kaomoji
noun/ˈkaʊməʊd͡ʒi/UK/ˈkaʊmoʊd͡ʒi/US
Etymology
From Japanese 顔(かお)文(も)字(じ) (kaomoji), from 顔(かお) (kao, “face”) + 文(も)字(じ) (moji, “letter, character”).
Definitions
A text-based Japanese emoticon, distinct from a Western emoticon in that it is not…
A text-based Japanese emoticon, distinct from a Western emoticon in that it is not rotated sideways, and often includes a larger variety of characters (originally from Shift JIS, now including Unicode).
- While kaomoji and emoji express contexts or moods that cannot be conveyed through textual information alone, they are also used to compensate for the lack of personalization in electronic text that otherwise exists in hand-written form.
- For example, the typical emoticon for smile, :-), is the kaomoji ^--^.
- Katsuno and Yano (2002) insisted that the development of kaomoji (emoticon in Japanese) online has important connections with Japanese popular culture.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for kaomoji. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA