How to Use Kaomoji in Messages
Kaomoji add personality to plain text without images. This guide explains the common moods and how to pick a face that fits your message.
What is the Kaomoji Generator?
Kaomoji are faces made from punctuation and symbols, such as happy, sad or sleepy expressions. Choose a mood and this tool picks a matching face for you. They are plain text, so they paste neatly into messages, bios and comments without needing an emoji keyboard.
How to use it
- Choose a mood from the list.
- Click Get a kaomoji.
- Copy the face and paste it into your message.
Worked example
Choosing Happy returns a happy kaomoji face, such as a smiling face made from punctuation, plus a note naming the mood so you know what you copied.
Are kaomoji the same as emoji?
No. Emoji are pictures, while kaomoji are faces assembled from text characters, so they work even where emoji are not available.
Frequently asked questions
What is a kaomoji?
A face built from keyboard characters and symbols, popular in Japanese text culture, that shows an emotion without a picture emoji.
Will kaomoji show on any device?
Yes, in most cases, because they use common text characters rather than colour emoji images.