Kaomoji (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶) — 500+ Cute Japanese Faces to Copy 2026

Kaomoji Japanese text faces to copy and paste on a phone chat

Kaomoji — copy in one tap

420 kaomoji

Try it with your own name

Type a name, copy any style — 24 frames, one tap each

Paste the result into a display name or bio. A TikTok or Instagram @username accepts only letters, numbers, dots and underscores — decorated characters are rejected there.

Where these are accepted

Tested per field — the honest version

App / field	Decoration	Limit	Last tested	What actually happens
TikTok username (@handle)	Rejected / stripped	2–24 characters	August 2026	Letters, numbers, underscore and dot only, and it cannot start or end with a dot. Decorated characters are rejected outright.
TikTok display name	Accepted	No decoration limit found	August 2026	Accepts symbols, kaomoji and decorated combos. This is the field every "TikTok font" guide actually means.
Instagram bio & name	Accepted	Both fields accept decoration	August 2026	Bio and display name both take decorated characters. The @username does not.
Game display names (Roblox, Free Fire)	Rejected / stripped	Emoji stripped; text marks usually pass	Not tested in-game	Colour emoji are stripped from most in-game name fields, while plain marks — ⋆ ★ 𐙚 ୨୧ ✧ — usually survive. Each game runs its own private filter and changes it without notice, so use the rename preview before you confirm.
Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp	Accepted	Long combining stacks may be trimmed	August 2026	Display names and messages accept the full range. Very long combining stacks may be trimmed in narrow layouts.

Platform filters are undocumented and change without notice, so we re-test rather than copy forward — see how we curate and verify.

Kaomoji, also written kaomojis or cute kaomoji in searches, are the faces people use when an emoji feels too plain: a blush ˶, a tiny mouth ᵕ, or a pair of crying eyes ╥ ╥. Because they are text, they keep the colour of your words and work in places that strip colour emoji.

The grid above holds hundreds of kaomoji to copy; the mood groups below add more, and the table explains what the most common pieces really are.

How to use kaomoji

Messages: a face after a sentence sets its tone, as in “see you tomorrow (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)”.
Bio and display name: one short face per line keeps it readable.
Game names: short text faces usually survive where emoji are stripped; test the name first.
Comments: a kaomoji softens a short reply.

Shorter is safer: a three- or four-character face such as ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ fits name fields and character limits better than a long one with arms and effects.

Kaomoji by mood

Kaomoji are easiest to pick by mood. Each group below is a different set from the main grid, so you get more faces to choose from.

Happy

Love

Sad and crying

Annoyed and determined

Animals

What kaomoji means

Kaomoji (顔文字) is Japanese for “face characters”: kao means face and moji means character. Unlike Western emoticons such as 🙂 that you read sideways, a kaomoji is read straight on, which is why the eyes sit side by side, as in (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶).

Kaomoji meaning: Japanese kao (face) plus moji (character) — Kao (face) + moji (character): a face read straight on.

Kaomoji are built from letters, punctuation and symbols of many writing systems. A few of the most common pieces, with names read from the Unicode Character Database (we have not yet checked this new page on each device):

Code point	Unicode name	Added in	Device check
U+1D54	MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TOP HALF O	Unicode 4.0	Not checked yet
U+1D55	MODIFIER LETTER SMALL BOTTOM HALF O	Unicode 4.0	Not checked yet
U+02F6	MODIFIER LETTER MIDDLE DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT	Unicode 4.0	Not checked yet
U+2565	BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE	Unicode 1.1	Not checked yet
U+FE4F	WAVY LOW LINE	Unicode 1.1	Not checked yet
U+0295	LATIN LETTER PHARYNGEAL VOICED FRICATIVE	Unicode 1.1	Not checked yet
U+1D25	LATIN LETTER AIN	Unicode 4.0	Not checked yet
U+03C9	GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA	Unicode 1.1	Not checked yet

How to type kaomoji

The quickest way is to tap a face here and paste it. If you want them on your keyboard:

Windows 10 and 11: press Windows key + . (full stop) to open the emoji panel, then choose the kaomoji tab.
iPhone: add the Japanese Kana keyboard, then tap the ^_^ key to see a list of kaomoji.
Android (Gboard): open the emoji panel and switch to the emoticons tab.
Mac: there is no kaomoji list built in, so copy faces from this page or save them as text replacements.

How to type kaomoji with the Windows emoji panel or the iPhone Japanese keyboard — Windows and the iPhone Japanese keyboard both have a built-in kaomoji list.

More cute sets

The softest, roundest kaomoji have their own page: kawaii symbols. Every other collection, from coquette to stars, is on SoShareIT Emojis.

Suggest a combo

Made a face that should be here? Send it to the SoShareIT Emojis editors through the contact page. We check every character in it, and approved combos join this page with the date they were added. There are no fake counters: copy numbers on this site are real taps.