Sending emoticons has long become a common thing in all communication services, including VK. They convey emotions well to the interlocutor, they can emphasize a certain thought or reaction, replace words.
Smilies are included in the Unicode font set, as are numbers and letters. The standardized Unicode emoticons are called Emoji. But also different systems may have their own sets of emoticons.
To send an emoticon to VKontakte, in most cases, it is enough to do a couple of simple steps:
This will add the smiley to the text along with the message. They can not only be sent to the LAN, but also added to comments, posts on the wall. for this you need:
- Start writing a comment to open the input line.
- Click on the kolobok icon in the upper right corner of the dialing line
- Select the appropriate emoticon and left-click on it.
- After adding it to the comment, click the Submit button.
If you are writing a post on the wall or commenting on something, then ordinary emoticons can be put together with the text, but stickers (larger images in sets) are sent only individually and they will be sent immediately after clicking on them with the left mouse button.
The set of emoticons and stickers in the mobile version of the VK website and in applications for mobile phones based on Android and iPhone does not differ from those in the web version of the site for a personal computer.
You cannot update emoticons or delete some instances from the standard set. It is also impossible to flip or otherwise edit the smiles in the list. You can only buy new sets of stickers or update the entire application, after which the list will be changed.
Frequently used emoticons are shown first in the list of all emoticons, for the convenience of the user.
An alternative way to insert an emoticon
If you have any problems with the VK interface:
- can't find the picture you want in the set;
- accustomed to typing quickly, and do not want to come off the mouse,
you can write a smiley code in the message. You can do it like this:
The ones you like most can be transferred to your notebook on your desktop in order to open it next time and quickly insert or memorize by heart, inserting emotions into the text without looking up from the keyboard.
Emoticons have become so firmly established in our lives that without them the alphabet looks incomplete, and messages seem dry and detached. But even in such a frivolous and childishly simple matter, like placing emoji, there are subtleties.
What do the different smilies mean
With smiley objects, everything is simple: they mean what they represent. A ball is a ball, an alarm clock is an alarm clock, and there is nothing to think about. But with face emoticons, the task becomes more complicated. We do not always manage to correctly guess the emotions from the faces of living people, let alone the physiognomy of the koloboks. There are emoticons whose meaning is obvious:
Fun, laughter, joy, jubilation.
Sadness, sadness, longing, discontent.
Playful mood, teasing.
Surprise, amazement, shock, fear.
Anger, resentment, rage.
And a few more similar ones - all possible options for families and romantic unions.
But there are some among the emoticons, the meaning of which can be interpreted ambiguously, or even bewildered:
This emoticon depicts a person sobbing at three - well, at two - streams, but in the version for Apple devices, due to raised eyebrows and a mouth that is not twisted from sobs, he is often perceived as laughing to tears. Be careful with him: you want to indicate grief to them, but they will misunderstand you.
This emoticon is supposed to represent silence. Instead, he just scares to death.
If everything is more or less clear with the evil devil ("angry as devil"), then the cheerful demon is somewhat puzzling. Most likely, he is not only furious, but also anticipates how he will dance on your opponent's grave. And you, perhaps, just wanted to show originality and an unusual smile.
Despite the fact that the three wise monkeys saw nothing, did not hear and did not speak precisely because of their wisdom, these muzzles close their eyes, mouth and ears from shame, confusion and shock.
A set of feline emoticons for those who think that ordinary koloboks are not expressive enough and want to add sweetness to their emotions.
Instead of "hello" and "goodbye" you can wave your hand.
Hands raised, a gesture of joyful greeting or glee.
The applause is both sincere and sarcastic.
If you see hands in this picture, folded in a prayer gesture, then for you emoji can mean "thank you" or "I beg you." Well, if you see the "high five!" Here, it means that you are a very cheerful person.
A raised index finger can emphasize the importance of the message or express a request to interrupt the interlocutor with a question, or it can simply point to the previous message in the chat.
Fingers crossed for good luck.
For some it is "stop", but for someone "high five!"
No, this is not a truffle. Not even a truffle at all.
Ogre and Japanese goblin. It seems that someone is missing the usual devils.
Liar. His nose grows like Pinocchio's every time he lies.
