Kaomoji your keyboard
can't type.
1,215 Japanese text faces, sorted by mood. Tap once to copy, then paste into iMessage, WhatsApp, Instagram or Discord.
Games made of plain text.
Snake, 2048, chess, solitaire — 33 games drawn only in characters, like an 80s terminal. Every one plays right here in your browser, free.
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Kao Snake in pure text — no loading. Arrow keys or WASD on a computer, swipe or the pad on a phone.
Full Kao Snake with ranksBuild a face, part by part.
Pick the eyes, mouth, arms and extras. 6,071,296 combinations — shuffle until one feels like you, then tap to copy.
Open the makerSimple, light and a little retro.
Tap to copy
One tap copies the face. Paste it anywhere you type.
Offline, no account
Everything is text, so the app is tiny and needs no connection.
30 moods + ASCII art
Faces sorted by feeling, plus 1,054 ASCII art pieces and hieroglyphs.
33 text games
Snake, 2048, sudoku and brain games drawn in text, with weekly ranks.
What does this face mean?
100 famous faces explained: meaning, origin and when to use them.
Tap one. It's already copied.
These are real buttons. Paste into any chat to check.
Bigger pictures, still just text
Copy as a code block and Discord or Slack keep the shape.
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.`'`.`.'`'`.~.`'~.`'`.~`Art · Nature126 piecesWhat is a kaomoji?
Kaomoji (顔文字, "face characters") are Japanese emoticons built from letters and symbols, like (^_^) or (≧▽≦). Unlike emoji they are plain text, so they look the same on every phone and never get replaced by a picture.
Kaomoji vs emoji — what's the difference?
Emoji are pictures with a Unicode code point; kaomoji are text. You can put a kaomoji in a username, a code comment or an SMS.
How do I type kaomoji on iPhone or Android?
Most of the characters aren't on a phone keyboard, which is why copy-and-paste apps like this one exist. Tap a face, then paste it anywhere.
Why does a kaomoji look different on my friend's phone?
Each phone uses its own fonts. Simple faces are identical everywhere; rare characters may fall back to a slightly different glyph but stay readable.
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Favorites, recents, your own faces and 33 text games. Free on iPhone and Android, no account.