絵文字

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
もん > も
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
goon irregular goon
Alternative spelling
繪文字 (kyūjitai)
Examples

今、富士山の中✨️新幹線が見える♥️🗻✨️😃😲✨️🎸♪️[1]

Etymology

From () (e, picture) + 文字(もじ) (moji, character). Similarity to English emoticon is coincidental.

Pronunciation

Noun

()()() (emojiゑもじ (wemozi)?

  1. pictograph
  2. emoji: emoticons that originated in Japanese telephony

Descendants

See also

References

  1. ^ 2010, けいおん!!第2話『お留守番!』
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN