You Can Add Another Fun Emoticon Keyboard to Your iPhone — Huzzah!

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Waiting for the dumpling emoji is going to take a lot of patience, time, and distractions, like fiddling around with an emoticon keyboard. Yes, emoticons like this one \(^o^)/ are on your phone already — you just need to activate them.

It's totally free to get these emoticons and pretty easy to do in a few steps. Take a look at our guide below and start sending (^ν^)to everyone you know!

First, go to your settings. Tap the general section.

Here, head to the Keyboard area.

Tap on the arrow next to word "Keyboards."

Click "Add New Keyboard."

On this list, select Japanese.

Make sure to tap the "Kana" keyboard and not the "Romaji" one.

Open up a text message and hit the globe icon.

At the far right, hit the up arrow.

Select whichever emoticon you'd like to use!

Ta-da! Text it to your friends and breathe some fresh air into their emoji-filled lives.

Have fun playing around with these emoticons!

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