What does this symbol mean 3. What does the emoticon displayed in text characters mean, graphic (emoji) emoticon codes

An emoticon is a set of characters, or an 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 emoticon, i.e. smile - :-) .

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

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

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

YES, BUT YOU NEVER COME ON TIME, ANYWAY.

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

However, emoticons did not become so popular, but revealed their potential after 14 years, thanks to a Frenchman who lived in London - Nicolas Laufrani. The idea arose even earlier, from Nicolas' father, Franklin Laufrani. It was he, being a journalist in the French newspaper France Soir, who 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 goods using a smiley. Then a company was created under the brand name smiley, where father Franklin Laufrani became president and son Nicolas Laufrani became CEO.

It was Nicolas who noticed the popularity of ASCII emoticons, which were very used on mobile phones, and began the development of directly animated emoticons that would correspond to ASCII emoticons consisting of simple characters, i.e. what we now use and are accustomed to call - 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 wide application of this project did not happen. Maybe because in 2001, Laufrani's creation was licensed by Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, and other mobile phone manufacturers, who later began to offer them to their users. After that, the world was simply flooded with various interpretations of emoticons and emoticons.

The following variations with smilies 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 app like WhatsApp. LINE was developed within months of the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Initially, LIne was created in order to find friends and relatives during and after natural disasters and in the first year, the number of users grew to 50 million. After, with the publication of games and stickers, there were already more than 400 million, which later became one of the most popular apps in Japan, particularly among teenagers.

Emoticons, emoticons and stickers today, more than 30 years later, they definitely began to take a place in everyday conversations and correspondence of people. According to studies conducted in the US, it was found that 74 percent of people in the US regularly use stickers, emoticons in their online communications, sending an average of 96 emoticons or stickers per day. The reason for this explosion of use emoji is that creative characters designed by various companies help to express our feelings, help to add humor, sadness, happiness, etc.

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

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. The use of emoticons when communicating in chats, on forums, on social networks, when sending comments on blogs and even in business correspondence at the present stage of the development of the Internet is already quite commonplace. Moreover, emoticons can be displayed both in the form of simple text characters and in graphic design, which adds a choice.

Graphic emoticons (emoji, or emoji), which we will talk about in more detail below, appearing in the form of pictures, are displayed by inserting the appropriate codes that were specially added to the official Unicode table so that users can use them almost everywhere to express emotions .

Thus, on the one hand, you can find the code of the emoticon you need to insert it in a special list, and on the other hand, in order not to look for the desired encoding each time, it is quite possible to remember the sequence of simple text characters that reflect the most commonly expressed types of emotional state, and insert them into the body of the message.

Designating emoticons with text characters

To begin with, in order to satisfy my perfectionist nature, I would like to say a few words about the history of emoticons. After the great Tim-Berners Lee laid the foundation for the development of the modern Internet, people got the opportunity for almost unlimited communication with each other.

However, in the World Wide Web from the very beginning, communication was carried out in writing (and even today this type of dialogue is still very popular), and it is very limited in terms of reflecting the emotions of the interlocutor.

Of course, a person who has literary talent and the gift of expressing his feelings through text will not experience problems. But the percentage of such gifted people, as you understand, is very small, which is quite logical, and the problem had to be solved on a massive scale.

Naturally, the question arose of how to mitigate this shortcoming. It is not known for certain who first proposed text signs that reflect this or that emotion.

According to some reports, it was a famous American computer scientist Scott Elliot Fahlman, who suggested using a set of characters for comic messages :-) , in a different interpretation :) . If you tilt your head to the left, you will see an essentially funny smiley:

And for messages containing some kind of negative information that could evoke emotions of the opposite nature, the same Fahlman came up with another combination of symbols: - (or: (. As a result, if you turn it 90 °, then we will have a sad emoticon:

By the way, since the first emoticons primarily identified the emotional background of the interlocutors, they got the name emoticons. This name comes from the abbreviated English expression emot ion icon- an icon with an expression of emotion.

