^`lowbar`^ in All languages combined

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Etymology: First used in 1986 in an online Deaf community in Japan, independently from :-). The difference between :-) and ^_^ is likely to come from Western and Eastern ways of looking at facial expressions. Etymology templates: {{m|mul|\:-)}} :-), {{lang|ja|顔文字の起源 (^_^)}} 顔文字の起源 (_), {{m|mul|\:-)}} :-), {{lang|mul|^_^}} ^_^, {{nobr|: )}} : ), {{nobr|: (}} : (, {{nobr|^.^}} ^.^, {{nobr|;_;}} ;_; Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=^_^|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Zsym|sort=}} ^_^, {{mul-symbol|head=^_^}} ^_^

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