絵文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絵	文	字

Etymology

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

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

Noun

Wikipedia

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

1. pictograph
2. (Internet) An emoji, a special emoticon used to represent a mood or concept, especially on mobile phones.

Coordinate terms

• 顔文字: a sequence of keyboard characters such as (^_^)