This is a list of notable and commonly used emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's mood or facial expression in the form of icons. The Western use of emoticons is much different than the Eastern use, and Internet forums, such as 2channel, show expressions in their own ways. In recent times, graphic representations, both static and animated, have taken the place of traditional emoticons.

Western

The emoticon in Western style is written most often from left to right. Thus, most commonly, one will see the eyes on the left, followed by the nose and mouth. Typically, a colon is used for the eyes of a face. However, an equal sign, a number 8, and a capital letter B are also used interchangeably.

Icon - 3 -	Meaning
:&	Fail Face
:-) :) :o) :] :3 :c) :> =] 8) =)	smiley or happy face, version without colon common in Russia
:-D :D 8D =D	cock and balls, big grin
:-( :( :c :<<></<>code>	frown
D: D8 D; D=	horror, disgust sad
:9	yummy licking chops while smiling
;-) ;) *) ;] ;D	wink
:-P :P :-p :p :-Þ :Þ :-b :b	tongue sticking out, blowing a raspberry
:-O :O 8O O_O OwO O-O 0_o O_o O3O o0o	surprise, shock
:-/ :/ :S :>	skeptical, annoyed, uneasy
:-\	Undecided smiley
:-X :X :-# :#	sealed lips, embarrassed
O:-) O:)	angel innocent
:'-( :'( :,(	crying
:-* :*	kiss
>:) >:D }:) >:-)	evil face
B)	shades
>.> <.<>_> <_< <=""></_<>code></.<>	look that way
:-!	sarcasm / irony
:B	buck teeth
D: >:( D-: >:-( :-@ ;( `_´	angry, mad
<3<></3<>code>	love, heart, less than 3
>°,,,°<<></<>code>	Master Crab
\,,/ \m/	Rock on, sign of the horns
( ^_^)=mm=(^_^ )	Brofist
\o/	Praise, excitement, jumping for joy
\o o/	Greeting, hello, goodbye, zeig heil
8==D	Phallus
o/\o	High five
( o Y o )	Breasts
=]8^{D~	King Diamond
=8-(	Bad Hair Day
=1 or :1	Sly Smirk
( > .. > )	Alien
: {) : {o :-{) : {D	Moustache-y Face per Lynda Julie (for referral to people with Moustaches - Jonn Waters, Burt Reynolds, etc.)
>(^.^)><(^.^)<<></(^.^)<<>code>	hug
(¯`v´¯) .`•.¸.•´ ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•´ Eastern emoticons Users from East Asia popularized a style of emoticons endemic to their region. Icon Meaning d^_^b d-_-b listening to music, thumbs up (^_^) (^-^) (^ ^) (^.^) ??? smiley (~_^) (^_~) ~.^ ^.~ wink (>_<) (="">.<)></)></)> in pain, frustrated (>_>) (¬_¬) annoyed or rhetorical (-_-) upset, sighing (^o^) singing, laughing (^3^) kiss (^_^') ^_^" ^_^; ^.^; ^^; ^^' nervous, sweat-drop, embarrassed d(>w<)B></)B> double thumbs up q(;^;)p double thumbs down (;_;) (T_T) (T~T) (ToT) (T^T) crying (._.) (,_,) disappointed, bitter (-.-)zzZ -_-zzZ sleeping (X_X) x_x dead 0.o O_o ಠ_ಠ ಠ_ರೃ (*_*) Surprise or Disbelief. Not Amused. Look of Disapproval ^///^ >/// >///> o///o -///- =///= Blushing, Embarrassed ( °٢° ) drooling _|_ (-.-) _|_ t(>. Flipping Off (V)!_!(V) Crab Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Butterfly ツ Smile 2channel emoticons The Japanese language is usually encoded using double-byte character codes, which can be reproduced as ASCII art. m9(^Д^) supercilious attitude, point and laugh m(_ _)m kowtow as a sign of respect, or dogeza for apology （´・ω・｀） deflated <`∀´> or <丶｀∀´></丶｀∀´></`∀´> stereotypical Korean character (Nidā) ［　(★)　］ <丶´Д｀></丶´Д｀> stereotypical North Korean character (Kigā) 　　 ∧＿∧ （ ；´Д｀） Japanese character (Monā) 　　 ∧∧ ／ 中＼ （ 　｀ハ´） stereotypical Chinese character (Sinā) 　　 ∧∧ 　／　台＼ 　（　＾∀＾） stereotypical Taiwanese character (Wanā) ∧∧ ／ 越 ＼ （ ・∀・ ） stereotypical Vietnamese character (Venā) γ~三ヽ (三彡０ﾐ) （　´∀｀） stereotypical Indian Character (Monastē) |￣￣| ＿☆☆☆＿ （ ´_⊃｀） stereotypical American character (Samū) 　┏━┓ ━━━━━━ ﾐΘc_Θ-ﾐ stereotypical Jewish character (Yudā) ＿＿ │〓.