Copy and paste text emoticons and kaomoji
Browse text emoticons and Japanese kaomoji — click any one to copy it, then paste it into a chat, comment, bio, or tweet. They're built from plain text characters, so they work everywhere. No signup, nothing leaves your browser.
177+ text emoticons & kaomoji · click to copy
Before emoji became a keyboard button, people expressed shrugs, table flips, and winks using nothing but punctuation and Unicode characters — and in many chat apps, forums, and games, that style still reads better than a colorful emoji. This tool is a browsable, copy-ready collection of those text emoticons and Japanese kaomoji: the classic shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, the table flip (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻, the deadpan lenny face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), and over 150 more covering happiness, anger, confusion, love, and everything in between. Instead of hunting through old forum posts or retyping fiddly Unicode combinations from memory, you get the whole set in one place.
Every entry is displayed as plain, ready-to-use text — no image files, no fonts to install, no special input method required. Browse the list, click the one you want, and it's copied to your clipboard so you can paste it straight into a text message, Discord, a tweet, a commit message, or anywhere else plain text is accepted. Because kaomoji rely on specific Unicode symbols that are easy to mistype or lose formatting on, having a verified, pre-built library removes the guesswork of getting the spacing and characters exactly right.
All the copying happens locally in your browser — there's no upload, no account, and nothing is sent to a server, so it's as fast to use for one emoticon as it is for fifty. A practical tip: if you use a particular face often, like the shrug or lenny face, it's worth bookmarking this page so it's one click away next time instead of trying to recall the exact character sequence from memory.
Find and copy any text emoticon or kaomoji in one click, ready to paste anywhere.
Load the Text Emoticons & Kaomoji page in your browser; the full library of 150+ emoticons displays immediately, no signup or setup needed.
Scroll through the list to find the style you want, from a simple shrug or smiley to more elaborate kaomoji like the table flip or lenny face.
Click on the emoticon you want; it's copied straight to your clipboard as plain text, exactly as displayed.
Switch to your chat app, social media post, email, or document and paste the emoticon in place.
Click any other emoticon on the page to copy a new one — each click replaces the previous clipboard contents, so you can quickly grab several in a row.