What does 😗 mean?
A kissing face: a kiss or whistling, a faux-innocent 'who, me?'.
Its official Unicode name is KISSING FACE and its CLDR short name is "kissing face" (in Hungarian: "csókoló arc"). 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).
- 143
- date
- dating
- face
- flirt
- ily
- kiss
- love
- smooch
- smooches
In Hungarian: arc, csók, flört, puszi, randi, szerelem, 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+1F617. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- KISSING FACE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- csókoló arc
- English name (CLDR)
- kissing face
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face affection
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :kissing:
Related emojis
- Smiling face with heart-eyes
- Star-struck
- Face blowing a kiss
- Smiling face
- Kissing face with closed eyes
- Kissing face with smiling eyes
- Smiling face with hearts
- Smiling face with tear
Frequently asked questions
What does the 😗 emoji mean?
A kissing face: a kiss or whistling, a faux-innocent 'who, me?'.
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 "143".
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.