Common Emoticons
Common text-based expressions
There are thousands of text-based emoticons available and people are creating new ones all the time. Therefore, it can be difficult to know what they all mean. Fortunately, if you learn what the most popular emoticons represent, you'll be able to understand most text-based expressions. Below is a list of the most commonly used emoticons.
| Emoticon | Meaning |
|---|---|
| (.V.) | Alien |
| O:-) | Angel |
| X-( | Angry |
| ~:0 | Baby |
| (*v*) | Bird |
| :-# | Braces |
| </3 | Broken Heart |
| =^.^= | Cat |
| *<:o) | Clown |
| O.o | Confused |
| :-S | Confused |
| B-) | Cool |
| :_( | Crying |
| :'( | Crying |
| |_P | Cup of Coffee |
| *-* | Dazed |
| :o3 | Dog |
| #-o | Doh! |
| :*) | Drunk |
| //_^ | Emo |
| <>< | Fish |
| () | Football |
| :-( | Frown |
| :( | Frown |
| :-( | Frowning |
| =P | Frustrated |
| :-P | Frustrated |
| 8-) | Glasses |
| $_$ | Greedy |
| :-> | Grin |
| =) | Happy |
| :-) | Happy |
| <3 | Heart |
| { } | Hug |
| :-| | Indifferent |
| X-p | Joking |
| \VVV/ | King |
| :-)* | Kiss |
| :-* | Kiss |
| (-}{-) | Kissing |
| =D | Laughing Out Loud |
| )-: | Left-handed Sad Face |
| (-: | Left-handed Smiley Face |
| <3 | Love |
| =/ | Mad |
| :-)(-: | Married |
| <:3 )~ | Mouse |
| <:3)~ | Mouse |
| ~,~ | Napping |
| :-B | Nerd |
| ^_^ | Overjoyed |
| <l:0 | Partying |
| :-/ | Perplexed |
| =8) | Pig |
| \&&&/ | Princess |
| \%%%/ | Queen |
| @~)~~~~ | Rose |
| =( | Sad |
| :-( | Sad |
| :( | Sad |
| :-7 | Sarcastic |
| :-@ | Screaming |
| =O | Shocked |
| :-o | Shocked |
| O[-<]: | Skateboarder |
| :-) | Smile |
| :-Q | Smoking |
| :> | Smug |
| :P | Sticking Tongue Out |
| :o | Surprised |
| (:| | Tired |
| :-J | Tongue in Cheek |
| :-& | Tongue Tied |
| =-O | Uh-oh |
| :-\ | Undecided |
| **== | United States Flag |
| :-E | Vampire |
| =D | Very Happy |
| ;-) | Winking |
| ;) | Winking |
| |-O | Yawn |
| Z | Zorro |