Jiong
Chinese character / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the emoticon. For the Xia king, see Jiong of Xia. For the Western Jin king, see Sima Jiong.
Jiong (Chinese: 囧; pinyin: jiǒng; Jyutping: gwing2) is a once obscure Chinese character meaning a "patterned window".[1] Since 2008, it has become an internet phenomenon and widely used to express embarrassment and gloom because of the character's resemblance to a sad facial expression.[2]