The meaning of emoticons expressing emotions through symbols

So, a start was made in this area, it remains to pick up the idea and choose simple signs of the text, with which one could easily and simply reflect other expressions of mood and emotional state. Here are some emoticons from symbols and their decoding:

• :-) , :) ,) , =) , :c) , :o) , :] , 8) , :?) , :^) or:) - emoticon of happiness or joy;
• :-D, :D - a wide smile or uncontrollable laughter;
• :"-) , :"-D — laughter to tears;
• :-(, :(, =(— sad emoticon from symbols;
• :-C , :C - emoticons from characters of the text, denoting severe sadness;
• :-o, - boredom;
• :_(, :"(, :~(, :*(- crying emoticon;
• XD, xD - emoticons with letters that mean mockery;
• >:-D , >:) - options for expressing gloating (evil grin);
• :-> - grin;
• ):-> or ]:-> — sly smile;
• :-/ or:-\ - these emoticons can mean confusion, indecision;
• :-|| - anger;
• D-: - strong malice
• :-E or:E - designation of rage with text characters;
• :-| , :-I - this can be deciphered as a neutral relation;
• :-() , :-o , =-O , = O , :-0 , :O - these combinations of characters mean surprise;
• 8-O or:-, :-() - decoding: extreme degree of amazement (shock);
• :-* - gloom, bitterness;
• =P, =-P, :-P — irritation;
• xP - disgust;
• :-7 - sarcasm;
• :-J - irony;
• :> - smug;
• X(- inflated;
• :~- - bitter to tears.

By the way, some emoticons from characters, when inserted, can also be displayed in a graphical version (this will be discussed in today's article), but not always and not everywhere.

What do other classic text emoticons mean?

Below I will give a number of simple symbolic emoticons that reflect the state, character traits of people, their attitude towards interlocutors, emotional actions or gestures, as well as images of creatures, animals and flowers:

• ;-(- sad joke;
• ;-) - means a funny joke;
• :[email protected]- cry of anger;
• :-P , :-p , :-Ъ - show your tongue, which means licking your lips in anticipation of delicious food;
• :-v - talks a lot;
• :-* , :-() - kiss;
• () - hugs;
• ; , ;-) , ;) — designations of a wink;
• |-O - a surging yawn, which means a desire to sleep;
• |-I - sleeping;
• |-O - snores;
• :-Q - smoking;
• :-? - smokes a pipe;
• / - emoticon, meaning the interjection "hmmm";
• :-(0) - screams;
• :-X - "mouth shut" (means a call for silence;)
• :-! - the meaning of nausea or an analogue of the phrase "turns back from the soul";
• ~:0 - child;
• :*) ,%-) - drunk, intoxicated;
• =/ - crazy;
• :) , :-() - a man with a mustache;
• =|:-)= - "Uncle Sam" (this emoticon means a comic image of the US state);
• -:-) - punk;
• (:-| - monk;
• *:O) - clown;
• B-) - a man in sunglasses;
• B:-) - sunglasses on the head;
• 8-) - a man with glasses;
• 8 :-) - glasses on the head;
• @:-) - a man with a turban on his head;
• :-E - this set of characters denotes a vampire;
• 8-# - zombies;
• @~)~~~~ , @)->-- , @)-v-- - rose;
• *->->-- - carnation;
• <:3>
• \u003d 8) - pig;
• :o/ , :o
• :3 - cat;

If you wish, you yourself can invent emoticons by typing certain characters (letters, numbers or signs) on the keyboard. From the above list, it is clear, for example, that using the number "3" you can depict the face of a cat, dog (and also, say, a rabbit) or one of the parts of a heart. And emoticons with P mean sticking out tongue. There is room for creativity.

Horizontal Japanese emoticons (kaomoji)

Above were the classic emoticons, made up of text characters, which are interpreted and acquire the correct shape only if you tilt your head to the left or mentally rotate such an image 90 ° to the right.

More convenient in this regard are Japanese emoticons, when looking at which a tilt of the head is not required, because it is immediately clear what each of them means. Kaomoji, as you probably guessed, was first used in Japan and consisted of both standard characters available on any keyboard, and using hieroglyphs.

Japanese term «顔文字» when in Latin it looks like "Kaomoji". In fact, the phrase "kaomoji" is very close to the concept of "smile" (English smile - smile), because "kao" (顔) means "face" "moji" (文字)- "symbol", "letter".

Even with a cursory analysis of the meanings of these terms, it is noticeable that Europeans and residents of most countries where the Latin alphabet is common, when expressing emotions, pay more attention to such an element as the mouth (smile). For the Japanese, all components of the face are important, especially the eyes. This finds expression in true (not modified) kaomoji.

