Facebook Emoticons. Emoticons are typed characters that appear to convey an emotion or sentiment, like a simple smiley :). Facebook takes it further by converting emoticons into pictures of their own design.

Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift_JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.

Western style emoticons are mostly written from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees. One will most commonly see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose (often not included) and then the mouth. Typically, a colon is used for the eyes of a face, unless winking, in which case a semicolon is used.

Many emoticons are included as characters in the Unicode standard, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, the Emoticons block, and the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block. ^ “Emoji and Dingbats”. Unicode, Inc. 2014-04-21.

The “Lenny Face”, named and popularized on 4chan. Used mostly to suggest mischief, imply sexual innuendo or a second hidden meaning behind a sentence, or is pasted over and over to spam online discussions. Eastern emoticons generally are not rotated sideways, and may include non-Latin characters to allow for additional complexity.

Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.

Smileys and people emojis with their meaning. Can have many meanings, such as unfaithfulness (by horny husband/wife), sign to ward off misfortune, devil’s salutation or sacred gesture in Buddhism. U+1F918 Ok Hand Sign Thumb and forefinger form an O. Symbol for “Okay!“ Sign of approval, agreement or that everything is okay.