what does this symbol mean? ⊂((・x・))⊃


⊂((・x・))⊃

I see it in chat in some multiplayer games from Japanese players




The kaomoji ⊂((・x・))⊃ doesn't have a fixed universal meaning. It always
depends on a preference of a person who uses it and the situation where the
kaomoji is used.

There are at least three possibilities.

First, ⊂((・x・))⊃ may represent a rabbit. Especially,
[Miffy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miffy) in some cases. ⊂ and ⊃ are
her/his ears or arms. A simple kamoji (・x・) has been thought Miffy for years.
So people who are familiar with (・x・) tend to think ⊂((・x・))⊃ a variation of
the Miffy face kaomoji (・x・).

Second, ⊂((・x・))⊃ might represent a monkey face. ⊂ and ⊃ are her/his ears. But
in many cases, a monkey face is expressed by using some other kaomoji like
this.

> ⊂((・⊥・))⊃

Third, ⊂((・x・))⊃ may represent a human or a personificated animal (rabbit in
most cases) who is flying. ⊂ and ⊃ are her/his arms. The onomatopoeia for this
kaomoji is usually ぶーん or ブーン.

> ぶーん⊂((・x・))⊃

Sometimes s/he is actually flying, and sometimes s/he is pretending to be
flying with her/his arms since s/he is not a bird and can't fly actually. The
kaomoji with this meaning is used when someone comes or goes to somewhere. For
example,

> ちょっと行ってくる⊂((・x・))⊃

indicates that the speaker is going by flying or feeling flying.

Some people use ⊂((・x・))⊃ to express that they are bored or have nothing to
do. S/he is flying because s/he has nothing else to do in this case.

In any case, the point is that the kaomoji ⊂((・x・))⊃ is a face which doesn't
show any obvious emotion. So, it could express any kind of emotions which a
speaker has. So if you really want to understand what the speaker means using
⊂((・x・))⊃, you should understand the context correctly.

By the way, Japanese symbols, such as ⊂((・x・))⊃ etc., are called kaomoji in
Japanese.

Emoji ([絵文字]{え・も・じ}) is something like these.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HHRCl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HHRCl.png)

Kaomoji ([顔文字]{かお・も・じ}) is something like these.

U・x・U dog or rabbit

@(・●・)@ koala

＠ 'ェ' ＠ sheep

ϵ( 'Θ' )϶ fugu

( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ human raising her/his left hand

The default Japanese keyboards on iOS contain all of these kaomoji above,
including

⊂((・x・))⊃.

So it's easy for people who have iPhone or iPad to use them these days.
(Sorry, I don't know anything about android default keyboards.) You might see
these kinds of kaomoji more in chat of mobile app.




The kaomoji ⊂((・x・))⊃ doesn't have a fixed universal meaning. It always
depends on a preference of a person who uses it and the situation where the
kaomoji is used.

There are at least three possibilities.

First, ⊂((・x・))⊃ may represent a rabbit. Especially,
[Miffy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miffy) in some cases. ⊂ and ⊃ are
her/his ears or arms. A simple kamoji (・x・) has been thought Miffy for years.
So people who are familiar with (・x・) tend to think ⊂((・x・))⊃ a variation of
the Miffy face kaomoji (・x・).

Second, ⊂((・x・))⊃ might represent a monkey face. ⊂ and ⊃ are her/his ears. But
in many cases, a monkey face is expressed by using some other kaomoji like
this.

> ⊂((・⊥・))⊃

Third, ⊂((・x・))⊃ may represent a human or a personificated animal (rabbit in
most cases) who is flying. ⊂ and ⊃ are her/his arms. The onomatopoeia for this
kaomoji is usually ぶーん or ブーン.

> ぶーん⊂((・x・))⊃

Sometimes s/he is actually flying, and sometimes s/he is pretending to be
flying with her/his arms since s/he is not a bird and can't fly actually. The
kaomoji with this meaning is used when someone comes or goes to somewhere. For
example,

> ちょっと行ってくる⊂((・x・))⊃

indicates that the speaker is going by flying or feeling flying.

Some people use ⊂((・x・))⊃ to express that they are bored or have nothing to
do. S/he is flying because s/he has nothing else to do in this case.

In any case, the point is that the kaomoji ⊂((・x・))⊃ is a face which doesn't
show any obvious emotion. So, it could express any kind of emotions which a
speaker has. So if you really want to understand what the speaker means using
⊂((・x・))⊃, you should understand the context correctly.

By the way, Japanese symbols, such as ⊂((・x・))⊃ etc., are called kaomoji in
Japanese.

Emoji ([絵文字]{え・も・じ}) is something like these.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HHRCl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HHRCl.png)

Kaomoji ([顔文字]{かお・も・じ}) is something like these.

U・x・U dog or rabbit

@(・●・)@ koala

＠ 'ェ' ＠ sheep

ϵ( 'Θ' )϶ fugu

( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ human raising her/his left hand

The default Japanese keyboards on iOS contain all of these kaomoji above,
including

⊂((・x・))⊃.

So it's easy for people who have iPhone or iPad to use them these days.
(Sorry, I don't know anything about android default keyboards.) You might see
these kinds of kaomoji more in chat of mobile app.

