What does 😛 mean?
A face with tongue out: joking, teasing, light-hearted fun.
Its official Unicode name is FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE and its CLDR short name is "face with tongue" (in Hungarian: "arc kinyújtott nyelvvel"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- awesome
- cool
- face
- nice
- party
- stuck-out
- sweet
- tongue
In Hungarian: arc, csipkelődik, csúfolódik, fantasztikus, huncutkodik, kiöltött nyelv, király, nyelv, szmájli
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+1F61B. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- arc kinyújtott nyelvvel
- English name (CLDR)
- face with tongue
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face tongue
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :stuck_out_tongue:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the 😛 emoji mean?
A face with tongue out: joking, teasing, light-hearted fun.
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 "awesome".
When was the 😛 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 1.0 (2015), 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.