Every happy kaomoji here has an open mouth and its arms down: 94 faces in eight groups. Tap one and it is copied. Nine need only a keyboard, (^o^) among them.
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Pick a face, tap it
Tap a tile and that face is copied. Groups go by the mouth: a triangle, an upside-down A, a small wa or a wide grin, then round and square mouths. Then come dimples, four with a peace sign, eight without brackets and 23 with a word. Search reads the labels: relieved finds three faces, smug three, birthday two, glasses one.
What the mouths are
▽ is White down-pointing triangle, U+25BD, in 31 faces. ∀ is For all, U+2200, from the Mathematical Operators block, in 17. ヮ is Katakana letter small wa, in 14, and the widest grin, ᗜ, is a Canadian syllabics letter. Wikipedia's List of emoticons files (^o^), (^○^) and (＾◇＾) under Happy.
😀 is Grinning face, U+1F600, an emoji by default, so it is not here. Smile emoji has it.
^o^ is the shortest at three keyboard characters. Add brackets and a v for a peace sign: (^o^)v.
For good news after a close call, search relieved. (´▽｀) よかった says yokatta, thank goodness.
Questions and answers
What does (^o^) mean?
Happy. Wikipedia's List of emoticons files (^o^) in a row glossed Happy, beside (^○^), (＾◇＾) and )^o^(. Read the carets as arched eyes and the o as an open mouth. It needs only a keyboard.
How do you type a happy kaomoji on a keyboard?
Open bracket, caret, small letter o, caret, close bracket: (^o^). Use a zero for a taller mouth, (^0^), or a capital D for (^D^). Leave the brackets off for ^o^. The Keyboard only chip shows all nine that need nothing else.
What is the difference between a happy and an excited kaomoji?
On this site a happy face has an open mouth and its arms down. Both arms up makes it excited, a closed mouth makes it a smile, and eyes squeezed shut make it laughing. The split is this page's own.
What does yatta mean in Japanese?
Wiktionary gives やった, yatta, as hurrah, yay, I made it. Seventeen faces here carry a Japanese word, among them わーい, wāi, yay, and 嬉しい, ureshii, happy or glad. Search japanese to see them all.
All 94 happy kaomoji
Triangle mouth 19
(^∇^)Nabla mouth, a maths sign for a grin
(^▽^)Caret eyes, triangle mouth: the plain one
(^▿^)Small triangle mouth: a smaller grin
(°▽°)Degree sign eyes, wide awake
(´∇｀)Slanted eyes over a nabla, mellow
(´▽｀)Soft slanted eyes: relieved and glad
(ˊ▽ˋ)Small accent eyes, slanted soft
(ᵔ▽ᵔ)Small curved eyes, a gentle grin. Borrows ᵔ from Phonetic Extensions.
(•▽•)Bullet eyes, triangle mouth
(⊙▽⊙)Circled dot eyes, thrilled
(⌐■▽■)Dark glasses and a grin
(⌒▽⌒)Arc eyes, arched with joy
(╹▽╹)Two short bars for eyes, a neat grin
(●▽●)Solid black eyes, button bright
(◕▽◕)Big glossy eyes, triangle mouth
(◠▽◠)Half circle eyes, beaming
(・▽・)Small dot eyes, grinning anyway
(＾▽＾)Fullwidth carets, set wider apart
(￣▽￣)Flat macron eyes, pleased with itself
Upside-down A mouth 9
(^∀^)Caret eyes, upside-down A mouth
(°∀°)Degree eyes, upside-down A: delighted
(´∀`)Slanted eyes, upside-down A: an easy laugh
(•∀•)Bullet eyes, upside-down A
(⌒∀⌒)Arc eyes, upside-down A: all is well
(◕∀◕)Big glossy eyes, upside-down A
(・∀・)Dot eyes, upside-down A: that is good
(ﾟ∀ﾟ)Sound mark eyes, upside-down A
(￣∀￣)Macron eyes, upside-down A: smug glee
Show all 94 happy kaomoji (66 more)
Small wa and wide grins 13
( ﾟヮﾟ)Sound mark eyes, small wa: upbeat
('ヮ')Apostrophe eyes, small wa
(^ᗜ^)Caret eyes, wide Canadian syllabics mouth. Borrows ᗜ from Canadian Aboriginal.