Subsequently, Japanese emoticons became widespread in Southeast Asia, and today they are used all over the world. Moreover, they can consist not only of symbols and hieroglyphs, but are often supplemented, for example, with letters and characters of the Latin or Arabic alphabet. To begin with, let's see what do some simple horizontal text emoticons mean:

• (^_^) or (n_n) - smiling, joyful;
• (^____^) - wide smile;
• ^-^ - happy emoticon;
• (<_>) , (v_v) - this is how sadness is usually indicated;
• (o_o) , (0_0) , (o_O) - these emoticons mean varying degrees of surprise;
• (V_v) or (v_V) - unpleasantly surprised;
• *-* - amazement;
• (@[email protected]) - surprise has reached a maximum ("you can be stunned");
• ^_^ ", *^_^* or (-_-v) - embarrassment, awkwardness;
• (?_?) , ^o^ - misunderstanding;
• (-_-#) , (-_-¤) , (>__
• 8 (>_
• (>>) , (>_>) or (<_>
• -__- or =__= - indifference;
• m (._.) m - apology;
• ($_$) - this emoticon reflects greed;
• (;_;) , Q__Q - crying;
• (T_T) , (TT.TT) or (ToT) - sob;
• (^_~) , (^_-) - these variations of emoticons indicate a wink;
• ^)(^ , (-)(-) , (^)...(^) - kiss;
• (^3^) or (* ^) 3 (*^^*) - love;
• (-_-;) , (-_-;) ~ - sick;
• (- . -) Zzz , (-_-) Zzz or (u_u) - sleeping.

Well, now a few horizontal emoticons that reflect common emotions, made up of more complex symbols and signs, as well as their designations:

• ٩(◕‿◕)۶ , (〃＾▽＾〃) or \(★ω★)/ — happiness;
• o(❛ᴗ❛)o , (o˘◡˘o) , (っ˘ω˘ς) - smile;
• (´♡‿♡`) , (˘∀˘)/(μ‿μ) ❤ or (๑°꒵°๑)･*♡ — love;
• (◡‿◡ *) , (*ﾉ∀`*) , (*μ_μ) - embarrassment.

Naturally, Japanese emoticons, which use not only service symbols and punctuation marks, but also complex letters of the katakana alphabet, provide more opportunities to express emotions not only through facial expressions, but also through gestures.

Let's say a smiley has become widespread on the Internet, shrugging and spreading hands. What does it mean? Most likely an apology with a touch of embarrassment:

This emoticon appeared thanks to the famous rapper Kanye West (Kanye West), who at the Video Music Awards in 2010 unexpectedly interrupted the speech of the presenter, and then showed such a gesture, recognizing the incorrectness of his behavior (the emoticon that shrugs its shoulders and spreads its arms was called "Kanye's shoulders" and became a real meme):

If you are interested in exploring the full collection of kaomoji that reflect emotions, forms of movement, states, animal species, etc., then visit here is the resource, where they can be easily copied and pasted after that to the right place.

Emoji graphic emoticons (emoji), their codes and meanings

So, above we have analyzed symbolic emoticons, some of which, when inserted on social networks and other places, can acquire graphic outlines, that is, appear in the form of pictures. But this does not happen everywhere and not always. Why?

Yes, because they consist of simple text icons. To emoticons are guaranteed to acquire after inserting the type of images, and wherever you put them, codes must be used, specially included in the official Unicode table so that any user can quickly express their emotional state.

Of course, any emoticon can be loaded in the form of pictures created in graphic editors, but given their huge number and the number of users on the Internet, this solution does not look ideal, since it will inevitably negatively affect the bandwidth of the global network. But the use of codes in this situation is just the thing.

As a result, popular engines used for forums and blogs (for example, the same WordPress) have in their functionality the ability to insert colored emoticons, which undoubtedly adds expressiveness to messages.

The same can be said for various chats and instant messengers designed for both PC and mobile devices (Skype, Telegram, Viber, Whatsapp).

Just graphic pictograms are called emoji (or emoji, which is more correct from the point of view of Japanese pronunciation). Term «画像文字» (in Latin transliteration "emoji"), which, like kaomoji, is a phrase consisting of two words, translated into Russian meaning "picture" ("e") and "letter", "symbol" (moji).

I think that the Japanese name for small pictures that appear in the text to display emotions, feelings and state is the most fair, since it was in Japan that symbolic images were born that did not require them to be mentally turned over for correct perception.

