Japanese Emoticons: Positive Emotions

Joy

If you want to create joyful, happy or laughing Japanese emoticons use high up eyes. For
example, you can use these characters: ^, ￣, ´ and `. Mouths are important too. Japanese girls
often use character ω (omega) for mouths of their emoticons, thinking that such kaomoji are
cute, or, as they say, kawaii. You can also use ∀, ▽ and other characters resembling a smile.
And Japanese also like to add different effects to kaomoji (stars, tears of joy, and so on) for
better emphasis.

(* ^ ω ^) (´ ∀ ` *) ☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆
٩(◕‿◕｡)۶
(o^▽^o) (⌒▽⌒)☆ <(￣︶￣)> 。.:☆*:･'(*⌒―⌒*)))
ヽ(・∀・)ﾉ (´｡• ω •｡`) (￣ω￣) ｀;:゛;｀;･(°ε° )
(o･ω･o) (＠＾◡＾) ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ (o_ _)ﾉ彡☆
(^人^) (o´▽`o) (*´▽`*) ｡ﾟ( ﾟ^∀^ﾟ)ﾟ｡
(´ω`) (((o(*°▽°*)o))) (≧◡≦) (o´∀`o)
(´• ω •`) (＾▽＾) (⌒ω⌒) ∑d(°∀°d)
╰(▔∀▔)╯ (─‿‿─) (*^‿^*) ヽ(o^ ^o)ﾉ
(✯◡✯) (◕‿◕) (*≧ω≦*) (☆▽☆)
(⌒‿⌒) ＼(≧▽≦)／ ヽ(o＾▽＾o)ノ ☆ ～('▽^人)
(*°▽°*) ٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶ (✧ω✧) ヽ(*⌒▽⌒*)ﾉ
(´｡• ᵕ •｡`) (´▽`) (￣▽￣) ╰(*´︶`*)╯
ヽ(>∀<☆)ノ o(≧▽≦)o (☆ω☆) (っ˘ω˘ς )
＼(￣▽￣)／ (*¯︶¯*) ＼(＾▽＾)／ ٩(◕‿◕)۶
(o˘◡˘o) \(★ω★)/ \(^ヮ^)/ (〃＾▽＾〃)
(╯✧▽✧)╯ o(>ω<)o o( ❛ᴗ❛ )o ｡ﾟ(T ヮ T)ﾟ｡
( ‾́ ◡ ‾́ ) (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ (b ᵔ▽ᵔ)b (๑˃ᴗ˂)‫ﻭ‬
(๑˘︶˘๑) ( ˙꒳˙ ) (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ) °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
(´･ᴗ･ ` ) (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ („• ֊ •„) (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)
(⁀ᗢ⁀) (￢‿￢ ) (¬‿¬ ) (*￣▽￣)b
( ˙▿˙ ) (¯▿¯) ( ◕▿◕ ) ＼(٥⁀▽⁀ )／
(„• ᴗ •„) (ᵔ◡ᵔ) (´▿`)

Love

Love and kissing Japanese emoji often use character ♡ (heart) or its combination, for example,
ノ～ ♡ (air kiss). You can also use a set of characters "chu" for a kiss (in Japan it means a sound
of a kiss). Another interesting love emoticons feature is an active presence of such characters as
* or o, which mean "rousy cheeks" and are often used in combination with /, \, ノ, ﾉ and ヽ. This
emoticons are trying to hide their faces in embarrassment. You can also use character ε (bow
lips), which indicates the desire to hug and kiss. Japanese girls often joke saying that such
kaomoji look like perverts!

