What do emoticons on a phone mean? Decryption. The meaning of emoticons, written symbols, their decoding, designation and types of emoticons. How to insert emoticons on VKontakte

When talking to a person in person, you can easily express your emotions on your face and the interlocutor will immediately understand what you feel or want to say. However, nowadays communication through various social networks is becoming increasingly popular. And in order to make communication as convenient and colorful as possible, we came up with emoticons.

They are stylized graphic images, namely, a cartoon face expressing various emotions, such as joy, anger, anger, admiration and others. Thanks to this, you can very easily understand a person’s mood and shorten your message significantly, which makes communication more fun. Also, if you happen to somehow contact a foreigner, but you don’t know the language he speaks, then emoticons will be of great help, since they are international means of communication.

A little history

In the 17th century in Slovakia, emoticons were used to convey positive emotions. The eccentric play "In Futurum", written by Erwin Schulhof in 1919, contains 4 emoticons that convey different emotions. The film “Port City” also stood out with an emoticon, only it expressed painful despair.

The stylized image was used in the films Lili (1953) and Gigi (1958). It was no longer an expression of sorrow, but an expression of happiness. The image of emoticons continues to be popularized and various well-known companies and brands do not hesitate to use them in their everyday life. They are used in many films and TV series, including Forrest Gump. Also, from 2005 to 2013, the smile became the emblem of the All-Russian youth forum Seliger.

Basic emoticons and their meaning

• 🙂 - means smile at the interlocutor's
• 🙂 — smile, but only from a lazy interlocutor
• ) — smile with a very lazy or very tired interlocutor
• ,-) - means wink
• 😉 - Also wink
• :- > — sarcasm
• (-: - also means smile, only differs from the first one in that it is left-handed
• 🙁 - expresses sadness
• : < - expresses even more sadness than the previous one
• :WITH- Also sadness
• :-* - means kiss
• :* — kiss. A more simplified version

How to insert emoticons on VKontakte

If you want to insert a graphic emoticon on VKontakte, then you need to look at the table attached below, select the one that suits the type of your message and insert the emoticon into the message, everything is extremely simple. Just don't forget put a space between words and emoticons, otherwise VKontakte will not recognize them. You were probably confused by the fact that VKontakte interprets emoticons into pictures. The whole point is that Emoji- these are characters from any Unicode font that exist on any gadget. A text emoticons is an unofficial interpretation of Emoji.

How to insert emoticons into VK status

There are several options for inserting emoticons into the status.

Decoding the main emoticons

This table contains frequently used emoticons on VKontakte. For new users or simply for those who want to get to know this topic better, this will be a great help.

The article will talk about what a smiley means and what they are. It is worth noting that emoticons have long entered our lives and are well established in it, because they, like nothing else, can convey a person’s emotions and feelings.

There are people who regularly communicate using emoticons, because with the development of progress there are already animated emoticons that can wave, wink, jump and change colors.

There are several alphabets of emoticons, the most common being standard And Japanese. Japanese emoticons differ in that they pay more attention to the eyes, while standard emoticons pay more attention to the mouth.

The history of emoticons

Today, almost no private letter on the Internet is complete without emoticons. Some people get offended if a friend doesn't put a colon and a right parenthesis at the end of a letter. Of course, this is stupid, but emoticons are already so closely connected with our lives.

Modern children may think that emoticons have always existed, but in fact, for the first time, a smiley was drawn Harvey Bell- an artist by training. In the early sixties, America witnessed a war between insurers. The employees were afraid of getting laid off and, in order to cheer themselves and each other up, they distracted themselves and tried to communicate politely and affably with the remaining clients.

One insurance company, in order to stay afloat, decided to hold a promotion for which they needed an interesting drawing. At the end of 1963, they approached Harvey with this request. He drew the first smiley :-) , which took him ten minutes to design. For the drawing he was paid mere pennies: $43. Then he did not yet know that his simple drawing would become so popular, so he did not register any rights to it. The first Harvey emojis were pinned and given out to customers. People liked these sweet smiles so much that the company contacted the artist again and ordered ten thousand more emoticons.

Another story that played an important role in the development of the emoticon is the seventies, when brothers from Spain developed the slogan " Happy day!" Since that time, smileys began to be depicted on clothes. In 1971, a FrenchmanFranklin Loufraney The smiley trademark was registered in eighty countries.

