Japanese Emoticons

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I personally use "western" emoticons. Since they (imo) are easier to type out. But as for being able to express more emotions and cooler looking, Asian emoticons defiantly win in that category. (=ω=.)

I personally use "western" emoticons. Since they (imo) are easier to type out. But as for being able to express more emotions and cooler looking, Asian emoticons defiantly win in that category. (=ω=.)

I personally use "western" emoticons. Since they (imo) are easier to type out. But as for being able to express more emotions and cooler looking, Asian emoticons defiantly win in that category. (=ω=.)

I personally use "western" emoticons. Since they (imo) are easier to type out. But as for being able to express more emotions and cooler looking, Asian emoticons defiantly win in that category. (=ω=.)

i use both normally

i use both normally

i use both normally

i use both normally

c^,)

c^,)

c^,)

c^,)

I like this one:

:3 (It's just too cute! XD)

I like this one:

:3 (It's just too cute! XD)

I like this one:

:3 (It's just too cute! XD)

I like this one:

:3 (It's just too cute! XD)

(n.n)

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Well, I prefer the japanese emoticons since they are cutter (harder to see, sometimes u see just some strange sticks and dont hv idea that it was an emoticon).

I use the ^^ for years and didn´t realize about this, logs dated of 1996 hving it, hmm, perhaps it´s on japanese DNA =P

I use both of them, yet sometimes mix them up like this >D</

I mixed and created my own...
theough the only one I use is
(;￣▽￣)...

I mostly use Japanese ones since i have a better idea of them due watching loads of anime. ;)

I personally use a mixture of both western and Japanese emoticons, Japanese ones are definitely have a wider variety of expressiveness. But I only use a few of the simple ones since I cant seem to remember how to use the more detailed emoticons.

Japanese ones are most expressive and fun. Also you don't have to turn your head sideways!

ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!

