Emojis and Emoticons

Emojis are small pictures used in digital messages to show feelings, objects or ideas. Emoticons are older symbols made from keyboard characters, such as the smiley face :). Both help people show tone that words alone can miss.

Emojis are now part of many languages and can be understood around the world, although some pictures look different on different devices. The first set of emojis was created in Japan in the late 1990s and has grown to thousands of symbols.