😀 Smileys & People Emojis
Smileys carry tone. They are the closest thing text has to facial expression, which is why a single face can change how an entire sentence is read.
The smiley set splits into three useful groups. Positive faces (😀 😊 😄) set a friendly tone; ambiguous faces (🙂 🙃 😏) add irony and are easily misread; negative faces (😞 😠 😭) are strong enough that most people soften them with a word of context.
Hand and people emojis in this group carry Unicode skin-tone modifiers. The modifier travels with the character when you copy it, so the tone you see here is the tone that appears in WhatsApp, Slack, Instagram and iMessage.
Reaction habits shift by age. Younger users lean on 💀 and 😭 where older users send 😂, and a bare 👍 reads as curt in some groups while remaining a neutral acknowledgement in work chats.
Smileys & People emoji list (92)
- 😀 Grinning Face
- 😃 Grinning Face with Big Eyes
- 😄 Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes
- 😁 Beaming Face with Smiling Eyes
- 😆 Grinning Squinting Face
- 😅 Grinning Face with Sweat
- 🤣 Rolling on the Floor Laughing
- 😂 Face with Tears of Joy
- 🙂 Slightly Smiling Face
- 🙃 Upside-Down Face
- 😉 Winking Face
- 😊 Smiling Face with Smiling Eyes
- 😇 Smiling Face with Halo
- 🥰 Smiling Face with Hearts
- 😍 Smiling Face with Heart-Eyes
- 🤩 Star-Struck
- 😘 Face Blowing a Kiss
- 😗 Kissing Face
- ☺️ Smiling Face
- 😚 Kissing Face with Closed Eyes
- 😙 Kissing Face with Smiling Eyes
- 🥲 Smiling Face with Tear
- 😋 Face Savoring Food
- 😛 Face with Tongue
- 😜 Winking Face with Tongue
- 🤪 Zany Face
- 😝 Squinting Face with Tongue
- 🤑 Money-Mouth Face
- 🤗 Hugging Face
- 🤭 Face with Hand Over Mouth
- 🫣 Face with Peeking Eye
- 🤫 Shushing Face
- 🤔 Thinking Face
- 🫡 Saluting Face
- 🤐 Zipper-Mouth Face
- 🤨 Face with Raised Eyebrow
- 😐 Neutral Face
- 😑 Expressionless Face
- 😶 Face Without Mouth
- 🫥 Dotted Line Face
- 😶🌫️ Face in Clouds
- 😏 Smirking Face
- 😒 Unamused Face
- 🙄 Face with Rolling Eyes
- 😬 Grimacing Face
- 😮💨 Face Exhaling
- 🤥 Lying Face
- 🫨 Shaking Face
- 🙂↔️ Head Shaking Horizontally
- 🙂↕️ Head Shaking Vertically
- 😔 Pensive Face
- 😕 Confused Face
- 🙁 Slightly Frowning Face
- ☹️ Frowning Face
- 😣 Persevering Face
- 😖 Confounded Face
- 😫 Tired Face
- 😩 Weary Face
- 🥺 Pleading Face
- 😢 Crying Face
- 😭 Loudly Crying Face
- 😤 Face with Steam From Nose
- 😠 Angry Face
- 😡 Pouting Face
- 🤬 Face with Symbols on Mouth
- 🤯 Exploding Head
- 😳 Flushed Face
- 🥵 Hot Face
- 🥶 Cold Face
- 😱 Face Screaming in Fear
- 😨 Fearful Face
- 😰 Anxious Face with Sweat
- 😥 Sad but Relieved Face
- 😓 Downcast Face with Sweat
- 🫠 Melting Face
- 🤤 Drooling Face
- 😴 Sleeping Face
- 😪 Sleepy Face
- 😵 Knocked-Out Face
- 😵💫 Face with Spiral Eyes
- 🤓 Nerd Face
- 🥸 Disguised Face
- 😎 Smiling Face with Sunglasses
- 🤠 Cowboy Hat Face
- 🥳 Partying Face
- 🥴 Woozy Face
- 😷 Face with Medical Mask
- 🤒 Face with Thermometer
- 🤕 Face with Head-Bandage
- 🤢 Nauseated Face
- 🤮 Face Vomiting
- 🤧 Sneezing Face
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Frequently asked questions
Which smiley emoji means laughing the hardest?
😂 Face with Tears of Joy reads as ordinary laughter, while 🤣 Rolling on the Floor Laughing signals something far funnier. 😭 is often used online for laughing until you cry as well as for genuine sadness, so context matters.
What is the difference between 🙂 and 😊?
🙂 is a flat, neutral smile that can read as polite or even passive-aggressive in casual chats, while 😊 with its smiling eyes reads as warm and sincere. Use 😊 when you want the friendly tone to be unmistakable.
Do skin-tone variations copy correctly?
Yes. Hand and people emojis carry a Unicode skin-tone modifier that travels with the character, so the tone you copy is the tone that appears in WhatsApp, Instagram, Slack and iMessage.