Happy Tears Kaomoji — 200+ Crying Laughing Lenny Faces to Copy
200 crying laughing kaomoji. Tears and a grin together.
Crying laughing kaomoji need both signals present at once: a tear character in the eyes and a wide mouth. (╥▽╥) has ╥ tears and a ▽ grin. Remove either and the face collapses into ordinary crying or ordinary laughing — which is the commonest mistake people make picking one from a list.
How to copy and type them
Tap to copy. If you are building your own, the rule is simple: take a laughing face and swap the eyes for tear characters ╥, ಥ or ˃̣̣̥ ˂̣̣̥. The mouth stays wide.
Save the one you use most as a keyboard shortcut; this is a high-frequency reaction and worth the ninety seconds of setup.
Where they work
These render in WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Telegram and game chats.
The more elaborate tear characters like ˃̣̣̥ stack several combining marks, and on older Android those can render with uneven spacing or as boxes. The ╥ and > versions use single characters and are safe everywhere.
Which one to use
Use this when something was funny enough to hurt. It is the text equivalent of 💀 or 😂, with the advantage that it looks the same on every device.
For laughter without tears see laughing kaomoji, for tears without laughter crying kaomoji.
Which is the text version of 😂 or 💀?
(╥▽╥) is the closest to 😂 — tears with a wide grin. For the 💀 sense of dead-from-laughing, (x_x) or (╯▽╰) read as collapsed. The advantage of either is that they render identically on every device, where the emoji versions differ noticeably between Apple, Google and Samsung.
Why do both signals have to be present?
Because either alone reads as something else. Tears without a wide mouth is ordinary crying; a wide mouth without tears is ordinary laughing. The combination is what makes it specific, which is why picking one of these from a list is worth a second look — several faces sold as crying-laughing are missing one half.
Are these better than 😂 in a bio?
In a bio, usually yes. Emoji render differently per platform, so a bio built around 😂 looks different to visitors on Android than on iPhone. A text version stays identical, and it also passes in display-name fields where emoji are rejected outright.
Crying laughing kaomoji is part of the wider kaomoji collection — see also surprised kaomoji, cursed kaomoji, laughing kaomoji.
FAQ
What is the crying laughing text face?
(╥﹏╥) with an open mouth and ヽ(≧▽≦)ﾉ with tears are the most copied.
Why use this instead of 😂?
The emoji has become punctuation through overuse and reads as dated to many users. A text version still registers as a real reaction.
Can it read as sarcastic?
Yes, if the tears outweigh the grin. Grin-heavy versions read as genuine; tear-heavy ones can read as “not really laughing”.