As I noted above, any code emoji smiley in the vast majority of cases, it is necessarily interpreted into a picture in all possible places where you want to insert it, including, for example, social networks VKontakte, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Moreover, in different areas, the emoticon can be displayed differently when inserting the same Unicode code corresponding to a specific value:

Another important point. By default, the emoji emoticon will be executed in black and white or displayed as a rectangle😀 (it all depends on the platform that is used in the place of its insertion). You can verify this if visit encoder and try to insert HTML codes corresponding to different emoticons in the field on the right:

Similar emoji in the browser will look exactly like this. In order for them to acquire color, you need to use a special script that is installed on large popular services. By the way, in one of the latest versions of WordPress (I don’t remember which one), emoji were enabled by default, but I had to turn them off due to a seriously increased one, which I try to constantly monitor.

So for small resources with limited resources, emoji is not always a boon. After disabling, when trying to insert emoji into the text of an article or comment, emoticons will just be present in black and white or in the form of a rectangle.

But in popular social networks, the use of the corresponding HTML code by any of the users initiates the appearance of a full-fledged emoticon. By the way, in the same Contact there is a whole collection of emoji sorted into categories. Copy this or that emoji you can from the Unicode table located where the icons are dispersed into sections:

Select the desired image from the "Native" column and copy it to using the context menu or Ctrl + C. Then open a page of some social network, forum, chat, even your e-mail in a new tab and paste this code into the message you want to send using the same menu or Ctrl + V.

And now watch the video, which presents 10 emoji, the real meaning of which you may not even know.

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

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

There are several emoji alphabets, the most common are standard and Japanese. Japanese emoticons are distinguished by the fact that they pay more attention to the eyes, and standard emoticons - 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.

It may seem to modern children that emoticons have always existed, but in fact, for the first time, an emoticon was drawn Harvey Bell- an artist by training. In the early sixties, there was a war between insurers in America. Employees were afraid to get laid off and, in order to cheer themselves up and each other, they were distracted and tried to communicate politely and friendly with the remaining customers.

One insurance company, in order to stay afloat, decided to hold a promotion for which they needed an interesting drawing. In late 1963, they approached Harvey with this request. He drew the first smiley :-) , which took him ten minutes to develop. He was paid mere pennies for the drawing: $43. He did not know then that his simple drawing would become so popular, so he did not issue any rights to it. Harvey's first emojis were pinned and given out to customers. People liked these cute smiles so much that the company re-applied to the artist and ordered another ten thousand smileys.

Another story that played an important role in the development of the smiley can be called the seventies, when brothers from Spain developed the slogan " Happy day!". Since that time, emoticons began to be depicted on clothes. In 1971 the FrenchFranklin Loufrani The smiley has been trademarked in 80 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 that could show emotions.

What do emoticons mean decoding

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

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

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

Smile and grief emoticon

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

What do emoticons mean in Vkontakte

On the social network VK There are two types of emoticons, these are the standard ones that were discussed above, and the voluminous ones offered by the service itself. For the past three years, VKontakte users have been able to use emoticons, since only in August 2012 such an opportunity was added to communicate in personal correspondence. Until that time, Vkontakte users had to independently compose the designation of emotions from punctuation marks. But the developers have made it easy for them: the user can open the menu of emoticons and select the one that describes his state.

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 becomes not always clear. Not all people understand the meaning of this or that emoticon, or understand it differently. To avoid such situations with you, you need to write a few words in addition to the smiley so that the interlocutor understands you.

Popular VKontakte emoticons the following can be named:

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

Also in VK there are hidden emoticons 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 denoting a smile ☺
• ALT+2 - black smile: ☻
• ALT+3 - love heart:
• ALT+ 11 - male character: ♂
• ALT+12 - female character: ♀
• ALT+13 - melody:♪
• ALT+15 - sun: ☼

In order for the symbol to appear in the message, you need to:

1. Hold down the "Alt" key on your keyboard
2. Dial a number 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 is worth dwelling on its decoding in more detail, since it is not understood by many. This symbol is associated with such animals as a dog and a cat. And indeed, if you look closely, it seems to be similar to the muzzle of an animal. In another way, this emoticon stands for " cute"- that's how you can characterize any cute animal.

Do not confuse this emoticon with <3 , which the means heart.

