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The pandemic has affected nearly all aspects of modern life, from the clothes we wear to the food we eat to how we spend our time. There is one thing, however, that has remained almost unchanged: the emojis we send.
疫情几乎影响到了现代生活的方方面面，从我们穿的衣服到我们吃的食物，再到我们打发时间的方式。然而，有一件事几乎没有改变：我们发送的表情符号。
According to data from the Unicode Consortium, the organization that maintains the standards for digital text, nine of the 10 most used emojis from 2019 (which was the last time they released data) also ranked among the top 10 this year. The red heart emoji held the No. 2 spot, and the tears of joy emoji ranked No. 1, despite members of Gen Z deeming it uncool (along with side parts and skinny jeans).
根据维护数字文本标准的组织统一码联盟的数据，2019年（这是他们上一次发布数据的年份）最常用的10个表情符号中，有九个今年仍跻身前10名。红心表情排在第二位，笑哭表情排第一，尽管Z世代人认为它老土（他们认为老土的还有偏分发型和紧身牛仔裤）。
And it makes sense that Gen Z would think that certain emojis aren’t hip, said Jennifer Daniel, an emoji subcommittee chair for Unicode and a creative director at Google. It’s part of the “teenage experience of creating a sense of subculture where there’s a right way and a wrong way of behaving.”
统一码表情符号小组委员会主席兼谷歌创意总监詹妮弗·丹尼尔表示，Z世代认为某些表情符号不时髦是可以理解的。这是“青少年体验的一部分，他们创造一种亚文化感，在这种亚文化里，有正确的行为方式和错误的行为方式”。
Plus, Ms. Daniel noted, there is a “spectrum” of laughter that can be expressed through text: “There’s light chuckling. There’s acknowledgment laughter, which is just a marker of empathy.” Using emojis, such as the skull face (“I’m dead”) or crying face (uncontrollable tears of laughter), can help to illustrate that range.
此外，丹尼尔指出，文字可以用来表达各种各样的笑声：“有轻轻一笑。有认同地笑，表示一下共情。”使用表情符号，例如骷髅脸（“我死了”）或哭脸（笑到哭了出来），可以帮助体现这些不同。
Looking at a singular platform, however, might tell a slightly different story. According to data obtained from Twitter, tears of joy was the most tweeted emoji in 2020, but got bumped down to No. 2 this year, with the crying face taking its place. Tears of joy saw a 23 percent decline in usage from 2020 to 2021.
然而，当我们将目光移到单一平台上，情况可能略有不同。根据Twitter上的数据，笑哭是2020年推文中出现最多的表情符号，但今年被挤到了第二位，取而代之的是哭脸。从2020年到2021年，笑哭表情的使用量下降了23%。
“We did see a rise in the use of the virus emoji, but not in a way that even made it remotely into the most-commonly used emojis because we still had plenty to laugh about and plenty to cry about, whether it was because of the pandemic or not,” said Lauren Gawne, co-host of the podcast “Lingthusiasm” and a senior lecturer in linguistics at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
“我们确实看到病毒表情符号的使用有所增加，但它并没有成为最常用的表情符号，因为仍然有很多让我们笑和哭的事情，无论是否是因为疫情，”播客“Lingthusiasm”的联合主持人、澳大利亚墨尔本拉筹伯大学语言学高级讲师劳伦·高恩说。
