Emojion๐ lachend gezicht met hartvormige ogen
Betekenis
Covers everything from romantic love to food obsession โ any intense 'I love this' feeling. Inspired by the heart-eyes look in cartoons and anime, it's perfect for expressing overwhelming excitement or infatuation.
Trefwoorden: gevoelens, gezicht, hartjes, hartjesogen, kussen, lach, liefde, oog, romantiek, schatje
Zo wordt hij wereldwijd gebruikt
JapanIn Japan, heart emojis are seen as nearly exclusively romantic, so ๐ tends to appear in love contexts rather than for food or scenery. Unlike many other countries where heart-based emoji rank in the top 5, Japan's most-used list reportedly contains none.
๐ก Wist je dat?
Officially added to Unicode 6.0 in 2010, but the heart-eyes look is much older โ classic early-20th-century Western cartoons used it for the 'totally smitten' face long before emoji existed. Japanese carrier emoji sets reportedly had a version as far back as 1999.
๐ก Wist je dat?
In the West, ๐ is casually thrown at friends, food, and movies alike โ but for someone who reads heart-eyes as seriously romantic, it can land as an unexpected confession. Especially in Japan, where heart emojis skew strongly romantic, the same message can hit very differently.