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Emoji

It's the Japanese term for the picture characters or emoticons used in Japanese electronic messages and webpages. It's pronounced eh-moh-jee. Originally meaning pictograph, the word literally means "picture" + "letter". The characters are used much like emoticons elsewhere, but a wider range is provided, and the icons are standardized and built into the handsets.

How to easily type emoji, emoticons, and symbols in Windows 10
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How to easily type emoji, emoticons, and symbols in Windows 10

  • Napier Lopez
  • 6 years ago
A cryptocurrency debunker’s quixotic quest to save endangered marmots with an emoji
  • Europe

A cryptocurrency debunker’s quixotic quest to save endangered marmots with an emoji

  • David Canellis
  • 6 years ago
It’s about time we got Afro emoji — these women are making it happen
  • Emoji

It’s about time we got Afro emoji — these women are making it happen

  • Cara Curtis
  • 6 years ago

Emoji license plates show technology has simplified our language. But is that really a bad thing?
  • Australia

Emoji license plates show technology has simplified our language. But is that really a bad thing?

  • Larry Alton
  • 6 years ago
Enable dark mode in Messenger by sending an emoji
  • Apps

Enable dark mode in Messenger by sending an emoji

  • Ivan Mehta
  • 6 years ago
The new period emoji is a first step in ending period shame
  • Emoji

The new period emoji is a first step in ending period shame

  • Cara Curtis
  • 6 years ago
5 lessons we forgot we learned from our year-long newsletter experiment
  • Newsletter

5 lessons we forgot we learned from our year-long newsletter experiment

  • Georgina Ustik
  • 6 years ago
If Facebook’s new auto-comment feature isn’t rock bottom, it has to be close
  • Facebook

If Facebook’s new auto-comment feature isn’t rock bottom, it has to be close

  • Bryan Clark
  • 6 years ago
How the new mosquito emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease
  • Facebook

How the new mosquito emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease

  • The Conversation
  • 6 years ago
Period emoji could smash the stigma surrounding menstruation
  • Emoji

Period emoji could smash the stigma surrounding menstruation

  • Cara Curtis
  • 7 years ago
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