What does emoticon mean 3. The meaning of emoticons, written symbols, their decoding, designation and types of emoticons. Letter codes for the most common voltage levels

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The set of emoticons used in practice is small relative to their total possible number. Almost always these are emotional emoticons and derivatives of “:-)”. This set consists of 3 categories.

1. A small core of emoticons, widely used and with stable meanings

2. Meta-core of emoticons that are used little, but also with stable meanings

smiley	key element	short form	meaning
:-/	/	:/	uncertainty, dissatisfaction
:-\	\	:\	uncertainty, dissatisfaction
:-\|	\|	:\|	indifference, confidence
:-I	I	:I	indifference, confidence
:-		:	surprise, amazement
:-()	()	:()	surprise, amazement
:-*	*	:*	kiss
:-E	E	:E	rage
:->	>	:>	gloat
:-P	P	:P	tease
:~-	~	:~)	joyful crying
:~-(	~	:~(	mournful cry
8-)	8	8)	excitation

Replacing the element “:” (neutral meaning) in the position of the eyes gives the meaning a hint of playfulness, pretense. A small number of writers do not highlight this shade, using a neutral meaning in appropriate situations.

3. Periphery with unestablished meanings, consisting mainly of individual stylistic variations of core and metacore emoticons

The majority of stylistic variations are formed by replacing individual elements in core and metacore emoticons with others without changing their meaning:

a) Elements ":", ";" and "8" in the eye position are replaced by "%", "F", "8", "=".
b) The "-" element in the nose position is replaced by "o" and "=".
c) The elements ")" and "(" in the mouth position are replaced with "[" and "]", respectively.
d) The writing of emoticons can also be mirrored.
e) The elements “F” and “=" are added to the smiley in the position of the upper part of the head, which usually do not carry any semantic load.

A separate category of periphery consists of alternative abbreviated forms of core emoticons:

a) “-)” and “)” for “:-)”;
b) "-(" and "(" for ":-(".

The article will talk about what a smiley means and what they are. It is worth noting that emoticons have long entered our lives and are well established in it, because they, like nothing else, can convey a person’s emotions and feelings.

There are people who regularly communicate using emoticons, because with the development of progress there are already animated emoticons that can wave, wink, jump and change colors.

There are several alphabets of emoticons, the most common being standard And Japanese. Japanese emoticons differ in that they pay more attention to the eyes, while standard emoticons pay more attention to the mouth.

The history of emoticons

Today, almost no private letter on the Internet is complete without emoticons. Some people get offended if a friend doesn't put a colon and a right parenthesis at the end of a letter. Of course, this is stupid, but emoticons are already so closely connected with our lives.

Modern children may think that emoticons have always existed, but in fact, for the first time, a smiley was drawn Harvey Bell- an artist by training. In the early sixties, America witnessed a war between insurers. The employees were afraid of getting laid off and, in order to cheer themselves and each other up, they distracted themselves and tried to communicate politely and affably with the remaining clients.

One insurance company, in order to stay afloat, decided to hold a promotion for which they needed an interesting drawing. At the end of 1963, they approached Harvey with this request. He drew the first smiley :-) , which took him ten minutes to design. For the drawing he was paid mere pennies: $43. Then he did not yet know that his simple drawing would become so popular, so he did not register any rights to it. The first Harvey emojis were pinned and given out to customers. People liked these sweet smiles so much that the company contacted the artist again and ordered ten thousand more emoticons.

Another story that played an important role in the development of the emoticon is the seventies, when brothers from Spain developed the slogan " Happy day!" Since that time, smileys began to be depicted on clothes. In 1971, a FrenchmanFranklin Loufraney The smiley trademark was registered in eighty countries.

And the first electronic emoticons appeared in the sixties of the last century. Then emoticons were used in encoding Unicode. In 1982, Microsoft decided to create emoticons, thanks to which you can show emotions.

What do emoticons mean? decoding

Emoticons can convey almost every human emotion, from cheerful laughter to tears. Below is a table indicating what this or that smiley means.

Designation	Other designations	Decoding
		This emoji is depicted in the shape of a person's face and means a smile.


