How it works
Uwu face text is a face made of letters, not an emoji: two eyes and a w for a mouth. UwU, the first tile, has its eyes shut. The rest change the eyes, add arms or bring a word along. Tap one to copy it.
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How to read one
Wikipedia's article on uwu describes the u characters as closed eyes and the w as a cat's mouth. In OwO the eyes are open, a more surprised face. In TwT each T is a shut eye streaming tears.
What is on this page
Letters only needs nothing but a keyboard. Other eyes borrows accented letters and signs, such as ÒwÓ with its brows drawn down. v mouths swaps the w for a v. Faces with the Greek letter ω for a mouth are on the other kaomoji pages, starting with smiling kaomoji.
- For a whole sentence written this way, hewwo included, use the uwu text generator.
- A cat needs ears and whiskers as well as the mouth: those faces are on cat kaomoji.
Questions and answers
What does UwU mean?
A cute, happy face. Wikipedia's article on the emoticon says it is used to express warm, happy or affectionate feelings, and that it is known from as early as April 11, 2000.
What is the difference between UwU and OwO?
The eyes. U is an eye shut and O an eye open, which makes OwO the more surprised of the two. The article adds that it can show curiosity as well.
How do you type an uwu face?
Capital U, small w, capital U. Every face under Letters only is typed with the keys of a US keyboard: >w< takes the two angle brackets and ;w; two semicolons.
Why does a face show an empty box?
A few faces borrow a character: ಠwಠ takes its eyes from the Kannada script and ʘwʘ from the phonetic alphabet. A device with no font for one draws a box. The faces under Letters only are plain keyboard characters.