How shrug and meh kaomoji work
In the shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the face is the Japanese katakana ツ (tsu). Many apps treat \ and _ as formatting, so copy it from here rather than typing it.
Want a picture instead of text? Fuse two emoji into one sticker in the emoji mixer, or grab single characters from the text symbols sets.
Questions
How do I copy a shrug and meh kaomoji?
Tap it. The whole face goes to your clipboard in one go, so you can paste it into any chat, bio or document. Typing kaomoji by hand is hard because many use characters that aren’t on a normal keyboard.
How are shrug and meh kaomoji built?
In the shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the face is the Japanese katakana ツ (tsu). Many apps treat \ and _ as formatting, so copy it from here rather than typing it.
Why does a kaomoji look broken or show boxes?
The reader’s device has no font for one of the characters, so it shows an empty box. Most faces here use common characters; ones with combining marks (like the lenny face) can shift slightly between fonts.