Google Hangouts Emoji Keyboard Shortcuts
Follow this link if you’re looking for the Windows Emoji Keyboard Shortcut.
I’ve been annoyed that i couldn’t find emoji keyboard shortcuts on Google Hangouts (on mobile or gmail in web browser), i was specifically looking for the thinking face emoji.
You can copy and paste from this list but keyboard shortcuts are so much easier
Naturally i did the geeky thing and tried to find it.
Here’s the geeky stuff…
The code for keyboard shortcuts is buried in a javascript variable “J7a”
To see the javascript yourself: make sure you have a hangouts chat open in gmail then…
right-click > inspect > sources
Here’s a snippet of the javascript…
(more geeky stuff)
J7a={“!:)”:128579,”!:-)”:128579,”(=^..^=)”:128568,”(=^.^=)”:128568,”(N)”:128078,”(Y)”:128077, …
[REMOVED A CHUNK – THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM!]
…u_u:128532,x_x:128565,”}:)”:128520,”}:-)”:128520,”}=)”:128520,”~@~”:128169}
What you’re seeing there is each keyboard shortcut “:)” and the corresponding Unicode character in decimal.
e.g. 128053 is decimal for the hexidecimal value 0x1F435 (monkey face U+1F435) 
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Here are the emoji shortcuts…
Without further delay, here’s the full list of all currently available Google Hangouts emoji keyboard shortcuts…
| :C |  |
frowning/sad face (U+2639) |
| :) or :-) |  |
smiley (U+263A) |
| <3 |  |
heart (U+2764) |
| -<@% |  |
honeybee (U+1F41D) |
| :(|) | |
monkey face (U+1F435) |
| :(:) |  |
pig face (U+1F437) |
| (Y) or (y) |  |
thumb up (U+1F44D) |
| (N) or (n) |  |
thumb down (U+1F44E) |
| (]:{ |  |
man with turban (U+1F473) |
| </3 or <\\3 |  |
broken heart (U+1F494) |
| ~@~ |  |
pile of poo (U+1F4A9) |
| :D or :-D |  |
grinning face (U+1F600) |
| ^_^ |  |
grinning face with closed eyes (U+1F601) |
| :”D |  |
laughing face with tears (U+1F602) |
| =D |  |
laughing face open mouth with happy eyes (U+1F604) |
| ^_^;; |  |
laughing face open mouth with tear (U+1F605) |
| O:) or O=) O:-) |  |
angel face (smiley with halo) (U+1F607) |
| }:) or }=) or }:-) |  |
devil face (U+1F608) |
| ;) or ;-) |  |
winking face (U+1F609) |
| =) |  |
blushing smile (U+1F60A) |
| B-) |  |
smiley with sunglasses (U+1F60E) |
| :, or :-, |  |
smirking face (U+1F60F) |
| :| or =| or :-| |  |
neutral face (U+1F610) |
| -_- |  |
expressionless face (U+1F611) |
| o_o; |  |
downcast with sweat (U+1F613) |
| u_u |  |
pensive face (U+1F614) |
| :/ or :\\ or =/ or =\\ or :-/ or :-\\ |
 |
confused face (U+1F615) |
| :s or :S or :-s or :-S |
 |
confounded face (U+1F616) |
| :* or :-* |  |
kissing face (U+1F617) |
| ;* or ;-* |  |
face blowing a kiss (U+1F618) |
| =* |  |
blushing kissing face (U+1F61A) |
| :p or :P or :-p or :-P or =p or =P |
 |
face with tongue (U+1F61B) |
| ;p or ;P or ;-p or ;-P |
 |
winking face with tongue (U+1F61C) |
| :( or :-( or =( |  |
dissappointed face (U+1F61E) |
| >:( or >=( or >:-( |  |
pouting / angry face (U+1F621) |
| :'( or ='( or T_T or ;_; |
 |
crying face (U+1F622) |
| >.< or >_< |  |
persevering face (U+1F623) |
| D: |  |
frowning with open mouth / worried (U+1F626) |
| :”( |  |
loudly crying face (U+1F62D) |
| :o or :O or =o or =O or :-o or :-O or o.o |
 |
face with open mouth / shocked (U+1F62E) |
| O.O |  |
astonished face / gasping with shock (U+1F632) |
| X( or X-( or X-o or X-O or x_x |
 |
dizzy face (U+1F635) |
| :3 or :X) or =^_^= or (=^..^=) or (=^.^=) |
 |
grinning cat with smiling eyes (U+1F638) |
| !:) or !:-) |  |
upside-down face (U+1F643) |
| >:(X |  |
person gesturing no / crossed arms (U+1F645) |
| \o or o/ |  |
person raising hand (U+1F64B) |
| :)X or :-)X or >:D< |
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hugging face / open hands (U+1F917) |
| \m/ |  |
hand horn sign / ‘rock-on’ (U+1F918) |
| V.v.V |  |
crab (U+1F980) |
Annoyingly, as you can see in the list, my original search for a keyboard shortcut for the thinking face emoji proved fruitless…
There isn’t one … yet 
For reference here’s the current Unicode full emoji list.
I hope this helps you and saves you from diving into the javascript source!
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