Animal Kaomoji: 96 Faces to Copy & Paste | OpenGlyph
An animal kaomoji is a Japanese-style text face drawn as a cat, dog, bear, hamster, fish or bird, using brackets, eyes and small marks. OpenGlyph lists 96 original animal faces below, each with one-tap copy, a short meaning and the Unicode glyphs it is built from.
An animal kaomoji is a Japanese-style text face drawn as a cat, dog, bear, hamster, fish or bird, using brackets, eyes and small marks. OpenGlyph lists 96 original animal faces below, each with one-tap copy, a short meaning and the Unicode glyphs it is built from.
Animal kaomoji — tap any one to copy
96 faces · tap any one to copy
Byte-exact copy · UTF-8 safe
Animal faces are one theme of the wider kaomoji library; use them in chats, bios and captions when a plain smile feels too flat.
Cat faces (16)
Whiskers drawn with = and ^ around the eyes.
| Face | Meaning and use | Built from |
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| A cat with dot eyes and a cat-style w mouth; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A cat with round eyes and a cat-style w mouth; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A cat with happy-arc eyes and a cat-style w mouth; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A cat with squeezed eyes and a cat-style w mouth; good for big excitement. | U+2267 U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A cat with dot eyes and a tiny snout; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+30A7 + ASCII |
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| A cat with round eyes and a tiny snout; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 U+30A7 + ASCII |
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| A cat with happy-arc eyes and a tiny snout; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+30A7 + ASCII |
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| A cat with squeezed eyes and a tiny snout; good for big excitement. | U+2267 U+30A7 + ASCII |
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| A cat with dot eyes and a wobbly mouth; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+FE4F + ASCII |
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| A cat with round eyes and a wobbly mouth; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 U+FE4F + ASCII |
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| A cat with happy-arc eyes and a wobbly mouth; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+FE4F + ASCII |
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| A cat with squeezed eyes and a wobbly mouth; good for big excitement. | U+2267 U+FE4F + ASCII |
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| A cat with dot eyes and an open smile; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+25BD + ASCII |
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| A cat with round eyes and an open smile; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 U+25BD + ASCII |
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| A cat with happy-arc eyes and an open smile; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+25BD + ASCII |
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| A cat with squeezed eyes and an open smile; good for big excitement. | U+2267 U+25BD + ASCII |
Dog faces (16)
A U for floppy ears on each side.
| Face | Meaning and use | Built from |
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| A dog with dot eyes and a nose and mouth mark; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+1D25 + ASCII |
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| A dog with round eyes and a nose and mouth mark; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 U+1D25 + ASCII |
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| A dog with happy-arc eyes and a nose and mouth mark; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+1D25 + ASCII |
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| A dog with small round eyes and a nose and mouth mark; good for a startled reaction. | U+00B0 U+1D25 + ASCII |
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| A dog with dot eyes and a w mouth; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A dog with round eyes and a w mouth; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A dog with happy-arc eyes and a w mouth; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A dog with small round eyes and a w mouth; good for a startled reaction. | U+00B0 U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A dog with dot eyes and a small snout; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+30A7 + ASCII |
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| A dog with round eyes and a small snout; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 U+30A7 + ASCII |
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| A dog with happy-arc eyes and a small snout; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+30A7 + ASCII |
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| A dog with small round eyes and a small snout; good for a startled reaction. | U+00B0 U+30A7 + ASCII |
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| A dog with dot eyes and an open smile; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+25BD + ASCII |
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| A dog with round eyes and an open smile; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 U+25BD + ASCII |
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| A dog with happy-arc eyes and an open smile; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+25BD + ASCII |
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| A dog with small round eyes and an open smile; good for a startled reaction. | U+00B0 U+25BD + ASCII |
Bear faces (16)
The ʕ and ʔ marks work as round ears.