(ﾉ´ з `)ノ (♡μ_μ) (*^^*)♡ ☆⌒ヽ(*'､^*)chu

(♡-_-♡) (￣ε￣＠) ヽ(♡‿♡)ノ ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡
(─‿‿─)♡ (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡ (*♡∀♡) (｡・//ε//・｡)
(´ ω `♡) ♡( ◡‿◡ ) (◕‿◕)♡ (/▽＼*)｡o○♡
(ღ˘⌣˘ღ) (♡°▽°♡) ♡(｡- ω -) ♡ ～('▽^人)
(´• ω •`) ♡ (´ ε ` )♡ (´｡• ω •｡`) ♡ ( ´ ▽ ` ).｡ｏ♡
♡＼(￣▽￣)／
╰(*´︶`*)╯♡ (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡ (♡˙︶˙♡)
♡
(≧◡≦) ♡ (⌒▽⌒)♡ (*¯ ³¯*)♡ (っ˘з(˘⌣˘ ) ♡
♡ (˘▽˘>ԅ( ˘⌣˘) ( ˘⌣˘)♡(˘⌣˘ ) (/^-^(^ ^*)/ ♡ ٩(♡ε♡)۶
σ(≧ε≦σ) ♡ ♡ (⇀ 3 ↼) ♡ (￣З￣) (❤ω❤)
(˘∀˘)/(μ‿μ) ❤ ❤ (ɔˆз(ˆ⌣ˆc) (´♡‿♡`) (°◡°♡)
Σ>―(〃°ω°〃)♡→ (´,,•ω•,,)♡ (´꒳`)♡

Embarrassment

To depict embarrassment, you can use ; character (something like a drop of sweat on a face), or
characters for blush (*, o). In addition, you can try to make your emoticon cover its face by its
hands in embarrassment.

(⌒_⌒;) (o^ ^o) (*/ω＼) (*/。＼)

(*/_＼) (*ﾉ ω ﾉ) (o-_-o) (*μ_μ)
( ◡‿◡ *) (ᵔ.ᵔ) (*ﾉ∀`*) (//▽//)
(//ω//) (ノ*°▽°*) (*^.^*) (*ﾉ▽ﾉ)
(￣▽￣*)ゞ (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄) (*/▽＼*) (⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄)
(„ಡ ω ಡ„) (ง ื▿ ื)ว ( 〃▽〃) (/▿＼ )
(///￣ ￣///)

Sympathy

The expression of sympathy or compassion requires at least two Japanese emoticons: one of
them will be upset about something, and the other will calm him down. You can use kaomoji
from "sadness" category for the first type. A key element for the second one will be "a calming
hand" (ノ", ノ'or ヾ) or "shoulder of support" (see examples).

(ノ_<。)ヾ(´ ▽ ` ) ｡･ﾟ･(ﾉ Д`)ヽ(￣ω￣ ρ(- ω -、)ヾ(￣ω￣; )

 )
ヽ(￣ω￣(。。 )ゝ (*´ I `)ﾉﾟ(ﾉ Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡ ヽ(~_~(・_・ )ゝ
(ﾉ_；)ヾ(´ ∀ ` ) (; ω ; )ヾ(´∀`* ) (*´ー)ﾉ(ノ д`)
(´-ω-`( _ _ ) (っ´ω`)ﾉ(╥ω╥) (ｏ・_・)ノ”(ノ_<、)

Japanese Emoticons: Negative Emotions

Dissatisfaction

Dissatisfaction can be easily expressed by kaomoji's facial wrinkling. You can use ＞＜
characters for dissatisfied or displeased Japanese emoticons. Additional wrinkles can be added
by # character. You can also express dissatisfaction with eyes like ¬ ¬ or ¯ ¯ and with a well-
chosen mouth. Such techniques are quite common in anime and manga.

(＃＞＜) (；⌣̀_⌣́) ☆ｏ(＞＜；)○ (￣ ￣|||)

(；￣Д￣) (￣□￣」) (＃￣0￣) (＃￣ω￣)
(￢_￢;) (＞ｍ＜) (」°ロ°)」 (〃＞＿＜;〃)
(＾＾＃) (︶︹︺) (￣ヘ￣) <(￣ ﹌ ￣)>
(￣︿￣) (＞﹏＜) (--_--) 凸(￣ヘ￣)
ヾ( ￣O￣)ツ (⇀‸↼‶) o(>< )o (」＞＜)」
(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ (눈_눈)

Anger

The secret of angry or evil emoticons is in their eyes. Use ` and ´ or ｀ and ´. Just don't change
the characters' order, otherwise your angry emoticon will become friendly and kind (compare: ` ´
- evil eyes, ´ ` - kind eyes). In addition, you can add "wrinkles" ＃ and their stronger forms: メ or
╬; and 凸 (middle finger) and ψ (claws) as an arm. You can also use "snarl" 皿 or 益.

