Dog Kaomoji — Puppy Text Faces to Copy & Paste
Dog kaomoji cluster around two main features: the ᴥ snout shape used in ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ and its relatives, and the ﻌ character borrowed from Arabic script that appears in ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ and similar faces. Both give a broad, dog-like nose that the standard kaomoji eye-shapes can't quite manage.
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Dog Kaomoji — Copy and Paste
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Bear & Dog Faces
The ʕ...ʔ family — the arms-out construction using IPA characters that happen to look like a rounded animal with a ᴥ snout. Used for both dogs and bears, often interchangeably.
Snout Faces
Faces that use the Arabic ﻌ character or similar shapes as a broad nose. These read more specifically as dogs (or cats — the line is blurry) than the ᴥ family.
Running & Playing
Dogs in motion — or at least dogs that look like they're going somewhere. ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ is the running animal, ε(´｡•᎑•`)っ 💕 is the enthusiastic approach.
About dog kaomoji
Dog kaomoji are a good example of how kaomoji construction works across Unicode blocks. The ʕ and ʔ characters are from the International Phonetic Alphabet, the ᴥ is a "modifier letter ain" character that was intended for phonetics, and the ﻌ is an Arabic letter — none of these were designed to look like animal faces. They just happen to work visually when combined in the right sequence.
This is different from cat kaomoji, where the ^ ear shape is much closer to an intentional representation. Dog kaomoji require a bit more visual imagination from the reader, which is part of why the faces are often augmented with context — an explicit nose shape, paw characters, or a body gesture that reinforces the reading.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the dog kaomoji?
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ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ is the most immediately recognised — the ʕ and ʔ are the arms/body, and •ᴥ• is the snout. ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ is also very common, using the Arabic ﻌ character as a mouth/nose. Both are widely used to represent dogs, bears, and general small mammals.
What does ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ mean?
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It's usually used for a bear or dog face. The ʕ and ʔ characters (from the International Phonetic Alphabet) look like curving arms when rotated. The ᴥ is used as a snout. The overall shape reads as a rounded animal face with arms out to the sides.
What is the ﻌ character in dog kaomoji?
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It's the Arabic letter Ain (ﻌ) used purely for its visual shape — it looks like a small W or curved snout when paired with eyes on either side. You'll see it in ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ, υ´• ﻌ •`υ, and several other animal kaomoji. It's borrowed entirely for aesthetics, not meaning.
How do I use dog kaomoji in Discord?
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Copy any face from this page and paste it directly into a Discord message, status, or bio. The characters involved — including Arabic letters and IPA symbols — are all standard Unicode and display correctly on Discord across all platforms.
What is the difference between dog and cat kaomoji?
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Cat kaomoji tend to use ω or ᆺ as the nose and ^ or ᐠ characters for ears. Dog kaomoji more often use ᴥ or ﻌ as the snout and rounder outer brackets. The distinction is loose — ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ for example gets used for both cats and dogs depending on context.