| Face | Meaning and use | Built from |
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| A bear with dot eyes and a nose and mouth mark; good for a calm reply. | U+0295 U+2022 U+1D25 U+0294 |
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| A bear with round eyes and a nose and mouth mark; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+0295 U+25D5 U+1D25 U+0294 |
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| A bear with closed eyes and a nose and mouth mark; good for a sleepy goodnight. | U+0295 U+1D25 U+0294 + ASCII |
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| A bear with star eyes and a nose and mouth mark; good for praise or wonder. | U+0295 U+2605 U+1D25 U+0294 |
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| A bear with dot eyes and a w mouth; good for a calm reply. | U+0295 U+2022 U+03C9 U+0294 |
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| A bear with round eyes and a w mouth; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+0295 U+25D5 U+03C9 U+0294 |
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| A bear with closed eyes and a w mouth; good for a sleepy goodnight. | U+0295 U+03C9 U+0294 + ASCII |
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| A bear with star eyes and a w mouth; good for praise or wonder. | U+0295 U+2605 U+03C9 U+0294 |
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| A bear with dot eyes and a soft smile; good for a calm reply. | U+0295 U+2022 U+203F U+0294 |
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| A bear with round eyes and a soft smile; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+0295 U+25D5 U+203F U+0294 |
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| A bear with closed eyes and a soft smile; good for a sleepy goodnight. | U+0295 U+203F U+0294 + ASCII |
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| A bear with star eyes and a soft smile; good for praise or wonder. | U+0295 U+2605 U+203F U+0294 |
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| A bear with dot eyes and a wobbly mouth; good for a calm reply. | U+0295 U+2022 U+FE4F U+0294 |
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| A bear with round eyes and a wobbly mouth; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+0295 U+25D5 U+FE4F U+0294 |
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| A bear with closed eyes and a wobbly mouth; good for a sleepy goodnight. | U+0295 U+FE4F U+0294 + ASCII |
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| A bear with star eyes and a wobbly mouth; good for praise or wonder. | U+0295 U+2605 U+FE4F U+0294 |
Hamster and mouse faces (16)
Cheek marks on each side of a tiny face.
| Face | Meaning and use | Built from |
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| A hamster or mouse with dot eyes, cheeks and a nose mark; good for a calm reply. | U+0E51 U+2022 U+1D25 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with happy-arc eyes, cheeks and a small smile; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+0E51 U+1D17 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with closed eyes, cheeks and a w mouth; good for a sleepy goodnight. | U+0E51 U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with star eyes, cheeks and a soft smile; good for praise or wonder. | U+0E51 U+2605 U+203F + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with dot eyes, shy cheeks and a nose mark; good for a calm reply. | U+02F6 U+2022 U+1D25 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with happy-arc eyes, shy cheeks and a small smile; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+02F6 U+1D17 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with closed eyes, shy cheeks and a w mouth; good for a sleepy goodnight. | U+02F6 U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with star eyes, shy cheeks and a soft smile; good for praise or wonder. | U+02F6 U+2605 U+203F + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with dot eyes, blush marks and a nose mark; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+1D25 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with happy-arc eyes, blush marks and a small smile; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+1D17 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with closed eyes, blush marks and a w mouth; good for a sleepy goodnight. | U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with star eyes, blush marks and a soft smile; good for praise or wonder. | U+2605 U+203F + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with dot eyes, soft dots and a nose mark; good for a calm reply. | U+FF61 U+2022 U+1D25 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with happy-arc eyes, soft dots and a small smile; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+FF61 U+1D17 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with closed eyes, soft dots and a w mouth; good for a sleepy goodnight. | U+FF61 U+03C9 + ASCII |
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| A hamster or mouse with star eyes, soft dots and a soft smile; good for praise or wonder. | U+FF61 U+2605 U+203F + ASCII |
Fish (16)
Typed fish that swim left or right.
| Face | Meaning and use | Built from |
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| A small fish; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00BA + ASCII |
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| A longer fish; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00BA + ASCII |
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| A round-eyed fish; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00B0 + ASCII |
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| A long round-eyed fish; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00B0 + ASCII |
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| A tiny fish; use it for a swim or water mention. | ASCII only | |
| A fish facing the other way; use it for a swim or water mention. | ASCII only | |
| A fish with a wave tail; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00BA + ASCII |
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| A fish swimming left; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00BA + ASCII |
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| A fish with one bubble; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00BA U+00B0 + ASCII |
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| A fish with rising bubbles; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00B0 U+00BA + ASCII |
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| A fish with a dot; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00BA U+00B7 + ASCII |
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| A fish chasing bubbles; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00B7 U+00B0 U+00BA + ASCII |
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| A fish with a bubble trail; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00BA U+00B0 + ASCII |
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| A fish blowing bubbles; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00BA U+00B0 + ASCII |
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| A fish in the shallows; use it for a swim or water mention. | U+00B0 U+00B7 + ASCII |
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| A fish with a ripple; use it for a swim or water mention. | ASCII only |
Bird faces (16)
Beaks, wings and a wave.
