😁 Beaming face with smiling eyes emoji: meaning, copy and paste

How to type it

Windows 10/11

Press Win + . (period) and start typing "beaming".

Mac

Press Ctrl + Cmd + Space (or 🌐 + E) and search for "beaming".

iPhone, Android

Open the emoji keyboard, tap search and type "beaming".

GitHub, Slack, Discord

Type :grin: – most chat apps accept the same shortcode.

Word

Type 1F601 and press Alt + X.

What does 😁 mean?

A big toothy grin with smiling eyes: genuine joy or pride, or an awkward 'hehe' when something went slightly wrong.

Its official Unicode name is GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES and its CLDR short name is "beaming face with smiling eyes" (in Hungarian: "mosolygó szemmel nevető arc"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.

Keywords that find it

Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).

beaming
eye
eyes
face
grin
grinning
happy
nice
smile
smiling

In Hungarian: arc, boldog, fogak, mosoly, nevet, szem, szmájli, teli szájjal nevet

Will it look the same for everyone?

Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 😁 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F601. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.

Technical details

Official name: GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES
Hungarian name (CLDR): mosolygó szemmel nevető arc
English name (CLDR): beaming face with smiling eyes
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
Group: Smileys & Emotion · face smiling
Length: 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
Shortcode: :grin:

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Frequently asked questions

What does the 😁 emoji mean?

A big toothy grin with smiling eyes: genuine joy or pride, or an awkward 'hehe' when something went slightly wrong.

How do I type the 😁 emoji?

The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "beaming".

When was the 😁 emoji added?

It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.

Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.