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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I don't know if there's a specific word for the Chinese counterpart or if they do it the same way Japanese do.

{顔文字|kaomoji}, the word, uses adapted Chinese characters (literally: face characters/letters), so I wouldn't be surprised if their word for it uses their equivalent.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

{顔文字|yánwénzì} doesn't sound as cool