Emoji were initially used by Japanese mobile operators, NTT DoCoMo, au, and SoftBank Mobile (formerly Vodafone). These companies each defined their own variants of emoji using proprietary standards. The first emoji was created in 1998 or 1999 in Japan by Shigetaka Kurita,[12] who was part of the team working on NTT DoCoMo's i-mode mobile Internet platform. Kurita took inspiration from weather forecasts that used symbols to show weather, Chinese characters and street signs, and from manga that used stock symbols to express emotions, such as lightbulbs signifying inspiration.[13][14][15] The first set of 176 12×12 pixel emoji was created as part of i-mode's messaging features to help facilitate electronic communication, and to serve as a distinguishing feature from other services.[5] Kurita created the first 180 emoji based on the expressions that he observed people making and other things in the city.[16]
Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji comes from Japanese e (絵, "picture") + moji (文字, "character").
Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji comes from Japanese e (絵, "picture") + moji (文字, "character").
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