What does 😈 mean?
A smiling face with horns: mischievous intent, 'I'm up to no good'. Also used flirtatiously.
Its official Unicode name is SMILING FACE WITH HORNS and its CLDR short name is "smiling face with horns" (in Hungarian: "mosolygó arc szarvakkal"). 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).
- demon
- devil
- evil
- face
- fairy
- fairytale
- fantasy
- horns
- purple
- shade
In Hungarian: arc, fantasy, gonosz, mese, mosoly, ördög, rosszindulatú, szarvak
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+1F608. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- SMILING FACE WITH HORNS
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- mosolygó arc szarvakkal
- English name (CLDR)
- smiling face with horns
- Emoji version
- Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face negative
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :smiling_imp:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the 😈 emoji mean?
A smiling face with horns: mischievous intent, 'I'm up to no good'. Also used flirtatiously.
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 "demon".
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.