Cute Symbols
Click any symbol to copy it. 12 characters, each labelled with its Unicode code point.
The kaomoji-style faces here are built the same way Japanese text emoticons are: from letters and punctuation borrowed out of scripts chosen for their shapes. ᵔ is a phonetic modifier letter, ˶ is a spacing modifier, ა is Georgian. This collection holds 12 cute symbols drawn from 6 Unicode blocks — mainly Other Unicode range, Phonetic Extensions and Miscellaneous Symbols. Code points run from U+025E to U+A4B1. All of them sit in the Basic Multilingual Plane, which means broad font support and very few encoding surprises.
Modifier letters do the work
Characters like ᵔ and ᵕ come from Phonetic Extensions and Spacing Modifier Letters, ranges intended for linguistic notation. They are small and raised by design, which is exactly why they read as eyes and mouths.
They depend on font coverage
Phonetic ranges are well covered on desktop systems and less reliably covered on older mobile fonts. A face that looks right on your laptop can arrive with boxes in the middle on someone else's phone.
Spacing is part of the design
Several of these sequences rely on the exact widths of their components. A proportional font renders them as intended; a monospace context can pull them apart.
Unicode blocks in this collection
| Unicode block | Characters | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Other Unicode range | 8 | 44% |
| Phonetic Extensions | 3 | 17% |
| Miscellaneous Symbols | 2 | 11% |
| Oriya | 2 | 11% |
| Georgian | 2 | 11% |
| Gujarati | 1 | 6% |
Sample characters and their code points
♡
꒰ა
໒꒱
˶ᵔ
ᵔ˶
ʚɞ
Frequently asked questions
Are these emoji?
No. Emoji are specific characters with emoji presentation defined by Unicode. These are ordinary text characters from phonetic and script ranges, arranged to suggest a face. That is why they take your text colour instead of rendering in colour.