And the first electronic emoticons appeared in the sixties of the last century. Then emoticons were used in encoding Unicode. In 1982, Microsoft decided to create emoticons, thanks to which you can show emotions.

What do emoticons mean? decoding

Emoticons can convey almost every human emotion, from cheerful laughter to tears. Below is a table indicating what this or that smiley means.

3 - this emoticon means a cute cat face or “bow lips” (cuteness). Options-:3:=3:-3

These are the most common emoticons, the designation of which many people know.

Smiley and grief emoticon

The smile and grief emoji, presented first in the table, have often changed and morphed over time. When people began to use emoticons in communication, they consisted of eyes, nose and mouth. Then the nose disappeared somewhere. And the eyes began to be drawn not with dashes, but simply with dots. Many people are familiar with when a smiley had only one eye - .) , and then he disappeared, to show a smile or sadness, people only put parentheses. To show joy or sadness, many parentheses are placed. If we are talking about strong disappointment, then it can be shown like this - ((( or so - :WITH.

What do emoticons mean on VKontakte?

On a social network VK There are two types of emoticons, the standard ones discussed above, and the voluminous ones offered by the service itself. For three years now, VKontakte users have been able to use emoticons, since only in August 2012 such an opportunity was added for communication in personal correspondence. Until this time, Vkontakte users had to independently create symbols of emotions from punctuation marks. But the developers have made their task easier: the user can open a menu of emoticons and select the one that describes his condition.

Initially, about thirty emoticons appeared on the network, but after a while another hundred were added, which depicted not only emotions, but also the actions of people, as well as food and animals. But due to the wide variety of emoticons, people’s communication is not always clear. Not all people understand the meaning of a particular smiley, or understand it differently. To prevent such situations from arising with you, you need to write a few words in addition to the smiley so that the interlocutor understands you.

Popular VKonakt emoticons the following can be mentioned:

• :ok - everything is fine;
• -:o - fear;
• -3(- sadness;
• -8) - love;
• -:] - stupid smile.

There are also hidden emoticons in VK that can be sent to users by pressing a few keys. But the disadvantage of such emoticons is that they are black and therefore repel many users.

The most common commands include the following:

• ALT+ 1 - white emoticon indicating a smile ☺
• ALT+2 - black smile: ☻
• ALT+3 - heart of love:
• ALT+ 11 - male symbol: ♂
• ALT+12 - female symbol: ♀
• ALT+13 - melody:♪
• ALT+ 15 - sun: ☼

For the symbol to appear in the message you need to:

1. Hold down the “Alt” key on your keyboard
2. Dial digital combination
3. Release the Alt key

What does emoticon 3 mean?

The table above showed this emoticon and said that it means tenderness. But it’s worth taking a closer look at its decoding, since not many people understand it. This symbol is associated with animals such as dogs and cats. And indeed, if you look closely, it looks like the face of an animal. In another way, this smiley stands for “ cute"- this is exactly how you can characterize any cute animal.

This emoticon should not be confused with <3 , which means heart.

Many people and smiley :3 considered a kiss, but they are mistaken because it does not mean exactly a kiss, namely cuteness.

There was a period of time when this emoticon was read from a mathematical point of view, and it meant nothing more than divide by 3. But this is a comic version that did not take root among Internet users for a long time.

Action emoticons

As mentioned above, emoticons can replace a person’s written speech and entire expressions. After all, their collection is constantly being replenished, and soon people will be able to communicate only with emoticons. Below are several emoticons that represent human actions.

As we can see from the table, you can even talk about your actions and desires with emoticons. Some social networks have emoticons that mean that a person is reading a book, relaxing, eating or playing ball.

We looked in detail at what emoticons mean and how they can be used to express actions and emotions. In a few years they may replace written language. After all, it is much easier for people to put an emoticon than to write for a long time and explain to the person what he is doing or what emotion he is currently showing.

Video with decoding of emoticons

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Not so long ago, we discussed in some detail the topic of using emoticons on the VKontakte social network. The main codes of Emoji emoticons were also given there (about a thousand - for all occasions). If you have not yet read that publication, I strongly recommend that you do so:

What do text emoticons made up of symbols mean?

Let's continue to study the meanings of the most common options writing certain emoticons using ordinary (non-fancy) symbols. Ready? Well, then let's go.

