Using emoticons (colored icons) ๐ is very simple. It does not require any magic codes or any special techniques.
I have been delighted myself for many years, when I received an email with icons in the title, I tried to find information on how to do it. I have known for a long time that the solution is very simple, but there are few publications on this subject, which is why I share it with you:
To place an emoticon
you copy & paste emoticons to any place
in your title or text.
That's all you have to do. โ โ โ
Emoticon (small graphic icons) are actually one or a few special characters that are nicely displayed by browsers. Sometimes, in different systems, the appearance may be slightly different or part of the characters may not be displayed properly if you are not using the latest browsers. The number of available symbols increases all the time ๐.
Below you can also find:
- Emoticon list - a collection of the most-available icons for use in texts,
- Why use emoticons? - a few explanations why it is worth using,
- Historical note - a few facts from the past that you may want to know about,
List of emoticons
Below is a large collection of emoticons grouped thematically. This will make it easier to find the matching symbol.
Smileys
๐ ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐คฃ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ โบ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐คช ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ค ๐ ๐ค ๐ง ๐ค ๐ค ๐คก ๐ ๐ถ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐คจ ๐ค ๐คซ ๐คญ ๐คฅ ๐ณ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐คฌ ๐ ๐ ๐ โน ๐ฃ
๐ ๐ซ ๐ฉ ๐ค ๐ฎ ๐ฑ ๐จ ๐ฐ ๐ฏ ๐ฆ ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฅ ๐ช ๐คค ๐ ๐ญ ๐คฉ
๐ต ๐ฒ ๐คฏ ๐ค ๐ท ๐ค ๐ค ๐คฎ ๐คข ๐คง ๐ด ๐ ๐ฟ ๐น ๐บ ๐ฉ ๐ป ๐
โ ๐ฝ ๐ค ๐ ๐บ ๐ธ ๐น ๐ป ๐ผ ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ฟ ๐พ
Handles
๐ ๐คฒ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ค ๐ ๐ ๐ โ ๐ค ๐ค ๐ค โ ๐ค ๐ค ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ โ โ ๐ค ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ค ๐ช ๐ โ ๐คณ ๐
Eyes, lips, nose, brain
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ ๐ง
Heart
๐ โค ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐งก ๐ ๐ค ๐
๐ ๐ โฃ ๐โฃ ๐ ๐ฉโโคโ๐โ๐จ ๐จโโคโ๐โ๐จ ๐ฉโโคโ๐โ๐ฉ ๐ฉโโคโ๐จ ๐จโโคโ๐จ ๐ฉโโคโ๐ฉ
Speaking
๐ซ ๐ฃ ๐ฌ ๐จ ๐ฏ ๐ญ
Time
โ โณ ๐ โ โฐ โฑ โฒ ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ ๐ข ๐ ๐ฃ ๐ ๐ค ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฆ ๐
๐ ๐๐ ๐
Events
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ โจ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ
Books, writing
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ท โ ๐จ ๐ง ๐ฉ ๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ฆ ๐ซ ๐ช ๐ฌ ๐ญ ๐ฎ ๐ณ โ โ
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ผ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ค
โผ โ โ โ โ โ ใฐ ยฉ ยฎ โข ๐ ๐ โน ๐ โ ๐
๐ ๐
ฐ ๐ ๐
ฑ ๐ ๐
พ
๐ ๐
ฟ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
Diagrams
๐ ๐ ๐ ใฝ
Symbols
โข โฃ โฌ โ โก โ โฌ โ โฌ
โ โ โ โฉ โช โคด โคต
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
โถ โฉ โญ โฏ โ โช โฎ ๐ผ โซ ๐ฝ โฌ โธ โน โบ โ
๐ฆ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ฐ โญ โ
โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โฐ โฟ
ใฝ โณ โด โ โผ โ โ โ โ โ ใฐ ยฉ ยฎ โข
*โฃ 0โฃ 1โฃ 2โฃ 3โฃ 4โฃ 5โฃ 6โฃ 7โฃ 8โฃ 9โฃ ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ท ๐ถ ๐ฏ
๐ ๐น ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ธ ๐ด ๐ณ ใ ใ ๐บ ๐ต โช โซ โป โผ โฝ โพ
โฌ โฌ ๐ถ ๐ท ๐ธ ๐น ๐บ ๐ป ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ณ โช โซ ๐ด ๐ต
๐ค ๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ณ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐จ โ โ ๐ ๐ก โ ๐ซ ๐น ๐ก ๐ง ๐ฉ โ ๐ โ โ ๐ โ
๐ ๐ ๐ฌ โฐโฑ ๐ฟ ๐ข ๐ฎ โ ๐ค ๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ณ
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐จ โ โ ๐ ๐ก โ ๐ซ ๐น
๐ก ๐ง ๐ฉ โ ๐ โ โ ๐ โ ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ โฐโฑ ๐ฟ ๐ข ๐ฎ โ
Signs
๐ง ๐ฎ ๐ฐ โฟ ๐น ๐บ ๐ป ๐ผ ๐พ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
