How to Type Emojis

Emojis are a fun and simple way to express emotions that help add color to words. The two prominent emoji “styles” are Western and Eastern styles. They make up most of the emojis you still see online. There are also “emoji”, a set of expressive visual characters. Although emoji is not generally supported, it is more interesting than old-fashioned emoji.

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Emojis “Western”

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Understand how to type “Western” emoji. Emojis of this kind were developed by early chat services such as IRC and AOL, especially in North America and Europe. They are usually written horizontally, from left to right, with the top “head” always on the left side.

Western emojis tend to focus on the “whole face” and are more literal than the “Eastern” emoji.
Western emoticons are usually written in Latin letters and are distinguished by single characters.

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Use mark . : refers to the eyes (in most cases). Most Western emoticons treat the : as “eyes”, other characters can be substituted depending on the circumstances.

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Add a nose if desired. Western emojis are usually with or without a nose, simply a - . Deciding whether or not to add a nose is up to your preference.

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Build from the ground up. The simplest emoji is Smiling 🙂 . From this platform evolved into hundreds of different emoticons. You can add hats ( <]:) ) or add beards ( :)} ), or whatever you come up with. Here are some common Western emojis:

*Expressions and Actions*
Expression/Action	Emoticon
Happy	`🙂` `🙂` *
Sad	`🙁`
Excited	`😀`
Stick out tongue	`😛`
Laugh	`XD`
Love	`<3`
Surprise	`:O`
Blink	`😉`
Muzzled	`:&`
Cry	`:*(` `:'(`
Worry	`:S`
Unhappy	`:`
Angry	`>:(`
Cool	`B)`
Cold	`:`
sly	`>:)`
Silly	`<:-`
Distrust	`O_o`
High five	`o/o`
Cheer	`o/`
Kiss	`:^*`
Yawn	`\|-O`

*You can completely add a nose or adjust other parts for the emoji. That’s the interesting thing.

*Characters and Objects*
Characters/Objects	Emoticon
Robot police	`([(`
Robots	`[:]`
Mickey Mouse	`°o°`
Santa	`*<`
Homer Simpson	`~(_8^(I)`
Marge Simpson	`@@@@@:^)`
Bart Simpson	`🙂`
Rose	`@>-->--`
Fish	`<*)))-{`
Pope	`+< 🙂`
Lenny	`( ° ͡°)`
Skateboarder	`o[-<]:`
Arrow	`<------KING`
Sword	`<=====[===]`
Uncle Sam	`=):-)`
Wilma Flintstone	`& 🙂`
Dog	`:o3`

Emoji “Oriental”

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Understand how to type the “Oriental” emoji. These symbols are native to Southeast Asia. They are usually written “downward” instead of the horizontal writing of Western emoticons. More emphasis on the eyes, the part to convey emotions.

Many Eastern emoticons do not use Latin characters. This allows users to expand the range of creative designs, but not all computers can display those characters.

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Decided to have more body parts. Many Eastern emoticons are enclosed in ( ) to represent an outline of the head or body. You can keep or remove this mark depending on your preference and emoji.

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Use the Symbol Map to find the symbol. Both Windows and OS X have a Symbol View (Character Viewer on OS X) that gives you access to all fonts on your system to find special characters. Use the map to find characters to help you create emojis, be aware that it may not be visible to other computers unless they install the font.

Windows – Press ⊞ Win + R and type charmap to open the Character Map. Use the menu above to switch fonts. Find and download a font called “Code2000” to approach oriental symbols. You can refer to more articles online on how to install fonts.
Mac – Click on the Apple menu and select “System Preferences”. Click on “Keyboard” and then select the “Keyboard” tab, then check the “Show Keyboard & Character Viewers in menu bar” item. Click on the icon that appears next to the clock, select the item “Show Character Viewer”. OS X has all the fonts you need to create oriental emojis. ^{[1] X Research Source}

Expressions/Objects	Emoticon
Happy smile	`^_^` `(^_^)` *
Worry/Angry	`(>_<)`
Jitter	`(^_^;)`
Drowsiness/Irritability	`(-_-)`
Confused	`((+_+))`
Smoke	`o○ (-。-)y-゜゜゜`
Octopus	`:。ミ`
Fish	`>゜)))彡`
Keep your head down	`<(_ _)>`
Blink	`(^_-)-☆`
Cat	`(=^・・^=)`
Excited	`(^0^)`
Shrug	`_(ツ)_/¯`
Wearing headphones	`((d[-_-]b))`
Tired	`(=_=)`
Flip the table	`(╯°□°）╯︵`
Get into a frenzy	`(ಠ益ಠ)`
“Do it”	`(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞`
Ultraman	`(o)`
Protest	`_ಠ`

*Eastern emoticons are usually written with or without an accent ( ) to represent a face.

Create Shortcuts (iOS)

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Open Settings (Settings) on your iOS device. If you frequently use complex emojis like oriental symbols, you can create shortcuts to make them easier to use without having to search and copy characters.

