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I am wondering what these emoji mean. Like, why would they create these ones
specifically? I'm trying to think of a translation for ココ, but all I can think
of is "cocoa" or a shortened long word, but that wouldn't make any sense.

Here are the emoji in question: and :

[![koko and sa emoji
image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GSesX.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GSesX.png)

Also, is there a "proper" way to use these emoji?
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internet-slang abbreviations
What is the significance of ココ and サ in emoji?
is for サービス, as in receiving something for free. However, I've seen several
other sources say this means "service charge", which is the complete opposite
of free. So I'm not positive if it's one or the other, or possibly either
depending on the context.

is just for ここ (here). [Here's a list](https://www.chenhuijing.com/blog/east-
asian-character-emojis//) of some other common ones.
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The English version of the latest Unicode CLDR annotations file
([en.xml](https://www.unicode.org/repos/cldr/tags/latest/common/annotations/en.xml))
lists "official" short name and keywords for all emoji, including and , in XML
format:

```

    <annotation cp="">“here” | Japanese | Japanese “here” button | katakana | ココ</annotation>
    <annotation cp="" type="tts">Japanese “here” button</annotation>
    <annotation cp="">“service charge” | Japanese | Japanese “service charge” button | katakana | サ</annotation>
    <annotation cp="" type="tts">Japanese “service charge” button</annotation>
    
```

So, “service charge” appears to be indeed a correct interpretation for . This
is confirmed by the Japanese version: サービス料
([ja.xml](https://www.unicode.org/repos/cldr/tags/latest/common/annotations/ja.xml))

```

    <annotation cp="">ここ | ココ | ココのマーク</annotation>
    <annotation cp="" type="tts">ココのマーク</annotation>
    <annotation cp="">サ | サービス料 | サのマーク</annotation>
    <annotation cp="" type="tts">サのマーク</annotation>
    
```

HTH,
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