Kaomoji Copy and Paste — 167 Japanese Emoticons & Aesthetic Symbols
Every kaomoji worth copying, sorted by mood and ready to paste anywhere — click any face to copy it, or filter by category and search.
Showing 167 of 167 kaomoji
Happy & Joy (16)
(^_^)classic
(^^)soft
(＾＾)fullwidth
(＾▽＾)big
(^o^)laughing
(≧▽≦)excited
(☆▽☆)starry-eyed
(´▽`)relieved
(⌒▽⌒)grinning
(°▽°)open
ヽ(・∀・)ノcheering
(ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧sparkle
\(^^)/hands
(◕‿◕)warm
(¬‿¬)playful
(´｡• ᵕ •｡`)content
Love & Hearts (12)
(♡‿♡)heart
(´♡‿♡`)in
(｡♥‿♥｡)loving
(˘︶˘).｡.:*♡dreamy
(ღ˘⌣˘ღ)sweet
(づ￣ ³￣)づhug
(´ε`)kiss
(˘³˘)♥kissy
(⌒‿⌒)♡shy
(◍•ᴗ•◍)❤love
♡(ˆ⌣ˆԅ)blushing
(๑♡⌓♡๑)smitten
Cute & Kawaii (14)
(◕ᴗ◕✿)flower
(｡◕‿◕｡)soft
(ᵔᴥᵔ)bear
(≧◡≦)giggly
(๑>◡<๑)playful
(✿◠‿◠)flower
(˶ᵔᵕᵔ˶)squishy
(ꈍᴗꈍ)bashful
(´･ᴗ･`)gentle
(っ˘ω˘ς)cozy
ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭angel
(─‿‿─)♡calm
(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)aesthetic
꒰ᐢ. ̫ .ᐢ꒱fluffy
Sad & Crying (12)
(T_T)crying
(;_;)tears
(π_π)sobbing
(´；ω；`)weeping
(｡•́︿•̀｡)hurt
(╥﹏╥)bawling
(ಥ﹏ಥ)teary
(ノ_<、)teary
(._.)downcast
(︶︹︺)gloomy
｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡crying
(っ- ‸ -ς)sniffle
Angry & Annoyed (10)
(╬ Ò ‸ Ó)furious
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノrage
(｀皿´)mad
(¬_¬)unamused
(⋋_⋌)grumpy
(◣_◢)scowling
(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞steamed
(҂`з´)huffy
(#`皿´)irate
(〃>_<;〃)frustrated
Table Flip & Unflip (8)
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻table
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻angry
┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻double
(╯ಠ_ಠ)╯︵ ┳━┳desk
(┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻mega
(ﾉ≧∇≦)ﾉ ﾐ ┸━┸happy
┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ)table
(ﾉ´･ω･)ﾉ ┬─┬gentle
Shrug & Whatever (9)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯classic
¯\(°_o)/¯confused
┐(´д`)┌helpless
┐(￣ヘ￣)┌whatever
╮(︶▽︶)╭carefree
┐(シ)┌light
┐(´ー｀)┌deadpan
┐(￣ヮ￣)┌smiling
¯\_(◕‿◕)_/¯cute
Bears (8)
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔbear
ʕ·͡ᴥ·ʔbear
ʕ￫ᴥ￩ʔlooking
ʕ ᵔᴥᵔ ʔhappy
ʕ•̫͡•ʔbear
ʕノ•ᴥ•ʔノwaving
ʕง•ᴥ•ʔงfist
ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっopen
Cats (10)
(=^･ω･^=)cat
(=①ω①=)big-eyed
(=^‥^=)plain
(≗ᆽ≗)sleek
ฅ(• ɪ •)ฅpaw
=￣ω￣=sleepy
(≡^∇^≡)happy
(=^-ω-^=)cat
(=ＴェＴ=)crying
ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅpaws
Dogs & More Animals (10)
U・ᴥ・Udog
U^ｪ^Udog
(U・x・U)pup
૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ აfloppy
(=ↀωↀ=)fox
( ´(00)`)pig
(•ө•)bird
<°))><fish
>゜))))彡big
₍ᐢ. ̫ .ᐢ₎bunny
Dancing & Party (10)
ヽ(´▽`)ノdancing
ヾ(´〇`)ﾉparty
(ノ^_^)ノgrooving
ヽ(o´∀`o)ﾉcelebrating
ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪cool
(ﾉ´･ω･)ﾉhappy
〜(￣▽￣〜)swaying
(〜￣△￣)〜side
♪(┌・。・)┌getting
(ノ°∀°)ノparty
Aesthetic & Sparkles (14)
⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡aesthetic
⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪soft
✧⋆₊˚⊹sparkle
˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥arrow
─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───star
⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆｡ ﾟ☾ ﾟ｡⋆night
°•. ✿ .•°flower
✿｡.:* ☆:**.bloom
₊˚⊹ ᰔcute
꒰⑅ᵕ༚ᵕ꒱˖♡aesthetic
໒꒰ྀི´ ˘ ` ꒱ྀིაangel
♡₊˚ ༘soft
❀˖°blossom
⋆˚࿔star
Sleepy & Tired (8)
(－ω－) zzZsleeping
(∪｡∪)｡｡｡zzZfast
(ᴗ˳ᴗ)dozing
(-.-)Zzzsnoring
(˘ω˘)sleepy
(－_－) zzZout
(´〜｀*)drowsy
(￣o￣) . z Znodding
Hello & Goodbye (10)
(^_^)/hello
ヾ(＾∇＾)hi
(・ω・)ノwaving
(=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉhey
o(〃＾▽＾〃)oexcited
(◕‿◕)ﾉfriendly
ヾ(☆▽☆)star
(；・∀・)ﾉｼbye
ヾ(￣▽￣)see
(´-ω-`)ﾉｼsleepy
Surprised & Shocked (8)
(°o°)shocked
(⊙_⊙)stunned
(O_O)wide
(゜o゜)gasping
