This was the first of all the heart emojis, popping up on black-and-white phones in Japan in the ’90s. It’s a classic. When to use: When you want to share a sad heart, either as your current ...

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A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions. This should be heartening. In 2015, the Oxford English Dictionary announced that their Word of the Year was the emoji 'Face with Tears ...