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Japanese Emoji Text (Kaomoji)

Q: What is Japanese emoji text?

Japanese emoji text — better known as kaomoji (顔文字) or text faces — is a style of emoticon built from ordinary keyboard characters, like (◕‿◕) or (╥﹏╥). Unlike colorful emoji, these Japanese emoticons read the same in every app, font and device, which is why they are still the go-to choice in chat, comments and code.

Q: What does the lenny face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) mean?

The lenny face is a classic kaomoji used to suggest mischief, a cheeky joke or a knowing smirk. It is built with combining Unicode characters, so it pastes correctly almost anywhere. This page keeps the original ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) pinned in the tool and lists 15 lenny face copy and paste variations — winking, flexing, fighting, animal versions and more — in the Lenny face section below.

Q: Can I use these kaomoji in Discord and WhatsApp?

Yes. Kaomoji are plain text, so they work in Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, Twitter/X, Reddit, email and code comments. Just click a text face to copy it, then paste it like any other text. If you want colorful picture emoji instead, our other tools have you covered.

Q: Are kaomoji different from regular emoji?

Yes. Emoji are colorful pictographs — 🙂 ❤️ 🐱 — rendered by your device's emoji font. Kaomoji are text faces made of characters: (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) will look identical everywhere and never depends on an emoji font. Many people use both: kaomoji for tone and personality, emoji for color.

Q: How do I add kaomoji to Slack as custom emoji?

Use the purple button at the bottom of the tool. It copies the whole set in Slack's custom-emoji format, like :happy: (＾▽＾) :lenny: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Paste it into your team notes and add each one under Slack → Preferences → Emoji → Add Custom Emoji to build your workspace's slack kaomoji set in minutes.

Looking for Japanese emoji text? Here is a huge collection of kaomoji — the kawaii text faces and emoticons from Japan. Copy any Japanese emoticon with one click: happy, love, angry, surprised and 342 more. Also grab the famous lenny face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) and a Slack-ready copy-paste pack.

LENNY FACE

342 kaomoji — click any to copy

:lenny: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) :happy: (＾▽＾) :joy: ヽ(＾Д＾)ﾉ :smile: (*^_^*) :excited: (≧▽≦) :cry: (╥﹏╥) :despair: (´。＿。｀) :angry: (╬ Ò﹏Ó) :judging: ಠ_ಠ :tantrum: (ノ｀⌒´)ノ :love: (♥_♥) :kiss: (￣3￣) :cute: (◕ᴗ◕✿) :kawaii: (◕ω◕) :bear: ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ :cat: (=^･ω･^=) :dog: U・x・U :seal: (◕ᴥ◕) :sleepycat: (=^-ω-^=) :bunny: (•ㅅ•) :owl: (◉Θ◉) :hug: (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ :snuggle: (っ´ω`)っ :shocked: (⊙_⊙) :whoa: (ﾟДﾟ) :cool: (•_•) :dealwithit: (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) :yum: (っ˘ڡ˘ς) :nom: (˘ڡ˘) :shrug: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :facepalm: (－‸ლ) :party: ヽ(°〇°)ﾉ :dance: ┗(＾0＾)┓

Paste into Slack → Preferences → Emoji → Add Custom Emoji

How to use these text faces

1
Browse or search
Pick a mood tab — Happy, Sad, Animal and more — or search a word like “cute”, “cat” or “lenny”. Results appear as you type.
2
Click a kaomoji
Tap any text face and it is copied to your clipboard in one click. Recently used faces stay at the top for next time.
3
Paste it anywhere
Drop it into chat, email, code comments or social posts. Kaomoji are plain text, so they render the same everywhere.

Why kaomoji instead of emoji

Text faces that never break

Kaomoji are plain characters, not font-dependent emoji — (◕‿◕) looks identical on iPhone, Android, Windows and Linux.

342 faces, 13 moods

A curated Japanese emoticon library across Happy, Sad, Love, Cute, Animal, Lenny, Party and more — searchable by the words you think of.

Slack-ready in one click

Copy the whole pack in Slack's :name: format and import it as custom emoji — a shortcut no other kaomoji page offers.