These are eyes wide open in amazement, and the shifting eyes of a rogue, and even a lustful look. If someone sends you such an emoticon in the comments to the photo, you can be sure that the photo is successful.
And this is just an eye, and it is watching you.
A young moon and a full moon. It seems to be nothing special, but these smileys have their fans who appreciate them for their creepy facial expressions.
A very common girl in purple. Her gestures mean OK (hands over head), no (arms crossed), hello, or I know the answer (hand up). This character has another pose that baffles many -. According to the official version, it symbolizes the help desk worker. Apparently, she shows with her hand how to get to the city library.
Do you also see two tense faces here, presumably unfriendly? But they did not guess: according to Apple's tips, this is an embarrassed face and a stubborn face. Who would have thought!
By the way, tips for emoticons can be viewed in the message window on if you open an emoji and hover the cursor over the emoticon you are interested in. Like this:
Another way to find out the meaning of an emoticon is to seek help from emojipedia.org. On it you will find not only detailed interpretations of emoticons, but you can also see how the same emoticon looks on different platforms. Many unexpected discoveries await you.
Where are emoticons appropriate?
1. In informal friendly correspondence
Funny yellow faces are appropriate in a personal chat, where you share not so much information as your mood. With the help of emoticons, you will laugh at a joke, sympathize, make faces at each other. This is where emotions really belong.
2. When emotions are overflowing and words are not enough
Sometimes, when something very important happens in our life, feelings overwhelm us so much that we are about to burst. Then we write an emotional post on Facebook or post a dazzling photo on Instagram and decorate it with a generous scattering of emoticons. Someone, of course, will not like it, but what now, stifle all the vivid sensations in yourself? The main thing is not to abuse such a public manifestation of violent emotions: this will alienate subscribers and question your adequacy.
3. By agreement to highlight the message in work correspondence
This is a very easy and convenient way to make important messages that require urgent attention visible. For example, great for these purposes. But you need to agree in advance which cases in your company are considered urgent and which smiley you will use for this.
It is important not to overdo it: if you have one emoticon for emergency messages, the second for urgent questions, and the third for important news, then soon all work correspondence will turn into a New Year's garland that no one is looking at.
When is it better to do without emoticons
1. In business correspondence
Work is not a place for emotions. Here you are required to be calm, collected and professional. Even if you want to emphasize your benevolence or express concern about a situation, use emoticons for this purpose.
2. When dealing with foreigners
This is especially true for emoji gestures. For example, someone you wanted to show your approval to will end your good relationship with someone from Greece or Thailand. Still, because with this gesture you sent him to hell.
Therefore, if you are not sure of your deep knowledge of the peculiarities of the national culture of your interlocutor, do not risk it.
3. Oddly enough, when you discuss feelings and emotions
Feelings are serious business. If you are not just chatting, but opening your soul or sharing something important, words will convey your feelings and experiences much more accurately than emoticons. โYou are dearer to me than anyone in the worldโ means much more than ten hearts in a row. In the end, you have only one heart, so give it.
Remember that emojis are a condiment, not a main ingredient. To give expressiveness to your message, you need very few of them.
Emoji language
Judging by the fact that today almost no personal correspondence is complete without emoticons, we can safely say that emoji have become an independent section of the language. Sometimes they even pretend to replace the language: you can write a whole message using only emoticons. The popular American TV show Ellen DeGeneres even has a special section in which guests are invited to read a phrase where part of the words are replaced with emoji:
And here is the encrypted name of the film, which we invite you to guess.
Base of emoticons that can be used in various communication services and on various web pages. You can copy any emoticon and paste it into an e-mail, VKontakte, Twitter or Facebook message - it will be displayed in all these services and will have the same meaning. At the same time, it does not matter from which device it was sent.
Please note that the display of icons depends on the operating systems, browsers and communication services that you use. Read more about this below.
Emoticon categories:
How Emojis differ from regular emoticons
Emoji (Emoji) is the language of ideograms and emoticons that can be displayed both in a separate text message and on a web page. Emoji is part of Unicode, which allows you to copy the emoticon code to the clipboard and paste it into a messenger or social network message, an e-mail, or a forum. In this case, the symbol will be visible everywhere and will have the same meaning. It doesn't matter what device it was sent from.
