絵文字

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
文字

[edit] Etymology

(え, e: “picture”) + 文字 (もじ, moji: “letter”)

Historical reading (possibly anachronistic): /wemozi/: wemozi > emozi > emoji.

[edit] Noun

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絵文字 (hiragana えもじ, romaji emoji, historical hiragana ゑもじ)

  1. pictograph
  2. (Internet) An Emoticon, a special character used to represent a person's mood or emotion, especially on mobile phones.

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