| Face | Meaning and use | Built from |
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| A bird with dot eyes and a beak; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 + ASCII |
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| A bird with dot eyes and spread wings; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 + ASCII |
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| A bird waving a wing with dot eyes; good for a calm reply. | U+2022 U+FE4F U+30CE + ASCII |
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| A bird with round eyes and a beak; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 + ASCII |
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| A bird with round eyes and spread wings; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 + ASCII |
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| A bird waving a wing with round eyes; good for curiosity or surprise. | U+25D5 U+FE4F U+30CE + ASCII |
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| A bird with happy-arc eyes and a beak; good for a cheerful announcement. | ASCII only | |
| A bird with happy-arc eyes and spread wings; good for a cheerful announcement. | ASCII only | |
| A bird waving a wing with happy-arc eyes; good for a cheerful announcement. | U+FE4F U+30CE + ASCII |
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| A bird with squeezed eyes and a beak; good for big excitement. | U+2267 + ASCII |
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| A bird with squeezed eyes and spread wings; good for big excitement. | U+2267 + ASCII |
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| A bird waving a wing with squeezed eyes; good for big excitement. | U+2267 U+FE4F U+30CE + ASCII |
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| A bird with small round eyes and a beak; good for a startled reaction. | U+00B0 + ASCII |
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| A bird with small round eyes and spread wings; good for a startled reaction. | U+00B0 + ASCII |
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| A bird waving a wing with small round eyes; good for a startled reaction. | U+00B0 U+FE4F U+30CE + ASCII |
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| A bird with star eyes and a beak; good for praise or wonder. | U+2605 + ASCII |
The glyphs these faces are built from
Every non-ASCII character used on this page, with its code point and Unicode name, read from the Unicode database by script on 13 October 2026.
| Glyph | Code point | Unicode name |
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| • | U+2022 |
Bullet |
| ω | U+03C9 |
Greek Small Letter Omega |
| ◕ | U+25D5 |
Circle With All But Upper Left Quadrant Black |
| ≧ | U+2267 |
Greater-Than Over Equal To |
| ェ | U+30A7 |
Katakana Letter Small E |
| ﹏ | U+FE4F |
Wavy Low Line |
| ▽ | U+25BD |
White Down-Pointing Triangle |
| ᴥ | U+1D25 |
Latin Letter Ain |
| ° | U+00B0 |
Degree Sign |
| ʕ | U+0295 |
Latin Letter Pharyngeal Voiced Fricative |
| ʔ | U+0294 |
Latin Letter Glottal Stop |
| ★ | U+2605 |
Black Star |
| ‿ | U+203F |
Undertie |
| ๑ | U+0E51 |
Thai Digit One |
| ᴗ | U+1D17 |
Latin Small Letter Bottom Half O |
| ˶ | U+02F6 |
Modifier Letter Middle Double Acute Accent |
| ｡ | U+FF61 |
Halfwidth Ideographic Full Stop |
| º | U+00BA |
Masculine Ordinal Indicator |
| · | U+00B7 |
Middle Dot |
| ノ | U+30CE |
Katakana Letter No |
Nickname ideas that use animal faces (16)
Names for a username, a clan tag or a bio, wrapped in the same frames as the faces above. Check the length limit of the place where you use them.
Symbols to pair with the faces (20)
Single characters you can paste next to any face.
Emoji to pair with the faces (16)
Emoji are drawn by each phone, so they can look different on yours.
Render check
We have not run the render check on iPhone, Android, Windows or Discord yet, so we do not claim any result; the table above is left as “not tested” rather than filled in. Most of these faces use letters, brackets and punctuation that system fonts cover, but your own screen is the real test.
| Platform | Checked | Result |
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| iPhone | not yet | not tested |
| Android | not yet | not tested |
| Windows | not yet | not tested |
| Discord | not yet | not tested |
Want to add an animal face? Read the guidelines: maintainers check each submission for originality and rendering, credit you as given and publish it under the content licensing page. More faces live in the Kaomoji open library. OpenGlyph is a non-profit library, not affiliated with Unicode, Inc. or any font foundry.
Questions people ask
What is an animal kaomoji?
A text face shaped like an animal, such as a cat with whiskers or a bear with round ears. It is ordinary text, so it copies and pastes anywhere text is accepted.
Why do some animal faces show boxes?
The device has no font for one of the characters; the text itself is intact. Letters and common punctuation are widely covered, while rarer marks depend on the platform.
Can I use an animal kaomoji in a username?
Sometimes, but usernames are often limited to a restricted character set that changes without notice. Message and bio fields accept arbitrary text; test in the field you plan to use.
Are these animal faces free to use?
Yes. They are published under the content licensing page, and you can use them in personal and commercial text.