│ ━━━━━ ﾐ　´_＞｀） stereotypical English character (Jakū) ____ （〓__＞ ξ ・_>・） stereotypical French character (Torirī) _、,_ ﾐ　　_⊃） stereotypical German character (Gerumandamu) ≡≡彡 彡 ´_)｀ ） stereotypical Austrian character (Osutō) ,,,,,,,,,,,,, 　ﾐ;;;,,,,,,,ﾐ　 （　｀_っ´） stereotypical Russian character (Rosukī) _γ⌒ヽ_ lXXXXXXXXl 　（　´ｍ｀） stereotypical Mexican character (Amīgo) (`･ω･´) feel perky ＿|￣|○ given up (｀-´)> salute (´；ω；`) terribly sad ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ peace of mind ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ be irritable (＃ﾟДﾟ) angry （ ´Д｀） yelling, or panting （　ﾟДﾟ） surprised, or loudmouthed ┐('～`；)┌ don't know the answer （´∀｀） carefree （　´_ゝ`） indifferent Σ(゜д゜;) shocked ( ﾟ ヮﾟ) happy, upbeat ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !   "It's here", a general expression of excitement that something has appeared or happened or "I came". ｷﾀﾜァ*･゜ﾟ･*:.｡..｡.:*･゜(n‘∀‘)ηﾟ･*:.｡. .｡.:*･゜ﾟ･* !   Girlish version of "It's here". ⊂二二二（　＾ω＾）二⊃ "bu-n", being carefree and above, with arms stretched out while running/soaring. (*´Д`)ﾊｧﾊｧ Erotic stirring, haa haa (　´Д｀)ﾉ(´･ω･`)　ﾅﾃﾞﾅﾃﾞ Patting, nade nade (((( ；ﾟДﾟ))) Spook Σ(ﾟДﾟ) Huge surprise ( ´∀｀)σ)∀`) Jog someone's cheek （・∀・ ）ヾ(- -；)コラコラ Blaming "now now" ( ﾟдﾟ) Amazed (´ー`)y-~~ Smoking （ ^_^）o自自o（^_^ ） Toast "Cheers" m9(・∀・) Flash of intuition ヽ(´ー`)人(´∇｀)人(`Д´)ノ Friendly ('A`) Lonely （ ´,_ゝ`) Depressed, unsatisfied (based on indifferent) （´-`）.｡oO( ... ) Thinking (ﾟДﾟ;≡;ﾟДﾟ) Impatience ( ´д)ﾋｿ(´Д｀)ﾋｿ(Д｀ ) Whispers （･∀･)つ⑩ Carrying money ⊂（ﾟДﾟ⊂⌒｀つ≡≡≡(´⌒;;;≡≡≡ Sliding on belly, "whooaaa !" (ﾟдﾟ) Unforeseen (ﾟ⊿ﾟ) "I don't need it" щ(ﾟДﾟщ) Come on （・∀・） Mocking, "good" （・Ａ・） "That's bad" (ﾟ∀ﾟ) Discharged drug-in-brain, goofing around, "A-HYA!" （ つ Д ｀） Sad エェェ(´д｀)ェェエ Not convincing (￣ー￣) Simper, Snorlax ( ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｱﾊﾊ八八ﾉヽﾉヽﾉヽﾉ ＼ / ＼/ ＼ Evil laugh (literally ahahaHAHA...) [ﾟдﾟ] Deflagged ♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ ( ･o･) ┓♪┏ ( ) ┛♪┗ (･o･ ) ┓♪┏(･o･)┛♪ Happy expressions, dancing to the music d(*⌒▽⌒*)b Happy expression STO or orz or OTZ or OTL Despair. The "O" or "o" represents one's head on the ground, "T" or "r" forms the torso and "S" or "z" forms the legs. OGC Rotate your head 90° counter clockwise and you'll see a Man masturbating. "O" is ones head, "G" represents his body and penis with hand, and "C" is legs (╬ ಠ益ಠ) Extreme Distaste, meant to appear as an exaggerated grimace (&gE;ロ&lE;) Shouting (ΘεΘ;) Pretending not to notice, asleep because of boredom お(^o^)や(^O^)す(^｡^)みぃ(^-^)ﾉﾞ "Goodnight" (*ﾟﾉOﾟ)<ｵｵｵｵｫｫｫｫｫｫｫｰｰｰｰｰｲ!></ｵｵｵｵｫｫｫｫｫｫｫｰｰｰｰｰｲ!> Calling out, "Ooooi!" ＼| ￣ヘ￣|／＿＿＿＿＿＿＿θ☆( *o*)/ Kick （‐＾▽＾‐）オーホッホ Chuckle ┌(；`～,)┐ Discombobulated ε=ε=ε=┌(;*´Д`)ﾉ Running ヽ(´▽`)/ Happy ^ㅂ^ Happy (l'o'l) Shocked ヽ(ｏ`皿′ｏ)ﾉ really angry o/ o_ o/ o_ respect ٩(̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾)۶ a hug Graphic emoticons Graphic emoticons are small images that often automatically replace typed text. These are commonly used instead of the older text variants, especially on Internet forums and instant messenger programs. See also References http://club.pep.ne.jp/~hiroette/en/facemarks/body.html http://love6.2ch.net/kao/ 2channel Board for Emoticons http://www14.atwiki.jp/aa_coldwar/pages/1.html http://love6.2ch.net/kao/ 2channel Board for Emoticons