Words and pictures can be easy to understand ... The site sorts emoji into nine categories, including Smileys, People, Objects, Activity and more. Each category then breaks down emoji into ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

In the early days of online chatting people used different characters on the keyboard as a shortcut to convey an emotion. The happy face :) to convey happiness or joy. The frowny face :( to convey ...