Smiling Emoticon | |
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Other names: | Happy |
Common text format symbols: | :), :-), ^-^ ii |
Emotion(s): | Enjoyment, happiness and ammusement.nor bad |
Special theme: | the smiley |
Related emoticons: | Sad, Angry |
Smiling is an expression of happiness, enjoyment or amusement without Bad.
Vertical forming[]
The symbols :
and )
often make up the basic emoticon symbol for laughing, :)
Example: That was a very fun time. :)
Extensions[]
It is common for a -
to be added between the symbols creating :-)
.
Another way, usually used in humor, is to write type it to make is seem to have a chin, it used made like normal but by adding ~
at the end.
Example: :)~, or :-)~
Horizontal Forming[]
This emoticon can also be varied within two ^
symbols to make ^^
, with either a -
or _
placed between the carets to form a mouth. Using a U with an umlaut can also be used.
^ ^ | ^_^ | ^-^ | ㆆᴗㆆ | ^ ᴗ ^ |
^.^ | ◕‿◕ | (^▼^) | Ü | ü |
Unicode[]
The single unicode character (U+263A; ☺) represents a smiling smiley with one character.