People who actively communicate on the Internet have their own system of signs for conveying emotions. They are called emoticons or emoticons. Now we will figure out what these signs are and learn to understand them.
A smiley (smile) is an opportunity to convey a certain emotion in a letter. To do this, use several punctuation marks or a corresponding picture.
There are two types of such signs most often used. Funny:
And sad:
They are done using a colon and an open or closed parenthesis (without a space between them). Some also use the option with a hyphen or equal sign in the middle. For example,
:-) or :=)
And there are all sorts of other more sophisticated emoticons, but more on that later.
Actually, a smiley is something like this:
He may smile, be sad, be surprised, be angry, or experience other emotions.
Such pictures are “embedded” in different systems communication: in Cell phones, emails, social networks, some programs (for example, Skype).
The principle is simple: you type a message and add a suitable face to it. After sending, the recipient sees both the text and this picture.
An example from a conversation on Skype:
But such pictures cannot be used everywhere - very often they cannot be inserted technically. And sometimes it's just not very convenient. Then they are replaced by a set of signs.
What to remember. There are two main emoticons from the signs - cheerful :) and sad :(
And also quite often under-smiles are used - they consist of only one bracket, without other characters. They are usually used by very sociable people or those who type quickly (to save time).
Often, not one parenthesis is used, but several. Sometimes there are too many of them)))))))))))
How to decrypt. Actually, a smiley consisting of characters is a face turned on its side. That is, to see it as it was intended, you need to mentally rotate this sign 90 degrees clockwise. Or look at him, tilting his head to the left - as if laying it on his left shoulder.
Take, for example, the usual cheerful emoticon:
Rotate it 90 degrees clockwise and get the following picture:
That is, we get, as it were, two eyes and a smile. Here is its analogue in the picture:
But you don’t always need to rotate emoticons to decipher the meaning. Some need to be looked at as usual (directly). For example:
(^_^)
In personal communication, we convey a lot not only with words, but also with the intonation with which we speak them. And also facial expressions, gestures, posture.
You can say the same word with different “shades” - jokingly, indignantly, sadly. This not only conveys the mood, but can also radically change the meaning of the message.
We also use other non-verbal things that “explain” our mood and state to the interlocutor. We laugh, we sigh, we cry.
But if there is no opportunity to talk to a person in person, but you need to convey some kind of emotion, then you have to get more sophisticated.
Previously, when all long-distance communication took place only through paper letters, people simply used more words to do this. The letters were long and emotional. But now, in the period of accessible mobile communications and the Internet, emoticons are used for this purpose.
Why? Yes, because it's easy and fast. Just a couple of signs - and the proposal is already colored by a certain mood. And sometimes you can completely change its meaning.
As for writing. A full-fledged smiley must be separated from the text by a space. There is no punctuation mark after it. It is advisable to start the next sentence on a new line rather than continue the text.
Lack of emoticons need not be separated from the text by a space:
Regarding use. In personal correspondence with people who know you well, you can use any emoticons in any quantity. The main thing is that the person treats this normally and understands what you mean.
But in business correspondence it is better not to use them at all. Or do it extremely rarely, if you can’t do without it.
For example, I communicate with a business partner. He tells me that one of the workers is delaying the deadline. This did not come as a surprise to me - this worker had already repeatedly said one thing and done another. Here's how the conversation goes:
Of course, I could write something like: “From the very beginning I thought that Andrey would delay the deadline, since this has already happened more than once. Therefore, I am completely calm - this situation only makes me smile.” But this is not very appropriate, and it takes too long.
Nowadays, when dealing with business correspondence, it is customary to answer briefly and to the point, without lyrical digressions.
That is, in business correspondence, emoticons should be used very, very rarely, unless it is really necessary.
Exception: when communication takes place as equals, and not from the position of boss/subordinate (doctor/patient), then if your interlocutor actively uses emoticons, I recommend doing the same. Otherwise, he may consider you aggressive (unfriendly).
For example, you are writing a letter to a person who does not know you. This letter should not be peppered with emoticons - it is advisable not to use them at all.
People came up with a huge number of them - both in pictures and in signs.
