THE ORIGIN OF THE EMOJIS AND SOME MEANINGS

The emojis have become another tool to communicate. A whatsapp, an email, a post on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and even a postcard are messages that can be accompanied by a smiley, sad, angry or thoughtful face. But also drawings of cars, food, weather, activities, animals and objects of all kinds.

The word Emoji (絵 文字) is a Japanese term for the ideograms or characters used in electronic messages and websites. The term is a compound word that means the following: image (e, 絵) + letter (moji, 文字) adapted to Spanish as emoyi.The first emoji was created towards the end of the 1990s by Shigetaka Kurita, a member of the working team in the i-mode, the platform for mobile internet of NTT DoCoMo, the mobile operator of NTT. The positive experience of having incorporated the symbol of the heart between the options of their Pocket Bell phones in 1995 led them to consider the possibility of expanding the offer and Kurita created a set of 176 characters of 12 × 12 pixels, based on existing symbols in aspects of Japan's culture, such as manga and kanji. Smiley was the first company to register an icon in 1999 and has created a whole brand around these symbols.

The first emoji was created towards the end of the 1990s by Shigetaka Kurita, a member of the team working on the i-mode, the mobile internet platform of NTT DoCoMo, the mobile operator of NTT. The positive experience of having incorporated the symbol of the heart between the options of their Pocket Bell phones in 1995 led them to consider the possibility of expanding the offer and Kurita created a set of 176 characters of 12 × 12 pixels, based on existing symbols in aspects of Japanese culture, such as manga and kanji.

The variety is diverse. In the unit code of emojis, the Unicode, are identified up to 2,623, a list that does not stop growing. After the most primary emoticons appeared Smiley, the first in three dimensions that left behind the text. It was Nicolas Noufrani, in 1997, through Alcatel and at the same time the entrance of emojis in mobile phones. Later, already in the year 2000, he also collaborated with Nokia and Motorola. Two years later and before the success of the first icons on the phones, he decided to take advantage of his creation and registered them in the US copyright office. From there, the French family business has created a whole brand around these symbols. Now they invoice more than 250 million dollars a year.

The emojis of the three monkeys that cover their eyes, ears and mouth are what illustrate the Japanese proverb "Do not see evil, do not hear evil, do not speak evil," according to Jeremy Burge.

According to Emojipedia, these women can also be seen as a Kemonomimi, which in the world of Japanese animation is a human with animal characteristics. However, this emoji is often used to express emotion, joy or fun among girls or groups of friends.

Did Edvard Munch imagine that the anonymous character of his famous play "The Scream" would be in the hands of everyone more than 100 years later?

The emoji of the face screaming, with an expression of horror, with his hands on his cheeks, is inspired by this painting by the Norwegian painter.

The Unicode Consortium page includes the artist's name on the labels to locate the icon.
Some versions of Samsung add a ghost coming out of the mouth of the face.

Excrement

ExcrementRights of image author EMOJIPEDIA
The emoji in the form of excrement appears as a creamy chocolate ice cream, according to Emojipedia.

The emoticon that smiles at us from the universe
It is usually used to joke with someone, but according to Japanese culture, it is a symbol of good luck.

After reading this text, will you use the emoji with its true meaning?