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What Is an Emoticon? What is an Emoji?

An emoticon is a set of punctuation marks, letters, and numbers arranged to (36) ________ a human face. Each emoticon is more or less universally understood and expresses a certain emotion. (37) ________, :-D means laughing or a big grin, :-O is for surprise, and <3 is the closest you get to a heart.

Eastern and Western cultures (38) _______ completely different sets of emoticons, though. Western ones are to be read sideways, from left to right, while Eastern emoticons don't need to be rotated and can sometimes use non-Latin characters.

Emoji (from the Japanese e, “picture,” and moji, “character”) are a slightly more recent invention. Not to be confused (39) _______ the previous emoticons, emoji are pictures of faces, objects, and symbols. You’re probably familiar with the distinct style of Apple’s emoji: yellow cartoony faces with (40) _________ expressions, as well as families, buildings, animals, food objects, mathematical symbols, and more.