Lenny Face Copy and Paste ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

What the lenny face means#

The lenny face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) is a kaomoji built from three pieces: the eyes, a raised brow and ʖ, a combining character that draws the smug, sideways mouth. Because it is ordinary text rather than an emoji glyph, it pastes into Discord, WhatsApp, Slack, Twitter/X, Reddit and code comments without ever breaking — no emoji font required.

People use the lenny face to signal a cheeky joke, mild innuendo or a knowing smirk: the written equivalent of raising one eyebrow. The original ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) is the version most people mean, but the family has dozens of variations — winking, surprised, flexing, fighting or stylised as an animal. If you searched for lenny face copy paste, the list below is what you want.

15 lenny face variations#

The classic lenny face plus 14 more variants. Click any of them in the copy tool at the top to put it on your clipboard, or select the text here and copy it manually.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)lenny face
( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ)raised brow lenny
( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)serious lenny
( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)wink lenny
( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)surprised lenny
( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙)big eye lenny
( ͡♥ ͜ʖ ͡♥)lenny love
(° ͜ʖ°)small lenny
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ﾉlenny wave
( ͡°ᴥ ͡° ʋ)lenny dog
ʕ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ʔlenny bear
ᕦ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕤlenny flex
(ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)งlenny fight
( ͡°╭͜ʖ╮͡° )lenny hands
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)=ε✄lenny cut

Every lenny face here is plain text, so it works in Slack too — the Slack pack below includes :lenny: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) so you can add it to your workspace as a custom emoji.

All kaomoji by category

All 342 text faces — every Japanese emoticon in this collection — grouped by mood, with a jump link for each group. Click any face in the tool above to copy it; the full list stays here for browsing and search engines.

Happy kaomoji(36)#

Happy kaomoji for good news, cheering someone up or just a big smile — click any face to copy it.

(◕‿◕)cute smile
(＾▽＾)big smile
(＾◡＾)gentle smile
(^‿^)happy face
(¬‿¬)smug smile
(•‿•)bright smile
(⌒‿⌒)cheerful
(≧◡≦)delighted
(°‿°)sunny smile
(・∀・)carefree
(o‿o)round smile
(✿◠‿◠)flower smile
(◠‿◠)soft smile
(ᵔ◡ᵔ)content
(◕‿◕✿)kawaii smile
(｡◕‿◕｡)adorable
(っ＾▿＾)っopen arms
ヽ(＾Д＾)ﾉjumping joy
(^▽^)joyful
(＠＾▽＾＠)beaming
(⌒▽⌒)radiant smile
(*^_^*)classic smile
(^O^)laughing
(≧∇≦)gleeful
(＾ω＾)happy content
(灬º‿º灬)happy blush
(ﾉ＾◡＾)ﾉcheering
(✧∀✧)sparkling joy
(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧pumped up
(●´ω｀●)happy shy
(￣▽￣)grin
(^ω^)cute smile face
(*≧ω≦*)excited joy
(≧▽≦)big joyful
(っ˘ω˘ς)snuggle happy
(＠＾◡＾)bashful happy

Sad kaomoji(34)#

Sad kaomoji and crying text faces for the days when a plain :( will not carry the weight.

(╥﹏╥)crying
(T_T)teary eyes
(ಥ﹏ಥ)sobbing
(´;ω;`)weeping
(｡•́︿•̀｡)sad face
(︶︹︺)glum
(´•̥ ̯ •̥`)heartbroken
(◞‸◟)disappointed
(ノ_<。)upset
(╯︵╰,)dejected
(´-﹏-`；)worried
(•́_•̀)sullen
(｡•́︿•̀｡)♡sad eyes
(´･_･`)frowning
(；一_一)downcast
(;´Д`)distressed
(*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)sad cry
(´；ω；`)tearful
(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞crying face
(っ- ‸ - ς)gloomy
(｡╯︵╰｡)sad pout
(っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っneeding comfort
(ᵕ﹏ᵕ)sad face crying
(´。＿。｀)crestfallen
(´；д；`)devastated
(｡•́ - •̀｡)glum face
(ᗒᗩᗕ)crying whine
(◡︵◡)downcast smile
(；△；)teary
(´；︵；`)sobbing hard
(｡ﾉω＼｡)crying embarrassed
(´•̥ ω •̥`)upset
(´-ω-`)down
(ノωヽ)whining

Angry kaomoji(28)#

Angry kaomoji, table flips and rage faces — from mild annoyance to a full meltdown.

