Emojis, the convenient pictograms populating cellphone and smartphone keyboards around the world, originated in Japan. Written 絵文字, emoji literally means “picture letter.” For example, here…

While “emoji” has become part of the global lexicon, it’s originally a Japanese word–絵文字 (emoji, meaning “picture word”), and has same meaning that it has…

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