tehepero

A pose consisting of a cheeky grin with the tongue out, one eye closed, and either one arm up behind the head or a v hand sign raised to the face. The pose is usually a way for a character to cover for a mistake and brush it off with a cute expression.

The phrase "tehepero" was coined by the voice actress Hikasa Youko in a 2009 blog post as a combination of the onomatopoiea "tehe" for giggle and "pero" for sticking the tongue out. It is often rendered with a star てへぺろ☆; the full emoticon is てへぺろ☆(・ω<).

Since winking and sticking the tongue out are both common facial expressions, an image should only be considered a reference to tehepero and tagged as such if the complete tehepero pose is emulated, or if a reference is made explicitly in text (i.e. 「てへぺろ」 in speech or sfx).

If the character is tapping their head while winking and sticking their tongue out, use dojikko pose instead; if they're touching their head with both hands with both eyes closed, use ah eto... bleh (meme).

Examples

Non-examples

dojikko pose - she is tapping her head

ah eto... bleh

See also

• ;p
• ;q
• ah eto... bleh (meme)
• dojikko pose
• one eye closed
• tongue out