(╬ Ò﹏Ó)angry
(￣︿￣)annoyed
(｀Д´)furious
(」°ロ°)」enraged
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノtable flip
ヽ(｀Д´)ノfrustrated
(>_<)frustrated face
(¬_¬)suspicious
(눈_눈)unimpressed
(╯°□°)╯flip table
┻━┻flipped table
(╬▔皿▔)╯livid
(＃＞＜)grumpy
(；一_一)unimpressed stare
ಠ_ಠjudging
(￢_￢)side eye
(╬ಠ益ಠ)furious glare
(ノ°益°)ノrage swing
(＃`Д´)angry shout
(￣ヘ￣)annoyed huff
(≧σ≦)angry tantrum
(｀ε´)pouty angry
(╬￣皿￣)seething
(ò_ó)stern stare
(ノ｀⌒´)ノthrowing a fit
(＃▼皿▼)mad glare
(」＞＜)」flailing
(ʘ言ʘ╬)rage face

Love kaomoji(33)#

Love kaomoji and heart text faces: hearts, blushes and kissy faces for captions and chat.

(♥_♥)love eyes
(❤ω❤)heart smile
(´♡‿♡`)loving
(♥ω♥*)infatuated
♡(˃͈ દ ˂͈ ༝˂͈)blushing love
(˘♥˘)sweet love
(♡˙︶˙♡)in love
(￣ε￣＠)kiss love
(￣3￣)kiss
(˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)warm smile
(•ө•)♡cute heart
(♥‿♥)heart face
♡( ◡‿◡ )heart hug
(´∀｀)♡love smile
♡(ӦｖӦ｡)loving eyes
(˶‾᷄ ⁻̫ ‾᷅˵)shy love
(♥ω♥)heart eyes
(◍•ᴗ•◍)❤love heart
( ˘ ³˘)♥kiss love
(♡‿♡)heart flutter
♡(˃͈ દ ˂͈)love tears
(´｡• ω •｡`)♡soft love
(♡´ ˘ `♡)sweet heart
(｡♡‿♡｡)loving face
(♥〇♥)heart eyes open
(♡＾▽＾♡)happy love
(♥╹◡╹♥)lovestruck
(๑♡⌓♡๑)heart sparkle
(ﾉ♡‿♡)ﾉthrowing hearts
(❤ε❤)kiss heart
(♡ω♡)love eyes face
(♡´▽`♡)warm love
(˘♥‿♥˘)happy heart

Cute kaomoji(33)#

Cute kaomoji (kawaii text faces) with flowers, sparkles and soft round eyes.

(◕ᴗ◕✿)cute flower
(◕‿◕)kawaii
(｡♥‿♥｡)adorable
(◍•ᴗ•◍)sweet cute
(◠‿◠✿)flower cute
(✿◡‿◡)cute smile
(˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)soft cute
(ᵔᴥᵔ)cute happy
(´｡• ᵕ •｡`)gentle cute
(◕‿◕✿)kawaii flower
(✿´‿`)flower cute face
(´｡• ᵕ •｡`)♡cute love
(◍•ᴗ•◍)✧sparkle cute
(｡•̀ᴗ-)✧wink cute
(◕‿◕)♡cute heart
(ᵔ◡ᵔ)cute content
(◡ ω ◡)sleepy cute
(´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)cute hug
(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)bouncy cute
(◕ω◕)kawaii eyes
(๑>ᴗ<๑)excited cute
(｡>ω<｡)cute fluster
(๑´ㅂ`๑)happy cute
(｡◕‿◕｡)♡cute heart eyes
(◍•ᴗ•◍)✧*。sparkle cutie
(๑•́ ₃ •̀๑)cute pout
(❁´◡`❁)flower cutie
(｡•́‿•̀｡)soft cute eyes
(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)cheerful cute
(◕ᴗ◕)simple cute
(✧ω✧)sparkle eyes
(○ˊᵕˋ○)small cute
(๑ᵔ◡ᵔ๑)cute smile face

Animal kaomoji(31)#

Animal kaomoji — cat, dog, bear, bunny and owl text faces built from ordinary characters.

