Where it comes from
It is the bear face ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ with arms added: っ is the small hiragana tsu, shaped like a curved arm reaching forward.
When to use it
Send it to comfort someone, say you miss them, or thank a friend. It is affectionate, so keep it for people you are close to.
Examples
- Rough day? Come here ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ
- Miss you already ʕっ•ᴥ•ʔっ
Variants to copy
What it is made of
Every character in the face with its Unicode code point — handy if one shows up as a box on a friend's phone.
ʕ
U+0295latin letter pharyngeal voiced fricativeっ
U+3063hiragana letter small tu•
U+2022bulletᴥ
U+1D25latin letter ainʔ
U+0294latin letter glottal stop