Sleepy and tired kaomoji are Japanese text faces for yawning, dozing off and deep sleep, built only from keyboard characters so they paste into Discord, Instagram or any chat. This page files each face by exactly how tired it looks, with its meaning and when to use it.
Classic sleepy kaomoji
Widely recognized bed and sleep faces, including the text-drawn bed combo.
Sleeping · Eyes shut, drifting off
Heavy eyes · Barely able to keep eyes open, late-night texts
Drowsy · Soft closed eyes, about to doze
Snoring · Mouth open, snoring sound
Bed kaomoji · A text-drawn bed with a sleeping figure, classic 'in bed' status
Nodding off · Slowly losing the fight to stay awake, late study sessions
Exhausted · Worn out, slightly stressed, end of a hard day
Tearful exhaustion · Overwhelmed and drained, venting about burnout
Flat-out tired · No energy left, blank expression
Running on empty · Low-energy, barely functioning, needing a break
Heavy sigh tired · A tired, exasperated sigh, after a long shift
Completely drained · Overwhelmed and worn down, after a stressful day
Weary stare · Tired, half-lidded stare, long meetings or classes
Nervous exhaustion · Tired and a little anxious, stressful deadlines
Apologetic tiredness · Tired but trying to stay polite, replying late
Sighing exhaustion · A tired exhale, finishing a hard task
Shy tiredness · Tired but a little bashful about it, admitting you need rest
Overworked · Pushed past the limit, venting about overwork
Low-energy stare · Flat, tired eyes, long commutes
Worn-down frown · Tired and a little upset, rough mornings
Soft exhaustion · Quiet, gentle tiredness, winding down for the night
Fading energy · Slowly running out of steam, late in the work day
Needs coffee · Running on empty, asking for caffeine
Grumpy tired · Irritable from lack of sleep
Blinking slow · Struggling to keep eyes open at a desk
Quietly worn out · Tired but keeping it together politely
Tired with a yawn note · Exhausted and audibly yawning
Drooping tired · Visibly drooping from fatigue
Good-night and bedtime kaomoji
For the last message before someone logs off to sleep.
Good night · Classic sleepy face with a goodnight note
Goodnight wave · A small wave before bed, saying goodnight to a group
Goodnight kiss · Sending a goodnight kiss, wishing sweet dreams
Sleepy wave · A relaxed, tired wave goodbye, logging off for the night
Sweet dreams · Soft, content expression, wishing someone well before bed
Cozy goodnight · Warm, happy goodnight face, ending the day on a good note
Lights out · Sleepy face with a dream bubble, heading to bed
Goodnight salute · A playful sleepy salute, light-hearted sign-off
Quiet goodnight · A soft, low-key farewell, ending a quiet conversation
Dreaming goodnight · Already drifting into dreams, last message before sleep
Shy goodnight · A bashful goodnight, saying goodnight to a crush
Moonlit sleep · Sleepy face under a moon, late-night goodnight posts
Content goodnight · Happy, peaceful sign-off, wrapping up a good day
Soft sign-off · Gentle, tired goodnight, ending a long call
Dozing goodnight · Already half-asleep while saying goodnight
Peaceful rest wish · Hands together, wishing someone good rest or recovery sleep
Napping and lazy-day kaomoji
Short, cozy naps rather than a full night's sleep.
Cloud nap · Dreamy, floating-on-a-cloud nap, lazy Sunday posts
Couch nap · Sitting-down, drifting-off nap, weekend relaxation
Sofa snooze · Classic couch nap pose, lazy afternoon status
Sunny nap · Napping in warm sunlight, cozy daytime naps
Nap with a plushie · Cute, comforted nap, childhood-cozy posts
Falling asleep reading · Dozing off mid-book, studying or reading too long
Nap with headphones · Drifting off to music, relaxing nap time
Nap with a pet · Dozing off with a pet nearby
Car nap · Dozing off during a car ride, road-trip naps
Travel nap · Sleeping on a flight, long-haul travel posts
Beach nap · Relaxed nap under the sun, vacation lazy days
Coffee-break nap · A quick doze before more coffee, office power naps
Gamer nap · Dozing off mid-game, late-night gaming sessions
Movie nap · Falling asleep during a show, lazy movie nights
Cozy blanket nap · Wrapped up warm and dozing, winter lazy days
Rainy-day nap · Dozing off to the sound of rain
Fireplace nap · Napping by a warm fire
Backpack nap · Falling asleep on a trip with a bag as a pillow
Study-break nap · A short nap between study sessions
Laundry-day nap · Dozing off on a lazy chores day
Sunny windowsill nap · Napping in a bright, plant-filled spot
Sleep symbols to copy
Decorative combos rather than faces — kept byte-exact, good as standalone bedtime dividers or bio accents.
