# emoji

Pronunciation: say "ee-MOH-jee" US /ɪˈmoʊd͡ʒi/, UK /ɪˈməʊdʒi/

## Noun

1. A small digital icon with its own code point, used in text and online to stand for a concept, object, person, animal, or place.
   - Simple: A small picture or symbol you can put in a message, like a smiley face or a heart.
   - _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._

## 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.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/emoji (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).