All Japanese ^^

~~~ヾ(＾∇＾)おはよー♪
( ^_^)／ やぁ！
(*≧▽≦)オハツでっす♪
（　´∀｀）
（*＾＾）＾*） ☆Chu！！ ^^

Western emoticons are common in my area. I would love to use Japanese emoticons more often, but I have no idea what characters to use and don't have many examples to follow...

Use both, been a fan of the asian horizontal style since the late 90s. Mustve randomly come up with it, as the Internet was a lot smaller back then, and I probably didn't see a Japanese site until around the turn of the millennium.

My first anime internet visit was to a Sailor Moon english fansite in 96 or 97, memories... ^^

still like to mix around my emoticons. but now, most of my friends use the Japanese emoticons. Well, it's getting popular imo!

There are too many emoticons. Who can tell what they all mean without a look-up table?

What about this one?

>:C

I usually use western emo, recently watching lucky star and learned some of Japanese emo from the konata chatting. (^W^)

Gotta love the Japanese ones.. Looks more creative and fun.. Tho I have no idea how to type them out.

∑(O_O；)Shock！！

I have a friend in Singapore who used a few Chinese style emoticons that I didn't see elsewhere...until I found dannychoo.com. There seems to be a bigger variety of Eastern style ones, though I only use ones that make sense to me visually so that I don't 'say' the wrong thing..

Never thought much about the distinction, just used whatever seemed the best expressive.

I have been using western emoticons and knew very little japanese emoticons until reading this article. So thanks for the article :) ... ee, I meant ＼（＾ ＾）／

Japanese emoticons FTW!

I use both but I prefer the Japanese/Other Asian countries one ^_^ They're much cuter ^o^

I use both. Does orz count too? ^^

I didn't know there was actually "Japanese" and "Western" emoticons. I thought it was universal and some people just go to the extreme of creating their own ^^;.

For me, I basically just use these and whatever variation of it- ^^, xD, >_<. >_>, <_<, :D. Nothing more

I just use whatever emoticon I think works the best on the situation. I do tend to use more of the jap ones for the simple fact that I don't have to bend my head to see them.

the western emoticons are usually described as 1 dimensional, while the eastern(china, japan, korea) are 2D, and are generally called "Kaomoji"(かおもじ) just press space after(just like you would to turn Hana or Kata into kanji) to get the list of the hundreds of kaomoji through IME. I use them a lot through windows Japanese IME program. does mac have an IME program for eastern languages(reading and typing)?

Usually, I use both of them. Japanese emoticons are very kawaiiii. Peace! ---> (^_^)v

japanese emo hv more expression,n fun^^

Japanese emotiocons tend to focus on the eyes where as western ones are more focus on the face

see http://www.livescience.com/health/070510_facial_culture.html

the only chinese emoticom i know and can't use at all...(forgive me)
凸(>_<)凸
....ahem...ahem...i saw this from newspaper....fews years ago, but this is coolest chinese emoticon in my mind library.

(b'-')b

Two thumbs up on this article!

Depends on my mood and whom I'm talking too. Some applications (Chatzilla, for example, or mIRC) don't always recognize the Japanese emoticons, so I default to Western. But being raised on computers in the States, I guess that makes sense.

I use both. But I do hate bringing up the character map everytime I want to do ≧∀≦ or similar.

I rarely use emoticons. When I do it's usually a variation of these bases:

(>Oo)> <(Oo)> <(oO<)

or

XD

For the sake of typing whatever is easiest, I tend to over use ^^ or ><. They pretty much express what my real expression would be like. Occasionally, there are times when I use :P but that only happens once in a while. Perhaps one reason for ignoring most of the emoticons is so that they won't show up on msn messenger message boxes. They generally look bad and annoy me.

I don't really use emoticons much, but when I do I just use western emoticons.

How about this -- I just invented it.

>
>:C

I use both emoticons, Japanese and Western. When I text on my phone I tend to lean towards Western (iPhone go figure). When I'm posting comments for forums, blogs, or for Danny Choo I tend to go Japanese. ^_^

I orz a lot. :P
Otherwise, :V

My knowledge of emoticons is limited to under 10. I have no idea which is west or japanese type.

http://sakuran-kaomoji.pya.jp/kaotop.html has a lot of good ones. Add them in the dictionary tool in the language bar, add a word by putting the smiley in display and what you want it to convert from in the reading. Example: Reading: ：D Display: (ﾟ∀ﾟ)

I'm all for (>w<)' or my simplified >w<''

I like them all. I just tend to choose what best fits the situation.

I like both of them, but I mostly use Japanese style (>ω <)"

i would like this one the pig (＾ω＾) look like my uncle

=O
=)
=P
=S
=3
8)
=/
Can't remember more.

I'm using the japanese emoticons more during chatting ^____^

Both... though mostly western because I never learned how to type the japanese ones correctly.
I do use the simple ones quite oftenly though... like -_- o_O T_T and ^^'

I didn't know there were differences in emoticons. I just use them all. ^_^ =p

I don't use emoticons, as I prefer to use more direct language to express how I'm feeling if I see the need to do so. The most Internet vernacular I use is tags such as <sarcasm> if I feel that I could be misconstrued.

I use a mix, including making up my own and typing forum emote shortcuts like :heh:
I used to use JP bunny a lot, you can add different faces
( (
( ^_^)
((")(")
or cheeri-o bunny
( (
( p_o)
((")(")
he can hold a cup of tea too cU

I typically use a combination of both. From -_-" and == to :] and |:

I use both of them
'coz, well, sometimes when you want to type quickly, Japanese emoticon is not an option for some people, I think ^^;

i always use the asian ones, but sometimes its not possible to make certain emoticons as they use shift_jis characters which i don't know how to make >_<

typing ^O^;

Is kinda Weeaboo nation pride.
OMG SO KAWAII DESU!!

I mean.. if you typed that from seeing a kitten drinking from a Dear tit, then its totally exceptional. Just not for stupid shit

I guess i mix. Started off with western, but simplified Japanese are commonly recognized now:
So =), =D, XD, =, DX etc. and T.T, ^.^, >.>;, orz etc.

I use both but, definitely prefer the Japanese ones due to their ability to express a variety of emotions.

The only emoticons I use are
=D
=)
=(
^^
T.T

I use a standard QWERTY keyboard so I cant make most of the Japanese emoticons. I think they look better, though. Anyway, I dont like using many emoticons. The ones I use are:
:D
:P
^^
^^;
<_<
T_T

but my favorite is still this one: ^^

I think there's a wider range of emotions in the Japanese ones so I tend to use them. However, if I'm sending email to the parents or someone who I know would be entirely unfamiliar with the Japanese set, I make it a point to stick to the Western ones. And I never use them in work emails.

I use western emoticons.

I only use two emoticons: :P and .____.

I use both, and depends who I chat with too.

western of course, i cant get japanese's meaning

Alot of the japanese ones are too complicatedXD
And some of them don't come up unless I switch to japanese typing which is bothersomg IMOXD
I usually do a mix or simplified japanese ^.^"

well if i knew how to gwt Japanese emoticons on a qwerty keyboard..

i'd use it more often

(./.p
(o.@)
"._.'
(O-Q,.)
[._.?]
(n.n)
Cant remember more

~(8(|) Homer Simpson?

Eastern for sure...
=.=
=_="
~_~
<{<....(crow<<most popular i Taiwan when ppl are swting...)
O_O
Y.Y=T.T cry
/{OlO}/ (ultraman)
v 0V0 v (ultraman monster wadeva)
lol=not laugh out loud..is people cheering...

I use both without any distinction （　´∀｀）

i use whichever that can express my feeling at the current moment
┐(ﾟ∀ﾟ)┌

Now unless I want to use the default animated icons, of say YahooIM, I'd definitely use the enhanced eye emoticons of the east. ^_~

i'd rather the japanese, but when i do use american ones i use =) instead of :) it's just easier

I don't think I use many regularly. I never have.... I prefer just putting the words in :these:, like :grin:, :beam:, :sob: etc.

=3=
That has to be my favorite one at the moment. I mostly use the Japanese ones though

^_^
=^_^=
:3
>:3
D:<
>.<
;_;

recently I've been seeing a variation of these: ٩๏̯͡๏)۶

I enjoy a good "Lightning Bolt"..
（｀・ω）→☆・：☆・：☆・：☆・：☆・

It's kinda neat that Japanese emoticons use eyes to express feelings unlike western emoticons that uses mouth.

Nice, ever since 2.2 came out I've been annoying all my <a href="http://www.forexstrada.com/">mini forex trading</a> i Phone-owning friends by writing SMS with half the words replaced with emoji using my unlocked Japanese phone. Now they can finally retaliate!