An emoticon is a set of symbols, 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 emails and text messages. The most famous is the smiley face, i.e. smile - :-).
There is no clear and reliable evidence of who invented the smiley face. Of course, you 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 a copy of the American magazine Puck from 1881, see example:
Yes, there are a lot of such examples in history, but it is generally believed that Scott Fahlman, a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, was responsible for the first digital form of an emoticon. He suggested to distinguish serious messages from frivolous in their use of emoticons :-) and :-(. It was already September 19, 1982. This is especially useful when the mood of your message may be misinterpreted.
YES, BUT YOU NEVER COME ON TIME, ANYWHERE.
YES, BUT YOU NEVER COME ON TIME, ANYWHERE. ;-)
Nevertheless, 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, with Nicolas's father, Franklin Laufrani. It was he who, as a journalist for the French newspaper France Soir, published an article on January 1, 1972, under the headline "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 much used on mobile phones, and began to develop directly animated emoticons that would correspond to ASCII emoticons consisting of simple characters, i.e. what we now use and used 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 widespread use of this project did not happen. Maybe because, in 2001, Laufrani's creations were licensed by Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, and other mobile phone manufacturers, who later began offering them to their users. After that, the world was just inundated with various interpretations of emoticons and emoticons.
The following variations with greases and emoticons became the appearance stickers in 2011. They were created by the leading Internet company in Korea - Naver. The company has developed a messaging platform called - Line... Same messaging app as WhatsApp. LINE was developed in the months following the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Initially, LIne was created 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, it totaled more than 400 million, which later became one of the most popular apps in Japan, in particular among teenagers.
Smilies, emoticons and stickers today,more than 30 years later, they began to take a place in everyday conversations and correspondence of people. According to studies conducted in the United States, it was found that 74 percent of people in the United States regularly use stickers, emoticons in their online communication, sending an average of 96 emoticons or stickers per day. The reason for this explosive use Emoji is that creative characters developed by various companies help to express our feelings, help to add humor, sadness, happiness, etc.
The emoticons in the tables will be gradually replenished, so go to the site and look for the meaning of the desired emoticons.
When talking with a person in person, you can easily express your emotions on your face and the interlocutor will immediately understand what you are feeling or want to say. However, in our time, communication through various social networks is gaining more and more popularity. And in order to make communication as convenient and colorful as possible, they came up with smileys.
They are stylized graphic images, namely, a cartoon face that expresses various emotions, such as joy, anger, anger, admiration and others. Thanks to this, you can very easily understand the mood of a person and shorten your message at times, which makes communication more exciting. Also, if you somehow managed to contact a foreigner, but you do not know the language in which he speaks, then emoticons will be of great help, since they are international a means of communication.
A bit of history
In the 17th century in Slovakia, emoticons were used to convey positive emotions... The eccentric play "In Futurum", written by Erwin Schulhof in 1919, contains 4 emoticons that convey different emotions. The movie "Port City" also stood out with a smile, only he expressed agonizing despair.
The stylized image was used in the films Lily (1953) and Zhizhi (1958). It was no longer an expression of sorrow, but an expression of happiness. The image of smiles is further popularized and various well-known companies and brands do not hesitate to use them in their everyday life. They are used in many films and TV series, including Forest Gump. Also, from 2005 to 2013 the smiley becomes the emblem of the All-Russian youth forum Seliger.
Basic emoticons and their meaning
- 🙂 - means smile at the interlocutor
- 🙂 — smile, but only with a lazy interlocutor
- ) — smile a very lazy or very tired interlocutor
- ,-) - means wink
- 😉 - also wink
- :- > — sarcasm
- (-: - also means smile, only differs from the first in that it is left-handed
- 🙁 - expresses sadness
- : < - expresses even more sadnessthan the previous
- :FROM - also sadness
- :-* - means kiss
- :* — kiss... A more simplified version
How to insert VKontakte emoticons
If you want to insert a graphical VKontakte emoticon, then you need to look at the table attached below, select the appropriate type of your message and insert the smiley into the message, everything is extremely simple. Just don't forget put a space between words and smiles, otherwise VKontakte will not recognize them. Probably, you were confused by what VKontakte interprets emoticons into pictures. The thing is that Emoji Are symbols of any Unicode font that exist on any gadget. AND text smilies Is an unofficial interpretation of Emoji. 
How to insert emoticons into VK status
There are several options to insert emoticons into the status.
Decoding basic emoticons
This table contains frequently used emoticons on VKontakte. For new users or just for those who want to get to know this topic better, this will be an excellent assistant. 
The article will talk about what a smiley means and what they are. It is worth noting that smilies have long entered our life and have become well entrenched 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 smiley alphabets, the most common are standardand japanese... Japanese emoticons are distinguished by the fact that they pay more attention to the eyes, while the standard ones pay more attention to the mouth.
The history of the appearance of emoticons
Today, almost no private letter on the Internet is complete without emoticons. Some people get offended if a friend didn't put a colon and a right parenthesis at the end of the letter. Of course, this is stupid, but smileys are already so closely connected with our life.