Emoji were originally available exclusively to smartphone users living in Japan. They were invented by Shigetaka Kurita, a programmer of Japanese mobile operator NTT docomo. He saw that users often draw faces using parentheses, quotes, and dashes to express emotions, and decided to replace them with pictograms.
The Western world first took notice of Japanese icons in 2011, when Apple included them in keyboards on devices running iOS 5. Emoji were also incorporated into Unicode at the same time.
Emoji display issues
Depending on operating systems, browsers and communication services, emoji emoticons.
Since most sites use UTF-8 encoding, it is possible that you will see empty squares instead of smilies. However, recently, browser developers have been solving this problem. The latest version of the web browser displays Emoji most correctly. Support for Japanese icons is also implemented in the updated. Most emoticons support, and. But for users of Internet navigators, we do not recommend actively communicating using Emoji - you will not see at least 60% of what you send or receive.
The OS version also matters. Windows 10 displays more emoji emoticons than Windows 8, and version 7 has even fewer. In XP they are not supported at all. Interestingly, in versions 8 and 10 of Microsoft's operating systems, most of them are already integrated into, but it is not very convenient to use it.
Incomplete implementation in messengers and social networks
Many emoji smilies are integrated into Hangouts, and VKontakte, but this integration is incomplete - if you can insert such an icon into a VKontakte message, then the question is,
Emoticons have become so firmly established in our lives that without them the alphabet looks incomplete, and messages seem dry and detached. But even in such a frivolous and childishly simple matter, like placing emoji, there are subtleties.
What do the different smilies mean
With smiley objects, everything is simple: they mean what they represent. A ball is a ball, an alarm clock is an alarm clock, and there is nothing to think about. But with face emoticons, the task becomes more complicated. We do not always manage to correctly guess the emotions from the faces of living people, let alone the physiognomy of the koloboks. There are emoticons whose meaning is obvious:
Fun, laughter, joy, jubilation.
Sadness, sadness, longing, discontent.
Playful mood, teasing.
Surprise, amazement, shock, fear.
Anger, resentment, rage.
And a few more similar ones - all possible options for families and romantic unions.
But there are some among the emoticons, the meaning of which can be interpreted ambiguously, or even bewildered:
This emoticon depicts a person sobbing at three - well, at two - streams, but in the version for Apple devices, due to raised eyebrows and a mouth that is not twisted from sobs, he is often perceived as laughing to tears. Be careful with him: you want to indicate grief to them, but they will misunderstand you.
This emoticon is supposed to represent silence. Instead, he just scares to death.
If everything is more or less clear with the evil devil ("angry as devil"), then the cheerful demon is somewhat puzzling. Most likely, he is not only furious, but also anticipates how he will dance on your opponent's grave. And you, perhaps, just wanted to show originality and an unusual smile.
Despite the fact that the three wise monkeys saw nothing, did not hear and did not speak precisely because of their wisdom, these muzzles close their eyes, mouth and ears from shame, confusion and shock.
A set of feline emoticons for those who think that ordinary koloboks are not expressive enough and want to add sweetness to their emotions.
Instead of "hello" and "goodbye" you can wave your hand.
Hands raised, a gesture of joyful greeting or glee.
The applause is both sincere and sarcastic.
If you see hands in this picture, folded in a prayer gesture, then for you emoji can mean "thank you" or "I beg you." Well, if you see the "high five!" Here, it means that you are a very cheerful person.
A raised index finger can emphasize the importance of the message or express a request to interrupt the interlocutor with a question, or it can simply point to the previous message in the chat.
Fingers crossed for good luck.
For some it is "stop", but for someone "high five!"
No, this is not a truffle. Not even a truffle at all.
Ogre and Japanese goblin. It seems that someone is missing the usual devils.
Liar. His nose grows like Pinocchio's every time he lies.
These are eyes wide open in amazement, and the shifting eyes of a rogue, and even a lustful look. If someone sends you such an emoticon in the comments to the photo, you can be sure that the photo is successful.
And this is just an eye, and it is watching you.
A young moon and a full moon. It seems to be nothing special, but these smileys have their fans who appreciate them for their creepy facial expressions.
