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Henohenomoheji is often used to symbolize a nondescript or generic human face, such as the faces of
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Face drawn by Japanese schoolchildren using hiragana characters
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panel in the 1910 issue of the Japanese girls' magazine
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Japanese
HEH-noh-HEH-noh-moh-HEH-jee
Japanese
schoolchildren
hiragana
Edo period



manga
hiragana
eyebrows
eyes
nose
mouth
dakuten
ear
cheek
scarecrows
teru teru bōzu
As a graffito
graffito
On a teru teru bōzu
On a scarecrow
An early example as a detail on a netsuke from the 19th century
netsuke
ASCII art
Cool S
Emoticon

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