Text Faces

1,743 faces in this collection - Updated November 2026

Unicode and ASCII faces for texting — smiley face text, cute text faces, and disapproval ಠ_ಠ — one-tap copy. Looking for one famous face? The shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and the Lenny face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) each have a dedicated page with every variation.

Text faces to copy

Showing 96 of 1743 faces — use search in the header for the full set

  • ┐(´〜｀)┌

  • ¯\\_(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

  • ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)✨

  • ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

  • ¯\_(°_o)_/¯

  • ¯\_(⊙_ʖ⊙)_/¯

  • ¯\_(ಠ_ಠ)_/¯

  • ¯\_( ´･ω･)_/¯

  • ( ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ)

  • ( ಠ_ಠ)

  • ¯\\(°_o)/¯

  • ﾉｼ

  • (´ω`)ﾉ

  • ﾊﾛｰ(´･ω･`)ﾉ

  • (*´∀`)ﾉｼ

  • ﾉ(´ω｀)

  • (^o^)ﾉ

  • ｵﾂｶﾚｰ(´∀`*)

  • w(ﾟдﾟ)w

  • ｷﾀ━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━ｯ!!

  • (∩´∀`)∩ﾜｰｲ

  • ｷﾀ━(*ﾟ∀ﾟ)━!

  • ＼(^O^)／ﾜｧｰｲ

  • Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ

  • ﾍﾟｺﾘ(o_ _)o

  • ○| ￣|＿

  • (ﾟдﾟ)ﾎﾟｶｰﾝ

  • (´∀`)b

  • d(´∀`)b

  • (b´∀`)ﾈﾞ

  • ♪(´▽｀)ﾉ

  • (๑˃ᴗ˂)b

  • ｸﾞｯ(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

  • 🔥(╯°□°）╯

  • (´∀`)b👍

  • d(´∀`)b👍

  • (⌐■_■)✨

  • (ﾟ∀ﾟ)✨

  • ♪(´▽｀)ﾉ🎶

  • (=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ✨

  • ｷﾀ━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━!⭐

  • (☆∀☆)⭐

  • Σ(ﾟДﾟ)💫

  • (∩´∀`)∩✨

  • (´∀`)b⭐

  • 👻(◕ᴗ◕)👻

  • (◡ ‿ ◡ ✿)👻

  • 🎃(ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ

  • 🎄(◕ᴗ◕✿)🎄

  • 🎅(＾▽＾)🎁

  • ⛄(◕‿◕)⛄

  • ☃️(˘ω˘)❄️

  • 🦃(◕ᴗ◕)🦃

  • 🦃 gobble gobble (≧▽≦)

  • 🥧(๑´ڡ`๑)

  • (*´﹃｀*)🥧

  • 🍂(◕‿◕)🍂

  • (｡•́︿•̀｡) sorry

  • (｡♥‿♥｡) thank you!

  • ( •_•)>⌐■-■

  • (⌐■_■)>( •_•)

  • 😈(¬‿¬)

  • Ψ(◣_◢)Ψ

  • (◣‿◢)Ψ

  • ʅ(￣ｰ￣)ʃ

  • ⚠( ° ͜ʖ °)⚠

  • ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) ｸｻｰ

  • m9ʅ(´⊙౪⊙`)ʃﾌﾟｷﾞｬｰ!

  • ┐(´∀｀;)┌💦

  • ┐(´～`)┌

  • 🤷♀ ┐(´～`)┌

  • ¯\_(•‿•)_/¯

  • ¯\_(◕‿◕)_/¯

  • ¯\_(-_-)_/¯

  • ¯\_(⊙︿⊙)_/¯

  • ¯\_(=^･ω･^=)_/¯

  • ¯\(°_o)/¯

  • ¯\_㋡_/¯

  • ¯\_( ̄▽ ̄)_/¯

  • ┐(︶▽︶)┌

  • ╮(︶︿︶)╭

  • ┐(￣∀￣)┌

  • ʅ(°_°)ʃ

  • ʅ(◞‿◟)ʃ

  • ¯\_( ⊙_ʖ⊙ )_/¯

  • ¯\_(ಥ‿ಥ)_/¯

  • ( ͡°👅 ͡°)

  • ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉)

  • ( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)

  • ( ͡♥ ͜ʖ ͡♥)

  • ( ͡$ ͜ʖ ͡$)

  • ( ͡⚆ ͜ʖ ͡⚆)

  • (̿▀̿ ̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿ ̿)̄

  • [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅$̲̅]

  • ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)>⌐■-■

  • (☭ ͜ʖ ☭)

Popular text faces kaomoji and what they mean

Every face is built from characters that each play a part. Here is how the most-used text faces faces work.