Many people and smiley :3 consider it a kiss, but they are mistaken because it means not quite 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.

Emoticons denoting actions

As mentioned above, emoticons can replace a person's written speech and whole expressions. After all, their collection is constantly replenished, and soon people will be able to communicate with only one emoticon. Below will be presented a few emoticons, meaning human actions.

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

We examined in detail what emoticons mean, 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 a smiley than to write for a long time and explain to a person what he is doing or what emotion he is showing at the moment.

Video with decryption of emoticons

Emoticons have become such an integral part of our lives that without them the alphabet looks incomplete, and messages seem dry and detached. But even in such a frivolous and childishly simple matter as emoji arrangement, there are subtleties.

What do different emoticons mean

With emoticons-objects, everything is simple: they mean what they depict. A ball is a ball, an alarm clock is an alarm clock, and there is nothing to think about. But with emoticons-faces, the task becomes more complicated. We are not always able to correctly guess the emotions on the faces of living people, to say nothing about the physiognomy of koloboks. There are emoticons whose meaning is obvious:

Fun, laughter, joy, jubilation.

Sorrow, sadness, melancholy, discontent.

Playful mood, teasing.

Surprise, amazement, shock, fear.

Anger, resentment, rage.

And a few more like this - all possible options for families and romantic unions.

But there are emoticons among those whose meaning can be interpreted ambiguously, or even completely confusing:

This emoticon depicts a person crying in three - well, in two - streams, however, in the version for Apple devices, due to raised eyebrows and a mouth that is not twisted from sobs, it is often perceived as laughing to tears. Careful with him: you want to designate grief for them, but you will be misunderstood.

As planned, this emoticon should depict silence. Instead, he just scares you to death.

If everything is more or less clear with the evil devil (“angry as hell”), then the cheerful demon is somewhat puzzling. Most likely, he is not only furious, but also looking forward to how he will dance on the grave of your opponent. And you, maybe, just wanted to show originality and an unusual smile.

Despite the fact that the three wise monkeys did not see, hear or speak anything precisely because of their wisdom, these muzzles close their eyes, mouth and ears from shame, confusion and shock.

A set of cat emoticons for those who think ordinary koloboks are not expressive enough and want to add cuteness to their emotions.

Instead of "hello" and "bye" you can wave your hand.

Raised hands, a gesture of joyful greeting or jubilation.

Applause both sincere and sarcastic.

If in this picture you see hands folded in a prayer gesture, then for you, emoji can mean “thank you” or “I beg”. Well, if you see the high-five here, it means that you are a very cheerful person.

A raised index finger can emphasize the importance of the message or express a request to interrupt the interlocutor with a question, or it can simply point to the previous message in the chat.

Fingers crossed for good luck.

For some it's "stop", but for someone "high five!".

No, it's not a truffle. Not even a truffle at all.

Ogre and Japanese Goblin. It looks like someone is missing the usual devils.

Liar. His nose grows like Pinocchio's every time he lies.

This is wide-eyed with amazement, and shifty eyes of a swindler, and even a lustful look. If someone sends you such an emoji in a comment on a photo, you can be sure that the photo is successful.

And it's just an eye, and it's watching you.

Young moon and full moon. It seems to be nothing special, but these smileys have their own fans who appreciate them for their creepy facial expressions.

A very common girl in purple. Her gestures mean OK (hands above head), "no" (crossed arms), "hello" or "I know the answer" (raised hand). This character has another pose that baffles many -. According to the official version, it symbolizes a help desk worker. Apparently, with her hand she shows how to get to the city library.

Do you also see two tense faces here, presumably unfriendly? But they didn’t guess: according to Apple’s tips, this is an embarrassed face and a stubborn face. Who would have thought!

By the way, hints for emoticons can be viewed in the message window on if you open an emoji and hover over the emoticon you are interested in. Like this:

Another way to find out the meaning of an emoticon is to ask emojipedia.org for help. On it you will find not only detailed interpretations of emoticons, but you can also see how the same emoticon looks on different platforms. Many unexpected discoveries await you.

Where emoticons fit

1. In informal friendly correspondence

Funny yellow faces are appropriate in a personal chat where you share not so much information as your mood. With the help of emoticons, you will laugh at a joke, sympathize, build faces at each other. This is where emotions come in.

