絵文字
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
| 絵 | 文 | 字 |
Etymology
絵 (え, e: “picture”) + 文字 (もじ, moji: “letter”)
Historical reading (possibly anachronistic): /wemozi/: wemozi > emozi > emoji.
Noun
絵文字 (hiragana えもじ, romaji emoji, historical hiragana ゑもじ)
- pictograph
- (Internet) An emoji, a special emoticon used to represent a mood or concept, especially on mobile phones.
Coordinate terms
- 顔文字: a sequence of keyboard characters such as (^_^)