A very common girl in purple. Her gestures mean OK (hands over head), no (arms crossed), hello, or I know the answer (hand up). This character has another pose that baffles many -. According to the official version, it symbolizes the help desk worker. Apparently, she shows with her hand how to get to the city library.
Do you also see two tense faces here, presumably unfriendly? But they did not guess: according to Apple's tips, this is an embarrassed face and a stubborn face. Who would have thought!
By the way, tips for emoticons can be viewed in the message window on if you open an emoji and hover the cursor over the emoticon you are interested in. Like this:
Another way to find out the meaning of an emoticon is to seek help from emojipedia.org. On it you will find not only detailed interpretations of emoticons, but you can also see how the same emoticon looks on different platforms. Many unexpected discoveries await you.
Where are emoticons appropriate?
1. In informal friendly correspondence
Funny yellow faces are appropriate in a personal chat, where you share not so much information as your mood. With the help of emoticons, you will laugh at a joke, sympathize, make faces at each other. This is where emotions really belong.
2. When emotions are overflowing and words are not enough
Sometimes, when something very important happens in our life, feelings overwhelm us so much that we are about to burst. Then we write an emotional post on Facebook or post a dazzling photo on Instagram and decorate it with a generous scattering of emoticons. Someone, of course, will not like it, but what now, stifle all the vivid sensations in yourself? The main thing is not to abuse such a public manifestation of violent emotions: this will alienate subscribers and question your adequacy.
3. By agreement to highlight the message in work correspondence
This is a very easy and convenient way to make important messages that require urgent attention visible. For example, great for these purposes. But you need to agree in advance which cases in your company are considered urgent and which smiley you will use for this.
It is important not to overdo it: if you have one emoticon for emergency messages, the second for urgent questions, and the third for important news, then soon all work correspondence will turn into a New Year's garland that no one is looking at.
When is it better to do without emoticons
1. In business correspondence
Work is not a place for emotions. Here you are required to be calm, collected and professional. Even if you want to emphasize your benevolence or express concern about a situation, use emoticons for this purpose.
2. When dealing with foreigners
This is especially true for emoji gestures. For example, someone you wanted to show your approval to will end your good relationship with someone from Greece or Thailand. Still, because with this gesture you sent him to hell.
Therefore, if you are not sure of your deep knowledge of the peculiarities of the national culture of your interlocutor, do not risk it.
3. Oddly enough, when you discuss feelings and emotions
Feelings are serious business. If you are not just chatting, but opening your soul or sharing something important, words will convey your feelings and experiences much more accurately than emoticons. โYou are dearer to me than anyone in the worldโ means much more than ten hearts in a row. In the end, you have only one heart, so give it.
Remember that emojis are a condiment, not a main ingredient. To give expressiveness to your message, you need very few of them.
Emoji language
Judging by the fact that today almost no personal correspondence is complete without emoticons, we can safely say that emoji have become an independent section of the language. Sometimes they even pretend to replace the language: you can write a whole message using only emoticons. The popular American TV show Ellen DeGeneres even has a special section in which guests are invited to read a phrase where part of the words are replaced with emoji:
And here is the encrypted name of the film, which we invite you to guess.
What do emoticons mean? How to decode them? These are the questions guys ask when they first get on social networks. After all, emoticons in social networks, as well as in VK, are a traditional and simple way to express long phrases in one picture.
A person is not always able to express his emotions through familiar words, sometimes even the most beautiful phrases do not reflect the essence of the conversation. And then the thread of the conversation is lost, since the interlocutor on the other side of the screen is also not a telepathic person and does not read thoughts.
Online correspondence is a special type of conversation in which, just as in a personal meeting, emotions and the ability to express them play an important role. The opponent cannot see facial expressions, hand movements, does not hear surprised or questioning intonations. That's when emoticons come in handy.
Any social network provides its users with a truly huge selection of emoticons for all occasions. And we will mainly focus on VK. Since mostly children and adolescents are sitting there, as well as some young parents it will be interesting to learn about emoticons in VK.
What do emoticons mean? These symbols help to clearly and harmoniously describe the necessary state, express an emotional reaction and get rid of a lack of vocabulary.
Most social networks, like any other resources for interactive communication, have in their arsenal a certain number of so-called hidden smileys. Most users simply do not know about such a function, since the administration of the communities themselves does not deliberately disseminate such information. And yet - they are, there are a lot of them, and they are absolutely free!
