I feel like sending a message with Emoji's 👩‍🏫

Ahhh the beloved emoji 😊

Your faces right now 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

DID YOU KNOW THAT EMOJIS ARE JAPANESE????? THEY WERE INVENTED BY THE JAPANESE!!!

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I hear you cry.


FACT

The word emoji comes from Japanese e (絵, "picture") + moji (文字, "character")


So if someone ever tells you emoji is short for emotion, please correct them, as kindly as you can.

Recognize any of these emojis below? Please say yes 🤞

We can make some connections to what we have learned so far, riigghhtt about now! Look at each one carefully.

🎌 🗾🗼🏯🌊🏮🍱🍙🍘🍚🍜🍣🍤🍥🍢🍡🌸🗻🚅


Here are the connections:

🎌 Japanese Flags


🗾 Map of Japan


🗼Tokyo Tower


🏯 Japanese castle


🌊 The great wave of Kanagawa (we drew this!)


🏮Lantern


🍱Bento (we made these last year)


🍙Origini (Rice ball)


🍘Rice Cracker


🍚Gohan (Rice)


🍜 Ramen (Noodles)


🍣Sushi


🍤Tempura Prawn


🍥 Narutomaki (Fish cake with Swirl)


🍢 Oden (skewered fishcake, egg and Tofu)


🍡Sweets on a skewer for Hinamatsuri (Girls day)

🎎 Hinamatsuri Emperor and Empress dolls


🌸 Sakura(Cherry Blossom)


🗻 Mt. Fuji

🚅 Bullet Train

Here are some more interesting facts about emojis:

🏣 Post office
**If you look closely the the Japanese symbolテ postmark is on top the building.


📮 Post box
**Ever wonder why postbox emojis are blue? because they are blue in Japan!🎑 Tsukimi
** Moon Viewing Ceremony, held each year in Japan to celebrate the full moon and the waxing moon.

Use this website to have a look at more Emoji

https://emojipedia.org/


So how about you play around on your devices today and find some Japanese emojis?

Maybe send your grandparents, friends or family a message or email using them and explaining what they are?

Share your learning! And GO!

🙌🚿❤👩‍🏫😁