絵文字

Japanese

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

  • Chinese: 繪文字绘文字 (huìwénzì)
  • English: emoji
  • French: emoji, émoji
  • Russian: эмодзи (emodzi)
  • Turkish: emoji

See also

References

  1. 2010, けいおん!!第2話『お留守番!』
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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