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. 
Hello dear readers of the blog site. Not so long ago, we discussed in some detail the topic of using emoticons on the Vkontakte social network. There were also given the main codes of Emoji emoticons (about a thousand - for all occasions). If you have not read that publication yet, then I strongly recommend that you do this:
What do text emoticons made up of symbols mean?
We will continue to study the meanings of the most common options. writing certain emoticons using ordinary (uncommon) symbols. Ready? Well, let's go then.
Initially, they received distribution, i.e. lying on their side (see above examples of laughing and sad faces). Let's see what other combinations you can find on the Internet and what they mean (how to decipher them).
Emoticons symbolizing emotions
- Joy or smile 🙂 is most often depicted using symbols: :) or :-) or =)
- Unrestrained laughter 😀 (equivalent of the expression): :-D or: D or)))) (undersmile used mainly in runet)
- Another notation for laughter, but more like a taunt 😆 (equivalent): XD or xD or>: - D (gloating)
- Laughter to tears, i.e. what the smile "tears of joy" 😂:: "-) or:" - D
- Sly grin 😏 :): -> or]: ->
- Sad or sad smiley 🙁 has text meanings: :-( or = (or :(
- The symbolic designation of a very sad smiley 😩:: -C or: C or (((((again, a variant of an undersmile)
- Mild displeasure, confusion, or confusion 😕:: - / or: - \
- Strong anger 😡: D-:
- Textual designation of a neutral attitude smiley 😐:: - | either: -I or._. either -_-
- The symbolic meaning of the admiration emoticon 😃: * 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 great surprise or bewilderment emoticon might mean 😯: 8-O
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 performance 😉: ;-) or;)
- Sad joke: ;-(
- Joyful joke: ;-)
- Options for a crying emoticon are 😥 or 😭:: _ (either: ~ (or: "(or: * (
- Happy crying (means "tears of joy" emoticon 😂):: ~ -
- Mournful crying 😭:: ~ - (
- Angry Shout:: [email protected]
- Kiss in text notation 😚 or 😙 or 😗:: - * or :-()
- Hugs: ()
- Show tongue (means teasing) 😛 or 😜: :-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'm drunk” or “you are drunk”):: *)
- You are a deer: E :-) or 3 :-)
- You are a clown: *: O)
- Heart 💓:<3
- Text designation of the "rose flower" emoticon 🌹: @) -> - either @) ~> ~~ or @ - "-," -, ---
- Carnation: * -> -> -
- An old joke (means accordion): [: |||:] either [:] / \ / \ / \ [:] or [:] ||| [:]
- Krezi (means "your roof has gone"): / :-( or /: -]
- Fifth point: (_! _)
What do the horizontal (Japanese) character emoticons mean?
Initially, it so happened that most of the invented and widespread text emoticons had to be deciphered as if "tilting his head to one side." However, this is not very convenient, you must agree. Therefore, over time, their counterparts began to appear (also typed from symbols), which did not require virtually or actually tilt the head to the side, because the image created by the symbols was located horizontally.
Let's consider, what are the most common horizontal text emoticons:
- (joy) is usually denoted: (^_^) or (^ ____ ^) or (n_n) or (^ ^) or \ (^ _ ^) /
- in symbols are denoted as: (<_>) or (v_v)
- The following characters mean different things: (o_o) or (0_0) or (O_o) or (o_O) or (V_v) (unpleasant surprise) or (@ [email protected]) (means "You can be stunned")
- Emoticon meaning: (* _ *) either (* o *) or (* O *)
- I'm sick: (-_-;) or (-_-;) ~
- I will sleep: (-. -) Zzz. or (-_-) Zzz. either (u_u)
- Embarrassment: ^ _ ^ "or * ^ _ ^ * or (-_-") or (-_- v)
- Anger and rage: (-_- #) or (-_- ¤) or (-_- +) or (> __
- What does fatigue mean: (> _
- Jealousy: 8 (> _
- Disbelief: (>>) either (> _>) or (<_>
- Indifference: -__- or = __ =
- This emoji text expression means: (? _?) Or ^ o ^;>
- A value close to: (; _;) 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: ($ _ $)
Naturally, many blogs and forums have long been able to add emoticons in the form of pictures (from ready-made sets), but many still continue to use text emoticons, because they have already gotten their hands on this and there is no need to find the right one in the catalog picture.
If you want to know what a particular set of characters means, which is a text emoticon, then write about it in the comments. Maybe the whole world and we'll figure it out ...
Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site
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This pictogram is called differently: we have an inverted emoticon or an inverted emoji, they have an upside down emoji, silly emoji, etc. One way or another, but everyone is already accustomed to the correct orientation of emoticons on the screens of our smartphones, tablets and computers.
Nevertheless, if you suddenly wanted to send someone an inverted emoticon, then on the Web you can easily dig up a couple of three applications with the help of which, in e-mail, let's say, you can convey feelings and emotions more meaningfully.
Such programs are especially useful when you urgently need to compose a message more interesting, demonstrating to the addressee personal originality, a sense of humor and other power of the intellect.
Manufacturers and developers have understood the importance of this kind of software solutions relatively long ago and very correctly. Therefore, iPhone, iPad and even Mac users do not even need to search for anything (and even more so to buy separately), since iOS 9.1 and OS X El Capitan operating systems are initially equipped with an extensive emoji catalog.
In mobile devices with Android 6, the stock of ready-made emoticons is also no worse, they are also available in social networks, for example, on Twitter, Instagram or Yelp.
On the other hand, the upside-down smiley is somehow lost in all of the current emrji rampage. In the sense that it exists, but in an undeservedly limited quantity. Again, if you wish, you can find a suitable program for flipping, including emoticons.
But in the standard emoji catalogs of the same iOS and Android, the flipping option is not yet provided. Till…
How and where to find an inverted smiley face in a regular set?
Of course, this will depend on the model of the mobile device. For example, on the iPhone, when composing a new message, open the Emoji keyboard (if it is not enabled, then: "Settings" -> "General" -> "Keyboard" -> "Keyboards" -> "Emoji") by simply clicking on the emoticon icon.
And since there is no built-in emoji search in iOS yet, we search for an inverted emoticon “manually”, leafing through the entire catalog.
At first, this lesson is very similar to a kind of quest, but with experience you will still learn how to find the right pictogram. In iOS 9 and OS X 10.11.1, the “flipped face” is located under “ Emoticons and people "(Smileys & People), third row, third smiley from the top. By the way, the color of an inverted emoticon cannot be changed - such an option is not provided. But it can be sent in messages, it is also displayed on Facebook, Twitter and other applications.
What does an inverted smiley mean? Well, officially there is no definite meaning behind this emoticon yet, and you can use it depending on the situation. True, in Emojipedia there is already a brief mention of the following content about him: “ The face, which is upside down, depicts stupidity and stupidity «.
