What does ☺️ mean?
A modest, blushing smile: gratitude, warmth, contentment. An old symbol already present on early phones.
Its official Unicode name is WHITE SMILING FACE and its CLDR short name is "smiling face" (in Hungarian: "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).
- face
- happy
- outlined
- relaxed
- smile
- smiling
In Hungarian: arc, boldog, mosoly, nyugodt, örül, 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+263A U+FE0F. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
The trailing U+FE0F (emoji variation selector) asks the system to draw a colour emoji instead of a black-and-white text symbol. It is included when you copy it from here.
Technical details
- Official name
- WHITE SMILING FACE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- mosolygó arc
- English name (CLDR)
- smiling face
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face affection
- Length
- 2 code points · 6 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :relaxed:
Related emojis
- Smiling face with heart-eyes
- Star-struck
- Face blowing a kiss
- Kissing 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 modest, blushing smile: gratitude, warmth, contentment. An old symbol already present on early phones.
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 "face".
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.