Korean slang profile
메시지콘
mesijikon
Picture emoticon sent in mobile texts
A term formerly used for character- or picture-shaped emoticons sent in mobile-phone text messages.
- Expanded form
- message + emoticonmessage + emoticon
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2007
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
짧은 문자에 메시지콘을 덧붙여 고마운 마음을 전했다.
I added a 메시지콘 to a short text to express my thanks.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “메시지콘”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It combines parts of message and emoticon. The checked material describes a character service for texts introduced by a telecommunications provider. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 6월 4주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026