Lenny Face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) — Copy and Paste 1,000+ Text Faces
You’ve seen it everywhere. In Discord servers, WhatsApp chats, Reddit comment sections, Twitch streams. That one face that somehow says everything without using a single word. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) This page has over 1,000 Lenny faces sorted by mood, click any one to copy it instantly. If you also want to know how to type it yourself, set it up as a phone shortcut, or just find out where this weird little face actually came from, that’s all here too.
What is the Lenny face?
The Lenny face ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) is a text emoticon built entirely from Unicode characters, used to express mischief, sarcasm, or playful innuendo. Because it’s made of plain text and not an image, it copies and pastes into any platform: WhatsApp, Discord, Reddit, Twitter/X, or SMS. It’s also called “Le Lenny Face,” “deg deg,” or “Le Face Face.”
Quick reference
| Name | Lenny Face / Le Lenny Face / Deg Deg |
| Standard form | ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
| Origin | Ylilauta (Finland), November 18, 2012 |
| Made from | Unicode combining characters |
| Expresses | Mischief, innuendo, sarcasm, playful teasing |
| Works on | WhatsApp, Discord, Reddit, SMS, Twitter/X |
Lenny face collection: all text faces by mood
Below are the most-used faces, grouped so you can find the right one fast. Click any face in the tool above to copy it instantly.
Classic and original Lenny faces
These are the faces that started it all. The canonical ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) is still the most recognised, but its variants are just as useful.
| Face | Vibe |
| ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | The original, sly and knowing |
| ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) | One-eye wink |
| ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ -) | Suspicious squint |
| (ง ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)ง | Ready to fight |
| ᕕ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕗ | Running away confidently |
| ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞ | Pointing it out |
| [̲̲̅̅( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅ ̲̅] | Money face |
| ( ͡°( ͡° ͜ʖ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ʖ ͡°) ͡°) | Nested Lennys |
Cute and kawaii Lenny faces
These use softer eye characters like ꈍ, ◕, and ω, borrowed from Japanese kaomoji tradition. Great for when you want to be playful without the edge.
| Face | Vibe |
| (✿◠‿◠) | Sweet and wholesome |
| ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ | Bear hug energy |
| (｡◕‿◕｡) | Wide-eyed cute |
| (˘▽˘) | Gentle happy |
| ૮₍ ´ ꒳ `₎ა | Soft bunny |
| (つ ͡ꈍ ͜ʖ ͡ꈍ ) | Cute Lenny reaching out |
| (✿╹◡╹) | Flower girl |
| (◕‿◕✿) | Classic kawaii |
| ʕ ◕ᴥ◕ ʔ | Polar bear |
| ( ˘⌣˘)♡ | Shy love |
Angry and disapproval faces
The brow and eye characters do all the work here. Swap ° for ಠ or ≖ and the whole mood shifts.
| Face | Vibe |
| ಠ_ಠ | Disapproval |
| (ง’̀-‘́)ง | Let’s fight |
| (╬ ಠ益ಠ) | Pure rage |
| ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ | Demanding |
| (｀Д´*) | Frustrated |
| (¬_¬) | Side-eye |
Happy, wink, and shrug faces
The shrug face ¯_(ツ)_/¯ is co-searched with Lenny face so often it earns its own spot. It’s technically a kaomoji but most people find it here.
| Face | Vibe |
| ¯_(ツ)_/¯ | Shrug, “not my problem” |
| ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) | Cheeky wink |
| ╰(°▽°)╯ | Pure joy |
| (◕ᴗ◕✿) | Happy and bright |
| ヽ(•‿•)ノ | Hands-up happy |
| ( ˘▽˘)っ♨ | Warm and content |
| (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ | Wholesome hug |
| ♡(˃͈ ᵕ ˂͈ ⑅) | Heart-eyes happy |
Thinking, confused, and table-flip faces
The table flip (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ is one of the most iconic dongers on the internet. Pair it with ┬─┬ノ(ಠ_ಠノ) when you need to put the table back.
| Face | Vibe |
| (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ | Table flip, done with this |
| ┬─┬ノ(ಠ_ಠノ) | Putting the table back |
| (◔_◔) | Thinking / side-eye |
| (ó_ò) | Confused, not happy |
| (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ | Sad confusion |
| ¿ⓧ_ⓧﾉ | Total bewilderment |
Lenny faces for occasions
Gaming (Discord / Twitch)
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (ง ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)ง ᕕ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕗ ╰( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )つ──☆
Birthday and celebrations
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ ╰(°▽°)╯ ♪(´▽｀) ( ˘▽˘)っ🎂
Flirting and teasing
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) ヾ(♥ ͜ʖ♥)ノ♪ (˵ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°˵)
Studying and work (sarcastic solidarity)
(ง •̀_•́)ง ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ (◔◔)
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Lenny face vs. kaomoji vs. emoji: what’s the difference?