Here, for example, are the types of pictures (taken from Skype):
As you can see, among them there are not only koloboks with different moods. But this is not all that has been invented and used. On forums, for example, there are several times more such pictures.
As for emoticons made from signs, this is more difficult. There are also very, very many of them, but it is often not so easy to determine what they mean. But studying their decoding is pointless, since it differs in different cultures and subcultures. So now I’ll just show you the most common ones.
Here are variations of the classic cheerful smiley:
| :} | :] | :v) | :-j | :n) | }:-) | :-9 |
| %) | :o) | :^) | IN-) | :u) | @:-) | :*) |
| =) | :0) | 8) | :-> | {:-) | [:-) | ABOUT-) |
If you turn the bracket the other way, the meaning will change the other way around - he will become sad. And if instead of a colon there is a semicolon (or just a period/comma), then he is winking:
And here are the dissatisfied emoticons:
:-/ >:-(>:-[ :-C
Shows tongue:
There is another type of “face” - Japanese. To decipher such icons you do not need to rotate them. That is, we look at them as they are, without tilting our heads. Here are some examples:
(^_^) or ^_^ fun, joy
(;_;) (T_T) sadness, sadness
o_O (@@) surprise
Here is a transcript of popular Japanese emoticons (click on the picture to enlarge):
I have given the most common “faces” signs. But there are hundreds and thousands more.
Use it for your health, but do not abuse it. Everything is good in moderation!
Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Using emoticons when communicating in chats, forums, social networks, when posting comments on blogs and even in business correspondence on modern stage Internet development is already quite commonplace. Moreover, emoticons can be displayed both in the form of simple text symbols and in graphic form, which adds the possibility of 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 corresponding 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 smiley you need in a special list to insert it, and on the other hand, in order not to look for the necessary encoding every time, it is quite possible to remember the sequence of simple text characters that reflect the most frequently expressed types of emotional state, and insert them into the text of the message.
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 started the development modern Internet, people got the opportunity for almost unlimited communication with each other.
However, on the World Wide Web, from the very beginning, communication was carried out in in writing(and even today this type of dialogue is still very popular), but 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 mass scale.
Naturally, the question arose of how to smooth out this shortcoming. It is not known for certain who first proposed text signs reflecting this or that emotion.
According to some reports, it was a famous American computer scientist Scott Elliot Fahlman, who proposed using a set of symbols for humorous messages :-), in a different interpretation :) . If you tilt your head to the left, you will see what is essentially a cheerful smiley face:
And for messages containing some kind of negative information that can evoke emotions of the opposite nature, the same Falman came up with another combination of symbols:-(or:(. As a result, if we rotate it 90°, we will see a sad emoticon:
By the way, since the first emoticons primarily identified the emotional background of the interlocutors, they received the name emoticons. This name comes from the abbreviated English expression emot ion icon— an icon with an expression of emotion.
So, a start has been made in this area, all that remains is to pick up the idea and choose simple text signs with which one could easily and simply reflect other expressions of mood and emotional state. Here are some emoticons from the symbols and their interpretation:
By the way, some emoticons from signs, when inserted, can be displayed in graphic form (this will be discussed in today’s article), but not always and not everywhere.
Below I will give a number of simple symbolic emoticons that reflect the state, character traits of people, their attitude towards their interlocutors, emotional actions or gestures, as well as images of creatures, animals and flowers:
If you wish, you can invent emoticons yourself by typing certain characters (letters, numbers or symbols) 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, a dog (as well as, say, a rabbit) or one of the parts of a heart. And emoticons with P mean sticking out tongue. There is room for creativity.
Above were classic emoticons made up of text symbols, which are interpreted and take on the correct shape only if you tilt your head to the left or mentally rotate such an image 90° to the right.
Japanese emoticons are more convenient in this regard; when looking at them, you do not need to tilt your head, 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 found on any keyboard and the use of hieroglyphs.
Japanese term «顔文字» when translated into Latin it looks like “Kaomoji”. In fact, the phrase “kaomoji” is very close to the concept of “smile” (English smile - smile), since "kao" (顔) means "face" and "moji" (文字)- “symbol”, “letter”.