(・o・)surprised
w(°ｏ°)wamazed
⊙▂⊙speechless
(ノ°□°)ノshocked
Winking (8)
(^_−)☆wink
(^_-)≡☆wink
(・ω<)wink
(◕‿↼)sly
(｡•̀ᴗ-)✧cute
(^_-)db(-_^)thumbs
(⌒.−)＝★wink
(ゝω・´★)wink
What is kaomoji?
Kaomoji (顔文字, literally "face characters") are the Japanese style of emoticon: faces built entirely from typed characters. A Western emoticon like :-) lies sideways and speaks through its mouth; a kaomoji like (^_^) stands upright and speaks through its eyes. Because kaomoji draw on the whole of Unicode — katakana, CJK symbols, IPA letters, Braille patterns and more — they can express far more than a handful of ASCII punctuation ever could, and they remain ordinary text that pastes into any app.
A short history
The first documented kaomoji appeared in 1986 on ASCII NET, a Japanese online service, when Yasushi Wakabayashi used (^_^) to mark jokes. Emoji followed only in 1999, when Shigetaka Kurita designed the first 176 emoji for NTT DoCoMo — making kaomoji the elder of the two by thirteen years. Since then kaomoji have evolved from chat shorthand into a design language of their own: the aesthetic sparkle sets and dividers in this gallery (⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ and friends) come from that newer decorative tradition.
How to use this gallery
Click any face once and it is on your clipboard — paste it into Discord, Instagram or TikTok bios, X/Twitter posts, messages or documents. Use the category chips to jump to a mood, or type in the search box to filter across everything at once: "cat" finds the cats, "cry" finds the tears, "divider" finds the aesthetic borders. Many people arrive here from searches like "kaomoji copy paste" or "kaomoji copy and paste" — whichever spelling brought you, the workflow is the same: click, paste, done. Everything is free and needs no account.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is kaomoji?
Kaomoji (顔文字, "face characters") are Japanese-style emoticons built entirely from text characters — katakana, CJK symbols and punctuation. Unlike sideways Western emoticons such as :-), kaomoji read upright, and most of the expression is carried by the eyes.
Who invented kaomoji?
The first documented kaomoji was posted in 1986 on ASCII NET, a Japanese online service, by Yasushi Wakabayashi, who used (^_^) to mark jokes. Emoji arrived thirteen years later, in 1999, from Shigetaka Kurita at NTT DoCoMo — so kaomoji are the older art form.
What is the difference between kaomoji and emoji?
Kaomoji are plain text assembled from Unicode characters; emoji are standardized picture glyphs drawn by your device's OS. Because kaomoji are text, they work anywhere text works — usernames, bios, chat, documents — and no app needs to add support for them.
How do I type kaomoji without copying?
On a Japanese keyboard (IME), type かおもじ and press convert — the IME suggests kaomoji. Phone Japanese keyboards have a dedicated kaomoji key. On any other keyboard, copying from this page is the fast route: one click on any face puts it on your clipboard.
Where do kaomoji work?
Anywhere that accepts Unicode text: Discord, Instagram and TikTok bios, X/Twitter posts, messages, documents and most games. A rare decorative character may fall back to a substitute font on very old devices, but it stays the same character.
Are these kaomoji free to use?
Yes. Kaomoji are community-made character combinations that have circulated online for decades — copy anything here and use it wherever you like, no credit needed.
All 167 kaomoji on this page are plain Unicode text — no fonts to install, no images, nothing to sign up for. They are community-made character combinations that have circulated online for decades; copy and use them freely.