顔文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かお
Grade: 2
もん > も
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
Irregular
Examples

Western-style emoticon: :-)
Japanese-style emoticon: (^_^)

Etymology

(kao, face) + 文字 (moji, character)

Noun

顔文字 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 顏文字, hiragana かおもじ, rōmaji kaomoji, historical hiragana かほもじ)

  1. an emoticon

See also

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