Cute Japanese emoticons and text faces. Click to copy (◕‿◕), ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and more!
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Kaomoji are made of text characters, so they work everywhere - even where emojis don't!
Kaomoji can express subtle emotions that emojis can't quite capture.
Kaomoji like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ are iconic internet expressions.
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Before emojis took over, kaomoji were the internet's favorite way to show emotion. These Japanese-style emoticons use regular text characters to create expressive faces you read upright, not sideways.
The shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is probably the most famous kaomoji in the Western internet. But there are hundreds of others for every conceivable emotion: joy, anger, love, confusion, triumph, embarrassment, and many feelings that emojis cannot quite capture.
Kaomoji have a major advantage over emojis: they work everywhere. Emojis can display differently (or not at all) across devices. Kaomoji look exactly the same whether you are on an iPhone, an old Android, a Windows PC, or a decade-old flip phone. They are just text characters.
The aesthetic is different too. Emojis are designed by Apple or Google artists. Kaomoji are raw, creative, and feel more personal. Using them signals that you are tapped into internet culture in a way that basic emojis do not.
Some kaomoji have become memes in their own right. The table flip, the shrug, the Lenny face. These carry cultural weight and recognition that transcends any single emoji.
Browse by emotion to find the perfect kaomoji. Click to copy, paste anywhere. Welcome to the original emoji.
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