โ ๐ธ
โ ๐ซ ๐ณ ๐ญ ๐ฏ ๐ฑ ๐ท ๐ต ๐
Religion, Zodiac Signs
๐ โ ๐ โก โธ โฏ โ โฆ โชโฎ ๐ ๐ฏ
โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ
People
๐คด ๐ธ ๐ณโโ ๐ณโโ ๐ฒ ๐ง ๐ง ๐ฑโโ ๐ฑโโ ๐คต ๐ฐ ๐คฐ ๐คฑ ๐ผ ๐
๐คถ ๐งโโ
๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐โโ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐
โโ๐
โโ
๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐คฆโโ ๐คฆโโ ๐คทโโ ๐คทโโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐ถโโ
๐ถโโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐ ๐บ ๐ฏโโ ๐ฏโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐ ๐ ๐ด ๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ซ ๐ฌ ๐ญ ๐งโโ โ โ
Sport, trophofea
๐ ๐ ๐
๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ โฝ โพ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐พ ๐ฑ ๐ณ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ธ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
๐ฏ โณ โธ ๐ฃ ๐ฝ ๐ฟ ๐ท ๐ฅ ๐ฎ ๐น ๐ฒ โ โฅ
โฆโฃ ๐ ๐ ๐ด ๐คบ ๐ โท ๐ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐ฃโโ๐ฃโโ ๐โโ ๐โโ โนโโ
โนโโ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐ดโโ ๐ดโโ ๐ตโโ ๐ตโโ ๐ ๐ ๐คธโโ ๐คธโโ ๐คผโโ ๐คผโโ ๐คฝโโ ๐คฝโโ
๐คพโโ ๐คพโโ ๐คน ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ ๐งโโ
Activities
๐จโโ ๐ฉโโ ๐จโ๐ ๐ฉโ๐ ๐จโ๐ซ ๐ฉโ๐ซ ๐จโโ ๐ฉโโ ๐จโ๐พ ๐ฉโ๐พ ๐จโ๐ณ ๐ฉโ๐ณ ๐จโ๐ง ๐ฉโ๐ง
๐จโ๐ญ ๐ฉโ๐ญ ๐จโ๐ผ ๐ฉโ๐ผ ๐จโ๐ฌ ๐ฉโ๐ฌ ๐จโ๐ป ๐ฉโ๐ป ๐จโ๐ค ๐ฉโ๐ค ๐จโ๐จ ๐ฉโ๐จ ๐จโโ ๐ฉโโ
๐จโ๐ ๐ฉโ๐ ๐จโ๐ ๐ฉโ๐ ๐ฎโโ ๐ฎโโ ๐ตโโ ๐ตโโ ๐โโ ๐โโ ๐ทโโ ๐ทโโ ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง
๐จโ๐จโ๐ฆ ๐จโ๐จโ๐ง ๐จโ๐จโ๐งโ๐ฆ ๐จโ๐จโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ ๐จโ๐จโ๐งโ๐ง ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ง ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ ๐ฉโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง ๐จโ๐ฆ ๐จโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ ๐จโ๐ง
๐จโ๐งโ๐ฆ ๐จโ๐งโ๐ง ๐ฉโ๐ฆ ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ ๐ฉโ๐ง ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ง
Transport
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ด ๐ต ๐
๐ฃ ๐ค โฝ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฆ ๐ง ๐ โ โต ๐ถ ๐ค ๐ณ โด ๐ฅ ๐ข
โ ๐ฉ ๐ซ ๐ฌ ๐บ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ธ
World, Travel, Places
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐บ ๐พ ๐ โฐ ๐ ๐ป ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ช ๐ซ ๐ฌ ๐ญ
๐ฏ ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ผ ๐ฝ โช ๐ ๐ โฉ ๐ โฒ โบ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐
๐ โจ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ข ๐ ๐ช ๐ญ ๐ผ ๐จ ๐ฐ ๐ช ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ ๐ฟ ๐
Food
๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ ๐
๐ฅฅ ๐ฅ ๐
๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฝ ๐ถ ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅจ ๐ฅ ๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฅฉ ๐ฅ
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ญ ๐ฅช ๐ฎ ๐ฏ ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ณ ๐ฅ ๐ฒ ๐ฅฃ ๐ฅ ๐ฟ ๐ฅซ ๐ฑ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ก ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅก ๐ฆ ๐ง ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ช
๐ ๐ฐ๐ฅง ๐ซ ๐ฌ ๐ญ ๐ฅข ๐ฝ ๐ด ๐ฅ ๐ช ๐บ
Drinks
๐ฎ ๐ฏ ๐ผ ๐ฅ โ ๐ต ๐ถ ๐พ ๐ท ๐ธ ๐น ๐บ ๐ป ๐ฅ ๐ฅ ๐ฅค
Flags
๐ ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ด ๐ณ
Weather
๐ฅ ๐ฆ ๐จ ๐ซ ๐ก โ ๐ ๐ โญ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ โ โ
โ ๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ฆ ๐ง ๐จ ๐ฉ ๐ช ๐ซ
๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐ โ โโฑ โก โ โ โ โ ๐ฅ ๐ง ๐
Flowers
๐ ๐ธ ๐ฎ ๐ต ๐น ๐ฅ ๐บ ๐ป ๐ผ ๐ท
Natures
๐ฑ ๐ฒ ๐ณ ๐ด ๐ต ๐พ ๐ฟ โ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
Animals
๐ต ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฉ ๐บ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฏ ๐
๐ ๐ด ๐
๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ท ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ช ๐ซ ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ญ ๐ ๐ ๐น ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ
