| {} | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ★ Common | |
| Updated | March 1, 2012 | |
| Description: The left and right brackets represent arms giving you a hug. It is a common way to send a hug to someone online. | ||
| ({}) | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ★ Common | |
| Updated | March 3, 2012 | |
| Description: This is a "big hug" that can be used to add some extra enthusiasm to the standard {} emoticon. It is also the emoticon shortcut used to display the hug icon on BlackBerry smartphones. | ||
| { } | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ☆ Average | |
| Updated | October 26, 2009 | |
| Description: These two brackets can used to send someone a hug via e-mail or a text message. | ||
| :)X | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ★ ☆ Average | |
| Updated | January 29, 2009 | |
| Description: The same as saying, "I hug you." Represents a person wrapping his or her arms around someone. | ||
| (:)\/< | Direction | Horizontal (tilted 90° to the left) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | March 5, 2012 | |
| Description: This person is reaching his arms out to give you a hug. | ||
| (>^_^)> <(^.^<) | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | August 19, 2009 | |
| Description: This two characters should be written on one line, rather than two. They represent a boy and a girl about to hug each other. They characters can be used individually to represent a hug as well. | ||
| (>'')><(''<) | Direction | Vertical (not tilted sideways) |
| Shortcut | No | |
| Rank | ★ ☆ ☆ Uncommon | |
| Updated | December 16, 2009 | |
| Description: Two cute-looking people hugging each other. | ||