Initially they became widespread, i.e. lying on their side (see the above examples of laughing and sad faces). Let's see what other combinations you might encounter on the Internet and what they mean (how to decipher them).

Indication of emotions by emoticon symbols

1. Joy or smile 🙂 is most often depicted using the symbols: :) or :-) or =)
2. Uncontrollable laughter 😀 (equivalent to the expression: :-D or :D or)))) (under-smile used mainly in RuNet)
3. Another designation for laughter, but more like mockery 😆 (equivalent): XD or xD or >:-D (schadenfreude)
4. Laughter to tears, i.e. what does the “tears of joy” emoticon mean 😂: :"-) or:"-D
5. Insidious grin 😏: ):-> or ]:->
6. A sad or sorrowful emoticon 🙁 has text meanings: :-(or =(or:(
7. Symbolic designation of a very sad smiley 😩: :-C or:C or (((((again, a variant of the under-smiley)
8. Mild displeasure, confusion or puzzlement 😕: :-/ or:-\
9. Strong anger 😡: D-:
10. Text designation of the neutral attitude emoticon 😐: :-| either: -I or._. or -_-
11. The symbolic meaning of the admiration emoticon 😃: *O* or *_* or **
12. Decoding the emotion of surprise 😵: :-() either:- or: -0 or: O or O: either o_O or oO or o.O
13. Options for what an emoticon of great surprise or bewilderment can mean 😯: 8-O
    either =-O or:-
14. Disappointment 😞: ​​:-e
15. Fury 😠: :-E or:E or:-t
16. Confusion 😖: :-[ or %0
17. Sullenness: :-*
18. Sadness: :-<

Meaning of text emoticons emotional actions or gestures

1. What does a winking smiley mean in text-symbolic form 😉: ;-) or;)
2. Sad joke: ;-(
3. Happy joke: ;-)
4. Options for designating a crying emoticon 😥 or 😭: :_(or:~(or:"(or:*(
5. Joyful crying (means “tears of joy” emoticon 😂): :~-
6. Sad cry 😭: :~-(
7. Angry cry: :-@
8. Kiss in text notation 😚 or 😙 or 😗: :-* or:-()
9. Hugs: ()
10. To show your tongue (means to tease) 😛 or 😜: :-P or:-p or:-Ъ
11. Mouth shut (means shh) 😶: :-X
12. It makes me sick to my stomach (denoting nausea): :-!
13. Drunk or embarrassed (meaning either “I’m drunk” or “you’re drunk”): :*)
14. You are a deer: E:-) or 3:-)
15. You're a clown: *:O)
16. Heart 💓:<3
17. Text designation of the “rose flower” emoticon 🌹: @)->-- or @)~>~~ or @-"-,"-,---
18. Carnation: *->->--
19. Old joke (meaning button accordion): [:|||:] or [:]/\/\/\[:] or [:]|||[:]
20. Krezi (means “you’ve gone crazy”): /:-(or /:-]
21. Fifth point: (_!_)

What do horizontal (Japanese) symbolic emoticons mean?

Initially, it so happened that most of the text emoticons that were invented and became widespread had to be deciphered as if “tilting the head to the side.” However, this is not entirely convenient, you will agree. Therefore, over time, their analogues began to appear (also typed from symbols), which did not require virtually or actually tilting the head to the side, because the image created by the symbols was located horizontally.

Let's consider, what do the most common horizontal text emoticons mean?:

1. (joy) is usually indicated: (^_^) or (^____^) or (n_n) or (^ ^) or \(^_^)/
2. in symbols denoted as: (<_>) or (v_v)
3. The following symbols mean different things: (o_o) or (0_0) or (O_o) or (o_O) or (V_v) (unpleasant surprise) or (@_@) (meaning “You can be stunned”)
4. Emoticon meaning: (*_*) or (*o*) or (*O*)
5. I'm sick: (-_-;) or (-_-;)~
6. Sleeping: (- . -) Zzz. or (-_-) Zzz. or (u_u)
7. Confusion: ^_^" or *^_^* or (-_-") or (-_-v)
8. Anger and rage: (-_-#) or (-_-¤) or (-_-+) or (>__
9. What does fatigue mean: (>_
10. Jealousy: 8 (>_
11. Distrust: (>>) or (>_>) or (<_>
12. Indifference: -__- or =__=
13. This emoticon text expression means: (?_?) or ^o^;>
14. Value close to: (;_;) or (T_T) or (TT.TT) or (ToT) or Q__Q
15. What does winking mean: (^_~) or (^_-)
16. Kiss: ^)(^ either (^)...(^) or (^)(^^)
17. High five (means friend): =X= or (^_^)(^_^)
18. Carrot Love: (^3^) or (*^) 3 (*^^*)
19. Apology: m (._.) m
20. Greedy emoticon: ($_$)

