emoji
Sayee-MOH-jeeUS/ɪˈmoʊd͡ʒi/UK/ɪˈməʊdʒi/
Pluralemojis, emoji
- 1A small digital icon with its own code point, used in text and online to stand for a concept, object, person, animal, or place.
Each emoji has its own code point, so it should appear the same on most devices.
Marketing teams now scatter emojis through their social media posts to seem more approachable.
Use it in a sentence
Write your own sentence with emoji, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字 (emoji), from 絵 (e, 'picture') plus 文字 (moji, 'character'). It is a false cognate of English emotion and emoticon, though the coincidental sound resemblance may have helped its adoption into English.