What does 🤩 mean?
Star-struck: amazed and thrilled, 'this is incredible!'. Used for celebrities, big news and exciting announcements.
Its official Unicode name is GRINNING FACE WITH STAR EYES and its CLDR short name is "star-struck" (in Hungarian: "csillagszemű"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group and was added in Emoji 5.0 in 2017.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- excited
- eyes
- face
- grinning
- smile
- star
- starry-eyed
- wow
In Hungarian: arc, azta, csillag, csillagos szemű, elbűvölt, elragadtatott, fülig ér a szája, hű, izgatott, szemek
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+1F929. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- GRINNING FACE WITH STAR EYES
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- csillagszemű
- English name (CLDR)
- star-struck
- Emoji version
- Emoji 5.0 (2017)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · face affection
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :star_struck:
Related emojis
- Smiling face with heart-eyes
- Face blowing a kiss
- Kissing face
- 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?
Star-struck: amazed and thrilled, 'this is incredible!'. Used for celebrities, big news and exciting announcements.
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 "excited".
When was the 🤩 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 5.0 (2017).
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.