Kaomoji Guide
Learn what kaomoji are, how to use them, and discover popular text emoticons. Copy 10,000+ kaomoji with one click.
What is Kaomoji?
Kaomoji (顔文字) is a Japanese word meaning "face (顔) character (文字)." These text emoticons originated in Japan's ASCII art culture in 1986 and are formed by combining keyboard symbols and characters to express emotions and expressions. Unlike Western emoticons (:-) or :)), kaomoji are read horizontally and offer a much richer range of expression. Today they are widely used on platforms like KakaoTalk, Instagram, X (Twitter), Discord, and many more.
How to Use Kaomoji
Find your kaomoji
Browse Moji Board by category — emotions, animals, actions, characters, and more.
Copy with one click
Click any kaomoji and it is instantly copied to your clipboard. No extra steps needed.
Paste anywhere
Use Ctrl+V (or long-press paste) in KakaoTalk, Instagram DMs, tweets, Discord chats, or any text field.
Browse Categories
Moji Board features a wide variety of categories including emotions, animals, actions, and characters. Pick one below to explore.
Emotions
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Top 10 Popular Kaomoji
Here are the top 10 kaomoji from the beloved Happy category.
- 1𛰙᭜𖫴𖫰𖫱𖫳𖫲𖫲𖫳𖫴𖫰𖫱꛰ ᭜𖫴𖫰𖫱𖫳𖫲𖫲𖫳𖫴𖫰𖫱꛰ಣ
- 2,,⁃ ⩊ ⁃,,
- 3( ⸝⸝>⤚<)
- 4(^ ̥> ̫ < ̥^)
- 5( *❛ᴗ❛* )
- 6꒰𑁬👊⸝⸝＞ヮ＜)꒱
- 7(ٛ০◦০ٛ⌯)໊
- 8꒰ ՞•ﻌ•՞ ꒱
- 9⸜(๑'8'๑)⸝
- 10໒꒰ *'▽'* ꒱ა ♪
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