Japanese Emoticons
Pick upright Japanese-style text faces by mood, learn their parts and check Unicode rendering in the destination.
Select the text and use your device’s Copy command, or press Ctrl+C / Cmd+C.
Pick by shape and context
(^_^)— a closed-eye smile.(T_T)— eyes suggesting tears.(>_<)— a tense or uncomfortable face.(o_o)— wide eyes.¯\_(ツ)_/¯— raised arms and a shrug.
Why symbols from different scripts appear
Text-face makers combine characters for their shape. The shrug’s ツ is katakana; a macron ¯ is a different character from the fullwidth macron ￣. Mixing characters is useful visually, but it can require font fallback and produce uneven baselines. The category picker above groups this site’s examples by editorial mood labels.
Choose a simpler fallback
If a decorative face produces boxes or uneven combining marks, try (^_^) or (o_o). These examples use only ASCII punctuation and letters. A font supporting the individual characters can still space them differently; check the final draft.
If copying or display fails
If automatic copy fails, use the manual text field and your device’s Copy command. Paste into a plain-text field first. A missing backslash can be a markup escape; a square box can mean the current font lacks a character. Try a code-formatted message, a different font, or a simpler text face. A successful clipboard write does not guarantee identical display in the receiving app.