Where does “에모지” come from?

에모지 (Korean) comes from Japanese 絵文字, from Japanese 絵, from Middle Chinese 繪.

에모지 (Korean): emoji

Definitions

  1. emoji

Ancestry of “에모지”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese絵文字pictograph; emoji: emoticons that originated in...
2Japanese絵picture, painting; drawing, sketch
3Middle Chinese繪—
Every word from Middle Chinese 繪 →Every word from Japanese 絵 →Every word from Japanese 絵文字 →
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