| :_( | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ★ Common | |
| Updated | August 24, 2009 | |
| Description: The underscore represents a teardrop. | ||
| :'( | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | AIM Instant Messenger Live (MSN) Messenger ICQ Instant Messenger Google Gmail |
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| Rank | ★ ★ ★ Common | |
| Updated | May 29, 2009 | |
| Description: The apostrophe represents a tear. Typing this emoticon shortcut in the AOL or MSN instant messaging programs inserts a graphical emoticon into the chat session. | ||
| T_T | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ★ Common | |
| Updated | May 30, 2009 | |
| Description: The T's represent crying eyes and the underscore is a sad mouth. | ||
| ;_; | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ★ Common | |
| Updated | March 31, 2009 | |
| Description: The front view of a crying person with tears streaming down his face. | ||
| Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) | |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ★ Common | |
| Updated | October 8, 2012 | |
| Description: The two Q's represent two eyes with tears, implying the person is crying. It may be used either seriously or sarcastically. | ||
| :"-( | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ★ Common | |
| Updated | June 17, 2010 | |
| Description: The double quotes symbol (") represents tears and the "(" is a frown, indicating the person is sad. | ||
| ='( | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ☆ Average | |
| Updated | May 14, 2009 | |
| Description: The apostrophe represents a tear streaming from one of the eyes. | ||
| 8:::( | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ☆ Average | |
| Updated | November 19, 2009 | |
| Description: The "8" is the person's eyes and the ":::" represents tears. | ||
| i_i | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ☆ Average | |
| Updated | March 11, 2010 | |
| Description: The i's represent eyes with tears streaming down and the underscore (_) represents a melancholy expression. | ||
| :*( | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | March 18, 2009 | |
| Description: The asterisk represents a teardrop. | ||
| :(( | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | Yahoo! Messenger |
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| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | July 9, 2009 | |
| Description: The two parentheses "((" represent the action of crying. | ||
| T^T | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | July 7, 2008 | |
| Description: The T's represent eye's with tears and the ^ symbol is the nose. | ||
| :'-C | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | March 30, 2010 | |
| Description: The apostrophe (') represents a tear and the capital "C" represents a big frown, or the action of crying. | ||
| ;-; | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | April 2, 2010 | |
| Description: The semicolons (;) represent eyes with tears. It might be used to say, "B-b-b-but whhhy?" | ||
| TT.TT | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | October 19, 2010 | |
| Description: The two T's (TT) on each side of the nose (.) indicate the person is crying especially hard. | ||
| ;( | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | February 1, 2012 | |
| Description: The semicolon (;) represents distressed eyes and the frown indicates the person is sad. | ||
| =O :::::: | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | 2007 | |
| Description: Crying out loud, or wailing. | ||
| :..[ | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | 2007 | |
| Description: The dots represents tears running down the face. | ||
| TT^TT | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | March 11, 2010 | |
| Description: The T's represent crying eyes and the carrot symbol (^) is a frown. | ||
| TT_TT | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | March 9, 2010 | |
| Description: The T's represent eyes and tears, and the underscore (_) represents a blank expression. | ||