ʕ•ᴥ•ʔbear
(=^･ω･^=)cat
(^•ﻌ•^)cat face
U・x・Udog
(◕ᴥ◕)seal
ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっbear hug
／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼kawaii alien
≧(´▽｀)≦happy cat
(=ＴェＴ=)sad cat
(ΦωΦ)wise cat
ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗflexing bear
(ง •̀_•́)งfighting spirit
ヘ(◕。◕ヘ)sneaking
(•ω•)cute animal
(´• ω •`)soft animal
₍˄·͈༝·͈˄₎◞ ̑̑ෆ⃛hamster love
(=^-ω-^=)sleeping cat
(=①ω①=)surprised cat
(≡^・ω・^≡)fluffy cat
(=｀ω´=)angry cat
ʕ￫ᴥ￩ʔbear grin
ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっbear reaching
ʕ　·ᴥ·ʔshy bear
(•ㅅ•)bunny
(/・ω・)/waving cat
(=^‥^=)small cat
(◉Θ◉)owl
(・(ェ)・)dog face
▽・ｪ・▽rabbit
ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅseal pup
(･Θ･)owl eyes

Hug kaomoji(25)#

Hug kaomoji with arms out, ready to send warmth, comfort or a friendly hello.

(づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づbig hug
(っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っhug arms
(⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃tight hug
(っ´▽`)っbear hug
ヽ(´▽`)/cheer hug
(￣▽￣)ノwave hug
(・_・)ノfriendly hug
(´｡• ᵕ •｡`)soft hug
(っ◔◡◔)っwarm hug
♡(˃͈ દ ˂͈)hug love
(づ￣ ³￣)づhug kiss
(っ＾▿＾)っopen hug
(´｡• ω •｡`)gentle hug
⊂(◉‿◉)つhug eyes
(っ´ω`)ﾉhug wave
(ノ_<。)ヾ(´ ▽ `)hug comfort
(つ✧ω✧)つsparkle hug
(っ´ω`)っwarm snuggle
(ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉcheering hug
(つ≧▽≦)つexcited hug
(っ´ω｀)っcomforting hug
⊂(・﹏・⊂)sad hug
(っ´∀｀)っfriendly hello hug
(っ◕‿◕)っsmiling hug
(つ´ω`)つsnug hug

Surprised kaomoji(22)#

Surprised kaomoji and shocked text faces for jaw-drop, gasp and wide-eye moments.

(⊙_⊙)shocked
(°□°)astonished
(º_º)dumbfounded
(;￣Д￣)surprised
(◎_◎)wide eyes
(☉_☉)stunned
Σ(°△°)amazed
(⊙﹏⊙)overwhelmed
Σ(;ﾟ□ﾟ)startled
(°ロ°)jaw drop
Σ(๑꒪▾꒪๑)gasp
(๑•́ ヮ •̀๑)pleasant surprise
( ﾟoﾟ)gasp face
(ﾟДﾟ)shocked open mouth
(⊙▃⊙)stunned silence
(;ﾟДﾟ)alarmed
(o_O)huh
(O_o)raised brow shock
(⚆_⚆)staring shock
(˚Δ˚)small shock
(；゜○゜)gasping
(๑ʘΔʘ๑)startled cute

Cool kaomoji(18)#

Cool kaomoji — sunglasses, smirks and the classic deal-with-it glasses drop.