(＃`Д´) (`皿´＃) (`ω´) ヽ( `д´*)ノ

(・`ω´・) (`ー´) ヽ(`⌒´メ)ノ
凸(`△´＃)
( `ε´ ) ψ( ` ∇ ´ )ψ ヾ(`ヘ´)ﾉﾞ
ヽ(‵﹏´)ノ
(ﾒ` ﾛ ´) (╬`益´) ┌∩┐(◣_◢)┌∩┐
凸( ` ﾛ ´ )凸
Σ(▼□▼メ) (°ㅂ°╬) ψ(▼へ▼メ)～→
(ノ°益°)ノ
(҂ `з´ ) (‡▼益▼) (҂` ﾛ ´)凸
((╬◣﹏◢))
٩(╬ʘ 益
(╬ Ò﹏Ó) ＼＼٩(๑`^´๑)۶／／ (凸 ಠ 益 ಠ)
ʘ╬)۶ 凸
↑_(ΦwΦ)Ψ ←~(Ψ▼ｰ▼)∈ ୧((#Φ 益 Φ#))୨ ٩(ఠ 益 ఠ)۶
(ﾉ ಥ 益 ಥ)ﾉ
Sadness

Sad or crying emoticons are quite easy to create. Use Т Т, ; ;, > < and other characters for crying
eyes. You can also use / \ or ノ ヽ to cover your face.

(ノ_<。) (-_-) (´-ω-`) .･ﾟﾟ･(／ω＼)･ﾟﾟ･.

(μ_μ) (ﾉ Д`) (-ω-、) 。゜゜(´Ｏ`) ゜゜。
o(T ヘ To) ( ; ω ; ) (｡╯︵╰｡) ｡･ﾟﾟ*(>д<)*ﾟﾟ･｡
( ﾟ，_ゝ｀) (个_个) (╯︵╰,) ｡･ﾟ(ﾟ><ﾟ)ﾟ･｡
( ╥ω╥ ) (╯_╰) (╥_╥) .｡･ﾟﾟ･(＞_＜)･ﾟﾟ･｡.
(／ˍ・、) (ノ_<、) (╥﹏╥) ｡ﾟ(｡ﾉ ω ヽ｡)ﾟ｡
(つ ω`｡) (｡T ω T｡) (ﾉ ω･､) ･ﾟ･(｡>ω<｡)･ﾟ･
(T_T) (>_<) (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ ｡ﾟ･ (>﹏<) ･ﾟ｡
o(〒﹏〒)o (｡•́︿•̀｡) (ಥ﹏ಥ) (ಡ‸ಡ)

Pain

Use characters > < combined with special effects like ⌒☆ to depict pain. You can also use eyes
of “x” type for “stunned” emoticons. Of course, there are also many other ways.

~(>_<~) ☆⌒(> _ <) ☆⌒(>。<) (☆_@)

(×_×) (x_x) (×_×)⌒☆ (x_x)⌒☆
(×﹏×) ☆(＃××) (＋_＋) [±_±]
_:(´ཀ`」
٩(× ×)۶ (ﾒ﹏ﾒ)
∠):_

Fear

For scared or frightened Japanese emoji use forward and backward slashes and similar characters
depicting that they hide their faces in fear. You can also try to depict screaming, waving their
arms and so on.

(ノ ω ヽ) (／。＼) (ﾉ_ヽ) ..・ヾ(。＞＜)シ

(″ロ゛) (;;;*_*) (・人・) ＼(〇_ｏ)／
(/ω＼) (/_＼) 〜(＞＜)〜 Σ(°△°|||)︴
(((＞＜))) {{ (>_<) }} ＼(º □ º l|l)/ 〣( ºΔº )〣
▓▒░(°◡°)░▒▓

Japanese Emoticons: Neutral Emotions

Indifference

You can make indifferent / whatever emoticons by adding special characters for arms (┐ ┌ or ╮
╭, and various combinations with forward and backward slashes and related characters). You can
use ー ー or ˇ ˇ for indifferent eyes.

