Happy Kaomoji: Smiling Text Faces to Copy

Reading a happy face

Kaomoji show joy mostly through the eyes and the arms:

• Eyes: ^ ^ and ⌒ ⌒ are closed, smiling eyes; ≧ ≦ are eyes squeezed shut with laughter; ☆ ☆ and ✯ ✯ are starry-eyed.
• Mouths: ▽ laughs, ‿ smiles, ∀ grins, ω beams softly.
• Arms: ヽ ﾉ, ＼ ／ and ٩ ۶ raise the hands, which turns a smile into a cheer. ٩(◕‿◕)۶ uses two Arabic-Indic digits, nine and six, as fists in the air.

So (^_^) is quietly pleased, (≧▽≦) is laughing hard, and ＼(^o^)／ is celebrating with both arms up.

Good matches for common messages

• Thanks or good news: (＾▽＾), (◕‿◕), (⌒‿⌒).
• Something funny: (≧▽≦), (*≧ω≦*).
• A win or a finished task: ＼(^o^)／, ╰(▔∀▔)╯.
• Starstruck: (☆▽☆), (✯◡✯).

Full-width or half-width?

Many happy faces exist in two sizes. (＾▽＾) uses the full-width circumflex ＾ (U+FF3E), a character made to sit in a Japanese text grid, while (^▽^) uses the ordinary keyboard caret ^. The full-width version takes up more room; the half-width one is narrower and fits better at the end of an English sentence. The same goes for (＾ｖ＾) against (^_^). Both kinds are in the Happy group, so pick the width that suits the line you’re writing.

For even more energy, the Dance & music and Magic & sparkles groups (tap All) have faces that throw confetti and sparkles, like (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧. Every face you copy is kept in Recently copied in this browser, and Share result sends your picks as a link. For a big “Congrats” spelled out in letters, try the big letters maker.