Even with a quick analysis of the meanings of these terms, it is noticeable that Europeans and residents of most countries where the Latin alphabet is common pay more attention to such an element as the mouth (smile) when expressing emotions. For the Japanese, all components of the face are important, especially the eyes. This is expressed in true (not modified) kaomoji.
Subsequently, Japanese emoticons became widespread in Southeast Asia, and today they are used throughout the world. Moreover, they can consist not only of symbols and hieroglyphs, but are often supplemented, for example, with letters and signs of the Latin or Arabic alphabet. First, let's see what do some simple horizontal text emoticons mean?:
Well, now a few horizontal emoticons that reflect frequently encountered emotions, composed of more complex symbols and signs, as well as their designations:
Naturally, Japanese emoticons, which use not only service symbols and punctuation marks, but also complex letters the katakana alphabet provide more opportunities to express not only emotions through facial expressions, but also through gestures.
For example, an emoticon has become widespread on the Internet, shrugging shoulders and throwing up hands. What does it mean? Most likely an apology with a hint of awkwardness:
This emoticon appeared thanks to the famous rapper Kanye West, who unexpectedly interrupted the presenter's speech at the Video Music Awards in 2010, and then demonstrated such a gesture, admitting the incorrectness of his behavior (the emoticon that shrugs its shoulders and spreads its arms was called “Kanye shoulders” and became a real meme):
If you are interested in exploring the complete collection of kaomoji that reflect emotions, forms of movement, states, types of animals, etc., then visit here is this resource, where they can be easily copied and pasted into the desired location.
So, above we examined 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 were guaranteed to acquire the appearance of images after insertion, and in any place where you place 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 the huge number of them and the number of users on the Internet, such a solution does not seem ideal, since it will inevitably negatively affect bandwidth global network. But the use of codes in this situation is just right.
As a result, popular engines used for forums and blogs (for example, 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 PCs and mobile devices(Skype, Telegram, Viber, Whatsapp).
It is graphic pictograms that 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).
Think, Japanese name small pictures that appear in the text to display emotions, feelings and states are most fair, since it was in Japan that symbolic images were born that do 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 smiley may be displayed differently when inserting the same Unicode code corresponding to a specific value:
Another important point. By default, the emoji smiley will be executed in black and white or displayed as a rectangle😀 (it all depends on the platform that is used where it is inserted). You can verify this if visit encoder and try to insert HTML codes corresponding to different emoticons into the field on the right:
Similar emojis will look exactly like this in the browser. 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 latest versions WordPress (I don’t remember which one) had emoji enabled by default, but I had to disable them due to a serious increase in ., which I try to constantly monitor.
So for small businesses with limited resources, emojis are not always a boon. After disabling, when you try to insert emojis into the text of an article or comment, emoticons will be present in black and white version or in the shape of a rectangle.
But in popular social networks, the use of the appropriate HTML code by any user 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 distributed among sections:
Select the required image from the “Native” column and copy it to using context menu or Ctrl+C. Then open a page of some kind in a new tab social network, forum, chat, even your own Email and paste this code into the message you want to send using the same menu or Ctrl+V.
Now watch the video, which presents 10 emojis whose real meaning you may not even know.
Emoticons from symbols meet Lately Often. And rightly so, because another more universal and fast way displaying your emotions and experiences during text correspondence does not exist. Today, almost everyone knows at least two or three sets of symbols that represent emotions. This set includes parentheses to show a person's lips, colons to show a person's eyes, and a semicolon to show a wink. However, you may come across an emoji written in symbols and not understand its meaning. This article will help you get closer to understanding text emoticons and remember combinations of symbols to display your emotions in text correspondence.
Even modern written speech is not endowed with the properties of quickly displaying emotions, so that at the time of writing the text the author could show the experiences he was experiencing. Only using a couple of sentences or phrases. Before the era of the global spread of the Internet, there were no problems with displaying the emotional component of the writer. Only with the advent of the Internet and increasing communication through writing text messages in chats, instant messengers, forums, and so on, such problems appeared. It would be inappropriate to write in a message that you are now smiling or winking at your interlocutor - it would look more like absurdity, and if there is no emotional component at all, then the result will be a dry and callous dialogue.
