emoticons October 3, 2022

Kaomoji – Kawaii Emoticons

Kaomoji (顔文字) is a famous Japanese emoticon style that is a combination of Japanese grammar punctuations and characters. People use these emoticons in cyber communication and texting to express emotion. The people of Japan are very creative and emotional. Thus, Kawai emoticons are popular nowhere in the world.

Kaomojis are different than Western emoticons because the Japanese believe that the eyes are the mirror of a human soul. And that is the reason why in their emoticons the most essential part is the eyes. One of the popular things about them is, you do not have to read the sideways. These cute emoticons are extremely diverse and are divided into categories based on the emotional detail of an object, action, or form.

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Japanese Emoticons: Positive Emotions

Below are some of the most popular positive Kawaii emoticons that you should try in your daily conversation:

1. Joy

If you want to make happy, laughing, and joyful emoticons then use these characters: ^, ￣, ´ and `. Japanese girls generally use the character ω (omega) to make their emoticon cute. You can also use ▽, ∀, and other characters which are similar to a smile. Below is a table of different Joy Emoticons:

(* ^ ω ^)	(◕‿◕)	(☆▽☆)
(´｡• ω •｡`)	(≧ω≦)	(☆ω☆)
(^人^)	(っ˘ω˘ς )	(„• ᴗ •„)

2. Love

Love and kissing emoticons often use the character “chu” or heart in a combination. People also use the character “*” to show their rosy cheeks. You can also use the character bow lip (ε) to indicate the desire to kiss and hug.

(❤ω❤)	☆⌒ヽ(’､^)chu	♡ (⇀ 3 ↼)
(ღ˘⌣˘ღ)	(´ ε ` )♡	( ˘⌣˘)♡(˘⌣˘ )
(￣ε￣＠)	(⌒▽⌒)♡	(◕‿◕)♡

3. Embarrassment

If you want to show embracement through emoticons then you can the characters like * and o. You can also try to make your emoticon cover its face with hands. Below are some emoticons that you can use to show the embracement:

(⌒_⌒;)	(o^ ^o)	(*/ω＼)
(ง ื▿ ื)ว	(o-_-o)	(//▽//)
(„ಡωಡ„)	( 〃▽〃)	(⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄)

Japanese Emoticons: Negative Emotions

Given are the popular negative Kawaii emoticons that can describe your negative emotions:

1. Dissatisfaction

You can easily show dissatisfaction by using Kaomoji’s facial wrinkling. People use “＞＜” characters for showing dissatisfaction feeling. You can also use the ¯ ¯ and ¬ ¬ characters. Below are some of the dissatisfaction emoticons that you can easily copy and paste.

(；⌣̀_⌣́)	(＃＞＜)	(￣￣\|\|\|)
(＞﹏＜)	(￢_￢;)	(￣ヘ￣)
凸(￣ヘ￣)	(＃￣ω￣)	(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞

2. Anger

The secret of evil and angry emoticons is in their eyes. You can use the characters like ` and ´ or ｀ and ´ to create an angry emoticon. People also add ψ (claws), メ, 凸 (middle finger), 益, and wrinkles.

(＃`Д´)	(ﾒ` ﾛ ´)	ヾ(`ヘ´)ﾉﾞ
(҂` ﾛ ´)凸	(҂ `з´ )	(ノ°益°)ノ
٩(ఠ益ఠ)۶	(ﾉಥ益ಥ)ﾉ	(≖､≖╬)

Conclusion:

Japanese users started using different kinds of emoticons to show their emotions, which are known as Kaomoji. These emoticons are made up of different combinations of textual characters. You can use them on any platform you like. You can use them in comments, bios, during a chat, or even in descriptions. Above are a few tables of these emoticons that we use or share anywhere you want to. We really hope that this post will helpful for you!