☺️ Smiling Face Emoji
The Smiling Face emoji ☺️ depicts a facial expression associated with happy, smile and blush. It belongs to the smileys group of Unicode emojis and is available on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS and every major messaging app.
Smiling Face in texting
In messages the smiling face is used in conversations, reactions and replies where tone matters more than words. It usually stands in for the word itself, so "happy ☺️" reads naturally, and it can replace the word entirely in short replies.
Smiling Face on social media
On social platforms it shows up in comment replies, story reactions and captions, often alongside related smileys emojis to build a themed set.
Common uses
- Referring to happy without typing it out
- Adding tone to a short message
- Theming a bio, caption or username
Technical details
- Official name: Smiling Face
- Category: Smileys & People
- Unicode code point: U+263A U+FE0F
- Unicode block: Miscellaneous Symbols
- HTML decimal: ☺️
- HTML hex: ☺️
- CSS: \263A\FE0F
- Keywords: happy, smile, blush