When communicating in real time, it is not possible to select words to display emotions. You can use a question mark for a question, an exclamation mark for admiration, but how can you show your seriousness to your interlocutor or that you were joking? All these problems were solved in the early 80s. Then it was proposed to add the symbols colon, dash and closing bracket to humorous messages, that is :-) — text version of a smiling face (side view). This set of symbols is a smiling emoticon. Subsequently, the dash and then the colon were no longer used and they were simply written as a closing parenthesis ) .
For messages that are filled with sadness and feelings, it was proposed to assign a set of text characters with a colon, a dash and an opening parenthesis, that is :-(. This set of text symbols shows a face with eyes, a nose and downturned corners of the lips. As with the joyful, smiling emoticon, in the sad emoticon they subsequently stopped writing the symbols colon and dash, but began to write the sorry opening parenthesis (.
Thus began the widespread and varied use of emoticons in the form of text symbols. The main emphasis is on quickly expressing emotions using some sets of text symbols, but semantic emoticons are also used to show states, actions, surrounding nature, and so on. There is no standard set of text characters, since everyone writes them differently.
Let's consider various options character emoticons.
Indication of emoticons of emotions from symbols on the keyboard:
Horizontal or Japanese character emoticons are those that can be understood without tilting your head to the side, such as with a smiley face :-).
The most common horizontal text emoticons are:
Cool emoticons consisting of several symbols - your imagination is limitless.
What do emoticons mean? How to decipher them? These are the questions guys ask when they first get on social networks. After all, emoticons on social networks, as well as on VK, are a traditional and simple way to express long phrases with one picture.
A person is not always able to express his emotions through familiar words; sometimes even the most beautiful phrases do not reflect the essence of the conversation. And then the thread of the conversation is lost, since the interlocutor on the other side of the screen is also not a telepath and does not read thoughts.
Online correspondence is a special type of conversation in which, just like in a personal meeting, emotions and the ability to express them play a big role. The opponent cannot see facial expressions, hand movements, or hear surprised or questioning intonations. That's when emoticons will become useful.
Any social network provides its users with a truly huge selection of emoticons for all occasions. And we will mainly focus on VK. Since mostly children and teenagers sit there, as well as some young parents, it will be interesting to learn about emoticons on VK.
What do emoticons mean? These symbols help to clearly and harmoniously describe the necessary state, express an emotional reaction and eliminate the lack of vocabulary.
Most social networks, as well as any other resources for interactive communication, have in their arsenal a certain number of so-called hidden emoticons. Most users simply do not know about such a function, since the administration of the communities themselves deliberately does not disseminate such information. And yet – they exist, there are quite a lot of them, and they are absolutely free!
Each emoticon has a specific character code that belongs only to it. Therefore, in order to send such an emoticon to a friend, you need to write this very code into the clipboard, or copy it directly into the message you are sending. So, where can you get these secret signs to diversify your Internet vocabulary with them?
Below in this article the main codes will be given, and by writing them, anyone will receive unique emotions and symbols of actions. It is also important that these emoticons are suitable for sending not only in personal messages, but also for comments on photos, videos and other posts of friends. The standard set of faces that open during communication does not provide such a function. Hidden emoticons can even be added to the status; the main thing is to know what this or that sign means.
Inserting the required character into your text is quite easy - the Ctrl+V combination or the “Insert” mouse menu item will help with this.
Just ten years ago, everyone was actively using ICQ. Over time, more modern programs supplanted this method of communication, but the emoticons that were in ICQ have taken root in everyday life and are loved by many. How to get those very first and most positive emoticons? If your skill allows, you can install a special application, for example, “Vkopt” or “vkPlugin”. Each of them has its own catalog of emoticons, about thirty unique images, from good-natured and laughing to angry and sarcastic. In addition to the standard yellow faces, the applications will also delight you with cheerful blue ones.
Of course, emoticons will not replace your live communication with your peers and friends, but they can decorate online dialogues with incredible colors of emotion and understanding. You simply cannot allow communication to be reduced only to the exchange of symbols, even if they are eloquent, and sometimes you are simply too lazy to write a succinct and detailed answer. If writing is completely unbearable, agree with your interlocutor and create a smiley comic, the meaning of which will be accessible only to two. Overusing emoticons is ugly, expressing your opinion using funny symbols is modern and relevant.
