😃 Grinning face with big eyes emoji: meaning, copy and paste

How to type it

Windows 10/11

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

Mac

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

iPhone, Android

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

GitHub, Slack, Discord

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

Word

Type 1F603 and press Alt + X.

What does 😃 mean?

A grin with big eyes: enthusiasm and excited happiness. A bit more energetic than 😀.

Its official Unicode name is SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH and its CLDR short name is "grinning face with big eyes" (in Hungarian: "nagyra nyílt szemmel mosolygó 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).

awesome
big
eyes
face
grin
grinning
happy
mouth
open
smile

In Hungarian: arc, boldog, fogak, mosoly, nevet, nevetés, nyitott száj, nyitott szájjal mosolygó arc, szmájli, vidámság

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+1F603. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.

Technical details

Official name: SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH
Hungarian name (CLDR): nagyra nyílt szemmel mosolygó arc
English name (CLDR): grinning face with big 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: :smiley:

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Frequently asked questions

What does the 😃 emoji mean?

A grin with big eyes: enthusiasm and excited happiness. A bit more energetic than 😀.

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 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.