Kaomoji Generator
Create your own custom Kaomoji by combining eyes, mouths, symbols, and expressions. Customize the expression and copy your creation instantly.
1. Choose Expression
Select the overall emotion or mood for your face
2. Posture & Style
Choose arm gestures, creature ears, or classic brackets
3. Decorative Effects
Accentuate with sparkles, cherry blossoms, blush, or tears
Mirror selections automatically between left and right eyes
1. Choose Face Template
Select posture, arm framing, or creature style
2. Eyes & Expression
Pick character eyes that define the emotion
3. Mouth
Smiles, cat lips, kisses, open cries, and snouts
4. Custom Arms & Gestures
Override arms with hugs, waves, shrugs, or punches
5. Cheeks & Blush
Add blushing markings, shy lines, or rosy flowers
6. Accessories & Sparkles
Finish with hearts, glitter, stars, or music notes
How the Kaomoji Generator Works
Learn the anatomy of Japanese emoticons and how to construct unique facial expressions.
Arms & Contours
The outer brackets define physical posture: raised celebration arms ＼( )／, relaxed shrugs ¯\_( )_/¯, or cat ears (=^ ^=).
Eyes & Expression
Eyes define emotion: anime sparkle eyes ◕ ◕ for cuteness, joy squinting ≧ ≦, or rage glares ಠ ಠ.
Mouth & Accents
Complete the face with a smile ‿, kitty mouth ω, kiss ³, and decorative hearts or cherry blossoms ✿.
What Is a Kaomoji Generator?
A kaomoji generator is an online text face builder that lets you combine authentic Japanese characters, Greek letters, and Unicode symbols to make unique emoticons (顔文字, kaomoji). Unlike standard graphic emojis which render differently across iOS, Android, and Windows, kaomoji are plain text characters that look identical and aesthetic everywhere you copy and paste them.
How to Create a Kaomoji
- 1. Choose Mode & Base EmotionUse Basic Mode for quick curated expressions or switch to Advanced Mode to customize every individual component.
- 2. Customize the ComponentsMix and match eyes, mouths, and cheeks. Use the Symmetric Eyes toggle to select independent left and right eyes for winks.
- 3. Preview in Real-TimeWatch the live preview box instantly render your custom Japanese emoticon without needing to click submit or reload.
- 4. 1-Click Copy & SaveClick Copy Kaomoji to copy exact Unicode characters, tap the heart (♥) to favorite it, or add it to a collection.
What Can You Create?
With hundreds of curated compatible combinations, you can create:
Popular Curated Kaomojis
Looking for classic favorites? Browse and copy curated emoticons directly from our collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about creating and copying Japanese emoticons.
What is a Kaomoji generator?
A Kaomoji generator is a free interactive web tool that lets you design and assemble custom Japanese text faces (顔文字) by combining authentic eyes, mouths, arms, and decorations. You can customize expressions and copy the exact Unicode characters in one click.
How do I create my own Kaomoji?
You can use Basic Mode to choose an expression, posture style, and decoration, or use Advanced Mode to individually pick each left and right eye, mouth, arms, cheeks, and accessories. You can also randomize or directly type custom tweaks.
Can I copy and paste generated Kaomoji anywhere?
Yes! Generated Kaomojis are composed of standard Unicode characters (Greek letters, Katakana, math symbols, and geometric shapes). They look aesthetic and identical across Discord chats, TikTok bios, Instagram captions, WhatsApp, Twitter/X, and SMS.
Are generated Kaomoji free to use?
Yes, 100% free with no account, signup, email, or software installation required. Everything is created directly in your web browser and saved to your personal local storage.
Do Kaomoji work properly on mobile devices?
Yes. All components use widely supported Unicode glyphs that render cleanly across modern iOS, iPadOS, Android, macOS, and Windows devices.