The cheeky emoji depicts a Love Hotel, or 'Rabu Hoteru' in Japanese. 'Love Hotel Emoji. A hotel that can be hired by the hour, instead of as accommodation for the evening,' Emojipedia explained. ' ...

Emoji means pictograph, from the Japanese words e (‘picture’) + moji (‘character’). The resemblance to the English word emotion is coincidental. Emojis never intended to be all-inclusive ...

Emoji first emerged in the mid-1990s, when a Japanese pager company sought to gain an edge over its competitors by providing a way to add a dash of emotion and color to online communiqués.