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Smiley emoticons

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You can never get enough smiley emoticons. They are the basis of smileys and emoticons on the internet! I mean, back in the early 90′s when the Internet was just warming up, AOL chat had the first (as far as I’m concerned) smiley emoticons. They were crazy and they defined a whole internet generation of chat emotions! Then when MSN came out and introduced the world to a whole new set mof smilies and emotes, and the new emotions were born in people everywhere.

Who would have thought that an ‘afterthough’ in AOL would have become one of the biggest money spinners and advertising revenues that there could possibly be. Even after the dotcom bubble burst, instant messaging icons and smileys are still going strong. It’s no wonder that people in social media are still trying to launch new chat services (like Facebook chat) even though the market it almost saturated. It’s because smiley emoticons are big business!

So, what are the best smiley emoticons?

Smiley emoticons

Some of the most popular smilies are these:
:D – big smiley emoticon
:) – normal smilie

:S – crooked smile emoticon
:( – unhappy smiley

I don’t know if you can think of any more, but I think these are the classic smiley emoticons.

Symbols characters

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Here’s a big list of symbols characters and alt codes for finding special characters for using in your chat programs, MSN, Facebook chat, Skype, Myspace etc. You can use symbols characters to send emotions to your friends, or to help you in microsoft word documents! You can also use these symbols characters on a mac. There are so many symbols you can use as characters…

Symbols characters

§ – section
© – copyright
® – registered trademark
™ – trademark
° – degree – e.g. 90°
¹ – superscript 1
² – superscript 2
³ – superscript 3
¢ – cents
£ – pounds
¥ – yen
€ – euros sign
· – middle dot
¸ – spacing cedilla
¿ – upside down question mark
× – multiply
÷ – division

More symbols and characters…

• – bullet = black small circle
◊ – lozenge
℠ – Service Mark
℃ – Celsius
℅ – care of
℉ – Farenheit
№ – numero symbol – number sign
¼ – fraction 1/4
½ – fraction 1/2
¾ – fraction 3/4
℗ – Sound Recording Copyright
℞ – Prescription Take pharmaceutical symbol
Ω – Ohm
℧ – Inverted Ohm

More character symbols….

☀ – sunshine – sun
☁ – cloudy – cloud – dark cloud
☂ – raining – rain – umbrella
☃ – snow – snowman
☄ – shooting star
★ – star solid
☆ – star outline
☇ – lightning
☈ – thunderstorm
☉ – sun
☊ – ascending node
☋ – descending node
☌ – conjunction

More alt characters symbols…

☍ – opposition
☐ – check box
☒ – ballot box with X
☑ – check box check mark
☎ – phone
☏ – phone symbol outline
☓ – St. Andrew’s Cross
☠ – skull & crossbones
☡ – caution sign
☢ – radioactive sign
☣ – biohazard sign
☮ – peace sign
☯ – yin & yang
☹ – frowning face
☺ – smiley face
☻ – black smiley face
☽ – crescent moon
☾ – crescent moon
♈ – Aries
♉ – Taurus
♊ – Gemini
♋ – Cancer
♌ – Leo
♍ – Virgo
♎ – Libra
♏ – Scorpio
♐ – Sagitarius
♑ – Capricorn
♒ – Aquarius
♓ – Pisces
☚ – left-pointing index finger
☛ – right-pointing index finger
☜ – left-pointing index finger
☝ – up pointing index finger
☞ – right pointing index finger
☟ – down pointing index finger

More symbols characters…

♔ – White King
♕ – White Queen
♖ – White Rook
♗ – White Bishop
♘ – White Knight
♙ – White Pawn
♚ – Black King
♛ – Black Queen
♜ – Black Rook
♝ – Black Bishop
♞ – Black Knight
♟ – Black Pawn
♠ – black spade suit
♢ – red diamond suit
♣ – black club suit = shamrock
♤ – red spade suit
♥ – black heart suit = valentine
♦ – black diamond suit
♧ – red club suit
♨ – hot springs
♩ – musical quarter note
♪ – musical eighth note
♫ – musical single bar note
♬ – musical double bar note
♭ – flat note
♮ – natural note
♯ – sharp note

