Copy Japanese emoticons (kaomoji) as plain text. Browse happy, sad, love, shrug, lenny, and more text faces—click once to copy, no download.
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Shrug kaomoji (ASCII shrug)
A plain-text shrug face — not the 🤷 emoji.
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Shrug
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Kaomoji copy and paste for chats and bios
Browse a kaomoji category or search by its name or face.
Click a kaomoji to copy the complete plain-text face.
Paste it into a chat, caption, bio, or any field that accepts text.
What are kaomoji?
Kaomoji are Japanese-style text emoticons made from ordinary characters, not image stickers. Their appearance depends on the fonts available on your device, so a complex face may look different or show a missing glyph in some apps.
Curation and updates
This is a small editorial collection of established text-face patterns, grouped by the emotion or gesture a reader can recognize. LiteralKit removes exact duplicates, preserves the complete character sequence, and rechecks labels, search terms, and rendering when the checked-in list changes; it does not claim authorship or a complete cultural catalogue.
Frequently asked questions
What is a kaomoji?
A kaomoji is a Japanese-style text emoticon made from characters, such as punctuation, symbols, and letters—not an image sticker.
How do I copy a kaomoji?
Click any face on this page. It copies as plain text so you can paste it into a note, bio, caption, chat, or message.
What about the shrug emoji?
🤷 is an emoji; this page is for the text face ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, also called an ASCII shrug.
Why does a kaomoji look different on my phone?
Fonts vary between devices and apps. If a glyph is missing or appears as a box, try another face or paste a quick test where you will use it.