Japanese text faces
Copy cute, happy, shy, sad, angry, animal, and shrug kaomoji for chats, captions, bios, and reactions.
Tap a symbol to copy it. Use + to add it to your line.
How it works
Kaomoji are emoticons built from text characters and read without turning your head. The eyes often carry the emotion, while brackets, arms, tears, and accents add a pose or mood around the face.
Browse by feeling and tap a face to copy it instantly. To combine a face with words or another kaomoji, use the plus button to add it to the editable tray before copying the finished line.
These faces combine characters from several writing systems. Modern chat and social apps usually display them well, but games and older fonts may remove a mark or show an empty square.
FAQ
Kaomoji combines the Japanese words for face and character. It describes emoticons made from text symbols, such as (＾▽＾).
Kaomoji are strings of text characters, while emoji are pictographic Unicode characters usually drawn in color by the platform.
Yes in most message, bio, caption, and display-name fields. Handles and game usernames may allow fewer characters.
The app may filter a character or use a font without that glyph. Try a simpler face with standard brackets and punctuation.