More characters symbols…

✁ – cut above
✂ – cut here
✃ – cut below
✄ – scissors
✆ – public pay phone
✇ – film reel – tape spool
✈ – airport jet airplane
✉ – envelope mail email
✌ – victory sign
✍ – signature – sign here
✎ – pencil diagonal down
✏ – pencil
✐ – pencil diagonal up
✝ – Latin Roman Cross
✞ – Latin Cross 3D shadow
✟ – Latin Cross outline
✠ – Maltese Cross
✡ – Star of David
❛ – quotation mark single turned comma
❜ – quotation mark single comma
❝ – quotation mark double turned comma
❞ – quotation mark double comma
✓ – check mark
✔ – heavy check mark
✕ – multiplication sign X
✖ – heavy multiplication sign X
✗ – ballot X
✘ – heavy ballot X

How to make chat symbols on a mac

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Most people searching for chat symbols on a mac have problems when trying to do emoticons and symbols. Mac symbols want to know how to make chat symbols, but have issues because they can not use character map or sometimes can not copy and paste.

The way to get chat symbols on an apple mac is to press the Option key and then another key (at the same time). This is similar to using the alt key (how to alt) on a PC.

So here is the list of chat symbols on a mac:

How to make chat symbols on a mac


Option key + ` = `
Option key + 1 = ¡
Option key + 2 = €
Option key + 3 = #
Option key + 4 = ¢
Option key + 5 = ∞
Option key + 6 = §
Option key + 7 = ¶
Option key + 8 = •
Option key + 9 = ª
Option key + 0 = º
Option key + – = –
Option key + = = ≠
Option key + q = œ
Option key + w = ∑
Option key + e = ´
Option key + r = ®
Option key + t = †
Option key + y = ¥
Option key + u = ¨
Option key + i = ˆ
Option key + o = ø
Option key + p = π
Option key + [ = “
Option key + ] = ‘
Option key + = «
Option key + a = å
Option key + s = ß
Option key + d = ∂
Option key + f = ƒ
Option key + g = ©
Option key + h = ˙
Option key + j = ∆
Option key + k = ˚
Option key + l = ¬
Option key + ; = …
Option key + ‘ = æ
Option key + z = Ω
Option key + x = ≈
Option key + c = ç
Option key + v = √
Option key + b = ∫
Option key + n = ˜
Option key + m = µ
Option key + , = ≤
Option key + . = ≥
Option key + / = ÷

Symbols With the “Option / ALT” and “Shift” Keys Pressed

Option key, Shift key, and ` = `
Option key, Shift key, and 1 = ⁄
Option key, Shift key, and 2 = ™
Option key, Shift key, and 3 = ‹
Option key, Shift key, and 4 = ›
Option key, Shift key, and 5 = fi
Option key, Shift key, and 6 = fl
Option key, Shift key, and 7 = ‡
Option key, Shift key, and 8 = °
Option key, Shift key, and 9 = ·
Option key, Shift key, and 0 = ‚
Option key, Shift key, and – = —
Option key, Shift key, and = = ±
Option key, Shift key, and q = Œ
Option key, Shift key, and w = „
Option key, Shift key, and e = ´
Option key, Shift key, and r = ‰
Option key, Shift key, and t = ˇ
Option key, Shift key, and y = Á
Option key, Shift key, and u = ¨
Option key, Shift key, and i = ˆ
Option key, Shift key, and o = Ø
Option key, Shift key, and p = ∏
Option key, Shift key, and [ = ”
Option key, Shift key, and ] = ’
Option key, Shift key, and = »
Option key, Shift key, and a = Å
Option key, Shift key, and s = Í
Option key, Shift key, and d = Î
Option key, Shift key, and f = Ï
Option key, Shift key, and g = ˝
Option key, Shift key, and h = Ó
Option key, Shift key, and j = Ô
Option key, Shift key, and k = 
Option key, Shift key, and l = Ò
Option key, Shift key, and ; = Ú
Option key, Shift key, and ‘ = Æ
Option key, Shift key, and z = ¸
Option key, Shift key, and x = ˛
Option key, Shift key, and c = Ç
Option key, Shift key, and v = ◊
Option key, Shift key, and b = ı
Option key, Shift key, and n = ˜
Option key, Shift key, and m = Â
Option key, Shift key, and , = ¯
Option key, Shift key, and . = ˘
Option key, Shift key, and / = ¿

So now you know how to make chat symbols on a mac!