(^ヮ^)Small katakana wa for a mouth
(^ワ^)Full size wa: the same mouth, wider
(°ヮ°)Degree eyes, small wa: bright
(´ヮ`)Slanted eyes, small wa: fondly pleased
(ˊᗜˋ)Small accent eyes, wide syllabics mouth. Borrows ᗜ from Canadian Aboriginal.
(ᵔᗜᵔ)Curved eyes, wide syllabics mouth. Borrows ᵔ from Phonetic Extensions and ᗜ from Canadian Aboriginal.
(•ᗨ•)Bullet eyes, a rounder syllabics mouth. Borrows ᗨ from Canadian Aboriginal.
(•ヮ•)Bullet eyes, small wa
(◕ᗜ◕)Glossy eyes, wide syllabics mouth. Borrows ᗜ from Canadian Aboriginal.
(◕ヮ◕)Big glossy eyes, small wa
Round and square mouths 11
(^Д^)Cyrillic de: mouth as wide as it goes
(^○^)White circle mouth, perfectly round
(^。^)Ideographic full stop: a tiny ring
(^ロ^)Katakana ro for a square mouth
(^ㅂ^)Hangul pieup for a boxy grin. Borrows ㅂ from Hangul.
(＾◇＾)Fullwidth carets, diamond mouth
(^0^)A zero for a taller, louder mouth
(^D^)Capital D, a grin lying on its side
(^o^)Small letter o: the keyboard classic
(⌒o⌒)Arc eyes over a small o
(◠o◠)Half circle eyes over a small o
Dimples and cheek swirls 7
(๑^▽^๑)Thai digit one for a swirl on each cheek. Borrows ๑ from Thai.
(๑•ヮ•๑)Cheek swirls, bullet eyes, small wa. Borrows ๑ from Thai.
(◦^▽^◦)White bullets for dimples
(｡^▽^｡)Halfwidth full stops for dimples
(｡•ヮ•｡)Dimples, bullet eyes, small wa
(｡◕∀◕｡)Dimples, glossy eyes, upside-down A
(｡^o^｡)Dimples either side of a small o
With a peace sign 4
(^o^)vKeyboard only, with a peace sign
(^▽^)vA letter v for a peace sign
(・∀・)vDot eyes and a peace sign
v(^ヮ^)Peace sign held up on the left
No brackets 8
^ᗜ^Wide syllabics mouth, no brackets. Borrows ᗜ from Canadian Aboriginal.
^∀^Upside-down A, no brackets
^▽^Triangle mouth, no brackets
^ヮ^Small wa, no brackets
^ㅂ^Hangul pieup, no brackets. Borrows ㅂ from Hangul.
^0^Zero mouth, no brackets
^o^Three keyboard characters
)^o^(Brackets turned outwards for round cheeks
With a word 23
(^ᗜ^) 大喜びGreat joy: ōyorokobi. Borrows ᗜ from Canadian Aboriginal.
(^∀^) 嬉しいUreshii: happy, glad
(^▽^) ありがとうArigatō: thank you
(^▽^) わーいWāi: yay
(^ヮ^) お誕生日おめでとうOtanjōbi omedetō: happy birthday
(^ヮ^) ハッピーHappī: happy, borrowed into katakana
(°▽°) 楽しみTanoshimi: something happily awaited
(´∀`) 楽勝Rakushō: a piece of cake
(´▽｀) よかったYokatta: thank goodness
(ᵔ▽ᵔ) うきうきUkiuki: buoyantly, cheerfully. Borrows ᵔ from Phonetic Extensions.