Japanese kaomoji symbols
Japanese kaomoji go further than the Western kind by pulling kana and kanji into the composition. (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ and (*ﾉωﾉ) include arms, motion lines and blush marks, which is why they read as animated rather than static.
They are common on Japanese-language accounts and among people who follow them, and they usually replace a whole reaction rather than punctuating a sentence. Because they are long, one per message or bio line is plenty.
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All Japanese kaomoji symbols50
Frequently asked questions
Why are Japanese kaomoji so long?
They draw gestures and effects with characters as well as the face itself — raised arms, sweat drops, speed lines. That is where the expressiveness comes from, and also why stringing several together looks messy.
Do the kana render correctly on my device?
Hiragana and katakana ship with most system fonts, so the Japanese parts are usually safe. It is the rarer decorative symbols mixed into some faces that occasionally fall back to a box.