It may seem to modern children that emoticons have always existed, but in fact, for the first time, a smiley was drawn Harvey Bell - artist by education. In the early sixties, there was a war between insurers in America. Employees were afraid of being laid off and, in order to cheer themselves up and each other, they were distracted and tried to communicate politely and affably 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. For the drawing he was paid a mere penny: $ 43. Then he did not yet know 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 clients. People liked these cute smiles so much that the company turned to the artist again and ordered another ten thousand smileys.
Another story that played an important role in the development of the emoticon can be called the seventies, when brothers from Spain developed the slogan " Happy day!”. From that time on, smilies began to be depicted on clothes. In 1971 a FrenchFranklin Lowfrani the smiley trademark was registered in eighty states.
And the first electronic smilies appeared in the sixties of the last century. Then smilies were used in encoding Unicode... In 1982, Microsoft decided to create emoticons through which you can express emotions.
What do emoticons mean decryption
Emoticons can convey almost every human emotion, from hilarious laughter to tears. Below is a table that indicates what this or that smile means.
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This emoticon is depicted in the shape of a person's face and means a smile. |
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Wild laughter |
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Affection |
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Wink |
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Seriousness |
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Chagrin |
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Shock: pleasant in the first case, not in the second |
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Laugh to tears |
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: -P, \u003d P,: b,: -b,: p |
Show tongue |
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Disgust |
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3 - this emoticon means a cute face of a cat or "lips with a bow" (cuddly). Options-: 3: \u003d 3: -3
These are the most common emoticons that many people know by designation.
Smiley and sorrow emoticon
The smiley face and grief presented first in the table have often changed and transformed over time. When people began to use emoticons in communication, it consisted of eyes, nose and mouth. Then his nose disappeared somewhere. And the eyes began to draw not with dashes, but simply put dots. Many people know when a smiley had only one eye - .) , and then he disappeared, to show a smile or sadness, people put only parentheses. 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 in VKontakte mean
On the social network VK there are two types of emoticons, these are the standard ones mentioned above, and the voluminous ones offered by the service itself. For three years now, VKontakte users have been able to use emoticons, since only in August 2012 such an opportunity for communication in personal correspondence was added. Until that time, Vkontakte users had to independently compose the designation of emotions from punctuation marks. But the developers made it easier for them: the user can open the smiley menu 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, animals. But due to the large variety of smiles, communication between people becomes not always clear. Not all people understand the meaning of this or that smile, or understand it differently. To prevent such situations from arising with you, you need to write a few words in addition to the smiley so that the interlocutor understands you.
Popular emoticons VKontakte the following can be named:
- : ok - everything is fine;
- -: o - fear;
- -3 (- sadness;
- -8) - falling in 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 smilies is that they are black and therefore alienate many users.
The most common commands include the following:
- ALT + 1 - white emoticon denoting a smile ☺
- ALT + 2 - Black Smile: ☻
- ALT + 3 - Heart of Love:
- ALT + 11 - male character: ♂
- ALT + 12 - female character: ♀
- ALT + 13 - melody: ♪
- ALT + 15 - Sun: ☼
For the symbol to appear in the message, you need:
- Hold down the "Alt" key on the keyboard
- Dial a digital combination
- Release the Alt key
What does smiley 3 mean
In the table above this emoticon was given and it was said that it means affection. But it is worthwhile to dwell in more detail on its decoding, since not many people understand it. This symbol is associated with animals such as dogs and cats. Indeed, if you look closely, it looks like an animal's face. In another way, this emoticon stands for “ i love " - this is how you can describe any cute animal.
This emoticon should not be confused with <3 , which the means heart.
Many people and smile :3 consider a kiss, but they are mistaken since it does not mean a kiss, but sweetness.
There was a period of time when this smiley 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.
Action emoticons
As mentioned above, emoticons can replace a person's written speech and whole expressions. After all, their collection is constantly replenishing, and soon people will be able to communicate with only one smile. Below will be presented several emoticons representing human actions.
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Loud laugh |
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Listen to music with headphones |
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Wave your hand |
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Hug |
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Go crazy |
As we can see from the table, you can even talk about your actions and desires with emoticons. 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 can replace written speech. After all, it is much easier for people to put a smile than to write and explain for a long time to a person what he is busy or what emotion he is showing at the moment.
Smiley decryption video
Emoticons have become so firmly established in 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, like arranging emoji, there are subtleties.
What do the different smilies mean
With smiley objects, everything is simple: they mean what they represent. A ball is a ball, an alarm clock is an alarm clock, and there is nothing to think about. But with face emoticons, the task becomes more complicated. We do not always manage to correctly guess emotions from the faces of living people, let alone the physiognomy of koloboks. There are emoticons whose meaning is obvious:
Fun, laughter, joy, jubilation.
Sadness, sadness, longing, discontent.
Playful mood, teasing.
Surprise, amazement, shock, fear.
Anger, resentment, rage.
