PR/Social Media Blog #4 - How to express smile and laughter on social media

How to express smile and laughter on social media

As people in the world speak different languages, the way to express smile and laughter on social media is different from country to country. I would like to focus on emoticons and symbols which means smile or laughter.

- Emoticons

As you know, emoticons are generally written sideways.
:) is a happy face
;) is a wink
:P is sticking out your tongue

On the other hand, in Japan, emoticons are oriented right side up and a bit more detailed.
(^_^) is a happy face
(-_^) is a wink
(;_;) is crying

Moreover, the number of emoticons in Japan is larger than that in America. It is said that this is because Japanese prefer to use Japanese made items. In addition, there are a lot of ASCII art which is a graphic design technique.

- Other emoticons in Japan
ʕ๑•ω•ฅʔ
٩(๑´0`๑)۶
(*ˊᵕˋ*)੭ ੈ
(You can search other emoticons here.)


- ASCII art
　　　 ＠＠＠＠
　　 ＠ Happy　＠
　 ∩＠Birthday＠
　(･ω･＠＠＠＠
　 ヽ っ＼　／
　　∪∪ /∞ヽ
(A cat holding a bouquet for birthday)

　∧,＿,∧　
（`・ω・)つ━☆・*。
⊂　　 ノ 　　　・゜+.
　し’´Ｊ　　*・ °”
(A cat casting a spell)

- Symbols which means smile or laughter

Symbols which means smile or laughter are also different from country to country.

English: LOLOLOLOLOL
Japanese: wwwww
Korean: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Chinese: 哈哈哈, 呵呵呵
Thai: 55555
Spanish: jajaja
French: mdr
Italian: ahahahah
Indonesian: wkwkwkwkwk
Russian: xaxa
Portuguese: kkkkkkkkk, rsrsrsrs



It is interesting to search the difference of emoticons or symbols. Please try to use different one on social media!


ヾ(*･∀･*)βｙё☆βｙё