How to use
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.
Kaomoji
Kaomoji Copy and Paste
Copy Japanese emoticons (kaomoji) as plain text. Browse happy, sad, love, shrug, lenny, and more text faces—click once to copy, no download.
Featured face
Shrug kaomoji (ASCII shrug)
A plain-text shrug face — not the 🤷 emoji.
Happy
Sad
Angry
Love
Shrug
Animals
Lenny
Table flip
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.
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.
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