Each of the emoticons has a specific symbolic code that belongs only to him. Therefore, in order to send such a smile to a friend, you need to write this very code to the clipboard, or copy it directly into the sent message. So where can you get these secret signs to diversify your Internet vocabulary?
Below in this article, the main codes will be given, and by registering them, anyone will receive unique emotions and designations for actions. It is also important that these emoticons are suitable for sending not only in private messages, but also for comments on photos, videos and other records of friends. In the standard set of faces that open during communication, this function is not provided. Hidden smilies can be put down even in the status, the main thing is to know what this or that sign means.
It is quite easy to insert the necessary symbol into your text - the Ctrl + V combination or the "Paste" mouse menu item will help.
Even ten years ago, everyone was actively using ICQ. Over time, more modern programs have supplanted this method of communication, but the smilies that were in ICQ have taken root in everyday life and have been loved by many. How do you get the very first and most positive emoticons? If the skill allows, then you can install a special application, for example - "Vkopt" or "vkPlugin". Each of them has its own catalog of emoticons, about thirty unique images, from good-natured and laughing to angry and sarcastic. In addition to the standard yellow faces, the applications will also delight you with cheerful blue ones.
Of course, emoticons will not replace live communication with your peers and friends, but they are able to decorate online dialogues with incredible colors of emotions and understanding. You just can't allow communication to be limited only to the exchange of symbols, even if they are eloquent, and sometimes you are just too lazy to write a succinct and detailed answer. If you really can't write, make an agreement with your interlocutor and create a smiley-comic, the meaning of which will be available only to two. Abusing emoticons is ugly, expressing your opinion using funny symbols is modern and relevant.
How does a VKontakte sticker differ from a generally accepted emoticon
Recently, VKontakte has been offering us a lot of new stickers, some of them are free, others will have to be paid for with real money.
What is a sticker? This is a large picture on a given topic: cats, faces, people, fruits and vegetables, cars and others. They are available in the usual menu of emoticons, which opens to any user during correspondence. Here are just the developers of the site, most of the stickers open access only for money.
Sometimes there are regular thematic collections for free access, but really cool and individual ones - they do not fall into this list. These paid stickers can be obtained in three ways: pay for them, ask a friend for stickers as a gift, or download the corresponding plugin. The third method is the most logical and fastest, in addition, extensions will allow you to attach stickers not only to messages, but also to add them to comments.
The choice of such programs is so wide that it simply does not make sense to list them all here. Each of us can google and choose an extension that matches their operating system.
If during a conversation in the dialogue field when you click on a sticker from the plug-in, only its digital code appears - do not panic, when sending, the interlocutor must display the picture itself. This is a peculiar feature of the work of such add-on programs.
The emotional meaning of emoticons - what each of them means, and how to use it correctly
Now let's talk about how to use symbols correctly in Internet speech.
What do emoticons mean, what emotions do they express, what are the correct names?
