Explore Kaomoji Garden and find your face
Kaomoji Garden is a grab-and-go library of faces and symbols. From kaomoji and special characters to emoji and fun combos, browse by mood or by use, tap once to copy, and paste it straight into chats, posts and bios.
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Kaomoji
Kaomoji by mood
1,795 kaomoji in 29 categories, Japanese upright faces and Western sideways ones alike. Pick one of eight moods, then go from a soft smile all the way to a full burst.
Symbols
Single special symbols
641 single characters in 15 groups: stars, hearts, arrows, math signs and currencies. Need a small accent for a post? One tap and it is yours.
Find symbolsSymbol Combos
Symbol combos for layouts
565 decorative strings in 19 groups, from dividers and Instagram bio bullets to cute borders. They are not emoji, so they make tidy section breaks and small flourishes.
Browse combosEmoji
Search emoji
1,898 emoji you can search by name or keyword, with skin tones to choose from. Find the one you want and copy it into a chat or post with one tap.
Search emojiEmoji Combos
Not enough kaomoji? Make your own
168 emoji combos in 8 themes: two or more emoji side by side that say one thing. Each comes with its meaning and when to use it, and you can sign in with Google to submit your own.
Guides
Emoji and slang, explained
Learn what each heart color means, see how people laugh online in other countries, and get the story behind the slang in your chats.
Japanese vs Western Emoticons: Why ^_^ Smiles With the Eyes and :) With the Mouth
^_^ and :) both smile, but with different parts of the face. In a 2007 study, faces whose eyes looked happier than their mouths seemed mildly happy to Japanese students and sad to American ones.
Skull, Melting Face, Clown: What Internet Emoji Actually Mean
Their Unicode names say skull, clown face, folded hands. Online they say "I'm dead", "I did this to myself" and "please". Here is what 17 of the most common ones are really doing.
Taiwanese Internet Slang: What 87, QQ, ㄏㄏ and 森77 Mean
Taiwan's chats run on puns you can only read out loud: 森77 is a pouty "I'm mad", ㄏㄏ is a flat heh-heh, and QQ is either crying or chewy boba. Here is where each one comes from, the emoji that go with it, and why 8+9 is better left alone.
About Kaomoji Garden
Kaomoji Garden is a free tool from Pocketool that gathers kaomoji, special symbols, emoji and all kinds of combos. It is for anyone who wants to add a feeling to a chat, lay out a social post or quickly find one symbol.
Using it is simple: tap once to copy, then paste wherever you can type. There is nothing to install, and copying needs no account. Google sign-in is only for the Emoji combos features: submitting, commenting, reporting and syncing favorites across devices. Recently used items and favorites are saved in your browser, and only the Emoji combo favorites you choose to sync leave it. The interface comes in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean.