Create your own custom Japanese emoticons
Every kaomoji is built from parts. The face in the middle carries the mood: round eyes like ◕‿◕ look happy, ಠ_ಠ is a flat stare, and ╥﹏╥ is crying. The decorations on either side add the brackets, arms and props. Put ¯\_( and )_/¯ around ツ and you have the shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Wrap ʕ and ʔ around •ᴥ• and you have the bear ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ. Start with (╯ and end with )╯︵ ┻━┻ and any face is flipping a table.
Use this page as a kaomoji maker: pick a template to load a classic, or choose a face and two decorations yourself. The preview updates with every click. When it looks right, press Copy to Clipboard and paste the result anywhere text goes, from messages and captions to usernames, game chats and code comments. Kaomoji are ordinary Unicode characters, so they show up on any modern phone or computer without an app on the other end.
Prefer a ready-made face? Browse the copy & paste collection or pick a theme. If you type kaomoji often, the Kaomoji keyboard for iPhone and iPad puts the whole collection one tap away in every app.
Kaomoji borrow characters from Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic and mathematical alphabets, and every font draws them slightly differently. The face stays the same, only the proportions change. Apps that use a monospace font, such as a code editor, spread the characters out a little.
Usually, yes. Most platforms accept Unicode in display names, and kaomoji do not count as emoji, so they often pass where emoji are blocked. A few services only allow letters and numbers, and some limit the length, so shorter faces like (◕‿◕) are the safest choice.
Choose the Table Flip template, or build it yourself: pick any face, set the left decoration to (╯ and the right decoration to )╯︵ ┻━┻. To put the table back, the classic reply is ┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ), which you can copy from the angry kaomoji page.
or download the Kaomoji keyboard mobile app