These Secret Emojis Can Only Be Access in the TikTok Comments

Despite becoming a staple app for most social media users and influencers, TikTok has been at the center of the conversation for a variety of reasons. For years, the U.S. has threatened (and successfully voted) to ban the app from use in the country due to concerns over user data, and there is a litany of dangerous trends that have made the app a bit infamous among non-users.

Those whose screen time reflects hours of endless scrolling on the app are probably familiar with the countless hacks and secrets shared through it, but did you know there are secret emojis you can use only on TikTok?

There are almost 50 different emojis only available on TikTok, but you'll need to know the secret codes to get them to show up in your comment.

The comments section of a video on TikTok often features a bunch of emojis, depending on what device you access the app from. But TikTok itself offers even more colorful faces to use in the comments section than your average iPhone or Android does.

These emojis are just variations of your standard emojis, including some vibrantly colored smiley faces. There is also a selection of emojis with similar expressions on a cartoon face. In total, there are 46 emojis exclusive to TikTok.

Luckily, using these emojis is pretty simple, though you might want to have a reference for them until you've memorized the codes of your favorites.

To add these secret emojis to your comment on a user's videos, all you have to do is insert a code word in between two square brackets (these are different than your regular parenthesis). Once you post the comment, the text will turn into the emoji — only available on TikTok.

These codes are similar to Slack's feature to add emojis to messages, where you enter a code word between two colons before sending your message.

Here's a list of all of the code words you need to access the secret emojis on TikTok (in the order they appear in the image above):

• [smile]
• [happy]
• [angry]
• [cry]
• [embarrassed]
• [surprised]
• [wronged]
• [shout]
• [flushed]
• [yummy]
• [complacent]
• [drool]
• [scream]
• [weep]
• [speechless]
• [funnyface]
• [laughwithtears]
• [wicked]
• [facewithrollingeyes]
• [sulk]
• [thinking]
• [lovely]
• [greedy]

• [wow]
• [joyful]
• [hehe]
• [slap]
• [tears]
• [stun]
• [cute]
• [blink]
• [disdain]
• [astonish]
• [rage]
• [cool]
• [excited]
• [proud]
• [smileface]
• [evil]
• [angel]
• [laugh]
• [pride]
• [nap]
• [loveface]
• [awkward]
• [shock]

Using any of these emojis in your next comment will guarantee that the emojis are the same across platforms. Most active social media users know that emojis don't always translate between phones, and sometimes your iPhone emoji looks odd to an Android user (or vice versa). Luckily, this eliminates that problem.

Since these emojis can really only be accessed by memorizing the codes, it might be helpful to bookmark this article to refer to until you get used to using them during your next TikTok binge (we'll still be here, don't worry).

TikTok is not the only app to use custom emojis, as most social media sites have their own codes for emotes, but these ones are certainly some of the more creative options and offer an exclusive experience for longtime TikTok fans.