Classic snore mark · The plain snoring sound on its own
Floating sleep mark · A soft, starry sleep symbol
Crescent moon mark · A small moon for a bedtime bio
Framed snore · A snore sound framed with sparkles
Curled-up mark · A soft, round shape suggesting curling up to sleep
Starry doze mark · A tiny face with a trailing star sparkle
Script sleep mark · A stylised script accent with the sleep emoji
Minimal closed-eye mark · A bare-bones closed-eye shape with a snore
Dreamy cloud mark · A cloud for drifting-off captions
Soft blink mark · A gentle, rounded sleepy-eye symbol
Sleepy emoji combos
Simple multi-emoji pairings for when a full kaomoji face is too much.
Sleeping face with Z's · The standard sleepy-emoji pairing
Moon and sparkle · A simple goodnight pairing
Bed and sleep mark · Literally going to bed
Teddy and sleep mark · A cozy, childhood-style nap
Cloud and sleep mark · Drifting off, dreamy tone
Night city and sleeping face · Late-night sign-off
Candle and sleep mark · Winding down before bed
Coffee and sleeping face · Needing caffeine after a bad night's sleep
Crescent face and sparkle · A cute, dreamy goodnight
Socks and bed · Cozy, wrapped-up-for-bed mood
Copy any face in one tap, filtered by feeling
Tap any sleepy face above and it is copied to your clipboard with every character intact, ready to paste into Discord, iMessage, Instagram or a game chat. Each face is filed by exactly how tired it is, so you can pick by mood instead of scrolling a giant list.
Cute / happy / love / sad entry points
Looking for a different feeling? The kaomoji by emotion library groups every face by mood — cute, happy, love, sad, angry, shrug and more — with a search box and quick mood chips at the top.
Which characters make sleepy kaomoji work?
Most sleepy kaomoji reuse a small set of characters for the closed-eye, snoring mouth and bed shapes. Knowing them helps when a face breaks: if one character is missing from a font, only that part turns into a box.
Character
Code point
Unicode block
Role in sleepy kaomoji
ω
U+03C9
Greek and Coptic
The soft closed mouth used in most sleepy faces
ᴗ
U+1D17
Phonetic Extensions
A curved, content mouth for peaceful sleep
▓
U+2593
Block Elements
Shaded block used as the mattress fill in bed kaomoji
¦
U+00A6
Latin-1 Supplement
Broken bar used as a bedpost line
ꒉ
U+A489
Yi Syllables
Borrowed shape for the bed frame in (¦ꒉ[▓▓]
💤
U+1F4A4
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
The “zzz” sleep emoji, often paired with a face for clarity
Do sleepy kaomoji work on iPhone, Android and Discord?
We have not published a per-device test table for these faces yet, so we do not claim how each one renders on iPhone, Android, Windows or Discord. Faces made only of common symbols such as ω ᴗ ▓ usually display on current phones; faces that add an emoji like 💤 or a season emoji show that emoji in your device’s own style. Copy a face and paste it where you plan to use it to check.
Submit a sleepy kaomoji
Got a bedtime face we are missing? Search “sleepy” on the Kaomojix home page and use “Suggest a kaomoji” under the results. Suggestions are reviewed before they appear, and we do not show made-up copy counters.
FAQ
What is the most recognizable sleepy kaomoji?
The classic bed kaomoji (¦ꒉ[▓▓] and the simple (-_-) zzZ are the two most widely used sleepy faces, since both read instantly as “sleeping” even without extra context.
What does zzZ mean after a kaomoji?
zzZ (or zzz) is the classic cartoon sound for snoring, borrowed from comics; adding it after a face turns a tired face into an actively sleeping one.
What is the difference between a tired kaomoji and a sleepy kaomoji?
A tired kaomoji, like (-_-;), shows low energy or exhaustion without necessarily going to bed; a sleepy kaomoji, like (-_-)zzZ, shows someone actually dozing off or asleep.
Why do some sleepy kaomoji use おやすみ?
おやすみ is Japanese for “good night” and is often paired with a sleepy face in kaomoji culture; it works even for readers who do not read Japanese, since the face alone carries the meaning.