ヽ(ー_ー )ノヽ(´ー` )┌ ┐(‘～` )┌ ヽ(　￣д￣)ノ

┐(￣ヘ￣)┌ ヽ(￣～￣　)ノ ╮(￣_￣)╭ ヽ(ˇ ヘˇ)ノ
┐(￣～￣)┌ ┐(︶▽︶)┌ ╮(￣～￣)╭ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
┐( ´ д ` )┌
╮(︶︿︶)╭ ┐(￣∀￣)┌ ┐( ˘ ､ ˘ )┌
╮(︶▽︶)╭ ╮( ˘ ､ ˘ )╭ ┐( ˘_˘ )┌ ╮( ˘_˘ )╭
┐(￣ヮ￣)┌ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ ┐(シ)┌

Confusion

Use "blank eyes" ・ ・. You can add ; or 〃 to strengthen the effect. The eyes like ￣ ￣ would
be suitable too. Finally, you can add such effects as thinking (・・・), raising hands (┐ ┌ or ╮
╭) and propping the head with an arm ( ゞ).

(￣ω￣;) σ(￣、￣〃) (￣～￣;) (-_-;)・・・

┐('～`;)┌ (・_・ヾ (〃￣ω￣〃ゞ ┐(￣ヘ￣;)┌
(・_・;) (￣_￣)・・・ ╮(￣ω￣;)╭ (¯ . ¯;)
(＠_＠) (・・;)ゞ Σ(￣。￣ﾉ) (・・ ) ?
(•ิ_•ิ)? (◎ ◎)ゞ (ーー;) ლ(ಠ_ಠ ლ)
ლ(¯ロ¯"ლ) (¯ . ¯٥) (¯ ¯٥)

Doubt

For doubt Japanese emoticons use ￢ ￢, ¬ ¬ or arrows. This will create the impression that their
eyes look toward as if they hear a lie.

(￢_￢) (→_→) (￢ ￢) (￢‿￢ )

(¬_¬ ) (←_←) (¬ ¬ ) (¬‿¬ )
(↼_↼) (⇀_⇀) (ᓀ ᓀ)

Surprise

For shocked and surprised emoticons use mouth wide open (ｏ, 〇, ロ), surprised eyes (O O, ⊙
⊙) and raised hands. You can also add character Σ (sharp jerk) or some cofusion (character ;).
Furthermore, you can try to use big eyes in combination with small mouth (for contrast).
w(°ｏ°)w ヽ(°〇°)ﾉ Σ(O_O) Σ(°ロ°)
(⊙_⊙) (o_O) (O_O;) (O.O)
(°ロ°) ! (o_O) ! (□_□) Σ(□_□)
∑(O_O;) ( : ౦ ‸ ౦ : )

Japanese Emoticons: Various Actions

Greeting

For greeting (and farewell) Japanese emoticons you can use forward and backward slashes as a
standard. However, there are a few more interesting options, such as ﾉ or ノ. And if you want
your emoticon to wave its hand, try to use ヾ, ﾉﾞ and their various combinations with the "tilde".

(*・ω・)ﾉ (￣▽￣)ノ (°▽°)/ ( ´ ∀ ` )ﾉ

(^-^*)/ (＠´ー`)ﾉﾞ (´• ω •`)ﾉ ( ° ∀ ° )ﾉﾞ
ヾ(*'▽'*) ＼(⌒▽⌒) ヾ(☆▽☆) ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
(^０^)ノ ~ヾ(・ω・) (・∀・)ノ ヾ(・ω・*)
(*°ｰ°)ﾉ (・_・)ノ (o´ω`o)ﾉ ( ´ ▽ ` )/
(￣ω￣)/ ( ´ ω ` )ノﾞ (⌒ω⌒)ﾉ (o^ ^o)/
(≧▽≦)/ (✧∀✧)/ (o´▽`o)ﾉ (￣▽￣)/

Hugging

For hugging emoticons use respective outstretched arm characters.

