Kaomoji are faces made from text characters and read the right way up. Tap any face to copy it, then paste it into a message, a comment or a bio.
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Happy
Love
Sad
Angry
Surprised
Shrug and unsure
Animals
Doing things
What kaomoji are
The word comes from the Japanese kao, face, and moji, character. Unlike sideways emoticons such as :-), kaomoji are read upright, and the eyes usually carry the feeling: ^_^ is happy and T_T is crying. To get the shapes they borrow characters from many writing systems, including Japanese, Thai, Kannada, Canadian syllabics and the phonetic alphabet.
Where they work
Kaomoji are plain text, so they work anywhere you can type, from Discord and TikTok comments to text messages and bios. A few faces use characters that older phones may not have; if part of a face shows as a box, choose another one.
A note on accessibility
Screen readers read kaomoji one character at a time, which can be long and confusing to listen to. Put a face at the end of a message rather than in the middle of something important.