Creating smileys is a popular activity for many using the computer and if you can’t make smileys, you may just be feeling a little left out. This wikiHow shows you how to make smileys and indicates the meaning that accompanies each smiley – because there is a meaning, providing you know what it is!
Steps
- Learn the basic smiles and the meaning that accompanies each. The following list provides you with the major smiley emoticons (emotional icons). Most of them are drawn sideways, that is you might see the intended image better if you tip your head to the left.
- 3:) Devil
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Sad - >.< or :@ or >_< Angry
- ^-^ Happy
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Excited/Smile - D: Sad
- :O Surprised
- xp Sick
- :3 Cute
- (-_-) Sleeping/Annoyed/Face-palming
- o) or -) Cyclops
- *_* Dizzy or starry eyes. Can also be interpreted as impressed. (not sideways)
- 0///0 or o///oBlushing (not sideways)
- o3o Blabbering (not sideways)
- T_T Manga sad face (not sideways)
- :^) Happy (profile)
- :¬) Happy (with cool nose), Alt+0172
- ☺ Happy, Alt+1
- ☻ Happy, Alt+2
- :-/ Perplexed, frustrated
- :*( or :’( Sad (crying)
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Speechless or sick -
Surprised - :0 Surprised, OMG
- :-& Tongue tied
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) or :DD Very happy - ( DD: Very sad
- :-S Worried
- ( ^ 3 ^ ) Kiss
- ♥ also <3 heart(alt+3)
- -_- or -.- annoyed
- >.< angry
- ♪ ♫ music notes (alt + 13) (alt + 14)
- ☼ << sun (alt + 15)
- :Þ Sticking Out Your Tongue (advanced version) on numpad, type Alt + 0222
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Sticking Out Your Tongue (simple version) - 0_o “Woah!” or “WTF” smiley
- DIAMOND ALT+4
- Learn some more advanced smiles and the meaning that accompanies each. The following list provides you with a list of smiles, which primarily communicate actions rather than emotions. They are also drawn sideways, that is you might see the intended image better if you tip your head to the left.
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Ask - *:) Answer
- ;;) Batting eyelashes
- d—0.o—b Two Thumbs Up
- ~ Drool
- >:D< Hug
- :-‡ Keeping a secret (my lips are sealed)
- :* Kiss
- :W Blowing nose
- Laughing
- XD Laughing crazily or “ZOMG”
- X-D Laughing out loud (LOL)
- \:) Raised eyebrow
- Raspberry (sticking out tongue)
- =Þ Raspberry (sticking out tongue) Alt-012254
- :’ Smirk
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Wink - ^_^a Wiping tears away
- p^_^q Ipod headphones
- q[-'.'-]p reg. headphone (old school)
- :-@ Yelling, screaming
- :-# My Lips Are Sealed
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or :\ Confused face - w(o_o)w Rocker guy
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- Learn the “character” smiles that can be animals, cartoon characters or exaggerated human features.
- 0 :-) Angel
- ():) Angel
- :B Buckteeth, nerd
- :E Buckteeth, nerd
- Bunny:
- (\ /)
- (o.o)
- (“)UU(“)
- }Y{ Butterfly
- (::[]::) bandaid
- >=3 Cat
- ^..^ Cat (alternate version)
- *:o) Clown
- =]:)* Cowboy
- ]:) Devil
- }:) Devil
- :0P Dog
- //_^ Emo
- <>< Fish
- +:) Girl with bow
- (>’.')> Kirby
- (^’.'^) Kirby again
- <(‘.’<) Kirby (again…)
- <(‘.’<) <(‘.’)> (>’.')> Kirby dancing
- (<@>.<@>) zoned out or Stoned Pokemon
- :^o Liar
- d:c}) Mario
- \\m// (-_-) \\m// Metal head (not sideways)
- :! Mole
- |) Monkey
- 0(o_o)0 Monkey (not sideways)
- :-{ Mustache
- :-c Mustache
- :3) Nose
- :@) Pig
- (^@^)~ Pig
- :) Pig
- <(*_*)> Rosie the robot (not sideways)
- *<|:{)} Santa Claus!
- ∑:-) Bart Simpson
- (_8(I) Homer Simpson
- @@@@@:^) Marge Simpson
- qo{-<]: Skateboarder
- <@@@@@@@@:F Snake
- o)-< Stick figure.
- @:-) Turban
- &:-) Elvis or Wilma Flinstone
- C=5 Squidward
- [=l)[]= Spongebob
- ->:.)= Sonic the Hedgehog
- (^^) //(‘_’)\\ (^^)= Knuckles the Echidna
- =^,,^= *kitty*
- Practice more smiley creation. The art of smiles is a treasured and long-running one. You can continue with these smiles and then perhaps consider making your own. The following list offers examples of drawings of inanimate objects drawn in the same style as the emotional icons shown above.
- <——K Arrow
- -DD- Bikini
- <<<<<- Christmas Tree
- <((_(crayola)_)) Crayon
- **== Flag
- <3 Heart
- @—-\—- Rose
- c(:) Skull
- <===========[[===] Sword
- >[] TV
- /.–|—-^- M-16
- |:{| Man with mustache/caveman
- ♥v♥ Love Face on numpad, press Alt + 6-3
- O.O surprised
- (+[ ]-:-) PSP
- T_T crying
- ={D mustache smiley
- ︻┳テ=一 GUN
- [.+o : :::::: o o:] wii remote
- [.+o : :::::: o o:]—— wii remote with strap
- (>;_;)> Kirby
- <<<<<<<<<<<┼— sword remake
- <(o(00)o)> piggy
- >.> Sarcasm/suspicion.
- (<*_*<) Another Kirby
- d-(^.^)z Good Job!
- ED= It’s a guy in shock putting his hands up in front of his mouth screaming “gasp”something
- (:::[__]:::) Band-aid
- <–{|–<< Bow and arrow
- ;o an angry smiley…HAHA {|o-o|} – Glasses
- ()____) Macaroni
- -0- solger
- ♦ Diamond
To do the common smiley face, simply do 
To get a bit more creative with your emotions, you can be sad by typing 
To make a smiley that is very happy, type in ^_^. For a shocked face, 
If you’d like to get a bit more creative, make a devil by entering 3:), and if you’ve been good, an angel is O:). To make a kissing face, type :*, and if you’d like a heart <3. 
To make a smiley with glasses, 8). If you’d like a cool little guy with some shades, type 8-|. 
If you really want to have fun with the Facebook smilies, you can make a Pacman by typing :v, a robot by entering 
