Hugging Kaomoji (づ￣ ³￣)づ
Japanese text faces for hugging. Tap to copy.
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How to use hugging kaomoji
The hug is made of arms, not of a face: づ and つ are the Japanese kana zu and tsu, borrowed here purely for their shape — they curve like an outstretched arm. (づ￣ ³￣)づ is a face with one arm reaching right, (つ≧▽≦)つ has an arm on each side.
Which way the arms point matters when you paste it after text: the version reaching right reads as offering a hug to what follows, so it usually goes at the end of a message. These run long — most are twelve to sixteen characters — so in an 80-character bio one hug is realistically the whole decoration.
Questions
What are the づ and つ characters?
They are Japanese hiragana, zu and tsu. Nothing in the hug depends on their meaning — they are used because their curved shape looks like an arm reaching out. The same trick gives ノ and ヽ as raised arms in other faces.
Which way should the arms point?
A face with the arm on the right, like (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ, reads as reaching towards whatever comes after it, so it lands well at the end of a message. Arms on both sides, like (つ✧ω✧)つ, read as an open hug and work on their own.
Will these fit in a bio?
One will. Hug faces are among the longest kaomoji — twelve to sixteen characters each, against nine for a plain smiley — so on TikTok, where a bio is 80 characters, a single hug plus your text is the practical limit.
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