Dizzy Kaomoji

Spiral eyes, swirling heads and knocked-out faces for when the room will not stop spinning. Click a face to put it on your clipboard.

Cartoons show dizziness with spiral eyes, and the @ sign is the closest spiral on a keyboard, so (@_@) has meant dizzy, dazed or overwhelmed for decades. It covers spinning after a ride, too much homework, a confusing explanation or a long day. ◎ makes a rounder, ringed eye, and ꩜, a Cham punctuation mark shaped like a true spiral, is the newer aesthetic version. X eyes are a different state: (×_×) means knocked out or finished, the face after the dizziness wins. Stars ☆ around the head show a bump, the way cartoon characters see stars after hitting something.

Spiral @ Eyes

Classic @ Eye Dizzy Faces

The @ face works almost everywhere because @ is on every keyboard and in every font.

Dizzy Spiral Eyes
Small Dizzy Face
Dizzy Cat Mouth
Dazed Stare
Dizzy and Sweating
Flustered Dizzy
Wide Dizzy Face
Swirl Eyes

Swirl and Ring Eye Kaomoji

◎ draws a ringed eye and ꩜ a full spiral. ꩜ comes from the Cham script, so some older devices show a box instead.

Ringed Eyes
Overwhelmed Swirl
Swirling Spiral Eyes
Hypnotised
Queasy Spiral
Knocked Out

Knocked-Out Faces

X eyes for when the dizziness has won. Also used jokingly for "I'm done" after a long task.

Knocked Out
Out Cold
Dazed Cross Eyes
Groggy Wince
Down for the Count
Seeing Stars

Seeing Stars After a Bump

☆ and ⌒ show something flying into the head, the cartoon cue for a bonk.

Bumped Head
Stars Over a Bruise
Half-Dazed Star Eye
Spinning With Stars
Wobbling

Staggering and Wobbling Faces

Arms and tildes add movement, for walking off a roller coaster or standing up too fast.

Wobbling
Staggering Forward
Stumbling
Swaying Dizzy
Frequently Asked Questions

Dizzy Kaomoji, Answered

What does (@_@) mean?

It means dizzy, dazed or overwhelmed. The @ signs stand in for the spiral eyes cartoons draw on a character whose head is spinning, and people use it for anything from motion sickness to information overload.

What is the difference between (@_@) and (×_×)?

(@_@) is still conscious, just spinning or confused. (×_×) uses cartoon X eyes for knocked out or finished, so it reads as the stage after the dizziness.

Why does ꩜ show as a box?

꩜ is a punctuation mark from the Cham script of Vietnam and Cambodia, and some older phones and computers have no font for it. The @ and ◎ faces use common characters and display on nearly every device.

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