Angry Kaomoji
Angry kaomoji are built differently from the cute ones. Where a cute face is mostly circles and flowers, an angry face leans on hard strokes — the sharp brackets, the heavy kanji that stand in for gritted teeth, and in the table flips a whole second element made of box-drawing characters that the face is throwing.
The table flip is the form most people arrive looking for, and it is worth knowing that it is really two kaomoji in a pair. One shows the table going over; the other shows it being set back up, sheepishly. Posting the second one after the first is the established joke, and it only works if you have both.
These are also the kaomoji most likely to be misread in text, which is worth a moment of thought. A furious face in a work channel reads differently than it does between friends, and the table flip is a strong reaction to spend on something minor. They land best when the frustration is clearly shared — a build that failed, a server that went down, a form that lost your input.
Angry
Annoyed, irritated and furious faces.
Table Flip
The classic frustration flips, and the apology that follows.
How to use it
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Choose your level of annoyed
The angry group runs from mildly put out — (¬_¬) — through visibly cross to genuinely furious. The table flip group is the loudest option and includes the follow-up where the table is put back.
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Tap to copy
Click or tap any face to copy it. If you are planning the table flip joke, copy both halves — the flip and the restore — before you start typing.
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Paste and send
Paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V. These work in messages, forum posts and social replies. The table flips use box-drawing characters, which are wider than ordinary text, so they stand out more than the face alone would.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make the table flip emoji?
Copy (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ and paste it. The table is drawn from box-drawing characters rather than being an image, so it is plain text and works anywhere. There is no built-in table flip emoji on any platform, which is why the kaomoji version is the one people use.
What is the kaomoji that puts the table back?
┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ). It shows the same table being lowered back into place with a contrite expression, and it is normally posted as the follow-up to a table flip. The joke depends on the pair, so keep both to hand.
Why does the table flip look different on my phone?
It is assembled from box-drawing characters, and fonts differ in how wide they draw those and how tightly they space them. On a narrow font the pieces sit close together and read cleanly; on a wide one the table drifts apart. It is the same text either way.
Is it rude to send an angry kaomoji?
Not on its own — as a reaction to a shared annoyance it reads as commiserating rather than attacking. But a furious face aimed at a person in a text-only channel loses all the tone that would soften it in speech, so it is worth being sure of your audience.