This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The 'O's represent head on the ground, 'T' or 'r' forms the torso, and 'S' or 'z' the legs. Jiong, a Chinese character meaning a 'patterned window', now repurposed as an ideographic emoticon.ĭespair. Could also be used to denote cute, inquisitive or perplexed, sometimes associated with the furry fandom. Kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology Sadness, great dismay, disgust ĭead person, fainted Sideways Latin-only single-line art and įish, something's fishy, Christian fish Sealed lips, wearing braces, tongue-tied Īngel, halo, saint, innocent Skeptical, annoyed, undecided, uneasy, hesitant Tongue sticking out, cheeky/playful, blowing a raspberry Surprise, shock, yawn Ĭat face, curled mouth, cutesy, playful, mischievous Laughing, big grin, grinning with glasses One can also add a '}' after the mouth character to indicate a beard. ')' for a smiley face or '(' for a sad face. However, an equals sign, a number 8, or a capital letter B are also used to indicate normal eyes, widened eyes, or those with glasses, respectively.

Typically, a colon is used for the eyes of a face, unless winking, in which case a semicolon is used. One will most commonly see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose (often not included) and then the mouth.

Western style emoticons are mostly written from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees.

Crying salute