Word Meaning 顔文字

かおもじ kaomoji

顔文字 is read as かおもじ (kaomoji) and means emoticon.

Meaning

English

  1. emoticon
  2. smiley
  3. kaomoji

Reading

Kana

かおもじ

Romaji

kaomoji

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 97487 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

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横文字

よこもじ

European language

絵文字

えもじ

ASCII art

頭文字

かしらもじ

initials (of one's name)

大和文字

やまともじ

Japanese syllabary symbols

表意文字

ひょういもじ

ideogram

文字

もじ

writing

大文字

おおもじ

huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year

小文字

こもじ

lowercase letter

人文字

ひともじ

arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

十文字

じゅうもんじ

cross

一文字

いちもんじ

straight line

真一文字

まいちもんじ

straight

Example Sentences

5

This is the first time I've seen this emoticon in a while.

Do you know what the difference between an emoticon and an emoji is?

'Don't worry. I'm doing fine. :-) ' "Eh ... smiley-face?"

Why are kaomoji from countries using the Latin alphabet turned sideways?

Japanese texts frequently use emoji or kaomoji in place of using a full stop at the end of messages.