Naturally, on many blogs and forums it has long been possible to add emoticons in the form of pictures (from ready-made sets), but many still continue to use text emoticons, because they have already gotten their hands on this and there is no need to find the right one in the catalog picture.

If you want to know what this or that set of characters that is a text emoticon means, write about it in the comments. Maybe the whole world will figure it out...

Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site

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An emoticon is a set of symbols, or icon, that is a visual representation of a facial expression or body position to convey a mood, attitude, or emotion, originally used in email and text messages. The most famous is the smiling face emoji, i.e. smile - :-) .

There is no clear and reliable evidence about who invented the emoticon. Of course, you can point to ancient excavations, finds of various inscriptions on rocks, etc., but these will only be guesses from each of us.

Of course, to say for sure that the emoticon is a modern invention is a little wrong. The use of emoticons can be traced back to the 19th century. Examples of their use can be found in a copy of the American magazine "Puck" from 1881, see example:

Yes, there are a lot of such examples in history, but it is generally accepted that a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, Scott Fahlman, was responsible for the first digital type of emoticon. He suggested distinguishing serious messages from frivolous ones by using emoticons :-) and :-(. This was all the way back on September 19, 1982. This is especially useful when the sentiment of your message can be misinterpreted.

YES, BUT YOU NEVER ARRIVE ON TIME, ANYWAY.

YES, BUT YOU NEVER ARRIVE ON TIME, ANYWAY. ;-)

However, emoticons did not become so popular, but revealed their potential 14 years later, thanks to a Frenchman who lived in London - Nicolas Laufrani. The idea arose even earlier, from Nicolas’s father, Franklin Laufrani. It was he who, as a journalist for the French newspaper France Soir, published an article on January 1, 1972, under the heading “Take time to smile!”, where he used emoticons to highlight his article. Later he patented it as a trademark and created the production of some products using the smiley. Then a company was created under the brand name Smiley, where father Franklin Loufrani became president, and son Nicolas Loufrani became general director.

It was Nicolas who noticed the popularity of ASCII emoticons, which were widely used on mobile phones, and began developing directly animated emoticons that would correspond to ASCII emoticons consisting of simple characters, i.e. what we now use and are accustomed to calling - smiley. He created a catalog of emoticons, which he divided into categories “Emotions”, “Holidays”, “Food”, etc. And in 1997, this catalog was registered with the US Copyright Office.

Around the same time in Japan, Shigetaka Kurita began designing emoticons for I-mode. But unfortunately, the widespread use of this project never happened. Maybe because in 2001, Laufrani's creations were licensed by Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, and other mobile phone manufacturers, who later began offering them to their users. After that, the world was simply overwhelmed with various interpretations of emoticons and emoticons.

The following variations with smaliks and emoticons became the appearance stickers in 2011. They were created by the leading Internet company from Korea - Naver. The company has developed a messaging platform called - Line. A similar messaging application like WhatsApp. LINE was developed in the months following the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Initially, LIne was created to find friends and relatives during and after natural disasters and in the first year, the number of users grew to 50 million. Afterwards, with the publication of games and stickers, there were already more than 400 million, which later became one one of the most popular apps in Japan, particularly among teenagers.

Emoticons, emoticons and stickers today, after more than 30 years, they have definitely begun to occupy a place in people’s everyday conversations and correspondence. According to research conducted in the United States, it was found that 74 percent of people in the United States regularly use stickers and emoticons in their online communications, sending an average of 96 emoticons or stickers per day. The reason for this explosion in use Emoji is that the creative characters developed by various companies help to express our feelings, help to add humor, sadness, happiness, etc.

The emoticons in the tables will be gradually replenished, so go to the site and look for the meaning of the desired emoticons.