These Japanese emoticons are raising a hand in a salute. They might be military kaomoji or they might just be being cute.
Yes sir! I’m working on it! ( ・∀・ )ゞ
These kaomojis are pretty easy to make too. All you need is a bent arm sort of characters indicate the raised saluting arm. ゞ, ゝ”, ゝ and ∠ work perfectly and if you can add a bit of a shake with ” that looks pretty awesome as well.
ω Mouths
The only way to really sort these text faces was to separate them into groups based on what kind of character they use for a mouth. This first group uses a ω character for their mouths. They are all saluting using characters like ゞ, which is great because the little lines add movement to the gesture. Sir, yes sir!
| (-ω-ゞ | (*´ﾟωﾟﾉ | (〃´・ω・`)ゝ |
| (≧ω≦)ゞ | (◎｀・ω・´)ゞ | (★｀･ω･)ゞ |
| (★´ω｀★)ゞ | (ο´ω｀ο)ゝ | (｀･ω･´)ゞ |
| (′σω`)ﾉ | (*゜ω゜)ゞ | ☆(･ω･*)ゞ |
| ヾ|*ﾟωﾟ|ゞ | (`･ω･´)ゞ | (｡･ω･)ゞ |
| ∠(｀･ω･´) | ( ゜ω゜)ゝ | （｀・ω・）ゞ |
| (-ω-)ゝ | ヽ|･ω･|ゞ | ┏( ﾟωﾟ)ゝ |
| 〆(´ω`●)ゞ | (●´ω｀●)ゞ | |；´・ω･｀|ゞ |
| (。・ω・)ゞ | ヽ( ˘ω˘ )ゝ | （＊´ω｀）ゞ |
| ヾ(☆´･ω･)ゞ | ヾ(･ω･｀★)ゞ | (･ω´-ゞ)^☆ |
| （´ω｀◎）ゞ | ヽ(￣ω￣(￣ω￣〃)ゝ | (o｀･ω･)ゞ |
| （*｀・ω・*）ゞ | (*>ω<)ゞ | （○｀ω´）ゞ |
| (●｀･ω･)ゞ＜ok！ | (*｀･ω･)ゞ | (・ω・｀=)ゞ |
| c(＞ω＜)ゞ | (`･ω･)ゞ | (。・ω・。)ゞ |
ε Mouths
This next group of saluting emojis all use a ε character for their mouth to make puckered lips. They look pretty silly while giving a salutation, as if they are not totally serious. Use these if you are making a joke or poking fun at something. You definitely don’t want to send these saluting emoticons to a drill sargeant.
| (；・ε・)ゝ” | (★ゝз･)ﾉ~* | *~ヽ(ゝз･☆) |
| (`･ε´-ゞ) | (〃´3′〃)ゞ | ヾ(´ε｀*)ゝ |
| (･´з`･)ゞ | ヽ|･з･|ゞ | (｡･з･)ゞ |
| ヽ( ˘з˘ )ゝ | ||