Wink Kaomoji — 200+ Wink Lenny Faces to Copy

Wink kaomoji have one eye closed and one open — that asymmetry is the whole thing. It reads as playful, knowing, or as marking what you just said as not entirely serious, which is the most useful of the three.

How to copy and type them

Tap to copy. The asymmetry is created by using two different eye characters, usually ^ or - for the closed eye and •, ω or < for the open one.

That means you can wink any face you already like: replace one eye and the face becomes a winking version of itself. It is the quickest edit in the whole system.

Where they work

These render in WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Telegram and game chats. The characters involved — carets, hyphens, angle brackets — are ASCII and supported without exception.

The starred versions like (･ω<)☆ add a character outside the frame, which widens them. In a display name that matters; in a message it does not.

Which one to use

Use a wink to soften something that could be read as blunt, or to mark a joke. It is the lightest way to do either.

For the knowing-without-playful register see smirk kaomoji, for pleased-at-someone's-expense smug kaomoji, and for the implication-heavy original lenny faces.

How do I turn a face into a winking one?

Replace one eye. (◕‿◕) becomes (^‿◕) or (-‿◕) — the closed eye is usually ^ or -, the open one stays as it was. That single swap works on almost any face in the site and is quicker than browsing for a pre-made wink, particularly if you already have a face you like.

Is a wink the same as a smirk?

No. A wink is playful and usually friendly — it marks something as a joke. A smirk implies you know something, which carries an edge. They look similar in a list and read differently in a message, so if the intent is to soften rather than to hint, the wink is the safer choice.

Wink kaomoji is part of the wider kaomoji collection — see also heart kaomoji, flirty kaomoji, proud kaomoji.