Emoticon = Emotion + Icon. Emoticons are also called Kaomoji (Japanese).
Emoticons are pictorial representations of facial expressions that use punctuation, numbers and letters, usually written to express a person's feelings or emotions. Here we collect popular emoticons. Scott Farman was the first to record People used emoticons :-) and :-( in 1982. At first, ASCII characters were used to compose emoticons, and they were rotated 90 degrees to simulate human facial expressions. By 1986, the Japanese changed Emoticons eliminate the need to tilt your head sideways when reading. Later, some people added full-width characters common in Asian scripts, making expressions richer. In recent years, emoticons have added body movements and gestures, and the expression themes have become more diverse. .Here we have collected commonly used emojis.