(づ￣ ³￣)づ (つ≧▽≦)つ (つ✧ω✧)つ (づ ◕‿◕ )づ

(⊃｡•́‿•̀｡)⊃ (つ . •́ _ʖ •̀ .)つ (っ ಠ‿ಠ)っ (づ◡﹏◡)づ
⊂(´• ω •`⊂) ⊂(･ω･*⊂) ⊂(￣▽￣)⊃ ⊂( ´ ▽ ` )⊃
( ~*-*)~ (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

Winking

Winking Japanese emoticons look cute and they are quite easy to be made. Just use different
characters for left and right eye.

(^_~) ( ﾟｏ⌒) (^_-)≡☆ (^ω~)

(>ω^) (~人^) (^_-) ( -_・)
(^人<)〜
(^_<)〜☆ ☆⌒(≧▽° ) ☆⌒(ゝ。∂)
☆
(^_<) (^_−)☆ (･ω<)☆ (^.~)☆
(^.~)

Apologizing

In Japan, when expressing apology, it is common to perform a traditional bow. Therefore,

apologizing Japanese emoticons are created this way. Use lowered eyes (_ _ or . .). If the bow is
performed from a sitting position, you can use m m for the eyes. Otherwise, use characters < >
for shoulders.

m(_ _)m (シ_ _)シ m(. .)m <(_ _)>

人(_ _*) (*_ _)人 m(_ _;m) (m;_ _)m
(シ. .)シ

Nosebleeding

If you want to depict nosebleeding / nosebleeds like in anime and manga use the following
characters: i, ﾊ, ;, 〃.

(*￣ii￣) (￣ﾊ￣*) \(￣ﾊ￣) (＾་།＾)

(＾〃＾) (￣ ¨ヽ￣) (￣ ;￣) (￣ ;;￣)

Hiding

Using character | for hiding emoticons makes them look like if they are peeping from behind the
wall hiding from somebody.

|･ω･) ﾍ(･_| |ω･)ﾉ ヾ(･|

|д･) |_￣)) |▽//) ┬┴┬┴┤(･_├┬┴┬┴
┬┴┬┴┤･ω･)ﾉ ┬┴┬┴┤( ͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬┴ ┬┴┬┴┤(･_├┬┴┬┴ |_・)
|･д･)ﾉ |ʘ‿ʘ)╯

Writing

Character φ looks good as a pen, if you want to make writing emoticons. You can also add a few
underscores or dots to depict the process of writing itself.

__φ(．．) ( ￣ー￣)φ__ __φ(。。) __φ(．．;)

ヾ( `ー´)シ
__〆(￣ー￣ ) ....φ(・∀・*) ___〆(・∀・)
φ__
( ^▽^)ψ__ ....φ(︶▽︶)φ.... ( . .)φ__ __φ(◎◎ヘ)

Running

You can create running Japanese emoji by adding special motion effects. Among available
charactrers are ε, =, ミ and C.

☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ C= C= C= C= C=┌(;・ω・)┘ ─=≡Σ((( つ＞＜)つ

ε=ε=ε=ε=┌(;￣▽￣)┘ ε=ε=┌( >_<)┘ C= C= C= C=┌( `ー´)┘
ε===(っ≧ω≦)っ ヽ(￣д￣;)ノ=3=3=3 。。。ミヽ(。＞＜)ノ

Sleeping

Use zzZ for snoring. You can also put your sleeping emoticon on a pillow [ ]. Simple as that!

[(－－)]..zzZ (－_－) zzZ (∪｡∪)｡｡｡zzZ (－ω－) zzZ

(￣o￣) zzZZzzZZ (( _ _ ))..zzzZZ (￣ρ￣)..zzZZ (－.－)...zzz
(＿ ＿*) Z z z (x . x) ~~zzZ