emoticon

Summary

emoticon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,827 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• emotion is named after emoticon^[2].
• icon is named after emoticon^[3].
• emoticon's depicts is recorded as facial expression^[4].
• emoticon is a type of character^[5].
• emoticon is a type of ideogram^[6].
• emoticon's Commons category is recorded as Emoticons^[7].
• emoticon comprises semantic punctuation mark^[8].
• emoticon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Emoticons^[9].
• emoticon's Commons gallery is recorded as Emoticon^[10].
• emoticon's described at URL is recorded as https://unicode.org/reports/tr51/proposed.html#def_emoticon^[11].
• emoticon's different from is recorded as emoji^[12].
• emoticon's different from is recorded as sticker^[13].
• emoticon's different from is recorded as emote^[14].
• emoticon's properties for this type is recorded as P180^[15].
• emoticon's properties for this type is recorded as P6524^[16].
• emoticon's properties for this type is recorded as P1268^[17].
• emoticon's properties for this type is recorded as P18^[18].
• emoticon's properties for this type is recorded as P527^[19].
• emoticon's properties for this type is recorded as P461^[20].
• emoticon's properties for this type is recorded as P1889^[21].
• emoticon's model item is recorded as :)^[22].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include character^[5] and ideogram^[6].

Origins

Things named after include emotion^[2], an academic discipline^[23] and icon^[3].

Use and Application

emoticon comprises semantic punctuation mark^[8].

Why It Matters

emoticon ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,827 views/month).^[1] emoticon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] emoticon is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]