What does 😅 mean?
Grinning with sweat: awkwardness or relief after a close call.
Its official Unicode name is SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND COLD SWEAT and its CLDR short name is "grinning face with sweat" (in Hungarian: "nevető arc verejtékkel"). 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).
- cold
- dejected
- excited
- face
- grinning
- mouth
- nervous
- open
- smile
- smiling
In Hungarian: arc, hideg verejték, ideges, izgatott, megúsztam, mosoly, nyitott száj, nyitott szájjal mosolygó arc hideg verejtékkel, stressz, 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+1F605. 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 AND COLD SWEAT
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- nevető arc verejtékkel
- English name (CLDR)
- grinning face with sweat
- 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
- :sweat_smile:
Related emojis
Frequently asked questions
What does the 😅 emoji mean?
Grinning with sweat: awkwardness or relief after a close call.
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 "cold".
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.