囧: Jiong3, or Chinese emoticons

According to this article, an old Chinese character is being repurposed as an emoticon, thanks to its iconic resemblance to a human face.

囧 (Jiong3), is a very old Chinese character. It’s present in Wenlin,
but there are no words in the dictionary containing it. The character
is used in 莔 (ying1), which also is used in no words in that dictionary.

Interesting.


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