Its authors, An Xiao Mina, Jennifer 8 Lee and Jason Li – all based in North America – show readers how Chinese characters form their meaning by relating them to the emoji that we use every day.

Funny, a made-in-China emoji, inclusively used on Tieba, the largest Chinese communication platform provided by the search engine giant Baidu, seems to have recently moved beyond just China.

The emoji has been downloaded 150 million times on WeChat, generating nearly 500,000 yuan ($76,000) for its creator. Nowadays, emojis are regarded as an important way to add fun to online chats.

Baidu, Inc. -- Popular keyboard app Facemoji Keyboard has announced that it will ring in Chinese New Year 2017 with three completely new emoji celebrating Chinese culture and tradition, as well as ...