๐ป ๐จ ๐ผ ๐พ ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ ๐ค ๐ฅ ๐ฆ ๐ง ๐
๐ฆ
๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ธ ๐๐ข ๐ฆ ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ณ ๐๐ฌ
๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐ฆ ๐
Insects
๐ฆ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ ๐ท ๐ธ ๐ฆ
Dress, Shopping
๐๐ ๐ถ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐งฃ ๐งค ๐งฅ ๐งฆ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ก ๐ข ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ ๐ ๐งขโ ๐ฟ ๐ ๐
Music, phone
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ ๐ผ ๐ต ๐ถ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ค
๐ง ๐ป ๐ท ๐ธ ๐น ๐บ ๐ป ๐ฅ ๐ฑ ๐ฒ โ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
computer, media
๐ ๐ป ๐ฅ ๐จ โจ ๐ฑ ๐ฒ ๐ฝ ๐พ ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฝ
๐พ ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฝ ๐ฌ ๐บ ๐ท ๐ธ ๐น ๐ผ ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ
๐ก ๐ฏ ๐ก ๐ฆ ๐ฎ
Why use emoticons?
As the proverb says:
With the development of social media, these pictorial representations of feelings play an important role in communication. Below are some research results that show that it is worth using them:One picture๐ผ
is worth a thousand words.
- We react to emoticons like a real human face - Scientists have found that when we look at a smiling face on the Internet, the same, very specific parts of the brain are activated when we look at the real human face.
โEmoticons are a new form of language that weโre producing, and to decode that language weโve produced a new pattern of brain activity,โ, Dr. Owen Churches, Flinders University in Adelaide, form ABC Science , 2014.
<li><strong>Positive emoticons are one of the indicators that boosts post performance</strong> - <a href="http://researchswinger.org/publications/tchokni14.pdf">An analysis of over 31 million tweets and half a million Facebook posts</a>
, Simo Tchokni from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and her associates, 2013.
<blockquote>
The emoticon features achieved high performance, suggesting that there is a strong link between emoticon use and social power.</blockquote></li>
<li><strong>They are associated with happiness in real life </strong> - Users of emoticons experience a positive impact on pleasure, interaction, acquisition of information and usefulness - <a href="https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1414156"> "Exploring the potential effects of emoticons"</a>, authors: Albert H. Huang - University of the Pacific, Stockton (USA), David C. Yen Department of DSC and MIS, Miami University, Oxford (USA), Xiaoni Zhang - Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights (USA), 2008. </li>
New research is published confirming the effectiveness of using emoticons every year. I hope that these 3 have convinced you that it is worth using them in your publications.
Historical note
1862, the New York Times published a transcript of the speech of Abraham Lincoln, and it appears there for the first time ;)
it is not known whether it was a fault or a deliberate action.
The stamp :-) was used for the first time in 1982 by professor Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-) From: Scott E Fahlman <Fahlman at Cmu-20c>I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:
:-)
Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark
things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use:-(
As the author admits, he was inspired by the work of artist Harvey Bell, a yellow, smiling face known as The Smiley (1963).
The idea was previously also presented by the satirical magazine Puck - March 30, 1881:
Photo source
Today, many applications graphically present emoticons, such as browsers, but also many of the series when replacing the content, replace them with small images.
The word emoticon was created from the combination of English words: emotion and icon, before bitmaps (graphic stamps) were used, they were just a series of characters.
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