People use these three terms interchangeably, but they’re not the same thing.
| Type | Example | Origin | Reads upright? | Made from | Works everywhere? |
| Western emoticon | 🙂 | US/Europe, 1982 | No (tilt head) | ASCII | Yes |
| Kaomoji | (^_^) | Japan, 1986 | Yes | Unicode | Yes |
| Lenny face | ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | Finland, 2012 | Yes | Unicode combining chars | Yes |
| Emoji | 😊 | Japan, 1999 | Yes | Image / Unicode | Varies by device |
The key difference between a Lenny face and a standard kaomoji is the use of combining diacritical marks. These are Unicode characters that attach to neighbouring characters to shape the face, which is how the eyebrows and the distinctive mouth sit exactly right without gaps or spaces. Regular kaomoji rely on standard punctuation. Lenny faces go deeper into the Unicode table.
The Unicode anatomy of ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
The face is assembled from six Unicode code points:
| Character | Unicode | Name |
| ( | U+0028 | Left parenthesis |
| ͡ | U+0361 | Combining double inverted breve |
| ° | U+00B0 | Degree sign |
| ͜ | U+035C | Combining double breve below |
| ʖ | U+0296 | Latin letter inverted glottal stop |
| ) | U+0029 | Right parenthesis |
Character names come from the Unicode Character Database maintained by the Unicode Consortium (unicode.org). That’s why the face looks slightly different depending on which font your device uses. Combining characters are rendered by the local font engine, not a fixed image.
Where did the Lenny face come from?
November 18, 2012: the first appearance
On November 18, 2012, an anonymous user posted ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) to the Finnish imageboard Ylilauta in a thread about spam filters. Within hours it spread to 4chan’s /b/ board, then to Reddit’s r/4chan, where it was spammed hard enough to get multiple users temporarily banned. That same day a YouTube video, just a slow zoom into the face with incoherent screaming, went up and spread it even further.
The name “deg deg” came from a text-to-speech program that read the two degree-sign eyes out loud. Nobody knows exactly where “Lenny” came from. It was likely suggested in a Reddit thread and just stuck.
Why it spread so fast and why it still works in 2026
Unlike image memes, a Lenny face never breaks. It’s plain text, so it loads instantly, doesn’t get caught by copyright filters, and works in every app that accepts text input. That platform-agnostic quality is why it’s still all over Discord servers, Twitch chats, WhatsApp groups, and Reddit comments today, long after most 2012-era memes became unrecognisable. The sly, knowing expression also translates across languages and cultures without needing a caption. That’s rare.
How to type the Lenny face on any device
The honest answer: copy it from this page. There’s no single keyboard shortcut that produces ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) in one keystroke because it’s six separate Unicode characters, not one. But you can set it up as a shortcut so you only do this once.
Method 1: Copy and paste (fastest, works everywhere)
Done. Works on every device, every platform, every time.
Method 2: iPhone text shortcut (set up once, use forever)
Now whenever you type lenny in any iOS app, it autocorrects to the face.
Method 3: Android shortcut (Gboard)
Steps vary slightly by Android skin. Samsung One UI and Xiaomi MIUI use different menu names, but the Personal Dictionary path is consistent across Gboard versions.
Method 4: Windows (Microsoft Word only)
You can build the face character by character using hexadecimal Unicode input in Word, but it takes six separate sequences and Num Lock must be on. Most people try it once and go back to copy-paste. It doesn’t work in browsers, WhatsApp Web, Discord desktop, or most other apps, only in Word.
How to use a Lenny face with stylish text on fontstylepro.com
Three steps:
Example: 𝓗𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓸 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭
Works in Discord bios, Instagram captions, and WhatsApp statuses wherever Unicode fonts render.
Where to use Lenny faces: platform guide
WhatsApp, Telegram, and SMS
All standard Lenny faces render correctly on modern Android and iOS. If you’re on an older Android device running pre-Android 9, a few combining characters may show as small boxes. In that case, stick to the classic ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) or simple kaomoji like (ʘ‿ʘ), which use only common Unicode ranges. For WhatsApp statuses and bios, text faces work just as well as regular emoji and don’t get filtered.
Discord and Twitch chat
Both platforms support Unicode text faces fully. Discord’s Markdown formatting doesn’t affect Unicode faces at all, so you can freely write something like **gg** ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) and it renders exactly as expected. Lenny faces have been a staple of Twitch chat culture since around 2013 and still show up constantly in win screens, bait-and-switch moments, and general chaos.
Reddit, Twitter/X, and Instagram
Reddit handles all Unicode text faces fine in posts, comments, and usernames. On Twitter/X, the combining characters may display with slightly different spacing depending on system font, but the face is always readable. For Instagram, text faces work in captions and comments. Just avoid using them as text overlays in Stories or TikTok video captions, where the in-app renderer can strip or break combining characters.