Where it comes from
The arms are ヽ, the Japanese katakana iteration mark, and ノ, the katakana no. •‿• is a simple smiling face.
When to use it
Use it for greetings, good vibes, and small happy moments. It is harmless and fits most casual messages.
Examples
- Back from vacation ヽ(•‿•)ノ
- Hi everyone ヽ(•‿•)ノ
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.
ヽ
U+30FDkatakana iteration mark(
U+0028left parenthesis•
U+2022bullet‿
U+203Fundertie)
U+0029right parenthesisノ
U+30CEkatakana letter no