And a few more similar ones - all possible options for families and romantic unions.
But there are some among the emoticons, the meaning of which can be interpreted ambiguously, or even bewildered:
This emoticon depicts a person sobbing at three - well, at two - streams, but in the version for Apple devices, due to raised eyebrows and a mouth that is not twisted from sobs, he is often perceived as laughing to tears. Be careful with him: you want to indicate grief to them, but they will misunderstand you.
This emoticon is meant to represent silence. Instead, he just scares to death.
If everything is more or less clear with the evil devil ("angry as devil"), then the cheerful demon is somewhat puzzling. Most likely, he is not only furious, but also anticipates how he will dance on your opponent's grave. And you, perhaps, just wanted to show originality and an unusual smile.
Despite the fact that the three wise monkeys saw nothing, did not hear and did not speak precisely because of their wisdom, these muzzles close their eyes, mouth and ears from shame, confusion and shock.
A set of feline emoticons for those who think that ordinary koloboks are not expressive enough and want to add sweetness to their emotions.
Instead of "hello" and "goodbye" you can wave your hand.
Hands raised, a gesture of joyful greeting or jubilation.
The applause is 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 you." 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 is "stop", but for others "high five!"
No, this is not a truffle. Not even a truffle at all.
Ogre and Japanese goblin. It seems that someone is missing the usual devils.
Liar. His nose grows like Pinocchio's every time he lies.
These are eyes wide open in amazement, and the shifting eyes of a rogue, and even a lustful look. If someone sends you such an emoticon in the comments to the photo, you can be sure that the photo is successful.
And this is just an eye, and it is watching you.
A young moon and a full moon. It seems to be nothing special, but these smileys have their fans who appreciate them for their creepy expressions.
A very common girl in purple. Her gestures mean OK (hands over head), "no" (arms crossed), "hello" or "I know the answer" (hand up). This character has another pose that baffles many -. According to the official version, it symbolizes the help desk worker. Apparently, she shows with her hand how to get to the city library.
Do you also see two tense faces here, supposedly unfriendly? But they did not guess: according to Apple's tips, this is an embarrassed face and a stubborn face. Who would have thought!
By the way, tips for emoticons can be viewed in the message window on, if you open an emoji and hover the cursor over the emoticon you are interested in. Like this:
Another way to find out the meaning of an emoticon is to seek help from emojipedia.org. 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 are emoticons appropriate?
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, make faces at each other. This is where emotions really belong.
2. When emotions are overflowing and words are not enough
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 emoticons. Someone, of course, will not like it, but what now, stifle all the vivid sensations in yourself? The main thing is not to abuse such a public manifestation of violent emotions: this will alienate subscribers and question your adequacy.
3. By agreement to highlight the message in work correspondence
This is a very easy and convenient way to make important messages that require urgent attention visible. For example, great for these purposes. But you need to agree in advance which cases in your company are considered urgent and which smiley you will use for this.
It is important not to overdo it: if you have one emoticon for emergency messages, 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 it better to do without emoticons
1. In business correspondence
Work is not a place for emotions. Here you are required to be calm, collected and professional. Even if you want to emphasize your benevolence or express concern about the situation, use emoticons for these purposes.
2. When dealing with foreigners
This is especially true of emoji gestures. For example, someone you wanted to show your approval to will end your good relationship with someone 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 opening 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 else in the world” means much more than ten hearts in a row. In the end, you have only one heart, so give it.
Remember, emojis are a condiment, not a 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 is complete 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 part of the words are replaced with emoji:
And here is the encrypted name of the film, which we invite you to guess.
Good night, I have 1:42 on my watch. I really want to sleep, but you need to write on your favorite blog. I want to tell you where you can get a lot of unusual symbols for contact, with which you can decorate your nickname in contact. I think this article will be useful, because everyone wants to stand out from the gray mass, and I will help you with this. Although you have to stand out differently.
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Icons and symbols in Contact
Most of the symbols for Vkontakte are already contained in your computer initially, you just need to know where to copy them. This is what I’ll tell you. First, we go along this path:
"Start" \u003e\u003e "All Programs" \u003e\u003e "Accessories" \u003e\u003e "Utilities" \u003e\u003e "Symbol Table"
We see this window:
If you click where the arrow points to, a list of fonts will drop out. You run out, another font and all these characters will change to others.
Symbols and signs for contact
But this is only a small part of the symbols that I want to offer you today. I have collected a large variety of different icons and symbols, unfortunately some did not appear on my site. I made the decision to copy all the symbols into a Word document and put it up for download. The symbols are categorized as follows:
- Symbols for contact for nickname.
- Symbols and signs for contact.
- Symbols for contact for status.
- Contact letter symbols.
- Cool symbols for contact.
- Different symbols for contact.
I hope this is the largest collection of "Symbols for Vkontakte"
But these symbols, I collected from the contact. They can be very unusual to design the name of the group or your nickname.
Miscellaneous: the infinity symbol for Vkontakte, checkmark the Vkontakte symbol, etc .:
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