MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where did the word “emoji” come from?

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where did the word “emoji” come from?

You’ve no doubt used them thousands of times when texting. Emojis. But where did that term come from anyway?

The actually word emoji is actually a combo of a few Japanese characters 絵 (“e,” meaning picture), 文 (“mo,” means write) and 字 (“ji,” character). Super interesting how we now communicate with pictures just like they did back in ancient times.

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