		Wild laughter
		Tenderness
		Wink
		Seriousness
		Chagrin
		Shock: in the first case pleasant, in the second not
		Laughter to tears
	:-P,=P,:b, :-b, :p	Show tongue

		Disgust

3 - this emoticon means a cute cat face or “bow lips” (cuteness). Options-:3:=3:-3

These are the most common emoticons, the designation of which many people know.

Smiley and grief emoticon

The smile and grief emoji, presented first in the table, have often changed and morphed over time. When people began to use emoticons in communication, they consisted of eyes, nose and mouth. Then the nose disappeared somewhere. And the eyes began to be drawn not with dashes, but simply with dots. Many people are familiar with when a smiley had only one eye - .) , and then he disappeared, to show a smile or sadness, people only put parentheses. To show joy or sadness, many parentheses are placed. If we are talking about strong disappointment, then it can be shown like this - ((( or so - :WITH.

What do emoticons mean on VKontakte?

On a social network VK There are two types of emoticons, the standard ones discussed above, and the voluminous ones offered by the service itself. For three years now, VKontakte users have been able to use emoticons, since only in August 2012 such an opportunity was added for communication in personal correspondence. Until this time, Vkontakte users had to independently create symbols of emotions from punctuation marks. But the developers have made their task easier: the user can open a menu of emoticons and select the one that describes his condition.

Initially, about thirty emoticons appeared on the network, but after a while another hundred were added, which depicted not only emotions, but also the actions of people, as well as food and animals. But due to the wide variety of emoticons, people’s communication is not always clear. Not all people understand the meaning of a particular smiley, or understand it differently. To prevent such situations from arising with you, you need to write a few words in addition to the smiley so that the interlocutor understands you.

Popular VKonakt emoticons the following can be mentioned:

:ok - everything is fine;
-:o - fear;
-3(- sadness;
-8) - love;
-:] - stupid smile.

There are also hidden emoticons in VK that can be sent to users by pressing a few keys. But the disadvantage of such emoticons is that they are black and therefore repel many users.

The most common commands include the following:

ALT+ 1 - white emoticon indicating a smile ☺
ALT+2 - black smile: ☻
ALT+3 - heart of love:
ALT+ 11 - male symbol: ♂
ALT+12 - female symbol: ♀
ALT+13 - melody:♪
ALT+ 15 - sun: ☼

For the symbol to appear in the message you need to:

Hold down the “Alt” key on your keyboard
Dial digital combination
Release the Alt key

What does emoticon 3 mean?

The table above showed this emoticon and said that it means tenderness. But it’s worth taking a closer look at its decoding, since not many people understand it. This symbol is associated with animals such as dogs and cats. And indeed, if you look closely, it looks like the face of an animal. In another way, this smiley stands for “ cute"- this is exactly how you can characterize any cute animal.

This emoticon should not be confused with <3 , which means heart.

Many people and smiley :3 considered a kiss, but they are mistaken because it does not mean exactly a kiss, namely cuteness.

There was a period of time when this emoticon was read from a mathematical point of view, and it meant nothing more than divide by 3. But this is a comic version that did not take root among Internet users for a long time.

Action emoticons

As mentioned above, emoticons can replace a person’s written speech and entire expressions. After all, their collection is constantly being replenished, and soon people will be able to communicate only with emoticons. Below are several emoticons that represent human actions.

	Smiley designation	Decoding


		Laugh loudly
		Listen to music on headphones
		Wave your hand
	(>^_^)(^_^<)	Hug
		Go crazy

As we can see from the table, you can even talk about your actions and desires with emoticons. Some social networks have emoticons that mean that a person is reading a book, relaxing, eating or playing ball.

We looked in detail at what emoticons mean and how they can be used to express actions and emotions. In a few years they may replace written language. After all, it is much easier for people to put an emoticon than to write for a long time and explain to the person what he is doing or what emotion he is currently showing.

Video with decoding of emoticons

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Not so long ago, we discussed in some detail the topic of using emoticons on the VKontakte social network. The main codes of Emoji emoticons were also given there (about a thousand - for all occasions). If you have not yet read that publication, I strongly recommend that you do so:

What do text emoticons made up of symbols mean?

Let's continue to study the meanings of the most common options writing certain emoticons using ordinary (non-fancy) symbols. Ready? Well, then let's go.

