Every crying emoji from full π sobbing to π₯Ή held-back tears, plus kaomoji and ready-made tear combos. Click any symbol to copy it instantly.
The crying emoji is one of the most-used characters on the internet β π alone doubles as genuine sobbing and exaggerated crying-laughing. This page collects every crying emoji variant, the water and heartbreak symbols that pair with them, classic Japanese crying kaomoji like (;οΉ;), and one-click combo sets for captions, comments, and group-chat reactions. If you want quieter melancholy rather than open tears, see the sad emoji page linked below.
The main crying faces, from loud sobbing to a single happy tear.
Water and weather symbols that amplify a crying message or combo.
Faces on the edge of tears β weary, overwhelmed, or pleading.
Japanese-style text faces that cry with full-width tears β paste them anywhere plain text works.
Ready-made crying combos β copy a full set with one click and paste it straight into a caption or reply.
The crying family is where vendor artwork diverges most, and it changes the meaning. π Loudly Crying Face is read as overwhelmed β happy or sad β on every platform. But π₯² Smiling Face with Tear is drawn with a much fainter tear by some vendors, so a bittersweet message can land as a plain smile.
π’ and π₯ are the pair most often confused: several vendors draw them almost identically, and the difference between βsadβ and βdisappointed but relievedβ disappears entirely. If the distinction matters, say it in words rather than relying on the face.
All of these are full-colour pictures. For text-built crying faces that paste anywhere β (β₯οΉβ₯) and friends β see the crying kaomoji page.
π’ is a single quiet tear β mild sadness, sympathy, a soft βthat's a shameβ. π is loudly crying and is far more intense, which is exactly why it is now used just as often for overwhelming joy or laughter as for grief.
Because intensity travels better than direction. π signals βthis is too much for meβ, and audiences read the direction from context β so it works for a proposal, a comeback goal, or genuinely bad news.
Smiling Face with Tear β happy and sad at once. It is the emoji for a bittersweet goodbye or relief after something hard. Note that some devices draw the tear very faintly, so it can read as an ordinary smile on the recipient's screen.
The character does; the drawing does not. Apple, Google and Samsung each illustrate the same code point differently, and for this family the differences are large enough to shift tone β π₯ in particular varies a lot between vendors.
Use a kaomoji instead of an emoji β (β₯οΉβ₯), (ｑβ’ΜοΈΏβ’Μｑ), T_T. These are built from ordinary characters, so they paste into usernames and fields that reject emoji. The full set is on the crying kaomoji page.
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