  • ಠ_ಠ

    Look of disapproval

    Meaning: Unimpressed, judging.

    How it's built: ಠ is a Kannada letter used as a glaring eye.

  • (ʘ‿ʘ)

    Wide stare

    Meaning: Creepy-happy or intense.

    How it's built: ʘ is a Latin letter (a click sound) used as a big round eye.

  • ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

    Why?!

    Meaning: Exasperated frustration.

    How it's built: ლ are raised hands; 益 is gritted teeth.

  • (ง'̀-'́)ง

    Fight me

    Meaning: Ready to fight.

    How it's built: ง are raised fists in a boxing stance.

How these faces work

  1. Scan for the Western-style expression you want — shrug, Lenny, disapproval, or a compact ASCII face.
  2. Tap Copy once to get the exact character string on your clipboard.
  3. Paste into chat or a bio; these faces use common characters that paste cleanly on all devices.

What are text faces?

Text faces here mean Western-leaning ASCII and unicode expressions—shrug, Lenny, disapproval, and similar sideways or compact smiles—not classic upright japanese kaomoji built from kana.

The shrug face became a Western internet landmark in the 2010s through wide sharing on Reddit and Twitter. Unlike traditional kaomoji — which read upright and use Japanese punctuation — most text faces here are rotated 90 degrees or built from common keyboard characters on Western layouts. The ツ character at the center of the shrug is borrowed from Japanese katakana, making it a natural meeting point of both traditions.

Text faces cover every style built from typed characters, from simple sideways smileys to detailed upright kaomoji and Lenny-style faces. Their main advantage over picture emoji is consistency: a typed face keeps its shape across apps instead of being redrawn by each platform. That makes them handy in usernames, code comments, plain-text email, and anywhere images are not allowed.

A few faces from nearby categories.

  • ᜊ╰( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )╯ᜊ

  • ┐(´〜｀)┌

  • ♰ (◣_◢) ♰

  • ᕱ_ᕱ (｡•ㅅ•｡) OuuО

  • ¯\\_(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

  • ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • †(◣_◢)†

  • ∧_∧ ( •ω•。) (∩∩ノ)

Frequently asked questions

  • Will text faces look the same on every device?

    Mostly, yes, because they use ordinary Unicode characters. Rare symbols may show as empty boxes on older systems, so simpler faces are the safer choice when you are unsure what the reader uses.

  • Can I use these faces in texting and text messages?

    Yes. These text message faces are plain characters, so they paste into SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp, and Discord. For smiley face text or cute text faces, tap Copy and paste — no emoji keyboard needed.

  • What counts as a text face here?

    ASCII and unicode expressions such as shrug, Lenny, and disapproval. They are character faces, but this page leans Western-style catalogs rather than classic Japanese kaomoji construction.

  • Where are the Lenny face and the shrug?

    Both have dedicated pages with every variation: Lenny Face for ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) and Shrug Kaomoji for ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. A few also appear in this grid because they are text faces.

  • When should I open Japanese emoticons instead?

    Open Japanese emoticons when you want kana-and-punctuation kaomoji read upright. Stay here for shrug, Lenny, disapproval, and similar ASCII-leaning faces.

  • How do I copy the shrug face ¯\_(ツ)_/¯?

    Tap Copy next to any shrug face on this page. The backslash in ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ can break when typed manually — grabbing it from this grid keeps every character intact.

  • What is a smiley face in text, and how is it different from kaomoji?

    A text smiley face is built from keyboard characters, like :) or (^_^), instead of a picture emoji. Western ones are read sideways and Japanese kaomoji are read upright, but both are plain text, so they display the same on any device.

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