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ASCII Emoticon Library Examples
The ASCII Emoticon Library at TechConverter.me provides hundreds of text-based emoticons and kaomoji organized by category. Browse, search, and copy with one click. Here are examples from each major category.
Happy / Positive
Western:
:) :-) :D :-D =) =D :^)
Kaomoji:
(^_^) (^▽^) (◕‿◕) ヽ(´▽`)/
(✿◠‿◠) (。◕‿◕。) ٩(◕‿◕。)۶
Sad / Negative
Western:
:( :-( :'( :-/ :-\
Kaomoji:
(T_T) (;_;) (╥_╥) (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ
(。•́︿•̀。) (ó﹏ò。)
Angry / Frustrated
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ← table flip (frustration)
┬─┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ) ← table unflip (calm)
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
(>_<) (`Д´) ٩(ఠ益ఠ)۶
Surprised / Shocked
Western:
:O :-O :o =O
Kaomoji:
(⊙_⊙) (°o°) Σ(°△°|||)
(゚Д゚) щ(゜ロ゜щ)
Love / Affection
(♥‿♥) (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤ (づ。◕‿‿◕。)づ
(ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ ♡(˃͈ દ ˂͈ ༶ )
Thinking / Confused
(¿_?) (°_°) (・_・)
(`・ω・´) (ಠ_ಠ) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ← shrug
Animals
Bear: ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ ʕ≧ᴥ≦ʔ
Cat: (=^・ω・^=) ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ (^• ω •^)
Dog: (◕ᴥ◕) ʕ•̫͡•ʔ
Bunny: (\_/) (•ω•) (")_(")
Penguin: (>'-')> <('-'<) ^('-')^
Lenny Face and Variations
Classic: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Happy: ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
Wink: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡-)
Angry: ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)
Sad: ( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°)
Developer / Technical
Debugging: (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ (when the bug won't fix)
It works: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (when you don't know why)
Deploy: (ง'̀-'́)ง (pushing to production)
Code review: (ಠ_ಠ) (reviewing questionable code)
Friday deploy: (ʘ‿ʘ) (deploying on Friday)
Classic Western Emoticons Reference
:) or :-) Happy
:( or :-( Sad
;) or ;-) Winking
:D or :-D Big smile / laughing
:P or :-P Tongue out
:O or :-O Surprised
:| or :-| Neutral / straight face
:'( or :'-( Crying
:* or :-* Kiss
B) or B-) Cool / sunglasses
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