and create a smiley-comic, the meaning of which will be available only to two. Abusing emoticons is ugly, expressing your opinion using funny symbols is modern and relevant.

How does a VKontakte sticker differ from a generally accepted emoticon

Recently, VKontakte has been offering us a lot of new stickers, some of them are free, others will have to be paid for with real money.

What is a sticker? This is a large picture on a given topic: cats, faces, people, fruits and vegetables, cars and others. They are available in the usual menu of emoticons, which opens to any user during correspondence. Here are just the developers of the site, most of the stickers open access only for money.

Sometimes there are regular thematic collections for free access, but really cool and individual ones - they do not fall into this list. These paid stickers can be obtained in three ways: pay for them, ask a friend for stickers as a gift, or download the corresponding plugin. The third method is the most logical and fastest, besides, extensions will allow you to attach stickers not only to messages, but also to add them to comments.

The choice of such programs is so wide that it simply does not make sense to list all of them here. Each of us can google and choose an extension that matches their operating system.

If during a conversation in the dialogue field when you click on a sticker from the plug-in, only its digital code appears - do not panic, when sending the message, the interlocutor must display the picture itself. This is a peculiar feature of the work of such addon programs.

The emotional meaning of emoticons - what each of them means, and how to use it correctly

Now let's talk about how to use symbols correctly in Internet speech.

What do emoticons mean, what emotions do they express, what are the correct names?

Emoticons with symbols of faces of cats VKontakte

Now they are very popular and even touching. Let's talk about cats. These are well-known symbols, but a funny face in them is replaced with a cat's face. The decoding of the emoticons of the faces of cats is given below (the most popular emoticons of the picture are taken):

Smilies on VKontakte denoting an action

Emoticons - Action

We offer you such a decoding of VKontakte emoticons. Now you know the meaning of emoticons and you can see their decoding in tables for use in the popular social network VKontakte.