
KAKAOTALK FREE EMOTICON FREE
Once you have the eyes, you can feel free to add other elements such as a nose, a mouth, a face or blushing cheeks to be extra cute Be like Burger King and have it your way be creative Here are some of the many smiley faces used in Korean texting. When it comes to Korean emoticons, you can have it your way Most commonly, are used for eyes which represent the happy, wide eyes you get when you are smiling You can make them by pressing SHIFT 6 on your keyboard. The first rule of Korean smileys is that THERE ARE NO RULES Basically anything goes, but at a bare minimum you need a set of happy eyes. There are honestly hundreds or emoticons and each has many variations so instead, you can focus on general guidelines: 1) If something is pointing upwards, it is usually representing a positive emotion.įor example: 2) If something is horizontal, it usually represents a neutral emotion such as confusion or sleepiness.įor example, 3) If something is pointing downwards, it usually represents a negative emotion.įor example, These rules wont apply in every case, but we can use them as a starting point as we delve into the emoticons for various emotions. When it comes to Korean emoticons, its no different While in this post, well give you many examples of emoticons that are used, well be sure to give you the most commonly used symbols where appropriate so youre not left guessing.Ī lot of the symbols are used a lot more frequently than others and you dont need to spend all your time memorizing them.

The 8020 of Korean Emoticons At 90 Day Korean, were all about focusing on the 20 of materials that will give you 80 of the results. In this article, well cover only the emoticons, but if you wish to read up about Korean abbreviations for text messaging, you may do so here.

Though we do our best to explain the meanings below, some individuals may use these symbols to take a slightly different meaning or they may be interpreted differently depending on the context.

Please Note: Korean emoticons are similar to other East Asian emoticons, but may use Korean characters in some instances. The second step is starting to make use of them in your Korean text conversations.Įven if you cant make complete sentences yet, its fun to throw in some Korean words into your messages when you can.Įmoticons are the best part of texting in Korean, and they have two main benefits over Western style emoticons: There are emoticons representing a wide range emotions and Koreans have emoticons for almost every situation (for better or for worse) While Western text emoticons are sideways think ),:), or:(, you dont need to tilt your head to read their Korean equivalents theyre drawn as the eye would see them To type some of these smileys and emoticons on your computer or phone, youll need to be able to type in Korean and have a Korean keyboard installed.
