How it works
A sick kaomoji here wears a mask, as in (・[=]・), has fever-marked cheeks, or holds a thermometer or an ice pack. Each sick emoticon is this page's own assembly. Tap one to copy it.
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Sick emoticon face, by what it shows
A mask over the mouth puts a bracketed sign where the mouth would be: [=] for pleats, [＋] for a cross, [#] for gauze. Flushed with a fever adds cheek marks to a face with a wavy mouth. With a thermometer draws a line and a bullet, sometimes with ℃ or ℉.
With a Japanese word
Wiktionary gives 風邪 as a cold, the illness, 熱 as fever, マスク as a mask over the mouth and nose, ゴホゴホ as the sound of coughing and お大事に as get well soon.
- Shivering faces are on cold emoji and sleeping ones on tired kaomoji.
- The group Keyboard only holds the masks typed with plain keys, such as (-[=]-).
Questions and answers
How do you type a text face wearing a mask?
Type a round bracket, an eye, a square bracket, an equals sign, a square bracket, the other eye and a round bracket: (-[=]-). Every key is on a US keyboard. Swap the hyphens for the letter o to get (o[=]o).
What are the marks on the cheeks of a feverish text face?
The ditto mark 〃, slashes, commas, asterisks or the double accent ˶, set just inside the brackets. On blush kaomoji the same marks are a blush; here the eyes are shut, drooping or crossed out and the mouth is wavy.
Is there a get well soon text face?
Yes. In (´･ω･)ﾉ(-[=]-) お大事に one face pats a masked one on the head, and お大事に is Japanese for get well soon. The group Looked after has four pairs without a word.
Why does a sick kaomoji show an empty box?
A device with no font for a character draws a box in its place. The note under a tile names what is borrowed: ℃ and ℉ come from the Letterlike Symbols block. The words need a Japanese font.