Half-closed eyes and lopsided smiles for winning an argument, being right, or planning something. Each face copies with one click.
Smugness in a kaomoji lives in the eyes. Flat ￣ eyes look half-closed and pleased with themselves, ¬ draws a sideways glance, and ≖ narrows the eyes into a squint that reads as scheming. The mouth stays small and closed: ー is a satisfied line, ‿ a slight curve. The Lenny face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) is the internet's best-known smirk, built from combining marks that float over the letters, so on some fonts the brows sit slightly off. For the 😏 picture rather than a text face, see the smirk emoji page linked below.
Flat, contented eyes and a closed mouth: the face after being proven right.
¬ turns the eyes to one side, so these smirk at someone rather than at nothing.
Variants of ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). The raised brows and ʖ nose come from combining marks, so spacing shifts a little between fonts.
ψ is a Greek letter shaped like a pitchfork, so ψ(｀∇´)ψ is a little devil planning trouble.
Smug turned outward: sparkles ✧ and a raised chin for showing off a win.
The best known is the Lenny face, ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), which spread on internet forums around 2012 and picked up the name Lenny there. Japanese-style smug faces like (￣ー￣) are simpler and use the flat ￣ eyes common in kaomoji.
Smug faces look pleased with themselves, usually with flat eyes looking forward. Smirk faces add a sideways glance with ¬ or →, so the satisfaction is aimed at someone else.
Its brows and nose are combining marks, characters that attach to the letter before them. Fonts place them differently, so the brows can sit too high or drift sideways. Faces like (¬‿¬) avoid combining marks and look the same everywhere.
The UltraTextGen kaomoji generator filters the parts by mood, then lets you swap the outline, eyes and mouth and add cheeks or arms, keeping the left and right sides matched. Every part is plain Unicode text, so the face pastes wherever you are typing.
Open the kaomoji generator →😏 and its meaning, for when a picture says it better than text.
A wink adds flirting or a shared joke to the smirk.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and friends for a casual, couldn't-care-less tone.
Every kaomoji category, smug and otherwise, in one hub.
Pair ¬ or ≖ eyes with a small mouth to make your own smirk.