2. When emotions splash over the edge and there are not enough words

Sometimes, when something very important happens in our life, feelings overwhelm us so much that we are about to burst. Then we write an emotional post on Facebook or post a dazzling photo on Instagram and decorate it with a generous scattering of emojis. Of course, someone will not like this, but what now, to stifle all the vivid sensations in yourself? The main thing is not to abuse such a public display of violent emotions: this will alienate subscribers and call into question your adequacy.

3. By agreement to highlight the message in the working correspondence

This is a very simple and convenient way to make important messages that require urgent response visible. For example, great for these purposes. But you need to agree in advance which cases in your company are considered urgent and which emoticon you will use for this.

It is important not to overdo it: if you have one emoticon for messages about emergencies, the second for urgent questions, the third for important news, then soon all work correspondence will turn into a New Year's garland that no one is looking at.

When is the best time to avoid emoticons?

1. In business correspondence

Work is not a place for emotions. Here you need calmness, concentration and professionalism. Even if you want to emphasize your goodwill or express concern about the situation, use for these purposes, not emoticons.

2. When communicating with foreigners

This is especially true for emoji gestures. For example, to whom you wanted to express approval will put an end to your good relationship with a person from Greece or Thailand. Still, because with this gesture you sent him to hell.

Therefore, if you are not sure of your deep knowledge of the peculiarities of the national culture of your interlocutor, do not risk it.

3. Oddly enough, when you discuss feelings and emotions

Feelings are serious business. If you are not just chatting, but revealing your soul or sharing something important, words will convey your feelings and experiences much more accurately than emoticons. “You are dearer to me than anyone in the world” means much more than ten hearts in a row. In the end, you have only one heart, so give it.

Remember that emoji are the seasoning, not the main ingredient. To give expressiveness to your message, you need very few of them.

Emoji language

Judging by the fact that today almost no personal correspondence can do without emoticons, we can safely say that emoji have become an independent section of the language. Sometimes they even pretend to replace the language: you can write a whole message using only emoticons. The popular American TV show Ellen DeGeneres even has a special section in which guests are invited to read a phrase where some of the words are replaced by emoji:

And here the name of the film is encrypted, which we invite you to guess.

Today we will tell you what the mysterious emoticon 3 means on the VKontakte social network, tell you its meanings and in what cases it is used.

But first a little history

Our modern life is saturated with social networks. Sitting there for hours, people get to know each other, communicate, exchange emotions and news. And the new generation cannot even imagine their life without social networks. For young people, not even half an hour passes without the status of "online".

To enhance emotional perception and clarify the meaning of the message, as well as for the speed of communication, in 1982, scientists from the United States of America invented emoticons (emotional icons), better known as emoticons. After this discovery, life and communication on the Internet and via SMS have changed a lot. Now, in order to show your mood or emotions, the interlocutor does not need to write a huge sentence - you just need to type a few characters.

What is the “3” emoticon in VK for and how to use it correctly?

Often, when communicating on VK, interlocutors exchange emoticons and signs. Some of them are familiar to many, and some make you think about what emotion the interlocutor expresses with this emoticon? An unknown emoticon can significantly change the conversation, and the interlocutors will remain misunderstood.

One of these emoticons is "3". At first glance, it is an incomprehensible and frightening symbol, but if you turn on the imagination and turn "3" to the right, we will get a cute smiling face of a kitten, or, well, a part of the face showing a smile. Another name for this emoticon is "nyashka".

The word "Nyashka" comes from the Japanese word "nya", if translated into Russian - "meow". Previously, this was the name of girls from Japanese anime. The girls had a pretty appearance and spoke in a cute voice, reminiscent of a cat's meow. When I saw them, I wanted to say "cute". Now the word "nyashka" refers to everything cute and cute: cats with a bow, dogs on a beautiful bed, cute smiling children, etc.

Also, "nyashka" is called people in an ironic sense. Those who want to be deliberately too sugary or cute.

Another name for the “3” emoticon is “lips with a bow”. Indeed, this sign is suitable for such an expression. The meaning is the same as "nyashka" - tenderness, pleasure and satisfaction.

Hence the conclusion follows that the sign "3" in VK means tenderness, mercy, cute. By sending such a smiley, the interlocutor is trying to express his emotion and satisfaction to the opponent. In general, this is a very kind and sweet sign, so when communicating on social networks, do not neglect it, give your loved ones only positive emotions.