Initially they became widespread, i.e. lying on their side (see the above examples of laughing and sad faces). Let's see what other combinations you might encounter on the Internet and what they mean (how to decipher them).

Indication of emotions by emoticon symbols

Joy or smile 🙂 is most often depicted using the symbols: :) or :-) or =)
Uncontrollable laughter 😀 (equivalent to the expression: :-D or :D or)))) (under-smile used mainly in RuNet)
Another designation for laughter, but more like mockery 😆 (equivalent): XD or xD or >:-D (schadenfreude)
Laughter to tears, i.e. what does the “tears of joy” emoticon mean 😂: :"-) or:"-D
Insidious grin 😏: ):-> or ]:->
A sad or sorrowful emoticon 🙁 has text meanings: :-(or =(or:(
Symbolic designation of a very sad smiley 😩: :-C or:C or (((((again, a variant of the under-smiley)
Mild displeasure, confusion or puzzlement 😕: :-/ or:-\
Strong anger 😡: D-:
Text designation of the neutral attitude emoticon 😐: :-| either: -I or._. or -_-
The symbolic meaning of the admiration emoticon 😃: *O* or *_* or **
Decoding the emotion of surprise 😵: :-() either:- or: -0 or: O or O: either o_O or oO or o.O
Options for what an emoticon of great surprise or bewilderment can mean 😯: 8-O
either =-O or:-
Disappointment 😞: :-e
Fury 😠: :-E or:E or:-t
Confusion 😖: :-[ or %0
Sullenness: :-*
Sadness: :-<

Meaning of text emoticons emotional actions or gestures

What does a winking smiley mean in text-symbolic form 😉: ;-) or;)
Sad joke: ;-(
Happy joke: ;-)
Options for designating a crying emoticon 😥 or 😭: :_(or:~(or:"(or:*(
Joyful crying (means “tears of joy” emoticon 😂): :~-
Sad cry 😭: :~-(
Angry cry: :-@
Kiss in text notation 😚 or 😙 or 😗: :-* or:-()
Hugs: ()
To show your tongue (means to tease) 😛 or 😜: :-P or:-p or:-Ъ
Mouth shut (means shh) 😶: :-X
It makes me sick to my stomach (denoting nausea): :-!
Drunk or embarrassed (means either “I’m drunk” or “you’re drunk”): :*)
You are a deer: E:-) or 3:-)
You're a clown: *:O)
Heart 💓:<3
Text designation of the “rose flower” emoticon 🌹: @)->-- or @)~>~~ or @-"-,"-,---
Carnation: *->->--
Old joke (meaning button accordion): [:|||:] or [:]/\/\/\[:] or [:]|||[:]
Krezi (means “you’ve gone crazy”): /:-(or /:-]
Fifth point: (_!_)

What do horizontal (Japanese) symbolic emoticons mean?

Initially, it so happened that most of the text emoticons that were invented and became widespread had to be deciphered as if “tilting the head to the side.” However, this is not entirely convenient, you will agree. Therefore, over time, their analogues began to appear (also typed from symbols), which did not require virtually or actually tilting the head to the side, because the image created by the symbols was located horizontally.

Let's consider, what do the most common horizontal text emoticons mean?:

(joy) is usually indicated: (^_^) or (^____^) or (n_n) or (^ ^) or \(^_^)/
in symbols denoted as: (<_>) or (v_v)
The following symbols mean different things: (o_o) or (0_0) or (O_o) or (o_O) or (V_v) (unpleasant surprise) or (@_@) (meaning “You can be stunned”)
Emoticon meaning: (*_*) or (*o*) or (*O*)
I'm sick: (-_-;) or (-_-;)~
Sleeping: (- . -) Zzz. or (-_-) Zzz. or (u_u)
Confusion: ^_^" or *^_^* or (-_-") or (-_-v)
Anger and rage: (-_-#) or (-_-¤) or (-_-+) or (>__
What does fatigue mean: (>_
Jealousy: 8 (>_
Distrust: (>>) or (>_>) or (<_>
Indifference: -__- or =__=
This emoticon text expression means: (?_?) or ^o^;>
Value close to: (;_;) or (T_T) or (TT.TT) or (ToT) or Q__Q
What does winking mean: (^_~) or (^_-)
Kiss: ^)(^ either (^)...(^) or (^)(^^)
High five (means friend): =X= or (^_^)(^_^)
Carrot Love: (^3^) or (*^) 3 (*^^*)
Apology: m (._.) m
Greedy emoticon: ($_$)

Naturally, on many blogs and forums it has long been possible to add emoticons in the form of pictures (from ready-made sets), but many still continue to use text emoticons, because they have already gotten their hands on this and there is no need to find the right one in the catalog picture.

