Where does “顔文字” come from?
顔文字 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 文字, from Middle Chinese 文字.
顔文字 (Japanese): an emoticon
Ancestry of “顔文字”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 文字 | a letter, a character; script, writing system; a... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 文字 | — |