Recently, VKontakte has been offering us a lot of new stickers, some of them are free, others will have to be paid for with real money.
What is a sticker? This is a large picture on a given topic: cats, faces, people, fruits and vegetables, cars and others. They are available in the regular emoticons menu, which opens to any user during correspondence. But the site developers, for the most part, provide access to most of the stickers only for money.
Sometimes new thematic collections are released for free access, but really cool and individual ones are not included in this list. These paid stickers can be obtained in three ways: pay for them, ask a friend for stickers as a gift, or download the corresponding plugin. The third method is the most logical and fastest; besides, extensions will allow you to attach stickers not only to messages, but also to add them to comments.
The choice of such programs is so wide that it simply makes no sense to list them all here. Each of us can “Google” and choose an extension that will match his operating system.
If during a conversation in the dialogue field when you click on a sticker from the plugin, only its digital code appears - do not panic; when sending it, the picture itself will be displayed to the interlocutor. This is a peculiar feature of the work of such add-on programs.
The emotional meaning of emoticons - what each of them means and how to use it correctly
Now let's talk about how to correctly use symbols in Internet speech.
| Smiley | VK emoticon code | Decoding VKontakte emoticons - meaning, options and cases for displaying an emoticon |
| 😊 | - It's a smile. The simplest and most polite symbol that denotes your good nature, agreement with the opinion of your interlocutor, satisfaction with the tone of the conversation and simply a good mood. It is always appropriate to use it if you like your opponent and the conversation is about pleasant things. | |
| 😆 | - laughter to tears. Respond to them with a really great joke or a great quip. | |
| 😍 | - love. No explanation is needed here, but sending it to everyone indiscriminately is also not very nice. Leave it only for the chosen few. | |
| 😒 | - chagrin. You can show them the full extent of your confusion and non-acceptance of the situation that has arisen. A very deep emotion and does not require any verbal additions. | |
| 😘 | - light flirting. A symbolic declaration of love, often acts as a sign of gratitude for help or advice. Sent to close friends or relatives. | |
| 😛 | - tease. Used to provoke an argument or as a symbol of disbelief, for example, in a story told by a friend. | |
| 😡 | - very angry. Just evil and despicable. Extreme intensity of conversation, resentment, indignation. | |
| 😦 | - bewilderment and fear. You can post it at any incomprehensible moment, and also when the opinion of your interlocutor is extremely contrary to your own. | |
| 😏 | - a contemptuous grin. Used to respond to messages that contain false information and you know it. | |
| 😎 | - incredibly cool. Indicates the degree of your significance and steepness. Feel free to post it when you definitely have something to brag about. |
Now they are very popular and even touching. Let's talk about cats. These are well-known symbols, but the funny face in them is replaced by a cat’s face. The decoding of the emoticons of cat faces is given below (the most popular emoticons pictures are taken):
| Smiley |
VK emoticon code |
Decoding emoticons |
| 😺 | - cat in isolation. Hints to the interlocutor about that. That it's time to go outside and really have fun | |
| 🙀 | - "nichosi" kotan. A sign of extreme surprise, fear and distrust. This symbol suggests that you are expecting some explanation from your interlocutor regarding his actions. | |
| 😾 | - dissatisfied cat. It describes the extent of your dissatisfaction with a friend's conversation or actions. And if he doesn’t apologize right now, you may be very offended | |
| 😸 | - miracle cat. You really have fun, the conversation is pleasant, and the jokes told by your friend are very funny | |
| 😹 | - just in tears. It is used when there is no longer any strength left to hold back laughter, and from this laughter you can no longer really say anything | |
| 😿 | - crying cat. A symbol of despair, resentment, extreme disappointment. A very sincere and trusting smiley | |
| 😼 | - kitty - suspect. A sarcastic face hints to your interlocutor not only that you are superior to him, but also shows a sarcastic smile, which can both provoke a friend and offend him. | |
| 😻 | - March cat. A symbol of extreme love and affection for a conversation partner | |
