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Popular Korean Emoticons?

bowing emoji

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

What’s your favorite Asian emoticon?

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