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Due to the internet and with the help of social media, a lot of general western emoticons are commonly used, for example :), :(, ;) and so on. This section will focus on emoticons that either originated in Korea (or Asia) or that require Korean characters to make. A lot of Korean emoticons are vertical in nature, instead of horizontal like

Face construction

Eyes. There are many characters that can be used as eyes, but here are a few common examples:
- ^^ - Happy eyes
- ㅡㅡ, -- - shut eyes
- ㅇㅇ, OO - open eyes
- >< - squinting (frustrated) eyes
Nose. Noses aren't commonly added, but here are a few examples:
- ㅅ (animal like nose, think of a dog or cat)
Mouth. There are many characters that can be used as a mouth, but here are a few common examples:
- _ - closed mouth
- .
- 0 - big open mouth

Emoticons

Emoticon(s)	Meaning	Variations
_____	A stale face; used to express disappointment, boredom, or to indicate something was lame or unfunny.
^^	Happy face (cheerful eyes).	^_^ ^.^ ^0^ - ? ^ㅁ^ - ? ^ㅂ^ - ? ^^ - blushing
^_~	A winking face. The typical ;) is also used and is more common.
ㅡ_ㅡ	Speechless or not amused Used when someone says something stupid, offensive, or annoying. Sometimes it's like saying "are you serious?"	-_-
ㅜㅜ / ㅠㅠ	Tears	Some people just put one character instead of two: ㅜ ㅠ Multiple tears means more sadness: ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
;	The semicolon is supposed to represent sweat and used to indicate embarrassment, awkwardness or disappointment. ^^;;, 말도 안 되는 소리 하지 마;;; (Don't talk non-sense)	^^; The more semicolons, the more the person feels embarrassed. ^^;;;;
@.@	Confused or dizzy.
•ㅅ•	ㅅ is supposed to be like an animal nose (think dog or cat) and makes it more cute. Meaning: ?	ㅇㅅㅇ ㅎㅅㅎ
~.~	I'm not sure (모르겠음)
?,?	Huh? What the .. ? (오잉?)
!_!	Ah-ha! (아하!)
+_+	?
-ㅅ-a	Scratching one's head.
'ㅅ'b	Thumbs up, where b is the hand.
ㅗ	The middle finger, flipping someone off.	'ㅅ'ㅗ The more ㅗ you see, the angrier the person is: ㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗ
OTL	Shape of a person fallen on the floor in representation of a failure or mistake. Another variation is orz i.e., "I forgot my homework OTL" (O - head, T - torso and arms, L - legs)	요TL is someone in a similar position as someone throwing up
▶◀	Used for when someone died (represents black ribbon used in funeral).
ㅋ.ㅋ	?
ㅎ.ㅎ	?
ㅃ.ㅃ	?

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-List of Korean emoticons and Korean internet/Text message.. name of section?
+Due to the internet and with the help of social media, a lot of general western emoticons are commonly used, for example :), :(, ;) and so on. This section will focus on emoticons that either originated in Korea (or Asia) or that require Korean characters to make. A lot of Korean emoticons are vertical in nature, instead of horizontal like
-ㅜㅜ
+==Face construction==
-ㅠㅠ
+*Eyes. There are many characters that can be used as eyes, but here are a few common examples:
-ㅋㅋ
+**^^ - Happy eyes
-ㅎㅎ
+**ㅡㅡ, -- - shut eyes
+**ㅇㅇ, OO - open eyes
+**>< - squinting (frustrated) eyes
+*Nose. Noses aren't commonly added, but here are a few examples:
+**ㅅ (animal like nose, think of a dog or cat)
+*Mouth. There are many characters that can be used as a mouth, but here are a few common examples:
+** _ - closed mouth
+** .
+** 0 - big open mouth
+==Emoticons==
+{| class="wikitable" border="1"
+|-
+! Emoticon(s)
+! Meaning
+! Variations
+|-
+|*_____*
+| A stale face; used to express disappointment, boredom, or to indicate something was lame or unfunny.
+|
+|-
+| ^^
+| Happy face (cheerful eyes).
+|
+*^_^
+*^.^
+*^0^ - ?
+*^ㅁ^ - ?
+*^ㅂ^ - ?
+* *^^* - blushing
+|-
+| ^_~
+| A winking face. The typical ;) is also used and is more common.
+|
+|-
+| ㅡ_ㅡ
+| Speechless or not amused Used when someone says something stupid, offensive, or annoying. Sometimes it's like saying "are you serious?"
+| -_-
+|-
+| ㅜㅜ / ㅠㅠ
+| Tears
+| Some people just put one character instead of two:
+* ㅜ
+* ㅠ
+Multiple tears means more sadness:
+*ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ
+*ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
+|-
+| ;
+| The semicolon is supposed to represent sweat and used to indicate embarrassment, awkwardness or disappointment.
+*^^;;, 말도 안 되는 소리 하지 마;;; (Don't talk non-sense)
+|
+*^^;
+The more semicolons, the more the person feels embarrassed.
+*^^;;;;
+*;;;;;;;;;;
+|-
+| @.@
+| Confused or dizzy.
+|
+|-
+| •ㅅ•
+| ㅅ is supposed to be like an animal nose (think dog or cat) and makes it more cute. Meaning: ?
+|
+*ㅇㅅㅇ
+*ㅎㅅㅎ
+|-
+|~.~
+| I'm not sure (모르겠음)
+|
+|-
+|?,?
+|Huh? What the .. ? (오잉?)
+|
+|-
+|!_!
+|Ah-ha! (아하!)
+|
+|-
+| +_+
+| ?
+|
+|-
+| -ㅅ-a
+| Scratching one's head.
+|
+|-
+| 'ㅅ'b
+| Thumbs up, where b is the hand.
+|
+|-
+| ㅗ
+| The middle finger, flipping someone off.
+|
+*'ㅅ'ㅗ
+The more ㅗ you see, the angrier the person is:
+* ㅗㅗㅗㅗㅗ
+|-
+| OTL
+| Shape of a person fallen on the floor in representation of a failure or mistake. Another variation is orz<br>
+i.e., "I forgot my homework OTL" (O - head, T - torso and arms, L - legs)
+|요TL is someone in a similar position as someone throwing up
+|-
+| ▶◀
+|  Used for when someone died (represents black ribbon used in funeral).
+|
+|-
+| ㅋ.ㅋ
+| ?
+|
+|-
+| ㅎ.ㅎ
+| ?
+|
+|-
+| ㅃ.ㅃ
+| ?
+|
+|}