顔文字

Japanese
Kanji in this term
顔 文 字
かお
Grade: 2		 もん > も
Grade: 1		 じ
Grade: 1
Irregular
Examples

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

Etymology

顔 (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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