<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <title>Emoticons</title> </head> <body> <h1>Emoticons</h1> <p>Emoticons are textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art.</p> <p>Emoticons can generally be divided into two groups: Western (mainly from America and Europe) or horizontal; Eastern or vertical (mainly from east Asia). <h2>Western</h2> <p>Western style emoticons are mostly written from left to right as though the head is rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees.</p> <p>Smiley: :‑) :-><br>Tongue-tied: :‑&<br>Broken heart: <\3<br>Rose: @}->--<br>Fish: ><(((*></p> <h2>Eastern</h2> <p>Eastern emoticons generally are not rotated sideways. They first arose in Japan, where they are referred to as kaomoji.</p> <p>Troubled: (>_<)<br>Sad: ("_")<br>Cat: (=^·^=)<br>Headphones: ((d[-_-]b))</p> </body> </html>