Face emoticon symbols
Kaomoji are faces built out of characters rather than drawn as pictures. (◕‿◕) and (｡•́︿•̀｡) convey a mood with more nuance than an emoji, because the expression is assembled from parts instead of picked from a fixed set.
Dropping one at the end of a sentence changes its tone — 'thanks (｡•ᴗ•｡)' lands very differently from 'thanks' on its own. They read as warm and a little handmade, which is exactly why they never went out of style in comments and bios.
Tap a character to copy it. Press and hold to save it to your library.
All Face emoticon symbols48
Frequently asked questions
My kaomoji looks broken after pasting.
A kaomoji is several characters in sequence, so if one of them is unsupported you get a partially broken face rather than a clean fallback. Kaomoji built from common punctuation and basic letters are the most reliable.
How are kaomoji different from emoji?
An emoji is a single pictographic character drawn by your device's emoji font. A kaomoji is a sequence of ordinary text characters arranged to look like a face, so it inherits your text color and stays monochrome.