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Did two English words: "emotion" and emoticon is just a coincidence? Did two English words: "emotion" and emoticon is just a coincidence? Is any possibility of relation between them? I just wanna know about "emoji" from. Very thankful someone can help me, thanks again.
Dec 2, 2015 3:35 AM
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It is not a coincidence. It's a portmanteau of emotion and icon.
December 2, 2015
In fact, [emoji] is its pronounciation in Japanese. You can read it as 哀帽记.
December 2, 2015
'emoji' comes from Japanese. Its kanji/日语汉字 is ‘絵文字’ and it is pronounced as 'えもじ/emoji'. emoji can be seen as a coincide.
December 2, 2015
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