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Tap “General” → “Keyboard” → “Shortcuts”.

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Select “+” to create a new shortcut.

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Copy or type the emoji in the “Phrase (Phrase)” field.

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Type the shortcut you want to use in the “Shortcut” field. You must not put two shortcuts on the same page or they will be swapped.

The trick is to use the HTML tag in the phrase field. For example, if you wanted to create a shortcut for (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ , you could type & table; in the “Replace” field. off of emoticons.

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Type the shortcut and press the key . Space in the text field to insert emoji.

Create Shortcut (Android)

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Download the app “Look of Disapproval”. This is a free app that allows you to quickly copy emojis to the clipboard, which can then be easily pasted into a text field. You can create your own emoji for quick access.

The “Look of Disapproval” app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.

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Access preloaded emotes. The app comes with thousands of facial expressions you can use.

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Press the “+” button to create your own emoji. If you don’t like any of the expressions in the list, press the “+” button to create your own emoji. It will be added to the “Custom” list.

Create Shortcuts (Mac)

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Click on the Apple menu and select “System Settings”. If you often use complex emojis like oriental style, you can create shortcuts to make it easier to use without copying or searching for characters. ^{[2] X Research Source}

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Select “Keyboard” and then select the “Text” tab.

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Click the “+” button to create a new shortcut.

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Type the phrase you want to be automatically replaced with an emoji. You must not put two shortcuts on the same page or they will be swapped.

You can use HTML tags in the phrase field. For example, if you created a shortcut for Ｃ:。ミ, you could type &octopus; in the “Replace” field. The & and ; to distinguish between regular phrases and shortcuts.

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Paste the emoji in the “With (With)” field.

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Type the shortcut and press the key . Space in any text field to insert emoji.

Create Shortcut (Windows)

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Download Auspex. This is free software designed to speed up typing, you can use it to create shortcut replacement phrases.

You can download Auspex for free here. You need to extract the file by clicking and selecting “Extract Here”.

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Start Auspex. The software’s icon will appear on the System Tray.

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Right click on the Auspex icon and select “Show”. This is the operation to open the Auspex window.

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Select “File” → “Create New from Wizard”. This is what starts the new shortcut creation process.

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In the “Step Two” field, enter the phrase you want to set as the shortcut. You must not put two shortcuts on the same page or they will be swapped.

You should use HTML tags in the phrase section. For example, if you created a shortcut for (ಠ益ಠ) , you should type &rage; in the “Replace” field. The & and ; to distinguish between real phrases and shortcuts.

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In the large field at the bottom of the window, type or paste an emoji. Select the “OK” button when done.

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Type the shortcut and press the key . Space , Tab ↹ , or ↵ Enter to insert emoji. These are the default activation keys. You can change the key via Auspex’s “Triggered by” menu after selecting the shortcut.

emoji

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Learn about emojis. Emoji is a set of visual characters used to replace emoticons. They are often used in chat software or on mobile devices.

Check if the system and software support emoji or not. Emoji is a non-standard set of visual characters, so not all systems support it. Both you and the recipient must have emoji support to view them.

iOS – All iOS devices running iOS 5 or later have emoji built-in. You may need to enable emoji keyboard. Check out more articles on the internet.
Android – Not all Android devices support emoji, although you can use it on some apps like Hangouts and WhatsApp. To install emoji support on Android devices, click here.
OS X – OS X has emoji integration since OS X 10.7. ^{[3] X Research Sources}
Windows 7 and earlier – Emoji support depends on the web browser, so please update your browser to the latest version.
Windows 8 – Windows 8 has a built-in emoji keyboard. To enable the keyboard, open Desktop mode, right click on the taskbar, select “Toolbars (Topbars)” → “Touch Keyboard”. You should see a keyboard icon appear in the System Tray. ^{[4] X Research Sources}

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Add emoji symbols to text. Emoji symbols are added by selecting a special symbol instead of selecting a sequence of characters. The icon selection process on each system will be different.

iOS – After activating the emoji keyboard, select the Smiley button to open the keyboard. If you install more than one language, the button will look like a Globe instead of a Smiley Face. Drag the selections and touch the one you want to add.
Android – The exact method to open the emoji menu depends on the Android version and keyboard you are using. Normally, you can tap the Smiley Face button, or press and hold it to bring up the keyboard. Scroll down to see the options and tap the one you want.
OS X – on versions 10.9 and 10.10, press ⌘ Cmd + Ctrl + Space to open emoji selection window. On versions 10.7 and 10.8, click the Edit menu in the program you’re using and select “Special Characters”. Click on the Wheel icon and then select “Customize list”. Check the emoji dialog box to be able to select emojis.
Windows 7 and earlier”- If the web browser has been updated, you can copy and paste emoji from many sources like Wikipedia.There is no way to type emoji characters.
Windows 8 – Click on the Keyboard button you enabled in the previous step. Click the Smiley face button at the bottom of the keyboard to open the emoji menu. Tap the emoji you want to insert into the text.

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