| Emoticon | Smiley code in VK | Decoding VKontakte emoticons - meaning, options and cases for setting an emoticon |
| ๐ | - It's a smile. The simplest and most polite symbol that denotes your good nature, agreement with the opinion of the interlocutor, contentment with the tone of the conversation and just good mood. It is always appropriate to use it if you like your opponent and the conversation is about pleasant things. | |
| ๐ | - laughter to tears. Give them a really great joke or great joke. | |
| ๐ | - love. There is no need for explanations, but sending it to everyone indiscriminately is also not very nice. Leave it only for the elite. | |
| ๐ | - chagrin. They can show the full extent of your confusion and rejection of the situation that has arisen. Very deep emotion and does not require any verbal additions. | |
| ๐ | - light flirting. A symbolic declaration of love, often acts as a sign of gratitude for help or hint. Sent to close friends or relatives. | |
| ๐ | - tease. It is used to tease the interlocutor to argue or as a symbol of disbelief, for example, in a story told by a friend. | |
| ๐ก | - very angry. Just evil, pretentious. Extreme intensity of conversation, resentment, indignation. | |
| ๐ฆ | - bewilderment and fear. You can post it at any incomprehensible moment, as well as when the opinion of the interlocutor is extremely contrary to your own. | |
| ๐ | - a contemptuous grin. Used to respond to messages that contain false information and you know about it. | |
| ๐ | - incredibly cool. Indicates the degree of your importance and steepness. Feel free to post it when you definitely have something to brag about. |
Emoticons with symbols of faces of cats VKontakte
Now they are very popular and even touching. Let's talk about cats. These are well-known symbols, but a funny face in them is replaced with a cat's face. The decoding of the emoticons of the faces of cats is given below (the most popular emoticons of the picture are taken):
| Emoticon |
Smiley code in VK |
Decoding emoticons |
| ๐บ | - cat in isolation. Hints to the interlocutor about that. That it's time to go outside and have some really fun | |
| ๐ | - "Nichosi" kotan. A sign of extreme surprise, fear and distrust. Such a symbol suggests that you are expecting some explanation from the interlocutor about his actions. | |
| ๐พ | - disgruntled kote. He describes the extent to which you are dissatisfied with the conversation or actions of your friend. And if he doesn't apologize right now, you can be very offended | |
| ๐ธ | - a wonderful cat. You are really having fun, the conversation is enjoyable, and the jokes told by a friend are very funny. | |
| ๐น | - just in tears. It is used when there is no longer the strength to restrain laughter, and from this laughter you already cannot say anything really. | |
| ๐ฟ | - crying kote. A symbol of despair, resentment, extreme disappointment. Very sincere and trusting emoticon | |
| ๐ผ | - a kitty - a suspect. A sarcastic face hints to the interlocutor not only of your superiority over him, but also shows a sarcastic smile, which can both provoke a friend and offend | |
| ๐ป | - March cat. A symbol of extreme love and affection for a conversation partner | |
| ๐ฝ | - a kiss for good luck. This smiley usually ends a conversation with a loved one or just a good friend |
VKontakte emoticons indicating an action
| Emoticon | Emoticon code in VKontakte |
Decoding emoticons |
| ๐ข | - can you hear me? Attracts the attention of the interlocutor | |
| ๐ | - I read. Says that you are busy at the moment | |
| ๐ฎ | - open mailbox - I'm waiting for a letter from you | |
| ๐ | - bright sun. Means that you are in a sunny mood and are not disposed to quarrel | |
| ๐ | - timeout. He is thrown into the chat when they want to interrupt the conversation or change its subject. It is good to use such a smile to resolve sudden negative disputes, to stop aggression. | |
| ๐ | - shower. Everything is extremely simple here - I went to swim | |
| ๐ซ | - stop or no further. Means that you are very busy right now, therefore you do not have the opportunity to maintain a dialogue | |
| โ | - underground. You are leaving or you ask a friend to meet at a certain metro station. Just do not forget to check with which | |
| โ | - phone. Non-verbal substitute for the phrase - "Sorry, I was distracted by the call." | |
| โ | - Attention! So you show that you are going to pronounce an important or meaningful phrase, attract the attention of a friend |
Emoticons - Action
| Emoticon |
Emoticon code | Decoding VKontakte emoticons |
| ๐ณ | - scrambled eggs. โMaybe let's go have lunch? In another sense - a direct invitation to dinner | |
| ๐ | - present. "Give me this and that." Allegorically, this emoticon can describe a thing recently presented to you | |
| ๐ | - birthday cake. This is how you inform that you are invited to a celebration, or that you are invited to a celebration. | |
| ๐ | - fireworks. Offer your friend not just to have fun, but to arrange a grand party that you both will remember for a long time | |
| ๐ฆ | - a movie camera. "Let's go watch a movie?" With the same smiley, you can start a description of the movie that you recently watched and were satisfied with its plot. | |
| ๐ฎ | - joystick. Multiplayer invitation | |
| ๐ณ | - skittles and ball. Indicates not only bowling itself, but also any active pastime | |
| ๐ฟ | - let's go skiing or do sports in general | |
| ๐ค | sleep. Talking about the end of the conversation and that it is high time for both of you to sleep | |
| ๐ | - What? Where? Hint to your opponent about the need to pay close attention to an event, video, person, etc. |
We offer you such a decoding of VKontakte emoticons. Now you know the meaning of emoticons and you can see their decoding in tables for use in the popular social network VKontakte.
