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Kaomoji ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

331 Japanese-style text faces in 23 sets. Click any one to copy it.

Happy Kaomoji

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Sad Kaomoji

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Love Kaomoji

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Angry Kaomoji

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Cute Kaomoji

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Animal Kaomoji

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Lenny Face

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Shrug & Dismissive Kaomoji

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Surprised Kaomoji

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Dancing & Celebration Kaomoji

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Sleepy Kaomoji

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Cool Kaomoji

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Hug Kaomoji

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Sorry & Apology Kaomoji

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Greeting & Wave Kaomoji

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Confused Kaomoji

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Magic & Sparkle Kaomoji

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Evil & Mischief Kaomoji

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Fight & Strong Kaomoji

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Eating & Food Kaomoji

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Study & Writing Kaomoji

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Robot & Tech Kaomoji

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Running Away Kaomoji

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What is a kaomoji?

Kaomoji (顔文字, literally “face characters”) are Japanese emoticons built out of ordinary letters and symbols. Unlike Western emoticons such as :-) they are read upright, not sideways — so (◕‿◕) is a face looking straight at you.

Why copy instead of type

Most kaomoji use characters that are not on any keyboard — Japanese punctuation, Cyrillic letters, combining marks. Getting the exact sequence right by hand is close to impossible, and retyping one usually breaks it. Clicking copies the exact characters.