Where it comes from
The ； marks are tears pooling under the eyes, and ω (Greek omega) is the little mouth. It belongs to the ω-mouthed face family of the Japanese board 2channel, often written with ブワッ (the sound of tears welling up).
When to use it
Use it for touching stories, bittersweet moments or gentle sadness. It's warm and cute, not dramatic, so it suits casual chat rather than serious news.
Examples
- This dog video got me (´；ω；`)
- Last day with the team today (´；ω；`)
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.
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U+0028left parenthesis´
U+00B4acute accent；
U+FF1Bfullwidth semicolonω
U+03C9greek small letter omega`
U+0060grave accent)
U+0029right parenthesis