Asian Emoticons (ASCII)

Asian emoticons are made using the standard ASCII characters available on western keyboards. Asian emoticons are also known as “anime style” emoticons.

Emoticons such as <(^.^)>, <(<.<)>, <(o_o<), (//_;) (;-;+, which include the parentheses, mouth or nose, and arms (especially those represented by the inequality signs < or >) also are often referred to as “Kirbies” in reference to their likeness to the Nintendo’s video game character, Kirby.

Asian style emoticons can be strung together in series to show movement. For example: <(^_^<) <(^_^)^ ^(^_^)^ ^(^_^)> (>^_^)>

Here are the top text base emoticons made using symbols.
Rank Emoticon Emotion Name
1 （＾_＾） or （＾_＾）v, etc Laughing
2 (>_<)> Troubled
3 (^_^;) Troubled
4 (ToT) Crying
5 m(_ _)m Apologising
6 (^^ゞ or (^^;) Shy
7 （￣ー￣） Grinning
8 (≧∇≦)/ Joyful
9 （￣□￣；） Surprised
10 (#^.^#) Shy
11 （*´▽｀*） Infatuation
12 (ーー;) Worried
13 (*^▽^*) Joyful
14 ＿|￣|○, orz, OTL, etc Depressed
15 (＾▽＾) Laughing
16 キタ━━━(゜∀゜)━━━!!!!!, (゜∀゜), etc I think it is “I’m here!!!”, but I just don’t really know!
17 (´･ω･`) Snubbed
18 （　ﾟ Дﾟ） Shocked
19 （・∀・） Laughing
20 (Ｔ▽Ｔ) Crying
21 (*￣m￣) Dissatisfied
22 （　´∀｀） Laughing
23 （⌒▽⌒） Laughing
24 （＾ｖ＾） Laughing
25 ヽ（´ー｀）┌ Mellow
26 （’-’*) Laughing
27 (’A`) Snubbed
28 （゜◇゜） Surprised
29 (*°∀°)=3 Infatuation
30 ∩( ・ω・)∩, ( ・ω・), etc Joyful