If you want to know what this or that set of characters that is a text emoticon means, write about it in the comments. Maybe the whole world will figure it out...

Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site

1. A small core of emoticons, widely used and with stable meanings

2. Meta-core of emoticons that are used little, but also with stable meanings

smiley	key element	short form	meaning
:-/	/	:/	uncertainty, dissatisfaction
:-\	\	:\	uncertainty, dissatisfaction
:-\|	\|	:\|	indifference, confidence
:-I	I	:I	indifference, confidence
:-		:	surprise, amazement
:-()	()	:()	surprise, amazement
:-*	*	:*	kiss
:-E	E	:E	rage
:->	>	:>	gloat
:-P	P	:P	tease
:~-	~	:~)	joyful crying
:~-(	~	:~(	mournful cry
8-)	8	8)	excitation

3. Periphery with unestablished meanings, consisting mainly of individual stylistic variations of core and metacore emoticons

The majority of stylistic variations are formed by replacing individual elements in core and metacore emoticons with others without changing their meaning:

a) Elements ":", ";" and "8" in the eye position are replaced by "%", "F", "8", "=".
b) The "-" element in the nose position is replaced by "o" and "=".
c) The elements ")" and "(" in the mouth position are replaced with "[" and "]", respectively.
d) The writing of emoticons can also be mirrored.
e) The elements “F” and “=" are added to the smiley in the position of the upper part of the head, which usually do not carry any semantic load.

A separate category of periphery consists of alternative abbreviated forms of core emoticons:

a) “-)” and “)” for “:-)”;
b) "-(" and "(" for ":-(".

Today we will tell you what the mysterious emoticon 3 means on the VKontakte social network, we will tell you its meaning and in what cases it is used.

But first, a little history

Our modern life is thoroughly saturated with social networks. Sitting there for hours, people get to know each other, communicate, exchange emotions and news. And the new generation cannot even imagine their life without social networks. Young people don’t even go half an hour without their “online” status.

To enhance emotional perception and clarify the meaning of a message, as well as for speed of communication, in 1982, scientists from the United States of America invented emoticons (emotional icons), better known as emoticons. After this discovery, life and communication on the Internet and via SMS changed greatly. Now, in order to show your mood or emotions to your interlocutor, you don’t need to write a huge sentence - you just need to type a few characters.

What is the “3” emoticon for on VK and how to use it correctly?

Often when communicating on VK, interlocutors exchange emoticons and signs. Some of them are familiar to many, and some make you think about what emotion the interlocutor expresses with this emoticon? An unknown emoticon can significantly change the conversation, but the interlocutors will remain misunderstood.

One of these emoticons is “3”. At first glance, an incomprehensible and frightening symbol, but if you use your imagination and turn “3” to the right, we will get a cute smiling kitten face, or a part of the face showing a smile. Another name for this emoticon is “cute”.

The word "Nyashka" comes from the Japanese word "nya", if translated into Russian - "meow". This used to be the name given to girls from Japanese anime. The girls had a pretty appearance and spoke in a sweet voice, reminiscent of a cat's meow. When I saw them, I just wanted to say “cute.” Nowadays, the word “cute” is used to describe everything cute and cute: cats with a bow, dogs on a beautiful bedding, sweetly smiling children, etc.

People are also called “nyashka” in an ironic sense. Those who want to be deliberately too sweet or cute.

Another name for the “3” emoticon is “bow lips.” Indeed, this sign is suitable for such an expression. The meaning is the same as “nyashka” - tenderness, pleasure and satisfaction.

Hence the conclusion follows that the sign “3” in VK means tenderness, mercy, darling. By sending such a smiley, the interlocutor is trying to express his tenderness and satisfaction to his opponent. In general, this is a very kind and sweet sign, so when communicating on social networks, do not neglect it, give your loved ones only positive emotions.