Korean Emoticons Infographic

Korean emoticons
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We hope this Korean emoticon list helps you all out a lot. These emoticons are used frequently among friends and family in text messages. However recently, Kakaotalk has taken over with their popular emoticons (like Ryan and A-Peach…the one that looks like a butt)

The abbreviations can also be considered slang and more like these (shortened words) are being created by the younger generation frequently).

List of Emoticons & Abbreviations used in this graphic:

^^     ^_^      ^0^ = Happy

^_~ = Winking

-_-     – –  = Serious

ㅜㅜ     ㅠㅠ       ㅠ_ㅠ   = Crying

^^;       ^_^;  = Sweating

+_+   = Surprised

@_@ = Confused

ㅗ = Middle finger

OTL = Disappointment (looks like someone with their head down on their knees)

=_=     =  Sleepiness

~_~  = Boredom

-_-a  = Scratching head

0ㅠ0  = Vomiting

*^^*  = Blushing

^3^   = Kissing

(>.<)        >_<  = Embarassed

ㅇㅇ = 응 (Yes/Agreement)

ㅇㅋ = 오케이 (OK in English)

ㄷㅊ = 닥쳐 (Shutup/Shut your trap)

ㅊㅋ = 축아해요 (Congratulations)

ㄱㅅ = 감사합니다 (Thank you)

ㅎㅎ = 하하 (Laughing)

샘 = 선생님 (Teacher)

ㅂㅂ = bye bye

ㄴㄴ = no no

ㅅㄱ = 수고하세요 (Keep up the good work)

방가 = 방가워요 (Nice to meet you)

ㄷㄷ = 덜덜 (Shivering)

ㅎㅇ = 하이 (“Hi” in Konglish)

쩐다 = Awesome/Terrible (Kind of like “damn!” but not too bad)

짐 = 지금 (Now)

어케 = 어떻게 (How)

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