Kaomoji
Tap a face to copy it — happy, love, sad, angry, shrug, animals and more.
Tap any symbol to copy it — it is also added to the box above.
Happy
Love
Sad
Angry
Shrug
Lenny face
Animals
Hugs
Magic
Sleepy
How to use it
- Pick a mood or scroll through all faces.
- Tap a kaomoji to copy it.
- Paste it into your chat, comment or caption.
What are kaomoji?
Kaomoji (顔文字, “face characters”) are Japanese emoticons built from text characters. Unlike Western smileys :) they are read upright, and the eyes do most of the work: (^_^) is happy, (T_T) is crying, (ಠ_ಠ) is a stare.
Because they are text, kaomoji keep their look in any app and never turn into an emoji picture. The most famous ones — the shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and the lenny face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) — have their own guide.
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Questions
How do you type kaomoji?
Japanese keyboards suggest them when you type a word like かお. Everywhere else, copying is the easiest way.
Why does a kaomoji look broken?
Some faces use rare characters (like ͜ʖ) that older phones show differently. The simple ones with ^ _ ◕ work everywhere.
What does ┻━┻ mean?
It is a table. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ is someone flipping a table in anger, and ┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ) puts it back.