(•_•)cool
(•_•)⌐╦╦═─cool glasses
(▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)tough cool
(⌐■_■)sunglasses
(￢‿￢)sly cool
(ಠ_ಠ)disapproving
( ﾟヮﾟ)cheeky
(¬‿¬)ノsly wave
(⌐▨_▨)shades cool
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)glasses drop
ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤflexing
(⌐■_■)ノcool wave
ヘ(￣ω￣ヘ)walking away
(⌐○_○)one shade up
( ￣ー￣)smug cool
(￣▽￣)"sheepish cool
(；¬_¬)skeptical cool
(⌐■‿■)chill shades

Food kaomoji(24)#

Food kaomoji — hungry, eating and yummy text faces for lunch chats and food posts.

(っ˘ڡ˘ς)eating
(￣～￣)chewing
(・ω<)wink eat
(￣ρ￣)stuffed
(´～`)tasting
(^ρ^)yummy
( ˘ ³˘)satisfied
(*≧▽≦)excited eat
(๑´ڡ`๑)cute eat
(´｡• ᵕ •｡`)sweet eat
(っˆڡˆς)hungry
(╯▽╰)food bliss
(￣▽￣*)ゞsheepish eat
(๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭyum hands
(๑ᵕ⌓ᵕ̤)drooling
(˘ڡ˘)munching
(￣﹃￣)hungry drool
(⌒▽⌒)ζeating happily
(๑>ᴗ<๑)nom nom
(っ˘ω˘ς)sipping
(♡´ڡ`♡)love food
(´ڡ`)chewing quietly
(๑˘ڡ˘๑)content eating
(*´ڡ`*)delicious

Weird kaomoji(20)#

Weird kaomoji — shrugs, facepalms, blank stares and mildly cursed text faces.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯shrug
(ノ°Д°)ノrage
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻table flip
( ˘︹˘ )meh weird
ヽ(ー_ー )ノwhatever
(￣□￣」)speechless
(⊙_◎)confused
(･_･?)puzzled
(◔_◔)skeptical
(¬_¬")awkward
(；ﾟдﾟ)creeped out
(×_×)knocked out
(x_x)dead
(－‸ლ)facepalm
(-_-;)sweat drop
(◎_◎;)rushed
(●__●)blank stare
ʅ(́◡◝)ʃshrug variant
(＠_＠)dizzy
(O_O;)uh oh

Party kaomoji(23)#

Party kaomoji — dancing, cheering and sparkle text faces for birthdays and small wins.

ヽ(°〇°)ﾉparty shock
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧party sparkle
♪(´▽｀)singing
┗(＾0＾)┓dancing
(〜￣▽￣)〜grooving
ヽ(♡‿♡)ノparty love
(ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉparty joy
☆ ～('▽^人)star party
(ノ^∇^)cheer
(*^▽^*)happy dance
ヽ(•‿•)ノcelebrate
٩(◕‿◕｡)۶party cute
♪♪ ヽ(ˇ∀ˇ )ゞmusic dance
(っ˘▽˘)っparty hug
ヽ(⌐■_■)ノ♪dj party
(≧▽≦)ﾉparty cheer
ヾ(≧▽≦*)ocelebrate hug
╰(*°▽°*)╯cheering
(*ﾉ▽ﾉ)shy party
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗdancing run
✺◟(•ω•)◞✺sparkle dance
(ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧sparkle throw
ヽ(≧∀≦)ﾉparty jump

Kaomoji for Slack

Slack has no built-in kaomoji, and adding custom emoji one at a time is tedious. This page solves it: hit Copy full set for Slack at the bottom of the tool and you get the entire pack in Slack's custom-emoji format:

:happy: (＾▽＾) :joy: ヽ(＾Д＾)ﾉ :cry: (╥﹏╥) :lenny: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) :bear: ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ …

Copy the full set with the button above.
In Slack, open Preferences → Emoji → Add Custom Emoji.
For each line, upload nothing — just use the name (:lenny:) and paste the text face as the image alias, or keep the list handy to type them directly. Many teams also keep the plain text version pinned in a channel — kaomoji paste as text even where custom emoji uploads are restricted.

The pack covers the faces people ask for most in a workspace: a happy kaomoji for shipping day, a sad one for incidents, a shrug for code review and of course the lenny face. If you only want a couple, copy them one by one from the tool instead of importing the whole set.

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