絵文字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絵 文 字
え
Grade: 2
もん > も
Grade: 1
じ
Grade: 1
goon irregular goon
Alternative spelling
繪文字 (kyūjitai)
Examples

今、富士山の中✨️新幹線が見える♥️🗻✨️😃😲✨️🎸♪️[1]

Etymology

From 絵(え) (e, “picture”) + 文字(もじ) (moji, “character”). Similarity to English emoticon is coincidental.

Pronunciation

Noun

絵(え)文(も)字(じ) • (emoji) ←ゑもじ (wemozi)?

  1. pictograph
  2. emoji: emoticons that originated in Japanese telephony

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 繪文字/绘文字 (huìwénzì)
  • → English: emoji
  • → French: emoji, émoji
  • → Russian: эмодзи (emodzi)
  • → Turkish: emoji

See also

References

  1. 2010, けいおん!!第2話『お留守番!』
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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