emoji

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.

/ɪˈməʊ.dʒi/ /ɪˈmoʊ.d͡ʒi/ /iˈmoʊ.d͡ʒi/ en-ca-emoji.opus en-au-emoji.ogg

emoji emojis

Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”). False cognate of English emotion and emoticon.

mojibake pictogram pictograph

emojification emoji flag sequence emojify emojipasta emoji sequence emoji ZWJ sequence reacji

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