kaomoji
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).
» Japanese texts frequently use emoji or kaomoji in place of using a full stop at the end of messages.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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).
Examples
2 sentencesJapanese texts frequently use emoji or kaomoji in place of using a full stop at the end of messages.
Why are kaomoji from countries using the Latin alphabet turned sideways?
Origin
From Japanese 顔(かお)文(も)字(じ) (kaomoji), from 顔(かお) (kao, “face”) + 文(も)字(じ) (moji, “letter,From Japanese 顔(かお)文(も)字(じ) (kaomoji), from 顔(かお) (kao, “face”) + 文(も)字(じ) (moji, “letter, character”).
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Forms
plural: kaomoji / kaomojisSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular