An overwhelmed, weeping face surrounded by tear-droplets. The ｡･ﾟ’ and ’ﾟ･｡ flanking the face are tear-drops and sparkle marks spraying outward — classic kaomoji shorthand for “weeping copiously.” Inside, the asterisks * mark blushing cheeks, / and ＼ are eyes squeezed-shut to either side of a frustrated 益 (the kanji “benefit” repurposed for its dense, scrunched-up appearance) used here as a hands-over-the-mouth crying expression.
The 益 character used between scrunched eyes is one of the most expressive kaomoji conventions — its many strokes give the center of the face an overwhelmed, can’t-handle-it texture. Combined with the tear-spray on either side, the whole composition reads as full-body crying, not just a quiet sniffle.
Use it for big-emotion sad content where understatement would be wrong: dramatic anime reaction captions, livestream cry-faces, friend-group lol-sob moments. It is more performative than truly distressed — closer to “crying laughing” or “crying with feels” than “actually depressed.” Fits TikTok comments on tearjerker content, Discord reactions to sad anime episodes, Twitter/X replies to “this made me cry” posts.
The Japanese match is おおなき (oonaki — loud weeping) or ボロボロなく (boroboro naku — sobbing). Pair this kaomoji with phrases like ないちゃう (‘I’m gonna cry’), なみだとまらない (‘tears won’t stop’), or just BIG ONES like かなしすぎる (‘too sad’).