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Why is Emoji called Emoji

2022-07-19 15:39:00 【Small box technology sharing】

emoji Everyone's using it , It's all kinds of expressions , But why is it called emoji Well , I checked the English Dictionary and didn't see why , So I checked the Chinese Wikipedia ：

Emoji（ Japanese ： Character ／えもじ emoji）, It is a pictographic symbol used in web pages and chat , It was originally the visual emotion symbol used in wireless communication in Japan . Expression means facial expression , Icon is the meaning of graphic logo , Can be used to represent a variety of expressions , A smiling face means a smile 、 Cake means food, etc . In Hong Kong except “ Emoticons Icon ” Outside , Also known as “ emoji ” or “emoji”. In Taiwan LINE In software , Emoticons are also called “ Emoticons ”. On Chinese mainland , Emoticons are usually called “emoji” Or called “ emoticon ”. The new horse is “ emoji ” Or directly call “emoji”

As if emoji It's a Japanese word , Check the English Wikipedia

An emoji (/ɪˈmoʊdʒiː/ i-MOH-jee; plural emoji or emojis) is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages. The primary function of emoji is to fill in emotional cues otherwise missing from typed conversation. Some examples of emoji are , , 🧘*‍*️, , ️, , , , , ️, , , among many others. Emoji exist in various genres, including facial expressions, common objects, places and types of weather, and animals. They are much like emoticons, but emoji are pictures rather than typographic approximations; the term “emoji” in the strict sense refers to such pictures which can be represented as encoded characters, but it is sometimes applied to messaging stickers by extension.Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji comes from Japanese e （ A kind of ,‘picture’) + moji （ written words ,‘character’); the resemblance to the English words emotion and emoticon is purely coincidental. The ISO 15924 script code for emoji is Zsye.

the word emoji comes from Japanese e （ A kind of ,‘picture’) + moji （ written words ,‘character’)

Make it clear , It comes from Japanese , And it's a combination of two words , Let's go to the dictionary software to listen to Japanese vowels

emoji

Even the pronunciation is exactly the same , It seems emoji It was transliterated from Japanese , Similar to Chinese Kongfu（ Kung fu ）

Here is another one about emoji Documentaries , If you are interested, you may find resources to have a look , But I'm sorry , I haven't found it in China .

other

emoji Some also have character archetypes , such as 🧕*

If you want to submit your own design emoji You can look at it Unicode Guide to ：https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html#selection_factors

Programming

We can also add when we submit the code emoji , In this way, readers can more intuitively know the general direction of the content to be expressed .

gitmoji Is a standardization and interpretation in GitHub Use... On submit messages emoji Initiatives . gitmoji It's an open source project , It is specially stipulated that github What you should follow when submitting code emoji standard

In execution git commit Use emoji Icon add a special icon for this submission , This record submitted this time is easy to highlight the key points , Or just look at the icon to know the purpose of this submission . In this way, it is convenient to quickly find the submitted version in the historical submission date record in the future . Because there are many different emoticons , After the expression library is updated , There is no list of Chinese expression libraries that can help you use emoticons more easily . So here we mainly list gitmoji Specified in the project emoji Standard emoticon list .

Language

emoji It will become a new era “ Language ” Do you ？

I do not know! , But in terms of expression beyond language （ Such as emotion ）,emoji In fact, it has gone beyond language , Whether you use English 、 chinese 、 Japanese or any other language , You can understand emoji, Because it is a graph , A picture is worth a thousand words .

for girls

2017 A survey in stressed , In the UK , Menstruation brings shame to women . And then , Plan International UK launched a campaign for menstrual emoticons , This new emoticon comes from this . about “ Menstrual expression ”, Plan UK initially offered five solutions , They are sanitary napkins 、 monthly calendar （ Calendar with blood drops ）、 smile / Sad drops of blood 、 uterus 、 Menstrual underwear , The common feature of these five schemes is red blood drops .

Finally, netizens voted “ Menstrual underwear ” This plan is submitted for approval , however , Responsible for coding and managing the expression package Unicode Refuse This plan .

The official reason is 🩸 Can already express this meaning , There is no need to add a new .

British International Planning Organization Didn't give up , And submitted a new version again last year “ Menstrual expression ” apply ： A drop of red liquid . This design was completed by the organization in cooperation with the blood and transplantation center of the British national medical service .

This expression pack can express the world 8 What 100 million women experience every month , Adding this expression is an important step in normalizing menstruation and breaking its stigma .

An expression pack can't solve these problems , But it does help change people's discussions . From open discussion, people's shame about menstruation is relieved step by step .

Just imagine , If your daughter is experiencing menarche , May not understand or be embarrassed to express , But she needs your help , You are also embarrassed to ask , If there is such an expression , Maybe parents can “ appreciate sb.'s thought ”, Can avoid some problems .

Number

emoji Will there be more and more ？

as time goes on , added emoji Submitted and approved .

emoji The more the better ？

No, it isn't , imagine , If there are thousands of them in your mobile phone emoji Will you choose from them , It's too much trouble , And what we use everyday is that small part .