| 😽 | - a kiss for good luck. This emoticon is usually used to end a conversation with a loved one or just a good friend. |
| Smiley | Emoticon code on VKontakte |
Decoding emoticons |
| 📢 | - can you hear me? Attracts the attention of the interlocutor | |
| 📖 | - I am reading. Indicates that you are currently busy | |
| 📮 | - open mailbox - I'm waiting for a letter from you | |
| 🚖 | - bright sun. Means that you are in a sunny mood and are inclined not to quarrel | |
| 🙌 | — timeout. They throw it into the chat when they want to interrupt the conversation or change the topic. This smiley is good for resolving suddenly arising negative disputes and stopping aggression. | |
| 🛁 | - shower. Everything here is extremely simple - I went for a swim | |
| 🚫 | - stop or you can’t go any further. It means that you are very busy right now, so you are not able to maintain a dialogue | |
| Ⓜ | - metro. You are leaving or invite a friend to meet you at a certain metro station. Just don't forget to check with which | |
| ☎ | - telephone. Non-verbal substitute for the phrase - “Sorry, I was distracted by a call.” | |
| ☝ | - attention! This way you show that you are going to say an important or significant phrase, and attract the attention of your friend |
| Smiley |
Emoticon code | Deciphering VKontakte emoticons |
| 🍳 | - scrambled eggs. “How about we go have lunch? In another meaning - a direct invitation to dinner | |
| 🎁 | - present. “Give me such and such.” Allegorically, this emoticon can describe an item that was recently given to you. | |
| 🎂 | - birthday cake. So you say that you are invited to a celebration, or that you are invited to a celebration | |
| 🎆 | - fireworks. You offer your friend not just to have fun, but to organize a grand party that you both will remember for a long time | |
| 🎦 | - movie camera. “Shall we go watch a movie?” This same emoticon can be used to start a description of a movie that you recently watched and were pleased with its plot. | |
| 🎮 | — joystick. Invitation to a network game | |
| 🎳 | - pins and ball. Denotes not only bowling itself, but also any active pastime | |
| 🎿 | - let's go skiing or play sports in general | |
| 💤 | dream. He talks about the end of the conversation and that it’s high time for both of you to go to bed | |
| 👀 | - What? Where? Hint to your opponent about the need to pay close attention to an event, video, person, etc. |
This is the decoding of VKontakte emoticons that we offer you. Now you know the meaning of emoticons and in front of you in the tables is their decoding for use on the popular social network VKontakte.
What does this or that Emoji mean? Many people ask this question because it is not always clear what a smile means. Emoji with two hands together, for example. What does this emoticon mean? Is it two people giving each other a high five? Or is it someone praying? If you sometimes doubt what an Emoji means, then we have prepared some tips that will help you answer this question.
There are several ways to find out the meaning of an emoji smiley on your Mac.
The first method is quite simple:
Step 1: In the Messages app on your Mac, tap an emoji to open the Emoji keyboard.
Step 2: Find the emoji whose meaning you want to know.
Step 3: Hover your cursor over an Emoji and after a couple of seconds, you will see a tooltip with a description of this smiley.
Second way:
Step 1: In any application, go to Menu Bar > Edit > Emoji Icons and Symbols (or Special Characters in some versions of OS X). This will bring up a window with all the symbols present on your computer.
Step 2: Select Emoji in the left sidebar.
Step 3: Select the Emoji whose meaning you want to know and click on it.
Step 4: On the right side, you will be presented with the meaning of this Emoji.
If on a Mac you can easily find out what a smiley emoji means, then on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch it is more difficult. We're going to use the feature to say the name of the emoji out loud.
Note that for some reason, this feature is not available on iOS 9, but it still works on older versions of iOS. It is not known why Apple removed this feature, it may have been a mistake and they will be bringing it back in the future.
Step 1: On your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, go to menu Settings > General > Accessibility > Speech and turn it on Pronunciation.
Step 2: Create a new email or note and insert the Emoji whose meaning you want to know.
Step 3: Select an emoticon and select “Say” in the menu. Siri will say the name and symbol of the emoji.
