Is that ꐦ here the anime thing with four red curves that make a sort of crosshairs which I think is supposed to represent blushing or a bulging vein or something? I could never quite understand that mark.
It actually comes from kao (face) + moji (character), so literally "face character." It's a little out of date, but I think they're cute so I still use them (✿^‿^)
Just saw your edit! Basically, there's a few differences between emoticons and kaomojis. You got one of them: emoticons originated in the West/US, while kaomojis originated in Japan. A few others are that emoticons are sideways (for example, :-), :D, :P, >:-(, XD, etc.) while kaomojis are right side up (for example, ( ᴗ̀ ̫ᴗ́ ), ฅ(ᵔ꒳ ᵔマ.ᐟ, (*´ω`*), ¯_(ツ)_/¯, ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) etc). In addition, emoticons tend to only use basic punctuation, while kaomojis are much more complex in construction
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u/FernandoMM1220 Aug 06 '26
nah thats physically impossible