Popular Korean Emoticons?

These are ten of our favorite Korean / Japanese emoticons!

1 （＾_＾） Laughing

2 (>_< )> Troubled

3 (^_^;) Troubled

4 (ToT) Crying

5 m(_ _)m Apologizing

6 (^^ゞ or (^^;) Shy

7 （￣ー￣） Grinning

8 (≧∇≦)/ Joyful

9 （￣□￣；） Surprised

10 (#^.^#) Shy

And a few more….

>))))’> = a fish
< ‘)++++< = a fish bone
v(^_^)v = victory
—E = a fork
Vm~ = a fox
>(/////)< = a piece of candy

In South Korea, emoticons using hangul letters are becoming popular.

ㅇㅅㅇ ㅇㅂㅇ -ㅅ- ‘ㅅ’ “ㅅ”
crying faces ㅜ_ㅜ ㅠ_ㅠ
scratching one’s head -ㅅ-a
thumbs up ‘ㅅ’b
with middle finger raised ‘ㅅ’ㅗ