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Dancing Kaomoji

Faces mid step, swaying to the beat and trailing music notes. Tap any face to copy it.

Dancing kaomoji are Japanese text faces caught mid step, with arms and legs drawn from box-drawing lines and music notes trailing behind, like ♪(┌・。・)┌. They are the text version of a little happy dance, and the music ones double as a way to share a song. Tap any face below to copy it, or open the kaomoji picker for every mood on one page.

Dancing Kaomoji to Copy and Paste

Every face is plain text, so the dance pastes into any chat, comment or caption.

28 dancing kaomoji. Click any face to copy it.

How to Read a Dancing Kaomoji

Dancing faces get their movement from limbs outside the brackets and from pairs that face opposite ways.

  • ♪(┌・。・)┌ bends both arms the same way with ┌, a box-drawing corner, so the whole body leans into the beat. The ♪ is the music.
  • ♪┏(・o･)┛♪ and ┗(・o･)┓♪ are a matched pair: send them one after the other and the dancer steps left, then right.
  • ~(˘▾˘~) sways with a tilde on each side and ˘ closed eyes, lost in the rhythm.
  • (〜￣▽￣)〜 swings its hips with two wave dashes pointing the same way.
  • ♫ ♪ ヽ(ˇヘˇ)ノ marches with both arms up and notes floating overhead.

When to Use Dancing Kaomoji

Send one to celebrate: a Friday, a finished exam, a win, a payday. The music faces are made for sharing a song link or a karaoke plan, and the paired left and right dancers make a good running joke in a group chat. A quiet ♪(´▽｀) works as “humming along” when a friend mentions a favourite track.

More Kaomoji Categories

Dancing is joy in motion, so happy kaomoji are the closest match. Add shine with sparkle kaomoji or star kaomoji, or strut instead with cool and smug kaomoji.

FAQ

What is the dancing kaomoji?

A classic dancing kaomoji is ♪(┌・。・)┌, a face leaning into the beat with both arms bent the same way and a music note beside it. ~(˘▾˘~) is a gentler sway.

How do you make a kaomoji dance?

Give it limbs outside the brackets that point the same way, such as ┌ or ~, and add a music note like ♪ or ♫. Pairs that mirror each other, like ♪┏(・o･)┛♪ and ┗(・o･)┓♪, look like steps when sent in a row.

What do ♪ and ♫ mean in kaomoji?

They are music notes, an eighth note and a pair of beamed notes. Next to a face they mean singing, humming, dancing or simply being in a good mood. Both are plain text symbols rather than emoji.