the Siddham script

Kyūjitai form of 顔文字 (“emoticon”)

Kyūjitai form of 絵文字 (“emoji”)

a form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended

a form of cryptic Japanese writing that substitutes similar-looking characters for the characters intended, used especially in text messages / the characters or symbols used for such substitutions

(archaic, women's speech) you

phonemic script; phonetic writing; alphabet

(calligraphy and typography) "Edo characters", distinctive calligraphic (and later, typographic) styles that were born in the Edo period

twice-read character: kanji that must be read twice in the kanbun kundoku (漢文訓読) process

the oracle bone script