What does ๐ mean?
Laughing hard at something funny. Younger users often see it as a bit dated and use ๐ or ๐ญ instead.
Its official Unicode name is FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY and its CLDR short name is "face with tears of joy" (in Hungarian: "arc รถrรถmkรถnnyekkel"). 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).
- crying
- face
- feels
- funny
- haha
- happy
- hehe
- hilarious
- joy
- laugh
In Hungarian: arc, haha, kรถnnyek, nevetรฉs, รถrรถm, rรถhรถg, sรญrva nevet, sรญrva nevetลs, szmรกjli, vicces
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ๐ 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+1F602. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- arc รถrรถmkรถnnyekkel
- English name (CLDR)
- face with tears of joy
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion ยท face smiling
- Length
- 1 code point ยท 4 bytes in UTF-8 ยท 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :joy:
Related emojis
Frequently asked questions
What does the ๐ emoji mean?
Laughing hard at something funny. Younger users often see it as a bit dated and use ๐ or ๐ญ instead.
How do I type the ๐ 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 "crying".
When was the ๐ 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.